Kevin Christopher Randleman[1] (August 10, 1971 – February 11, 2016) was an American mixed martial artist, professional wrestler, and former UFC Heavyweight Champion. Randleman's background was in collegiate wrestling, in which he became a two-time NCAA Division I and a three-time Big Ten wrestling champion out of Ohio State University. Randleman competed in the heavyweight and light heavyweight classes in MMA. In addition to competing in the UFC, Randleman also fought for other organizations such as PRIDE, WVR, and Strikeforce. He was previously associated with Mark Coleman's Team Hammer House, before training at Randy Couture's gym in Las Vegas, Nevada.[4] On May 16, 2020, the UFC announced that Randleman would be inducted into the pioneer wing of the UFC Hall of Fame.[5] Randleman is the first fighter to be posthumously inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame.
^ abMixed martial arts show results Date: October 21, 2006
^ ab"Official Website for Kevin Randleman - MMA Fighter".
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^Danny Segura (May 16, 2020). "Former UFC champion Kevin Randleman to be inducted into UFC Hall of Fame". MMAJunkie.com. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
Kevin Christopher Randleman (August 10, 1971 – February 11, 2016) was an American mixed martial artist, professional wrestler, and former UFC Heavyweight...
of fighters at Team Hammer House. Training such notable fighters as KevinRandleman, Wes Sims and Phil Baroni, Team Hammer House quickly gained a reputation...
Team Hammer House has attracted such mixed martial arts fighters as KevinRandleman and Phil Baroni. Coleman made his professional MMA debut at UFC 10...
landing clean effective punches. On 7 May 1999, at UFC 20, Rutten faced KevinRandleman for the UFC Heavyweight Championship. The first four minutes consisted...
history at the time, Cro Cop was KO'd by former UFC Heavyweight Champion KevinRandleman at 1:57 of the very first round, being eliminated in the opening round...
title (due to contract disputes with the UFC). Bas Rutten defeated KevinRandleman to become the new Heavyweight Champion in a controversial split decision...
Japan. It featured the Pride debut of former UFC Heavyweight Champion KevinRandleman Pride FC: The Best, Vol. 3 was an event held on October 20, 2002 at...
video. UFC 19 featured the first appearance of collegiate wrestler KevinRandleman, as well as the first televised appearance of former UFC Light Heavyweight...
in mixed martial arts was performed by Bas Rutten at UFC 20 against KevinRandleman. A variation involves pushing off from the fence with the opposite...
Jackson, Mark Coleman, Michael Bisping and Mark Kerr. Soliz also taught KevinRandleman, Mike Bronzoulis, Matt Hamill, Wes Sims, Pete Spratt, Melvin Guillard...
Retrieved 2022-03-11. Martin, Damon (2021-09-24). "Georges St-Pierre, KevinRandleman, Jon Jones and more honored during UFC Hall of Fame induction ceremony"...
champions Vitor Belfort and Quinton Jackson, former Heavyweight Champion KevinRandleman, 3-time UFC Tournament champion Royce Gracie, former Superfight champion...
Bout between KevinRandleman and Pedro Rizzo, which did not happen due to injury. While warming up backstage during the event, Randleman slipped on the...
23 was headlined by a Heavyweight Championship Title bout between KevinRandleman and Pete Williams, held to determine the champion after Bas Rutten's...
Team Hammer House exponent and fellow American wrestler KevinRandleman in the final. Randleman attempted to push Erikson into the fence, but he was caught...
He holds notable victories over Valentijn Overeem, Ricco Rodriguez, KevinRandleman, and Mario Rinaldi. He was the only WEC Super Heavyweight Champion...
defending his title against John Alessio, and Heavyweight Champion KevinRandleman defending his title against Pedro Rizzo. The Heavyweight Championship...
where he trained MMA with the likes of Mark Coleman, Randy Couture, KevinRandleman, and Don Frye, among others, but after realizing how much money they...
Coleman and the deceased KevinRandleman; they were all very close and described by MMA Weekly in an interview with Randleman, with Sims present, as the...
contract disputes—and he regained his championship belt by defeating KevinRandleman. UFC 28 also featured the first UFC appearances of Andrei Arlovski...
attributed the illness to a hotel restaurant named "The Octagon". KevinRandleman admitted to defecating inside his fight shorts during his bout with...
against KevinRandleman on November 17, 2000. He was taken down in the first two rounds, but defended well from his back, negating most of Randleman's ground...
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