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The NFL season has gotten off to a crazy start. The Bears are still suffering from the unwillingness of their head coach to even consider benching QB Rex Grossman, who has a rating in the forties and has thrown six interceptions to just one touchdown. The Saints haven't won a game yet one season after their impressive run to the NFC Championship and their high flying offense has scored just 12 points over two games. The Chargers, who went 14-2 last season, have lost two games already and it's only week three, and their MVP running back LaDanian Tomlinson is averaging a pathetic two point three yards per carry. Tomlinson, Larry Johnson and Steven Jackson, who combined for 5132 rushing yards last season, have combined for just 503 yards through three weeks. At that pace they will combine for 2683 yards this season. At least we can rely on the Colts and the Patriots. It looks like they're the teams to beat yet again.

Randy "The Natural" Couture

I thought I would open my blog with a tribute to the UFC Heavyweight Champion of the World.

Randy Couture won the Heavyweight championship for the first time in his first year (1997) as a UFC fighter. He was already 33 and in the prime of his career. Randy earned the nickname "The Natural" when he scored a TKO victory against undefeated rising star Vitor Belfort.

Randy would suffer his first two losses in 1998 and 1999 in fights outside of the UFC. In 2000 Randy won a unanimous decision against mixed martial arts great Jeremy Horn. Just over one month later Couture returned to the UFC to reclaim his Heavyweight title which was currently being held by Kevin Randleman.

After suffering two consecutive losses in the Heavyweight division Couture decided to drop down to Light Heavyweight where he would become a two-time World Light Heavyweight champion and the first person to be a champion at both the Heavy and Light Heavyweight levels.

Randy finally retired in 2006 at the age of 43 and was the fourth fighter to be inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame. His retirement didn't last long. In 2007, at the age of 44, Randy "The Natural" Couture returned to the ring to battle UFC Heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia. Sylvia, who is over ten years younger and six inches taller than Couture, was completely dominated by the Hall of Famer. Couture most recently defended his title against a 28-year-old, undefeated Gabriel Gonzaga. Couture controlled the fight from beginning to end, winning by TKO in the third round.

In a sport dominated by men in their late 20s to early 30s, 44-year-old Couture continues to prove that he is and forever will be one of the best to ever enter the octagon. Congratulations Randy.