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9. Randy only had seven days of formal MMA training before his first professional fight.
8. His dad left his family when he was three years old.
7. Couture is actually six feet one and is usually listed as six feet three for most of his fights in the UFC.
6. He traveled the world as an Army champion Greko-Roman wrestler.
5. Randy goes into some detail to discuss his relationship with Dana White. This is one of the most fascinating parts of the book.
4. Vitor Belfort was a soap opera star in the 1990s in Brazil.
3. Randy tried unsuccessfully four times to make the Olympic wrestling team. As close as he came to making the team was as an alternate.
2. Don Fry challenged him for his spot on the Oklahoma State wrestling squad and lost.
1. In 1989 Randy wrestled Mark Coleman in freestyle at the 1989 Olympic Festival at Oklahoma State, but lost to him by one point. Coleman went on to earn a silver medal the World Championships.
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