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Couture Graces UFC Mag
Cover
 (PRESS
RELEASE) -- It’s already been a whirlwind year for five-time UFC®
champion Randy Couture, with a win over fellow Hall of Famer Mark
Coleman in February, a role in the highly-anticipated film “The
Expendables” this summer, and an impending battle with James “Lights
Out” Toney coming up in August. So when he recently witnessed the
unveiling of his UFC Magazine cover at his gym in Las Vegas, it was
another milestone in a 2010 to remember for “The Natural”.
“I have a pinch me moment all the time,” Couture said. “I’ve had a
blast in this sport for the last 13 years. This year’s been a pretty
remarkable year - getting to work with (Sylvester) Stallone in a
movie, stuff like this with the cover. It’s pretty cool.”
Indeed, fight fan favorite “Captain America” is front and center on
the August/September 2010 issue of UFC Magazine. But that’s not the
only stage he’s holding right now, all eyes are on him as he
prepares to be the first-ever UFC fighter to go head-to-head with a
former world boxing champion in the form of “Lights Out” Toney.
Couture and Toney will meet August 28th in the co-main event of UFC
118 in Boston, in what is being billed as a UFC vs. Boxing
mega-fight to settle the score once and for all as to which fighting
style reigns supreme.
Couture is a living legend that continues to shock and awe fans and
experts, as well as his opponents. The 47-year old looks to welcome
Toney to the Octagon™ and see if the UFC’s newest high-profile
addition has grown a ground game. Toney can talk the talk, but can
he walk the walk? In this UFC Magazine interview, Randy elaborates
on the boxing legend’s strengths, weaknesses and wisecracks.
Also in the current issue of UFC Magazine, Kenda Perez, host of
Spike TV’s Best of PRIDE®, tears up a six-page pictorial in vintage
PRIDE shirts and talks about life, love and the greatest moments of
head-stomping.
UFC Magazine debuted in June of 2009, and quickly shot up the retail
charts to become one of the best-selling men’s magazines on the
newsstand. UFC Magazine is sold at more than 40,000 different retail
locations across the country.
In addition to Couture, previous UFC Magazine covers have featured
UFC athletes Anderson Silva, Brock Lesnar, Chuck Liddell, Rampage
Jackson as well as UFC President Dana White.
For more information, or current UFC fight news, visit UFC.com.
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