25 Interesting Facts About MMA

Mulla · 02-19-2008, 08:49 AM

Saw this on another site and found it quite interesting, so thought Id share:

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25. Tank Abbott was knocked out exactly 43 seconds in his fight against both Kimbo Slice and Paul Buentello.

24. UFC Light Heavyweight contender Forrest Griffin's very first MMA bout was against Dan "The Beast" Severn.

23. Evan Tanner has more triangle choke submission victories than anyone in MMA ever.

22. Karo Parisyan's last 8 of 11 fights have went to a unanimous decision, Karo going 6 and 2(GSP and Diego Sanchez).

21. The first publicized spectacle of MMA last century wasn't UFC 1 or even Vale Tudo it was a fight between Hercules O'Brien (a British Boxer) and Huo Yuan Jia (a Chinese Wushu fighter) in Shanghai in 1909.

20. Rickson Gracie (claims to have won over 400 fights without a loss) the supposedly undefeated in all competitions has at least one loss from the 1993 U.S. Sambo Championships in Norman, Oklahoma, where he was defeated by American Ron Tripp by Total Victory via uchi-mata in 45 seconds. Rickson disputed this loss, claiming he was misinformed of the rules of the event.(props cavar)

19. Anderson Silva allowed Travis Lutter to take him down in their fight at UFC 67 so that he could beat him on the ground to avenge Jose "Pele" Landi-Jons, Anderson's training partner who lost to Lutter via armbar.

18. Antonio Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueira doesn't lose fights he just runs out of time, 4 losses in 36 fights all decisions.(props to jrb655)

17. Chuck Liddell was in a 1981 movie with Jack Nicholson called "The Postman Always Rings Twice". Here is the video below.

16. UFC 14 was the first event where the "baby gloves" were made mandatory(props Bullitt68).

15. The UFC 28 fight between Josh Barnett and Gan McGee was the first and only Superheavyweight fight in UFC history.(props Bullitt68)

14. Fedor Emelianenko and Randy Couture both fought in the Rings King of Kings tournament in 2000. They would have fought but Fedor was cut by TK and Couture was submitted by Valentijn Overeem.

13. The much discussed Fedor loss due to a cut against Tsuyoshi Kohsaka, was actually a cut reopened. Fedor suffered the cut in his fight with Ricardo Arona prior to fighting TK. Fedor still claims that TK used an illegal strike.

12. Brad Imes is the only fighter in MMA history to have 2 wins via gogoplata submission.

11. UFC Ring announcer Bruce Buffer has a Jiu Jitsu black belt and fought as a kick boxer.

10. Matt Serra was in Japan ready to fight in Pride 9. Unfortunately his opponent got injured by a pyrotechnic and he could not fight. He was never invited back to Pride.(props Deviant Icon)

9. Japanese Superstar Genki Sudo was a contestant on the show "Ninja Warrior" here is the video below.
Genki Sudo on Sasuke

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8. Aaron Brink who has fought fighters like Andrei Arlovski, Rich Franklin, Alistair Overeem and Jeremy Horn is also an ex porn star.

7. Travis Fulton has an MMA record of 185-45-9 and of those fights only 20 went to decision, his nickname of "Ironman" is fitting.

6. The 2000 PRIDE Grand Prix was the first to feature live American commentary. Bas and Quadros added commentary to the earlier events after they already happened. This is evident by the fact that Bas commentates on fights while at the same time cornering Mark Kerr.(props bullitt68)

5. PRIDE 12 was where the term Lay and Pray was coined. Quadros coined the term while calling the fight between Kazuyuki Fujita and Gilbert Yvel.(props bullitt68)

4. At the pre-fight staredown between Quinton Jackson and Igor Vovchanchyn at PRIDE 22, Rampage gave Igor a note allegedly from his mother that said, "Please don't hurt my son."(props bullitt68)

3. In the pre-fight staredown between Josh Barnett and Mark Hunt, while the referee was issuing the rules, Barnett added, "No flying ass drops."(props bullitt68)

2. Shooto is the oldest MMA organization on the planet. It started in 1985.(props cavar)

1. Japanese and Pride MMA Legend Kazushi Sakuraba actually won one of the very first UFC tournaments- UFC Japan: Ultimate Japan 1.

Crashsti · 02-19-2008, 11:31 AM

Those are pretty interesting. I can't imagine how many crazy facts are floating around the MMA world. Its such a strange community.

FrankenJim · 02-19-2008, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Crashsti

Those are pretty interesting. I can't imagine how many crazy facts are floating around the MMA world. Its such a strange community.

Very true , Great read wicked

T-Bone · 02-19-2008, 01:02 PM

Good stuff Mulla....thanks.

Crashsti · 02-19-2008, 01:04 PM

Here is another interesting fact. Kimbo Slice is the distant cousin of Rhadi Ferguson who is an Olympian in Judo and friends with Jeff Monson. They spoke in the cage after Kimbo KO'd Tank Abbott. Maybe we'll see Kimbo do some Judo in the future.

OneTwoPunch · 02-19-2008, 01:17 PM

TK actually re opened a cut that Fedor got from Arona.

Sakuraba won a UFC tournament.

subgenius · 02-19-2008, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Mulla

Saw this on another site and found it quite interesting, so thought Id share:

That is an interesting list of facts. I liked this bit about Big Nogueira:

18. Antonio Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueira doesn't lose fights he just runs out of time, 4 losses in 36 fights all decisions.(props to jrb655)

I like a champion that is hard to finish. And, I think that Big Nog is also hard to dominate completely. A lot of his wins might have been called as Nog having been dominated had he lost the fight instead of winning. I mean, if Sylvia KO'd Nog or, G-D forbid, submitted Big Nog, then that fight might have been called a dominating win for Sylvia.

4. At the pre-fight staredown between Quinton Jackson and Igor Vovchanchyn at PRIDE 22, Rampage gave Igor a note allegedly from his mother that said, "Please don't hurt my son."(props bullitt68)

3. In the pre-fight staredown between Josh Barnett and Mark Hunt, while the referee was issuing the rules, Barnett added, "No flying ass drops."(props bullitt68)

LOL. Those are the two funniest facts on that list. Rampage is just too awesomely funny to be just an MMA fighter. He should be a commentator like the way Randy Couture has done. And, I think that Rampage has a post-MMA future in comedy acting in movies, LOL. And, hey, we could always add more facts to this list by posting them in this thread

giguer · 02-19-2008, 01:44 PM

Good Stuff, hope to see more

I8URV8 · 02-19-2008, 04:49 PM

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Anderson Silva allowed Travis Lutter to take him down in their fight at UFC 67 so that he could beat him on the ground to avenge Jose "Pele" Landi-Jons, Anderson's training partner who lost to Lutter via armbar.

Is this correct? I have never heard that before...

Toshinden · 02-19-2008, 07:00 PM

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Anderson Silva allowed Travis Lutter to take him down in their fight at UFC 67 so that he could beat him on the ground to avenge Jose "Pele" Landi-Jons, Anderson's training partner who lost to Lutter via armbar.

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Originally Posted by I8URV8

Is this correct? I have never heard that before...

It's kind of a stupid claim to make AFTER the fight is finished... I mean, maybe Mir allowed Lesnar to deliver a hard punch to the face and take him down so that he could avenge fellow UFC Heavyweight Tim Sylvia's loss to Andrei Arlovski via Achilles lock

CounterPuncher · 02-19-2008, 07:23 PM

Good read, thanks.

I never pictured Bruce Buffer as a kickboxer.

opsy · 02-19-2008, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Toshinden

It's kind of a stupid claim to make AFTER the fight is finished... I mean, maybe Mir allowed Lesnar to deliver a hard punch to the face and take him down so that he could avenge fellow UFC Heavyweight Tim Sylvia's loss to Andrei Arlovski via Achilles lock

he never hit him, he fell off the kick he delivered

Heatwaves · 02-19-2008, 10:25 PM

The Evan Tanner Triangle Choke fact is surprising. I went to Sherdog and it say he won by Triangle Choke nine times. Nine times is the record for Triangle chokes? It seems like it would be a lot more than that.

CounterPuncher · 02-19-2008, 10:45 PM

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The Evan Tanner Triangle Choke fact is surprising. I went to Sherdog and it say he won by Triangle Choke nine times. Nine times is the record for Triangle chokes? It seems like it would be a lot more than that.

I looked at Evan Tanner's wins on sherdog also, and I found it funny that 10 years ago he beat Heath Herring by submission........(exhaustion)

..... that's a new one. Who gives up because their tired?

RampageMcKellar · 02-20-2008, 12:48 AM

Wow those are some great facts, very interesting.

Heatwaves · 02-20-2008, 09:11 PM

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I looked at Evan Tanner's wins on sherdog also, and I found it funny that 10 years ago he beat Heath Herring by submission........(exhaustion)

..... that's a new one. Who gives up because their tired?

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That's classic! I didn't see that! Did they fight in a sauna that day?

Come to think of it, wasn't "submission by verbal exhaustion" how Eddie Sanchez beat Soa Palelei?

takenover · 02-21-2008, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by I8URV8

Is this correct? I have never heard that before...

Me either--Just like he also let him mount, and punch him in the face--That ones a joke

Mickey Finn · 02-21-2008, 11:43 PM

4 and 18 made me laugh out loud

who won the fight between the boxer and wushu fighter in 1909?

marnold · 02-22-2008, 01:01 PM

"Don't hurt my son." Wow, what do you do with that? Anyone capable of that level of premeditated humor is frightening.

Kurtis636 · 02-22-2008, 07:09 PM

Brad Imes, Brad freaking Imes has 2 wins by gogoplata?!?!?