<Tr> <Th> Unit </Th> <Td> 101st Airborne Division </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Other work </Th> <Td> Professional mixed martial arts </Td> </Tr> <P> Randall Duane Couture (/ koʊˈtʊər /; born June 22, 1963) is an American actor, former United States Army Sergeant, retired mixed martial artist and former collegiate and Greco - Roman wrestler . During his tenures in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), he became a three - time UFC Heavyweight Champion, two - time UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, an interim UFC Light Heavyweight Champion and the UFC 13 Heavyweight Tournament winner . He is the first of five fighters to hold two UFC championship titles in two different divisions (along with B.J. Penn, Conor McGregor, Georges St. Pierre, and Daniel Cormier). </P> <P> Couture has competed in a record 16 title fights . He holds the record for the most wins in UFC Heavyweight Championship bouts (6). He had the most title reigns in the UFC, with six . His last fight with Lyoto Machida marked his 24th fight in the UFC, the tenth largest number of fights in the UFC (Michael Bisping, Frank Mir, and Tito Ortiz are tied for first with 27). He is the fourth member of the UFC Hall of Fame . He is the only person over the age of 40 to have won a UFC championship fight, having done so four times . He is one of the few MMA champions to regain a title he had lost, and the only to have done it three times (twice at heavyweight, once at light heavyweight). </P>

First ufc fighter to hold two belts at the same time