Lesser Known MMA facts

[Kazeplaya]

So was Frankie Edgar.


Vitor Belfort used to fight under the name Victor Gracie.

"And the victor is, in fact, NOT a Victor!"

 

[Kazeplaya]

The Pride Tournament GP doesn't count. If it did, we'd have to count Hendo's UFC Tournament win.

 

[Slobodan]

This one always gets posted in these kinds of threads. Dude has a unique, cruel record.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuji_Nagata

Both losses are also exactly 2 years apart on the same new years card... Eerie lol

 

[Kazeplaya]

In September 2007, Matt Hamill lost a very controversial split decision to Michael Bisping in England. It was so bad that the home crowd booed a very frustrated Bisping during his victory speech. Interestingly, the lone English judge gave the nod to Hamill.

More than two years later in December 2009, Hamill faced this hot young prospect named Jon Jones who beat the living crap out of him but was (wrongly) disqualified for allegedly illegal elbows.

During his speech, Hamill acknowledged that his "win" should have been a loss but recognized that his Win/Loss record finally corrected itself to reflect the truth.

 

[AusMMAfan]

Anderson Silva Hasn't won a fight since October 2012

Sauce? BBQ and also:
http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Anderson-Silva-1356

 

[Drake]

Chael actually out struck Jones by three strikes

 

[whooty]

Chael actually out struck Jones by three strikes

Chael is probably the only person to ever outstrike both Anderson and Bones then


To still get finished

 

[Drake]

Chael is probably the only person to ever outstrike both Anderson and Bones then


To still get finished

Great point...

 

[suizuri]

Oleg Taktarov is on the movie i'm watching right now (Betrayal) and he's not a bad actor haha.

He was one of the main villains in "15 Minutes" where they killed the main star, Robert De Niro.

He was also in Bad Boys 2.

 

[aichokyu]

Chael is also the uncrowned WEC middleweight champion. Soares sent him over the belt after second fight with Filho.

chael never was a champion at anything

 

[ortizgnp]

chael never was a champion at anything

Wrong.

 

[aichokyu]

Wrong.

please enlighten me what championship did he win & which sport ?

 

[ortizgnp]

please enlighten me what championship did he win & which sport ?

He was the DangerZone light heavyweight champion, Gladiator Challenge light heavyweight champion and Hitman light heavyweight champion.

:>

 

[Myrddin Wild]

The only UFC Title fight to neither be advertised for the live card, nor be shown on the PPV for that event was... Frank Shamrock vs. Jeremy Horn at UFC 17

They wanted to air it on the New Years Eve PPV that waz all replayz of the best fights that year... but they put this on there so they could advertise a fight no one had seen yet.

I waz actually there & had stat sheets on everyone who waz advertised to be there. They weren't. I waz like "holy shit that's Jeremy Horn!" & then commenced to explain to those around me who Jeremy waz. Then I waz like "holy shit that's Frank" this is a f*ckin' title fight!

That event waz also Chuck Liddell’s octagon debut & Dan Henderson won 2 fights beating Newton to win the tournament.

I left my seat to take a leak & paused right next to the octagon just as Pete Williamz knocked out Mark Coleman about 5 foot right in front of me.

Before the event, we saw Tank Abbot walking down the road & started waving & hollering his name & he waved us over & asked for a ride to his hotel. He took up damn near my whole back seat.

 

[machidafan99]

classic story

The only UFC Title fight to neither be advertised for the live card, nor be shown on the PPV for that event was... Frank Shamrock vs. Jeremy Horn at UFC 17

They wanted to air it on the New Years Eve PPV that waz all replayz of the best fights that year... but they put this on there so they could advertise a fight no one had seen yet.

I waz actually there & had stat sheets on everyone who waz advertised to be there. They weren't. I waz like "holy shit that's Jeremy Horn!" & then commenced to explain to those around me who Jeremy waz. Then I waz like "holy shit that's Frank" this is a f*ckin' title fight!

That event waz also Chuck Liddell’s octagon debut & Dan Henderson won 2 fights beating Newton to win the tournament.

I left my seat to take a leak & paused right next to the octagon just as Pete Williamz knocked out Mark Coleman about 5 foot right in front of me.

Before the event, we saw Tank Abbot walking down the road & started waving & hollering his name & he waved us over & asked for a ride to his hotel. He took up damn near my whole back seat.

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[BC]

@BC 206 amazing thread dude
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[randompunch]

Matt Brown is a zombie

 

[ShoopNazi]

chael never was a champion at anything

He was the People's Champion.

 

[Haliacmon]

Pitbull Ferrozzo had to be carried to the hospital after beating Tank by UD
Tank went to the bar on his own

 

[BeardotheWeirdo]

UFC 37.5 (aka) "As Real as It Gets" was the first MMA card shown on TV in North America. It aired as an episode of "The Best Damn Sports Show" ... on ESPN IIRC

What??

Woops, meant Carla Esparza. I get those two confused sometimes