Tomorrow Randy Couture (yes, he’s everywhere these days) will be making a special appearance on CBS’s television show The Unit. I caught the episode preview on TV the other night and they hyped up Couture’s special appearance pretty good. Unfortunately the CBS website doesn’t have a trailer for the upcoming episode, which makes zero sense to me. One would think it would be easy to post a simple video preview of a show’s upcoming episodes to help gain viewership . Whatever.

Anyway, Randy will be a guest actor on the The Unit tomorrow (Tuesday). The only source I could find that even mentiones that Couture will be on the show was on IMDB.

This one kind of came to me as a surprise. In an interview with a Canadian newspaper, Burkman openly admitted to drug abuse. He said this about what his life was like when he tried out for season of of The Ultimate Fighter:

“I’m not one to lie. I probably failed every single test they gave me,” Burkman told The Canadian Press from Salt Lake City. “I was smoking weed, I was drinking, I was out of shape so I took steroids. I had a really extreme, crazy personality because I was kind of lost. I didn’t really truly know what I wanted in my life. I just knew that I liked to fight.

“Me being caught with those things was the single best thing that ever happened in my life, because it really truly made me look at myself and what I really wanted. That’s what helped me straighten my life out and get more focused.”

The UFC told him they would take him back if he cleaned up his act. Burkman did and made Season 2 of the show in 2005.

Source: Chronicle Journal

Last month I came across a decent MySpace layout of Quinton Jackson for all of you Rampage fans.

Leading up to his fight against Tim Sylia at UFC 77, I thought I’d share a new MySpace layout for all of you Brandon Vera Fans.

Click on the image to go to mmaprofiles.com to get the code to put Vera’s MySpace layout on your page.

UFC welterweight champion Matt “Da Terra” Serra lends his expertise to Mens Health Magazine by explaining how to win a bar fight.  I’ve never seen a bar fight won via armbar, but I’m willing to hear Serra out.

Rule one for Serra, avoid the fight.  Where he’s from Serra says, “the loser goes to the hospital but the winner goes to jail.” Ok, but what if it is inevitable Mr. Jui Jitsu Master?

1. Since there’s a dispute, there’s probably a lot of yapping going on. Get the guy talking, Serra says — about model trains, you, the stock market, doesn’t matter.

2. As he’s talking, “Go hard with an elbow or fist in the chin.”

3. Finish it fast. Hit first and hit hard. “That’s the fastest way to win,” Serra says. “There are no rules out in the street. And if you’re a nice guy, you’ll wake up in a hospital.”

You hearing that Matt Hughes? Elbow to the chin for the win.

Source: Menshealth.com article

On the heels for the big announcement that Randy Couture is walking away from the UFC and likely retire from all of MMA, I wanted to grab a couple of videos that highlight the champ.  Interesting Couture’s news made the home page of Yahoo today.  Wow, mixed martial arts has come a long long way. 

Here Randy Couture retires a bunch of “Joes” on the TV show Joes vs. Pros. His appearance reminds me of what a class act his is. Fast forward to the 5 minute mark to get to Randy’s event.