Kim Couture Sexy Mixed Martial Artist

Kimberly Joy Borrego was born in a small town in Walsenburg, Colorado on December 18th, 1975. The first six years of Kim’s life were similar to “Little House on the Prairie”, she lived on a Horse and Cattle Ranch in the middle of the Rocky Mountains with the closest town over 20 miles away. It wasn’t until she was old enough to start school her family decided to move into the city. Her new home was Pueblo, Colorado.

While public schools have challenges for any child, Kim took the “Bull by the Horns” so to speak, and made learning a very important part of her life. She was a straight “A” student all the way through High School. Outside the classroom she was very active in school activities and loved to play Basketball, Volleyball and participated in Track.

When she was not playing a team sport, Kim’s family was very involved in the Rodeo, she grew up learning and training for events such as Barrel Racing and Team Roping. If that wasn’t enough to keep her busy she actively participated in family farm tasks like cattle drives, branding, bailing hay and training horses.

Kim’s childhood wasn’t a life full of glitz and glamour rather one of a country girl experiencing the best that a city and country farm life had to offer.

Only a week after her High School graduation Kim was married to her freshman sweetheart. Life was good and a year and a half later they were blessed with a son, Kim was now taking on the reigns of motherhood. Her marriage abruptly came to an end shortly after their child was born. Now Kim was a single mother looking to make ends meet.

Kim was in another relationship and upon her acceptance to USC as a team member of the Volleyball team Kim was delivered her next shocking piece of news, she was pregnant again with a little girl. The news of a second child put her hopes of graduating college to the side as she had to provide for her two children.

Kim put her academic skills to the test and pasted the training to become a Sherriff. At the age of 21 Kim had became an officer of the law. Two years on the force Kim was taking her first vacation to visit family in Las Vegas, NV. While on the trip Kim met in passing the top execs of Mandalay Bay (which at this time was under construction). She was later offered a position at the resort for double her Sheriff pay. For a mom supporting two children it was in her best interest to accept and make the move to Las Vegas.

Kim quickly rose to the top at Mandalay Bay in just over a year’s time there. The word spread and the competition was eager to entice Kim away to bigger and better things. Kim was offered a job as a cocktail manager at Bellagio where she spent the next year and a half there, again making a name for herself. This is where she met Steve Wynn and he suggested with her personality she should be in casino marketing. Kim jumped at the opportunity and after only 3 months of her new job responsibility she was promoted to executive casino host. Kim was later an integral part to the success of opening Steve Wynn’s multi-billion dollar casino “Wynn”.

Now as a casino host Kim was no stranger to the glitz and glamour of celebrity parties, nightlife and the numerous sporting events that Las Vegas is know for. When Kim wasn’t at work or taking care of her kids, Kim loved to workout and train.

In 2004 she started to train at J-Sect, a Jiu-Jitsu training center, just as a hobby to keep in shape and break the grind of going to the typical treadmill farms found around the city. While she was training at J-Sect she became friends with many of the local MMA fighters like Jay Hieron and Mike Pyle to name a few.

In 2005 she met Randy Couture through John Lewis, a former fighter for the UFC who owned J-Sect in Las Vegas.

Lewis threw a party for the folks involved on The Ultimate Fighter show and invited Kim. It was at that party that she met Randy. They talked throughout the night and eventually had lunch together and the rest is history. They married in October 2006.

Soon after the union Randy and Kim opened Xtreme Couture MMA training center. This was the first complete MMA gym where it met the needs of top MMA professionals in every discipline.
It was in this gym that Kim in 2007, age 31 and a mother of two, decided that she wanted to test the waters of MMA competition. She had followed the career of Gina Carano and knew that the sport needed another icon to propel women’s MMA fighting to mainstream media and the fans . Kim has a deep love for the sport and it just all seemed to fit.

On Feb 29th 2008 HDNet Fights aired the debut of Kim Couture. This was a Muay Thai exhibition event vs. Allison Clarkson held at Xtreme Couture MMA.

A few months later Kim was ready and prepared for her official amateur MMA debut vs. Jessica Cruz which took place on April 5, 2008. Kim’s hands were held high after the event with her first win.
Two months later Kim felt it was time to make her pro MMA debut on June 20th 2008 vs. Kim Rose. The battle raged for 3 five minute rounds with Kim breaking her jaw in the first few seconds of the fight. Kim, bleeding profusely throughout the fight, was questions by many in the media whether women’s MMA should be allowed.

Although Kim suffered her first MMA competition defeat in the ring she vowed to come back stronger and better and prove the critics wrong.

After a very short healing period she was back in the gym training. She was offered her next fight with Strikeforce debuting on November 21st, 2008 against Lina Kvokov. One minute, 44 seconds into the fight after Lina ate leather the entire fight, Kim Couture was awarded her first professional MMA fight victory.

Kim continues to train daily, push women’s MMA movement along with co-managing the many business that she and Randy have co-founded.

Source: http://www.kimcouture.tv/Biography.htm