DANCING WITH THE NATURAL

By Loretta Hunt

Recently re-anointed UFC Heavyweight Champion Randy Couture knows no boundaries. The soft-spoken role model for mixed martial arts will get a visit from “Dancing With The Stars” entry Leeza Gibbons this Friday at his Legends Gym in Los Angeles.

Ms. Entertainment Tonight narrowly escaped elimination on Tuesday night’s results show, though she scored well with the judges, so expect “the Natural” to impart some of his mental strategy to the hapless hoofer, all for the DWTS cameras.

The segment, which could get 23 million viewers, will air Monday or Tuesday.

COUTURE STAYS UP LATE, LATE

Speaking of Couture, he hits the talk show couch this Friday night at 12:35 AM EST/PST on “The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson.” A clip of the “punch heard around the world” will be played.

Couture was also recently interviewed by ESPN the Magazine, with a forthcoming article in the works.