When Kevin Randleman graduated from college, he began his professional career fighting. In 1996, Kevin Randleman won the first five cage matches he had at the competition Universal Vale Tudo Fighting 4. It was at this time that he earned himself the nickname The Monster. In 1999, just three short years later, he began wrestling for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, or the UFC. He won almost all of the matches that he competed in. During the time between 2002 and 2003, Kevin Randleman took part in Pride 22 through Pride 26, winning three out of the five competitions he was a part of. The world was just beginning to set its eyes on MMA champ Kevin Randleman.
MMA fighter Kevin Randleman was born on August 10, 1971 in Sandusky, Ohio, and seemed destined to be a champion athlete. Kevin, also known as The Monster, is an American Mixed Martial Artist. At five feet, 10 inches tall and 205 pounds, the 37 year old MMA champ has an impressive athletic history. Kevin Randlemans background is one of wrestling. He was a two time Division I NCAA Champion for Ohio State University. For two years out of the four that he spent at Ohio State, he was the Division I wrestling champion in his weight class. Kevin Randleman is also a former heavyweight champion of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, or UFC.
Beginning in 2006, Kevin Randleman endured a handful of setbacks in his career and in his own personal life. He had failed a drug test that was administered to him by the Nevada State Athletic Commission. He had turned in un human urine for the test, and was discovered. His fans were surprised, because he had been such an advocate against performance enhancing drugs up until then. He explained that the reason he did not use his own urine was because he had been using antibiotics and painkillers after a surgery he had recently undergone. As a result, the Nevada State Athletic Commission revoked his fighting license for one year. Also in early 2007, he had been hospitalized with a critical staph infection that threatened his health seriously. However, Kevin Randleman recovered, although it would take a bit longer for his fighting career to do the same.
In August 2007, Kevin Randleman was arrested near Las Vegas on several different charges, one of which was drunk driving. After the horrible year of 2007 had passed for Kevin, he returned to fighting professionally, and in May of this year he won a comeback fight against challenger Ryo Kawamura of Japan. Kevin Randleman has proven time and time again that when he is down he is definitely not out, and he has also shown that he is tough and is certainly anything but a quitter, which is exactly what the ultimate MMA fighter should be.
On August 10, 1971, Kevin Randleman was born in Sandusky, Ohio. Kevin, also known as The Monster, is an American Mixed Martial Artist. Kevin Randlemans background is one of wrestling. He was a two time Division I NCAA Champion for Ohio State University. Kevin Randleman is a former heavyweight champion of the UFC. He is known for his strength and his athleticism.
In October of 1996, Kevin Randlemans career began with a Mixed Martial Arts win over Luiz Carlos Macial, Geza Kalman, and Dan Bobish to win the tournament. In March of 1997, After defeating two prime competitors at the tournament, he was defeated for the first time by Carlos Barreto. Kevin Randleman has fought in the UFC lightweight and heavyweight divisions. In November of 1999, he fulfilled his dream of becoming the heavyweight champion by defeating Pete Williams for the title. Shortly after, however, he lost that title to Randy Couture.
On January 19, 2007, Kevin Randleman was hospitalized with kidney damage. Before that, Randleman failed a drug test that was given to him by the Nevada Athletic Commission. They discovered that the sample had no hormones in it, which points to it being a fake sample. Randleman says that he didnt want to submit a urine sample because he had been on painkillers and antibiotics because of his kidneys. He also claimed that his current health issues were a result of injuries, surgeries, and medications damaging his body. The Nevada Commission met in February, 2007, and decided to take away his license to fight for one year.
On August 16, 2007, Randleman was arrested in Nevada for drunk driving and many other charges, following a routine traffic stop. Amazingly, after the one year lay off, kidney illness, and a serious staph infection, Kevin Randleman came back with a huge victory over Ryo Kawamura on May 18, 2008 in Japan. In Japan, Kevin Randleman is known as the Fudge Brownie.
Kevin is married to his wife Elizabeth, and they have two children, Calvin and Jasmine. Calvin graduated from high school and is now playing football at Ashland University. Some of the awards Kevin Randleman has achieved in his career are an induction into the Sandusky, Ohio Hall of Fame, an induction into the Ohio State Hall of Fame, and he was awarded the 2004 Knockout of the Year award by Sportsbook.com.
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