This Week In MMA History (April 22-28)

UFC 42: Sudden Impact took place on April 25th, 2003 at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida.
Matt Hughes defeated Sean Sherk by Unanimous Decision (Hughes defended UFC Welterweight Championship)

Pride Total Elimination 2005 took place on April 23rd, 2005 at the Osaka Dome in Osaka, Japan.
Wanderlei Silva defeated Hidehiko Yoshida by Unanimous Decision
Mauricio Rua defeated Quinton Jackson by TKO 1st Round
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira defeated Dan Henderson by Submission 1st Round
Alistair Overeem defeated Vitor Belfort by Submission 1st Round

Pride Total Elimination 2004 took place on April 25th, 2004 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
Fedor Emelianenko defeated Mark Coleman by Submission 1st Round
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira defeated Hirotaka Yokoi by Submission 2nd Round
Kevin Randleman defeated Mirko Cro Cop by TKO 1st Round

Pride 20: Armed and Ready took place on April 28th, 2002 at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan.
Mirko Cro Cop and Wanderlei Silva fought to a draw
Ricardo Arona defeated Dan Henderson by Split Decision
Quinton Jackson defeated Masaaki Satake by TKO 1st Round

WEC 48: Aldo vs Faber took place on April 24th, 2010 at the ARCO Arena in Sacramento, California.
Jose Aldo defeated Urijah Faber by Unanimous Decision (Aldo defended WEC Featherweight Championship)
Ben Henderson defeated Donald Cerrone by Submission 1st Round (Henderson defended WEC Lightweight Championship)
Leonard Garcia defeated Chan Sung Jung by Split Decision

Birthdays
Sam Stout born on April 23rd, 1984 in London, Ontario
Marcio Cruz born on April 24th, 1978 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Luiz Cane born on April 24th, 1981 in Sao Paulo, Brazil
Alan Belcher born on April 24th, 1984 in Jonesboro, Arkanas
Kazuo Misaki born on April 25th, 1976 in Chiba, Japan
David Abbott born on April 26th, 1865 in Huntington Beach, California
Carlos Condit born on April 26th, 1984 in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Cole Miller born on April 26th, 1984 in Macon, Georgia
Luke Cummo born on April 27th, 1980 in New Hyde Park, New York
Javier Vazquez born on April 27th, 1976 in Santiago, Cuba

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