May 23rd, 2009 UFC 98: Evans vs Machida took place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. A card plagued by injuries it featured Light Heavyweight Champion Rashad Evans taking on undefeated Lyoto Machida. Machida beat Evans 3:57 into the 2nd Round by a specatcular KO after Evans was trash talking during the standup exchange. Also on the card was the long delayed The Ulimate Fighter season 6 coaches match up between Matt Hughes and Matt Serra a fight that Hughes won by decision and was awarded Fight Of The Night. Also victorious on the card were Frankie Edgar over Sean Sherk and Chael Sonnen over Dan Miller.
May 24th, 2008 UFC 84: Ill Will took place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. One of my person favorite events from the last few years UFC 84 was headlined by a Lightweight Title fight between champion B.J. Penn and former champion Sean Sherk. Sherk still thought of himself as the champion after being stripped of the belt after a positive steroid test. B.J. was coming off a win at UFC 80 against Joe Stevenson which was originally an interim title fight but altered to an actual title fight after the Sherk suspension. Unwilling to use his strengths Sherk decided to stand with B.J. which ultimately was the end for Sherk as B.J. nailed a flying knee and followed it up with strikes as the 3rd Round ended and retained the title. Also on card which featured only 2 decisions was Wanderlei Silva knocking out Keith Jardine 36 seconds into the 1st Round, Goran Reljic defeated Wilson Gouvia by TKO in the 2nd Round which won Fight Of the Night, Lyoto Machida defeated Tito Ortiz by decision and Shane Carwin made his UFC debut with a KO 44 seconds into the 1st Round.
May 26th, 2007 UFC 71: Liddell vs Jackson took place at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Main Event was a Light Heavyweight Championship between title holder Chuck Liddell vs Rampage Jackson. A rematch from their 2003 bout at Pride Final Conflict that Rampage won by TKO at the time it was Liddell's only unavenged defeat. Rampage defeated Liddell by TKO in the 1st Round which ultimately was Liddell's last title fight, the win set up a UFC/Pride unification bout between Rampage and Pride Champion Dan Henderson. Also featured on the card was Houston Alexander upsetting Keith Jardine by TKO 48 seconds into the 1st Round.
May 27th, 2006 UFC 60: Hughes vs Gracie took place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The main event saw the return of Royce Gracie to the UFC having not fought under the UFC banner for 11 years. Hughes dominated the former 3 time UFC tournament champion beating him by TKO 4:39 into the 1st Round. Also victorious during the event were Dean Lister, Diego Sanchez, Brandon Vera and Mike Swick.
Birthdays
Joe Lauzon Born May 22 1980 in East Bridewater, Massachusetts
The Ultimate Fighter cast member of season 5 who eventually lost to Manvel Gamburyan in the semi finals. Joe has won UFC Fight Of The Fight 3 times as well as Submission Of The Night 3 times as well. Lauzon has a career record of and is owner of perhaps one of the biggest upsets in UFC history when Joe defeated Jens Pulver in his UFC debut in only 47 seconds. He also has notable wins over Jeremy Stephens and Mike Thomas Brown.
Murilo Rua- Born May 22nd 1980 in Curitiba, Brazil
"Ninja" the older brother of Shogun Rua has fought all over the world but is most known for his time with Pride Fighting Championships. It was during that time with Pride FC that Ninja, who usually fights at middleweight entered the 2004 Heavyweight Grand Prix, he was unsuccessful however losing to Sergei Kharitonov. The one time Elite XC Middleweight champion has notable wins over Joey Villasenor and Mario Sperry.
Paulo Filho- Born May 24th, 1978 in Rio de Janerio, Brazil
The Brazillian Top Team Member and Jiujtisu black belt was once considered one of if not the best middleweight fighter in the world. Boasting a 21-3 record Filho was the last WEC middleweight champion, but not without controversy as he failed to make weight against Chael Sonnen in a strange fight where he looked confused and disoriented. Notable wins for the Brazilian include Chael Sonnen, Melvin Manhoef, Murilo Rua and Yuki Kondo.
Frank Mir- Born May 24th 1979 in Las Vegas, Nevada
The Brazilian Jiujitsu black belt is the former UFC Heavyweight Champion and also was the Interim Heavyweight Champion on a separate occasion. He received his black belt after defeated Tim Sylvia by arm bar which broke Tim's arm. After his title win however he was involved in a serious motorcycle accident which caused him to relinquish the title. The top 10 ranked fighter has a career record of 14-5 with notable wins over Mirko Cro Cop, Rodrigo Nogueira and Brock Lesnar
Cung Le- Born May 25th 1972 in Saigon, South Vietnam
The highly decorated kick boxer is the former Strikeforce Middleweight Champion. Having put his MMA career on hold to pursue an acting career Cung has stared in Tekken, Fighting, and Pandorum. Sporting a 7-1 MMAStrikeforce Middleweight title) and Tony Fryklund.
Kenny Florian- Born May 26th, 1976 in Westwood, Massachusetts
A cast member of The Ultimate Fighter season 1 Kenny lost in the Middleweight finale against Diego Sanchez. Soon to have competed in 4 different UFC weight classes K-Flo has challenged for a UFC title on two occasions. Having a 14-5 career record and known for his vicious elbows Kenny however has 10 of his wins coming way of submission. Notable wins for Kenny include Takanori Gomi, Clay Guida, and Joe Stevenson.
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