Randy “The Natural” Couture will celebrate his 52nd birthday on June 22. | Photo: Dave Mandel/Sherdog.com
He remains one of MMA’s most revered figures, an Ultimate Fighting Championship hall of famer and one of two men in UFC history to capture titles in multiple weight classes. Randy Couture turns 52 on June 22.
Couture debuted at UFC 13 on May 30, 1997 and went on to post wins over Vitor Belfort (twice), Pedro Rizzo (twice), Jeremy Horn, Chuck Liddell, Tito Ortiz, Tim Sylvia and Mark Coleman.
Those in MMA celebrating a birthday during the month of June:
JUNE 1
Miodrag Petkovic (46)Michael Buchkovich (38)
Wendell de Oliveira Marques (32)
Patricky Freire (29)
JUNE 2
Chris Haseman (46)Matt Serra (41)
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (39)
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (39)
Christian M’Pumbu (38)
Roan Carneiro (37)
Tatsuya Mizuno (34)
Christopher Wing (27)
JUNE 3
Jason MacDonald (40)Linton Vassell (32)
JUNE 4
Michael Johnson (29)James Krause (29)
JUNE 5
Brian Warren (41)JUNE 6
Xavier Siller (21)JUNE 7
Chris Wilson (38)Ryan Bader (32)
Michael Kuiper (26)
Mark Burns (24)
JUNE 8
Dan Severn (57)Marvin Eastman (44)
Hirotaka Yokoi (37)
Tim Roman (30)
JUNE 9
Dion Staring (37)Jim Hettes (28)
JUNE 10
Cyrille Diabate (42)Brendan Tierney (40)
Luiz Azeredo (39)
Hiroyuki Takaya (38)
Nordine Taleb (34)
Walt Harris (32)
JUNE 11
Tsuneo Kimura (33)Daron Cruickshank (30)
Artur Kadlubek (30)
JUNE 12
Andy Ologun (32)James Chaney (28)
John Lineker (25)
JUNE 14
Claude Patrick (35)Chris Barnett (29)
Anatpong Bunrad (29)
JUNE 15
Joe Stevenson (33)Ryan Keenan (30)
JUNE 16
Rich Attonito (38)JUNE 17
Kuniyoshi Hironaka (39)Chris Weidman (31)
Xiao Yang Liu (24)
JUNE 18
Matt Baker (31)JUNE 19
Chris Seifert (46)Savant Young (39)
Mike Swick (36)
Ann Osman (29)
JUNE 20
Roy Nelson (39)Marion Reneau (38)
Quinton Jackson (37)
Alex Caceres (27)
Logan Nail (26)
JUNE 21
Marcos Oliveira (37)Erick Silva (31)
Jake Lindsey (29)
JUNE 22
Randy Couture (52)Ryushi Yanagisawa (43)
Brian Bowles (35)
Hiroshi Izumi (33)
Douglas Silva de Andrade (30)
Dave Morgan (30)
Bradley Scott (26)
Taila Santos (22)
JUNE 23
Rob Wince (42)Marcos Galvao (34)
Nick Thompson (34)
Paul Ruiz (28)
Mark Striegl (27)
JUNE 24
Brendan O’Reilly (28)JUNE 25
Yoshihiro Nakao (43)Alexey Oleinik (38)
Luciano Azevedo (34)
Carlo Prater (34)
Marcelo Guimaraes (32)
Jung Gyeong Lee (27)
Andre Fili (25)
JUNE 26
Pawel Nastula (45)Virgil Zwicker (33)
Faith Van Duin (29)
JUNE 27
Yoshinori Suzuki (34)JUNE 28
Sam Hoger (35)DaMarques Johnson (33)
Brennan Ward (27)
JUNE 29
Shin Kochiwa (35)Ryo Kawamura (34)
Mike Whitehead (34)
Rose Namajunas (23)
JUNE 30
Fabiano Scherner (43)Gilbert Yvel (39)
Katja Kankaanpaa (34)
Dan Miller (34)
Zach Makovsky (33)