Yeh, 2005 was 4 years before Forrest/Rampage, which was around when I started watching. That's like the earliest fight I remember watching.
I was in highschool back in 2005, playing Nintendo and watching WWE, bro, not watching MMA lol. I didn't even know this stuff existed back when Big Dude last fought in the UFC.
What got me into MMA was downloading a TNA wrestling torrent and accidentally clicking the wrong one. When I loaded it up it was some dudes fighting in cages. I thought it looked super gay at first, but gave it a shot. Started training BJJ/MMA a couple months later, and haven't missed a UFC fight since apart from the Shields/GSP card.
You've got me tempted to go back and check out Big Dude's fights now lol.