KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Randy Couture, a former UFC star turned commentator, was airlifted to a burn center after crashing while racing at a pro stock racetrack in Missouri. 

ESPN reports he suffered first and second-degree burns, trauma injuries and smoke inhalation in the single-car accident Tuesday. TMZ reports he was injured while doing a practice run in Kansas City. 

He is expected to make a full recovery, his spokesperson told ESPN. Some reports say he is already in stable condition. 

The crash took place at the Flying H Drag Strip in Odessa, Missouri — part of the part of the I-70 Motorsports Park, according to the Kansas City Star. It's unclear what caused the crash. 

The 62-year-old UFC Hall of Famer had been working to make his debut on the National Hot Rod Association later this year. The NHRA is the largest auto racing organization in the world and mostly promotes drag racing. 

Drag racing is defined as "a sport or competition in which specially built or modified cars race over a short distance as a test of acceleration," by Oxford Languages.

It's when two vehicles, in Couture's case, cars, line up side by side and race to see who is fastest along a short distance — typically a quarter-mile or an eighth-mile.

Couture has been open about his love for racing, recently speaking on The Bubba Army Show a few weeks ago about his experience getting ready for his NHRA debut.

“I’ve been a fan of racing for 12, 13 years,” Couture said. "(It's) kind of that fight or flight. Same with fighting. Walking up in that cage, or out on that mat, you know, your butt wants to pucker up and you don't do the things you normally wanna do or you're trained to do."

Couture was a U.S. Army soldier and had plenty of wins in his MMA career: he's a three-time NCAA All-American, an international Greco-Roman competitor, and a six-time UFC World Champion.

After first retiring from fighting in 2007, Couture took up acting and was in The Expendables series and The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior, among other things.