Here are some highlights, via MMA Junkie, of the mixed martial arts debut of Kim Couture, the wife of UFC heavyweight champion-in-exile Randy Couture:
Kim Couture had previously participated in a Muay Thai smoker, but the above video shows her first actual MMA competition. She won with a third round TKO.
Thanks to her husband, Kim Couture is by far the best known female MMA fighter, but she's not the best. Gina Carano , who will fight on the EliteXC card on CBS on May 31, is more accomplished in the cage than Kim Couture is. But there's definitely a place for women in MMA, and adding female fighters -- who would in turn attract more female fans -- is an obvious opportunity for other organizations to make some inroads on UFC, which has shown no interest in putting women in the Octagon.
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Kim Couture, Wife of Randy, Wins MMA Debut
Posted Apr 11th 2008 6:52PM by Michael David Smith
Filed under: Fighting, MMA, MMA/Boxing
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1. This stinks! We put people in jail for fighting dogs and then celebrate people doing exactly the same brutal thing. Have we became a nation of blood thirsty brutes? Any thug can smack another person around for money. My advice...get a real job! What will they do when they get injured or age? This type of sport is sickening and should be illegal.
Posted at 9:50AM on Apr 12th 2008 by royal
2. Congrats to Kim Couture! Women's MMA is fun. They are skilled and are very competitive. I look forward to seeing Gina Carano's debut on CBS.
Posted at 9:51AM on Apr 17th 2008 by Ripley