Explosive NCAA champion wrestler who won the UFC Heavyweight Championship in 1999 and later shocked PRIDE with an upset of Mirko Cro Cop.
Kevin Christopher Randleman was an American mixed martial artist, amateur and 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. On May 16, 2020, the UFC announced that Randleman would be inducted into the pioneer wing of the UFC Hall of Fame. Randleman is the first fighter to be posthumously inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame.
Fighters whose careers began before the Unified Rules era (debut before November 17, 2000).
Explosive NCAA champion wrestler who won the UFC Heavyweight Championship in 1999 and later shocked PRIDE with an upset of Mirko Cro Cop.
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