At 38, Trigg may be nearing the end of his splendid run in professional MMA.
It is in the last two years, however, which he has also turned in some of
his most impressive performances, to date, including back-to-back wins over
Jason “Mayhem” Miller and Kazo “The Grabaka Hitman” Misaki.
Trigg attributes these recent, good fortunes to his adoption of all-time
great, Randy “The Natural” Couture, as a mentor. Training at the Xtreme
Couture academy in Las Vegas, Nevada has provided him with a new outlook
towards competition.
“One of my biggest problems has been that I’ve been my own worst
enemy,” admitted Trigg. “I let that get in the way of my fights. One thing
about Xtreme Couture, especially hanging out with Randy, is he (emphasizes)
doing the best you can, so it really takes the stress off of you. For him, it’s
always about being fun. So, it’s kind of interesting to see how he trains and I
try to mimic the style.”

While he has surely carved out a legacy in the sport that almost anyone
would be proud to call his own, Trigg remains most proud of his career in
amateur wrestling, which included team competition at University of Oklahoma and
culminated with his outstanding showing in the Olympic trials.
“The whole thing was a great memory for me,” said Trigg. “It’s
one of those things that I’ll never forget, especially at the level I took it
to. I took it to a level that very few people ever get to go to. Being an
amateur wrestler is something that will always be important to me. It developed
who I am, what I do, and how I approach things.”
Tickets for Strikeforce “Payback,” priced from $30, are on sale at
Ticketmaster (303-830-TIXS) and Ticketmaster.com

In the main event, knockout artist and Denver native, Duane “Bang”
Ludwig (16-8), will attempt to avenge a previous defeat at the hands of “The
Ultimate Fighter” season three veteran, Sam “The Squeeze” Morgan (19-10).
Also back in action at Strikeforce “Payback” will be “The New York
Badass” Phil Baroni (12-10) and “The Ultimate Fighter” season four veteran,
“The Secret Weapon” Pete Spratt (18-14), who will battle Donnie Liles (11-5).
Broomfield Event Center doors will open for Strikeforce “Payback” at
5:30 PM MST and the preliminary card will begin at 6:30 PM MST. The main card
will commence at 8 PM MST.

About Strikeforce:
Strikeforce is a world-class mixed martial arts cage fight promotion which,
on Friday, March 10, 2006, made history with its “Shamrock vs. Gracie”
event, the first sanctioned mixed martial arts fight card in California
state
history. The star-studded extravaganza, which pitted legendary champion
Frank
Shamrock against Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt Cesar Gracie at San
Jose’s HP
Pavilion, played host to a sold-out, record crowd of 18,265. Since 1995,
Strikeforce has been the exclusive provider of martial arts programming
for ESPN
and, after 12 years of success as a leading, world championship kickboxing
promotion, the company unveiled its mixed martial arts series with
“Shamrock vs.
Gracie.” Since then, it has co-produced the first SHOWTIME PPV mixed
martial arts event in history with its world championship “Shamrock vs.
Baroni”
card on June 22, 2007 followed by the first-ever mixed martial arts event at
the world-famous Playboy Mansion on September 29, 2007. On April 12th of
this
year, Strikeforce launched the first-ever 52 week MMA series on one of the
four major television networks in The U.S. – NBC.