The 30th anniversary of UFC 1 is set for Sunday, Nov. 12, a day after UFC 295 in Madison Square Garden in New York. The promotion has had a colorful history in those 30 years, though there were many points at which it appeared it wouldn't survive to see a second year, a fifth-year, or a 10th year.
The 30th anniversary of UFC 1 is set for Sunday, Nov. 12, a day after UFC 295 in Madison Square Garden in New York. The promotion has had a colorful history in those 30 years, though there were many points at which it appeared it wouldn’t survive to see a second year, a fifth-year, or a 10th year.
But going into this fight, there was legitimate concern for him from some members of the fan base. For starters, he was 43 years old and was facing a 6-foot-8 giant in Sylvia. 28. Junior dos Santos KOs Cain Velasquez to win heavyweight title in first UFC bout on network television That card, topped by a welterweight title fight between Georges St-Pierre and Jake Shields, drew 55,724 fans to Toronto’s Rogers Centre and earned a paid gate of $12.1, both UFC records at the time.UFC hired Marc Ratner away from the Nevada Athletic Commission on May 15, 2006
St-Pierre was 13-1 heading into the Serra fight and was coming off impressive back-to-back wins over B.J. Penn and Matt Hughes. He avenged the loss to Serra at UFC 83 and ended his career on a 13-fight winning streak.Zhang Weili defended her women's strawweight title against Joanna Jedrzejczyk Jackson cracked Liddell with a short right hand and finished him in 1:53 to end Liddell’s reign. Liddell never again held a UFC belt and from that point on, he struggled to win. He was 20-3 heading into that bout but, including the loss to Jackson, dropped six of his final seven.Matt Hughes and Frank Trigg met in a rematch for the welterweight title at UFC 52 on April 16, 2005, at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas.
Legendary singer Sinead O’Connor sang live during McGregor’s ring walk, and McGregor finished Mendes to win his first UFC title. But it was all overshadowed by the incredible battle between Lawler and MacDonald for the welterweight title.. MacDonald's nose was broken and bleeding badly. Lawler cracked him on the nose again early in the fifth and MacDonald could take no more. He went down and Lawler quickly ended it.
Little did they know it, but the birth of a new title was born. Diaz and Masvidal met for the so-called BMF title at UFC 244 on Nov. 2. BMF stands for “Baddest Mother F***er” and the UFC made a belt for it. There were no weight classes and fighters ranged in size from Royce Gracie’s 180 pounds to Teilia Tuli’s 450 pounds. Gracie defeated a boxer, Art Jimmerson, who wore only one glove in the fight, with a smother choke. Tuli faced the 204-pound Gerard Gordeau, who won in the first round in 26 seconds when he kicked Tuli in the face and knocked several teeth out. Two of the teeth remained embedded in Gordeau’s foot.
After it was over, and Griffin won, executives from Spike and Zuffa met in the parking lot and hammered out an extension for a Season 2. Without that bout, MMA may have ceased to exist.UFC 196 was held on March 5, 2016, at the MGM Grand Garden and was supposed to feature featherweight champion Conor McGregor moving up to lightweight to challenge lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos.
Dana White had famously said he’d never have women fight in the UFC, and for more than 12 years of his ownership, he stuck to that. But then he met Ronda Rousey and things changed.Rousey and Carmouche fought in the main event of the card, further emphasizing the point that women were finally being treated equally to the men. Rousey won by armbar submission at 4:49 of the first round.Khabib Nurmagomedov defended his lightweight title against Conor McGregor on Oct.
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