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Former UFC fighter Randy Couture required a medical airlift to a burn center on Tuesday.
The emergency transport to a Kansas City burn center happened shortly after the MMA legend sustained what TMZ Sports reported as first and second-degree burns, trauma injuries, and smoke inhalation following a crash on a racetrack.
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Randy Couture (green shorts) def. Gabriel Gonzaga (black/white shorts) – TKO – 1:37 round 3 during UFC 74 at Mandalay Bay Events Center on July 7, 2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
Couture was ramping up for his first National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) racing event at the time of the harrowing accident.
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It is unclear what caused the wreck. Couture’s vehicle appeared to suffer major damage from the