April 7, 1995 UFC 5: Return of the Beast UFC 5 took place in Charlotte North Carolina and featured not only another one-night tournament format, but also the UFC’s first “Superfight”. By this time in the early days of UFC, a few stars had already emerged. Guys like Royce Gracie, Ken Shamrock and Den “the [...]
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This Week in MMA History: Dan ‘The Beast’ Severn Talks About His UFC 5 Win
Posted: April 1, 2011 in Event Results, This Week In HistoryThis Week in MMA History–UFC 4 in the Words of Dan Severn
Posted: December 13, 2010 in Commentary/Opinion, Interviews, This Week In HistoryTags: S-Cla$$
UFC 4: Revenge of the Warriors December 16, 1994, Tulsa, OK. This week marks the anniversary of a very important event in MMA history—UFC 4. Royce Gracie won his third UFC event in another uncanny display of Gracie Jiu Jitsu. This time, however, he was no underdog. By now, he was not only a favorite [...]
October 31, 2004 marked a historic event in Pride 28: High Octane. Several notable matches and numerous notable fighters took part in this show. Herring, Arona, Emelianenko (Aleks, not Fedor), Overeem, Henderson, Cro Cop and Barnett all made appearances. And I didn’t even mention the main event yet. That was a little match two guys [...]
UFC 22: Only One Can Be Champion September 24, 1999 UFC 22 was an important event in UFC history on several accounts. First and foremost was the main event of Frank Shamrock vs. Tito Ortiz. As we now know, both fighters are legends in the sport and at the time of this fight, they were [...]
Let’s take a walk down memory lane. Early September, 1994—September 9 to be exact—gave us UFC 3: The American Dream. Along with the other very early UFC events, UFC 3 perhaps was the number one reason many of today’s stars decided to enter this sport in the first place. I’d say if you took a [...]
This Month in MMA History … Unbeatable Silva Gets Beat (with Video)
Posted: December 1, 2011 in Commentary/Opinion, Cool Stuff We Like, This Week In HistoryTags: S-Cla$$
It might be hard to believe, but Anderson Silva has lost before. And no, I’m not talking about his DQ loss to Okami. I mean a legitimate loss in the center of the ring. Way back in December of 2004, Silva fought Ryo Chonan at Pride Shockwave 2004. At 3:08 of the 3rd round, Chonan [...]