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05-08-2007, 04:30 PM
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Randy Couture on SI cover!
http://www.nbcsports.com/ufc/1482439/detail.html
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Couture to appear on SI cover
By Mike Chiappetta
NBCSports.com
Posted: May8, 2007, 2:29 pm EDTAt what point does a sport go mainstream? How about when it's best-known fighter graces the cover of the nation's best-known sports magazine?
Randy Couture, the only five-time champion in UFC history, will appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated magazine at a later date this summer.
SI writer L. Jon Wertheim, a 10-year veteran of the magazine, penned the piece which will dig into the life of the most famous MMA star in the U.S. Couture recently regained the UFC heavyweight championship at the age of 43 years old, defeating Tim Sylvia at UFC 68. The win catapulted him even further into mainstream sports fame, as he appeared on ESPN's "Hot List" following the victory.
Couture also has a biography in the works, co-written with Fight Network writer Loretta Hunt.
E-mail Mike Chiappetta at michael.chiappetta@nbcuni.com.
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05-08-2007, 04:31 PM
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Couture to be on the cover of Sports Illustrated
http://www.nbcsports.com/ufc/1482439/detail.html
Dont know if this has been posted here before, but its a pretty big deal. A sport getting a cover story in SI pretty much means that its mainstream, and I think it will really draw in a lot of new viewers because Couture is such a nice guy and all. Plus if they time it right so that he fights right after the article, the Gonzaga v Couture fight could really be a big grossing PPV.
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05-08-2007, 04:34 PM
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Randy Couture on SI cover!
TapOut beat you by a minute... or Seconds... So so close! ^_^ (I am just playing around with ya... no malice intended)
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05-08-2007, 04:35 PM
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Wow this is great news. Couldn't be a better person to raise awareness and bring even more people into the sport.
Just another great sign that the sport is more and more mainstream every day.
Very cool!
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05-08-2007, 04:38 PM
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If anyone does a good job representing MMA it is Couture.
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05-08-2007, 04:39 PM
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now thats fuckin mainstream
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05-08-2007, 04:44 PM
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Randy Couture, the only five-time champion in UFC history, will appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated magazine at a later date this summer.
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Ahem...I thought Matt Hughes was a 9 time champion? LOLLERS...
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05-08-2007, 04:50 PM
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This is incredible. The day someone like Randy gets on Sports Illustrated, it's a great day not only for him, not only for the UFC, but for MMA in general. Great news. Now, if he gets afflicted by the SI Cover Jinx and loses his title to Gonzaga, then MMA has really hit the mainstream.
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05-08-2007, 05:01 PM
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This is incredible. The day someone like Randy gets on Sports Illustrated, it's a great day not only for him, not only for the UFC, but for MMA in general. Great news. Now, if he gets afflicted by the SI Cover Jinx and loses his title to Gonzaga, then MMA has really hit the mainstream.
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05-08-2007, 05:03 PM
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Ahem...I thought Matt Hughes was a 9 time champion? LOLLERS...
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dont mean to stray away from the topic, but this also strikes me as odd...why do they say matt hughes is a 9 time champ when he is only a 2 time champ????? how hard is it to say 9 time DEFENDING champ?
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