In this Nov. 15, 2008, photo, Randy Couture stands in the ring for his match against Brock Lesnar for the UFC heavyweight mixed martial arts championship match in Las Vegas. Lesnar won in the second round. Couture was training wrestlers in Corvallis, Ore. , when he saw his first mixed martial arts fight, and it put him on a winding, lucrative path that's led him right back to Oregon. The Pacific Northwest will welcome home an accomplished native athlete Saturday night when Couture meets Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira at Portland's Rose Garden in the main event of UFC 102, the league's first major show in Oregon. AP Photo logo AP Photo 2 months ago

In this Nov. 15, 2008, photo, Randy Couture stands in the ring for his match against Brock Lesnar for the UFC heavyweight mixed martial arts championship match in Las Vegas. Lesnar won in the second round. Couture was training wrestlers in Corvallis, Ore. , when he saw his first mixed martial arts fight, and it put him on a winding, lucrative path that's led him right back to Oregon. The Pacific Northwest will welcome home an accomplished native athlete Saturday night when Couture meets Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira at Portland's Rose Garden in the main event of UFC 102, the league's first major show in Oregon.

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  1. In this Nov. 15, 2008, photo, Randy Couture stands in the ring for his match against Brock Lesnar for the UFC heavyweight mixed martial arts championship match in Las Vegas. Lesnar won in the second round. Couture was training wrestlers in Corvallis, Ore., when he saw his first mixed martial arts fight, and it put him on a winding, lucrative path that's led him right back to Oregon. The Pacific Northwest will welcome home an accomplished native athlete Saturday night when Couture meets Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira at Portland's Rose Garden in the main event of UFC 102, the league's first major show in Oregon.
  2. In this Nov. 15, 2008, photo, Randy Couture stands in the ring for his match against Brock Lesnar for the UFC heavyweight mixed martial arts championship match in Las Vegas. Lesnar won in the second round. Couture was training wrestlers in Corvallis, Ore., when he saw his first mixed martial arts fight, and it put him on a winding, lucrative path that's led him right back to Oregon. The Pacific Northwest will welcome home an accomplished native athlete Saturday night when Couture meets Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira at Portland's Rose Garden in the main event of UFC 102, the league's first major show in Oregon.
  3. In this Nov. 15, 2008, photo, Randy Couture stands in the ring for his match against Brock Lesnar for the UFC heavyweight mixed martial arts championship match in Las Vegas. Lesnar won in the second round. Couture was training wrestlers in Corvallis, Ore., when he saw his first mixed martial arts fight, and it put him on a winding, lucrative path that's led him right back to Oregon. The Pacific Northwest will welcome home an accomplished native athlete Saturday night when Couture meets Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira at Portland's Rose Garden in the main event of UFC 102, the league's first major show in Oregon.

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