Strikeforce: Fedor vs Werdum took place June 26th, 2010 at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California. Main event featured former Pride champion Fedor Emelianenko taking on Fabricio Werdum. Just 1:09 into the first round Werdum submitted Emelianenko which is considered one of the biggest upsets in recent MMA history. It was the first official lose of Emelianenko's career. Also featured on the card was an entertaining rematch between Cung Le and Scott Smith where Le had a comeback TKO win by spinning back kick and punches. Cristiane Santos was also victorious on the card defending her Strikeforce Women's Middleweight title with a TKO win over Jan Finney.
UFC 32: Showdown At The Meadowlands took place June 29th, 2001 at the Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Main event featured the first "Light Heavyweight" title fight (formerly Middleweight) between Tito Ortiz and Elvis Sinosic which Tito won by TKO. Also on the event was the debut of future UFC Heavyweight champion Ricco Rodriguez where he defeated Andrei Arlovksi by TKO. Also victorious at the event were BJ Penn, Josh Barnett, Pat Miletich, Caol Uno and Vladimir Matyushenko.
Pride Critical Countdown Absolute took Place July 1st, 2006 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. Featuring the 2nd round of the Open Weight Grand Prix the event was headlined by tournament competitors Mirko Cro Cop and Hidehiko Yoshida with Cro Cop winning by verbal submission due to leg strikes. Wanderlei stepped in for the injured Fedor Emelianenko and defeated Kazuyuki Fujita by TKO. Josh Barnett and Rodrigo Nogueira rounded out the tournament winners. Victories by Vitor Belfort, Alistair Overeem and Evangelista Santos highlighted the rest of the event.
Pride Critical Countdown 2005 took place June 26th, 2005 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. This Event featured the 2nd round of the Middleweight Grand Prix. Main event featured Wanderlei Silva defeating Kazuhiro Nakamura by TKO. Mauricio Rua faced off against rival Rogerio Nogueira which is regarded as one of the best MMA fights of all time with Rua ended up the victor by decision. Alistair Overeem and Ricardo Arona rounded out the tournament semi-finalists in the star studded event. Victories by Heavyweights Rodrigo Nogueira, Mirko Cro Cop and Sergei Kharitonov highlighted the rest of the event.
Birthdays
Gilbert Yvel born June 30th, 1976 in Amsterdam, Netherlands
"The Hurricane" is perhaps more known for his questionable conduct inside the ring rather than his skill, he is however a veteran of 54 MMA bouts winning 36 of them. The conduct in question includes biting an opponents ear, punching a ref and raking his fingers across an opponents face. A feared striker he has never got any traction fighting on the big stage going a less that stellar 2-10-1 with the UFC and Pride organizations. However notable wins for Yvel include Pedro Rizzo, Valentjin Overeem, and Chieck Kongo.
Dan Miller born June 30th, 1981 in Whippany, New Jersey
Dan, the older brother of Jim Miller is a veteran of 9 UFC fights and is the former IFL Middleweight champion, who current career record stands at 13-5. Miller is probably most famous for his bout against Dave Phillips where he caught Phillips in a brutal standing guillotine choke which Bas Rutten called "The tightest guillotine choke he's ever seen". Notable wins for Miller include Joe Doerksen, Jake Rosholt and John Howard.
Forrest Griffin born July 1st, 1979 in Columbus, Ohio.
The former UFC Light Heavyweight champion and The Ultimate Fighter season 1 winner. One of the UFC's most popular fighters he rose to stardom after his bout against Stephan Bonnar in the TUF finale which is consider not only one of the best fights in MMA history but most important. Forrest once served as a law enforcement officer in Georgia before getting into MMA. Griffin is also an author of 2 books titled "Got Fight?: 50 Zen Principles Of Hand-to-Face Combat" and "Be Ready When The $hit Goes Down: A Survival Guide To The Apocalypse. Notable wins for Forrest include winning the UFC Light Heavyweight title against Rampage Jackson, Rich Franklin and Mauricio Rua.
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