Editing Tony Halme (section)

==Mixed martial arts==
After retiring from professional wrestling in 1997, Halme went on to fight in the [[Fighting Network Rings|RINGS]] and [[Ultimate Fighting Championship]], though without appreciable success, notably a 56-second submission loss to [[Randy Couture]] at 
[[UFC 13|UFC XIII]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m9sDAAAAMBAJ&q=tony+halme&pg=PT108|title=UFC Fighter Elected to Finnish Parliament|first=Keith|last=Vargo|work=[[Black Belt (magazine)|Black Belt]]|date=July 2003|access-date=11 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.mmafighting.com/2010/01/10/tony-halme-randy-coutures-first-mma-opponent-dead-at-47|title=Tony Halme, Randy Couture's First MMA Opponent, Dead at 47|last=Chiappetta |first= Mike|date= 2010-01-10|website= mmafighting.com|access-date=13 February 2023 |quote=Tony Halme, best remembered in the MMA world as the first opponent of Randy Couture in the UFC, has died at 47, according to The Associated Press.[...] In May 1997, after fighting a few times in the Japan-based RINGS organization, Halme fought Couture at UFC 13. Couture won by rear naked choke in only 56 seconds. Halme never again competed in MMA.}}</ref>