5 UFC fighters who have transitioned into Hollywood

#4 - Randy Couture

Randy Couture

Randy Couture is a former three-time UFC heavyweight champion, a two-time UFC light heavyweight champion, and an interim UFC light heavyweight champion. As any six-time former UFC champion would be, Couture was a celebrated MMA fighter. He is also a former United States Army sergeant and an actor.

Randy Couture made his UFC debut in 1997 and won the heavyweight championship against Maurice Smith six months later in the same year. Couture has competed in a record sixteen title fights. He is tied for the most wins in UFC heavyweight championship fights (six) with former UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic.

Randy Couture retired from the UFC in 2011 after losing to Lyoto Machida. Owing to his personality, Couture started landing roles in movies as early as 2003. His first cameo was in Cradle 2 the Grave, but he went on to play more significant roles in over twenty Hollywood movies. Some of his notable roles have come in the Expendables series, The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior, and The Hard Way, a Netflix movie released in 2019.