FIGHTER follows Couture to C-Bus

MMACLASSICS.COM invites fans of all ages to join us along with invited guests on Friday, March 2 @ 7 PM in Columbus, OH at the Drexel Gateway Theater for the Ohio premiere of 'FIGHTER, a documentary' featuring Randy "The Natural" Couture.

Join the UFC Hall of Famer along with a plethora of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighters & celebrities as they gather on the eve of his UFC title fight to screen this award winning film.

'FIGHTER, a documentary', looks back to capture a slice of sports history as Randy "The Natural" Couture chases his first Ultimate Fighting World Championship™ Belt. The film documents the early stages of mma in the U.S. with some scenes dating as far back as the early 90's and "takes you deep into the world of Couture… a man who is now considered the personification of everything good about this sport"

Winner of the "Best Documentary" at the FAIF Film Festival in Hollywood, CA and the "Best Biography" at the NYFVI Film festival in New York, NY, 'FIGHTER' provides a riveting myriad of perspectives while taking an irreverent yet brutally honest look inside the minds of MMA fighters.


'FIGHTER' will be screening all weekend at the Drexel Gateway. For screening times and tickets please got to www.gatewaytheater.com or call 614.545.2255

VIP tickets (including meet and greet after the screening) are available by email inquiry at info@mmaclassics.com .

For more info on 'FIGHTER, a documentary' please visit www.mmaclassics.com

He’s Back – Couture Returns to Face Sylvia at UFC 68 (UFC.com)

By Thomas Gerbasi

“I see something.”

That’s what former heavyweight champion Max Schmeling said shortly before facing the apparently invincible “Brown Bomber”, Joe Louis, for the first time in 1936. What he saw in the flawless knockout artist was something only another fighter would notice – Louis’ tendency to drop his left hand after jabbing, leaving him open to a right cross.

Schmeling would capitalize on this flaw and stun the boxing world, knocking out Louis in the 12th round and rejuvenating a career that most observers thought was finished.

Former UFC light heavyweight and two-time heavyweight champion Randy Couture - firmly settled in retirement – also saw something when he watched the current heavyweight king, 6 foot 8 Tim Sylvia, battle 5 foot 9 Jeff Monson last November. No, it wasn’t a technical glitch in what ‘The Maine-iac’ was doing in the Octagon that night (and if it was, he wouldn’t be telling us), but rather an attitude that made ‘The Natural’ rethink life on the sidelines and announce his return to active competition to face Sylvia at UFC 68 in Columbus, Ohio on March 3rd. Click here for rest of article

Source: UFC.com

UFC: Couture expected to announce comeback this week

From Tuesday's Wrestling Observer update: Randy Couture will be announcing on Thursday night's "Inside the UFC" that he is coming out of retirement. It wouldn't shock me if they also announced Tim Sylvia vs. Couture as the main event for the 3/3 PPV in Columbus, OH. The second sentence is nothing anyone has told me directly, but based on a number of things said to me be a few different people in the last few days. Most notable regarding that is the current plan is for Couture to fight at heavyweight for his comeback. I think that's a bad idea. Another indication it may be Sylvia is just the timing of this announcement.

-- RANDY COUTURE RETURNING TO CHALLENGE TIM SYLVIA (MMAWeekly.com)

-- Report: Couture to Come Out of Retirement (Sherdog.com)

-- This Week on Inside The UFC (UFC.com)