The 10 Most Exciting MMA Championship Reigns Ever

MMA On Point
28 Jan 202417:40

Summary

TLDRThis video from MMA On Point highlights the ten most exciting championship reigns in MMA history, showcasing fighters whose performances inside the ring were not just about victories but also about providing unforgettable entertainment to the fans. Featuring legends like Nick Diaz, Justin Gaethje, Matt Hughes, Charles Oliveira, Max Holloway, Chuck Liddell, Brock Lesnar, Fedor Emelianenko, Robbie Lawler, and Wanderlei Silva, the video celebrates their thrilling fights, remarkable comebacks, and the sheer excitement they brought to every match. It also briefly touches on the importance of mental health support for athletes, promoting BetterHelp for professional counseling services. Through thrilling recounts and analyses, the video pays tribute to these champions' spectacular runs, encapsulating the essence of what makes MMA a beloved sport.

Takeaways

  • 😀 The video discusses the 10 most exciting championship reigns in MMA history
  • 🥊 Nick Diaz's Strikeforce welterweight title run featured wars with Paul Daley and KJ Noons
  • 💪 Justin Gaethje's WSOF lightweight title reign saw him engage in brutal brawls
  • 🏆 Matt Hughes beat legends like GSP and Frank Trigg during his thrilling second UFC welterweight title run
  • 👊 Charles Oliveira capped off an epic career turnaround with spectacular title defenses against Dustin Poirier and Justin Gaethje
  • ⚔️ Max Holloway put on masterclass striking performances in title fights with Jose Aldo and Brian Ortega
  • ❄️ Chuck Liddell's UFC light heavyweight title run helped define an era for the promotion
  • 🦍 Brock Lesnar brought huge excitement during his brief but violent heavyweight title reign
  • 🇷🇺 Fedor Emelianenko defended the Pride heavyweight title in all-time classics against Mirko Cro Cop and Minotauro Nogueira
  • 🇧🇷 Wanderlei Silva's six-year Pride middleweight title run featured nonstop wars against legends like Rampage Jackson and Kazushi Sakuraba

Q & A

  • Who were some of the most exciting UFC champions mentioned in the video?

    -The video mentioned several exciting UFC champion reigns, including Nick Diaz, Justin Gaethje, Matt Hughes, Charles Oliveira, Max Holloway, Chuck Liddell, Brock Lesnar, and Robbie Lawler.

  • What made Nick Diaz's Strikeforce title reign so entertaining?

    -Nick Diaz had a very entertaining Strikeforce title reign with exciting one-round slugfest wins, bloody wars with high volume striking, and his iconic fight against Paul Daley which is considered one of the best single round fights ever.

  • How did Justin Gaethje earn his reputation as an exciting fighter?

    -As WSOF lightweight champion, Gaethje had a reputation as an extremely exciting fighter known for his brawling style and earning fight of the night bonuses in bloody wars against the likes of Luis Palomino.

  • What were some of Matt Hughes' most memorable title defenses?

    -Matt Hughes had very memorable title defenses against Frank Trigg in one of the most awesome come-from-behind wins ever, as well as BJ Penn to avenge an earlier loss and GSP to win the vacant title.

  • What made Charles Oliveira's title run so surprising?

    -After losing in 2017, Oliveira went on an impressive 8-fight win streak with 6 bonuses to become an unlikely title contender, then won the belt in an insane comeback against Chandler to begin an exciting reign.

  • Why was Max Holloway so entertaining as champion?

    -Max Holloway had an very high-volume, exciting striking style leading to all-action fights and record setting striking performances against elite competition during his title run.

  • How did Chuck Liddell help grow the popularity of UFC?

    -As an exciting champion with his brawling style and rivalry with Couture, Liddell was a huge star following TUF 1 and helped define and build the popularity of the UFC at that time.

  • What made Brock Lesnar's title run so entertaining?

    -Despite being short, Lesnar's title run was hugely entertaining because he was such a mega-star whose fights with Mir, Carwin and more created an electric atmosphere.

  • What were Robbie Lawler's most memorable title fights?

    -Lawler had two of the greatest title fights ever during his reign - bloody wars with Rory MacDonald and Carlos Condit that are considered two of the best UFC fights of all time.

  • Why was Wanderlei Silva's Pride title run so exciting?

    -Silva had a wildly entertaining 6-year Pride MW reign, defending rarely but fighting constantly in brawls, tournaments, and all-time classics with Sakuraba, Rampage, Arona, and more.

Outlines

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😎 Nick Diaz's exciting Strikeforce welterweight title reign

Nick Diaz's run as Strikeforce welterweight champion from 2009-2010 was the peak of his career. He had exciting title defenses against KJ Noons, Evangelista Santos, Paul Daley, and Marius Zaromskis. His fights with Santos and Daley in particular were incredible wars.

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😃 Justin Gaethje's action-packed WSOF lightweight title run

Justin Gaethje was the inaugural WSOF lightweight champion from 2013-2017. He had thrilling title defenses against Luis Palomino (twice), Melvin Guillard, and Nick Newell. Gaethje's aggressive style produced nonstop action and Fight of the Night performances.

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😄 Matt Hughes' second UFC welterweight title run

After losing his title to BJ Penn, Matt Hughes reclaimed the UFC welterweight belt in 2004 and had an exciting run. He defended against Georges St-Pierre, Frank Trigg in an all-time classic, and BJ Penn in their rematch.

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🤩 Charles Oliveira's rise to UFC lightweight gold

Charles Oliveira had an improbable run to the UFC lightweight title in 2021 at age 32. He won the belt against Michael Chandler in a wild comeback, then defended it in awesome fights with Dustin Poirier and Justin Gaethje.

😎 Max Holloway's action-packed UFC featherweight title reign

Max Holloway's title run from 2017-2019 included legendary wars with Jose Aldo (x2), Brian Ortega, and Frankie Edgar. Holloway set striking records against Ortega and his relentless pace produced highly entertaining fights.

😄 Chuck Liddell's run as UFC light heavyweight champion

Chuck Liddell was one of the UFC's biggest stars during his 2005-2007 light heavyweight title run. He had KO title defenses against Randy Couture, Jeremy Horn, and Tito Ortiz in fights that helped define the era.

😮‍💨 Brock Lesnar's heavyweight title run was short but wild

Brock Lesnar was only UFC heavyweight champion from 2008-2010, but his reign was hugely entertaining. He defended against legends like Randy Couture, Frank Mir, and Shane Carwin in chaotic, action-packed fights.

😤 Fedor Emelianenko's legendary Pride heavyweight title run

Fedor Emelianenko defended the Pride heavyweight title from 2003-2006 in all-time classics against Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira, Mirko Cro Cop, Kevin Randleman, and others. He defined an era in Japanese MMA.

😎 Robbie Lawler's legendary second UFC welterweight title run

Robbie Lawler's UFC welterweight title run from 2014-2016, 10 years after his first, produced two of the greatest welterweight fights ever against Johny Hendricks, Rory MacDonald, and Carlos Condit.

😵‍💫 Wanderlei Silva's chaotic middleweight title run in Pride FC

Wanderlei Silva's 2003-2007 run as Pride middleweight champ was total madness. He had legendary wars with Kazushi Sakuraba, Quinton Jackson (twice), Dan Henderson, and fought a who's who of legends.

Mindmap

Keywords

💡Championship

A championship refers to a title or status as the winner of a sports competition. Being a champion means you are the best fighter at the top of the rankings. The video discusses the most exciting championship reigns in MMA history - fighters who not only won titles but had thrilling, action-packed matches.

💡Fights

Fights refer to the MMA bouts and matches featured in the video. The focus is on championship fights that were entertaining spectacles for fans, with lots of drama, tension, back-and-forth action.

💡Title

A title in combat sports refers to a championship belt signifying you are the champion in your weight class. Holding the title means you are the top fighter. The video covers fighters who had exciting matches while they were champions.

💡Reigns

A fighter's championship reign refers to the period of time they held the title as champion. The video discusses the most thrilling and spectacular championship reigns.

💡Legend

A legend in MMA refers to an iconic fighter who had an illustrious, influential career full of memorable performances and accomplishments. Several legendary champions are featured.

💡Era

An era denotes a distinct period of time that shares a common style, theme or character. Some champions like Chuck Liddell defined the era they fought in by shaping the sport's identity.

💡Exciting

Exciting in the context of MMA refers to fights that are thrilling, action-packed spectacles with lots of drama and tension. The focus is champions who consistently had exciting fights.

💡Entertaining

Entertaining matches kept fans engaged and enthusiastic by showcasing the fighters' skills and heart through competitive drama. The champs highlighted fought to entertain.

💡Spectacular

Spectacular denotes an exceptionally thrilling display of athleticism and skill. Several featured champs finished fights in spectacular, highlight reel fashion.

💡Classic

A classic fight in MMA refers to an all-time great match considered iconic for its competitiveness, stakes, drama and memorable moments. Many champs had multiple classic fights.

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Transcripts

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being the champion ensures that you're

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going to be at the very top of every

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card you fight on but it doesn't

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guarantee your fights are going to be

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entertaining for the folks who forked up

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the money to see you not a problem for

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today's Fighters these Champs were

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excitement personified throughout their

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time holding the strap and at the end of

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the day isn't that what it's all about

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first month I'm Tommy from MMA on point

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a massive thank you to our Channel Hall

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of Famers and these are the 10 most

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exciting Championship Reigns ever number

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10 Nick Diaz one of the great tragedies

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of this sport is that too many fans will

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only ever know Nick for his less than

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ideal second run in the UFC they'll

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never know about his Strikeforce

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welterweight Championship Reign the true

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peak of his career Diaz took that title

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in a one round slugfest that saw him get

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dropped by by Marius zamsky only to

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Rally back and get a ko. before the

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first horn his first defense would be a

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rematch with KJ Nunes insane volume in

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this one nearly 900 strikes thrown

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between the two of them a bloody and

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taunting Diaz would earn the ud to

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retain next Nick took on Evangelista

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Cyborg and this was classic Diaz eating

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leg kicks death by a th000 Cuts striking

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of course shitalking all the way to the

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incredible armar finish in the last

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seconds of the second round such a fun

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fight but the topper arguably the best

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single round fight of all time was his

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Banger with Paul Dy the hype for this

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one was huge the bad blood was there and

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these guys beat the [ __ ] out of each

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other a knockdown a piece before Nick

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would get the finish going in for the

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kill and it's

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over Diaz has made history after that

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Diaz was off to the UFC thus ending his

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run with the title but man what a time

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that was Peak Nick number nine Justin

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gatei back when the pfl was called the

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wsof everybody favorite BMF was putting

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on the best fights outside the UFC as

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the promotions lightweight champion he

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earned the inaugural strap in a 60c

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brawl with Richard pesn has him against

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the fence and he is in trouble pesn

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trying to hang on very early here g g

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has done it gaty has done it you know he

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is the champion the first ever

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lightweight champ next up was a game

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Nick nle who he bloodied and beat down

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in the second round G with the

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and he's down and he's out and it's over

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and G is still the champion G has

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knocked out here in the his next

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opponent Melvin Gard missed weight so it

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was non-title but they still had a great

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three round scrap next would be two of

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Justin's best a pair of wars with Luis

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Palomino both of which gatei would

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finish insane Pace brawling leg kicks

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all the stuff we loved oh he's he this

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one is over it's absolutely rocked and

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gatei shuts it down and still your

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champion I'm not sure what the delay was

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next he put away Brian Foster in a fast

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and frenetic first round that saw him

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win via leg kicks his final defense

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before heading to the UFC would be

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against Luis firmino and this would be

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Justin's homerest of fights he took a

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ton of damage but managed over three

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rounds to destroy firmino's eye and get

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the doctor stoppage dude seriously wsof

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gatei was a different animal what a run

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number eight Matt Hughes after a human

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tractor Matt Hughes shockingly lost the

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UFC Welterweight Title to BJ pen

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following a record setting run with the

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championship it did not take long at all

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for the milit system product to get back

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to the title and have a run that would

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be the most exciting of his career

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Hughes would take on future Legend GSP

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in their first ever encounter for the

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vacant title in an awesome one round

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display that saw the Starstruck St

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Pierre get armbarred in the closing

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seconds this was followed up by the most

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exciting fight of his entire career

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Matt's second defense against Frank

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Trigg where he iconically got racked

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survived a choke attempt carried Frank

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across the cage and then put him out in

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one of the most awesome for minute

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fights you will ever witness the country

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boy was rolling and he followed that up

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by stomping Joe Riggs and hoist Gracie

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in back-to-back non-title bouts before

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finally getting his chance to avenge his

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loss to The Prodigy this instant classic

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saw Hugh's wear down pin across three

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rounds before earning a TKO stop not

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that GSP was impressed by it or anything

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but he should have been it was another

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great fight Matt's time with the title

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would come to an end courtesy of a head

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kick by St Pierre Hughes even lost in

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spectacular fashion the true Mark of an

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Entertainer number seven Charles Oliva

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one of the most surprising and exciting

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career resurgences the sport has ever

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seen is the insane run at lightweight

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that the Man known as Chuck olives would

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go on after losing to Paul Felder in

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2017 eight fights and six performance

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bonuses later the unlikeliest of Veteran

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title contenders saw himself throwing

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down with Mr excitement himself Michael

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Chandler for the vacant UFC lightweight

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title this fight is absolutely insane

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even though it only lasts 5 minutes and

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19 seconds Mike never let up and had

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Charles on the brink of Consciousness

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but somehow the Brazilian survived to

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the horn and then unbelievably put

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Chandler away in the first 19 seconds of

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the next round a legend was born and in

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his first defense he would take on

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another Legend in Dustin porier after a

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competitive first 10 minutes that saw

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the diamond take the opening stanza and

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dub Bronx take the ladder the champ

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snuck on to poet's back standing and

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earned himself a second title Victory be

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a rear naked choke Chandler porier if he

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fought Justin gatei next he'd have

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defeated the fan favorite Trifecta and

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that is exactly what happened after

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missing weight and being stripped

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Olivera cemented his place as an

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all-time great by having a three-minute

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war with gaii that saw him knocked down

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early only to rally and score one of his

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own before a beautiful rear naked choke

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finish technically he wasn't the champ

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anymore but it sure felt like it a

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vacant title match was then set up with

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the monster Islam mateev and dub Bronx

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went out with a bang the former champ

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did what he could but was railroaded by

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the dastani and submitted in the second

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round doesn't matter Olivera at that

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point was fighting for gravy everything

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he did before that etched his legacy in

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stone number six Max Holloway with all

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due respect to vul's current Reign he's

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been almost too good to make this list

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he's so dominant that his competition

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rarely has a chance to make it a fight

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of the night even if his performance is

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certainly warrant bonuses but man Max

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Holloway is just the embodiment of

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entertainment in this sport he started

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things off by earning a pointless inum

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featherweight title against Anthony

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Pettis but in a great fight that ended

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in spectacular fashion then of course he

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had his back to backs with champ Jo Aldo

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earning the strap in their first

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encounter that was a classic and

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following that up with another awesome

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scrap he finished Aldo twice and took

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the best the king of Rio had to offer

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and then he had his Peak Performance

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against Brian Ortega setting striking

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records and while it was lopsided it was

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beyond exciting seeing T City somehow

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survive this Onslaught by The Champ at

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least until he couldn't survive it

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anymore Max would take a detour for inum

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lightweight gold against Dustin porier

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and of course it was an instant classic

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he returned to featherweight to earn his

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last successful defense in a fight with

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Frankie Edgar that saw insane volume

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over 500 strikes thrown Max is one of

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the most exciting fighters in MMA

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history so it's no wonder his time with

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the belt was about as exciting as it

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gets he would lose the title to the

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voler kicking off their Trilogy of title

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bouts number five Chuck Liddell the

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Iceman really was the right guy at the

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right place at the right time his

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Persona his fighting style and most

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importantly his 2-year UFC light

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heavyweight title run that kicked off

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following the landmark first season of

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The Ultimate Fighter of which he and

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Randy Couture coached today are doing

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fit checks very much helped build and

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Define this very important era in the

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sport when he took the title from Randy

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it was their second encounter chuck had

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been shockingly tko'ed the first time

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the tension in the opening minutes of

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their second fight you can feel it in

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the air just watching it from home this

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would be followed by an explosion of

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violence and a KO wi Liddell's First

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Defense would be against a game Jeremy

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Horn who somehow survived getting

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knocked down and beat down in both of

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the first rounds before making it a

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fight again prior to getting blinded in

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the fourth he literally couldn't see so

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they stopped the fight the trilogy bout

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with Couture was next and man crowds for

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Chuck's fights it was just a different

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atmosphere after a competitive opener

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Liddell would score a KO win out of

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nowhere in the second to cap off his

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rivalry with the natural next the Iceman

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would put away hanado saal in

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spectacular fashion before throwing down

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in his final successful defense against

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former friend Tito Ortiz Chuck hurt Tito

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bad early but he somehow survived to

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make it interesting until the third

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where he would meet his awesome demise

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to end his sport defining Reign Liddell

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would try to reconcile with a ghost of

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his past in Rampage Jackson who had

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defeated him in Pride only to be

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viciously ko'ed with a big shot in the

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first round his legendary and insanely

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entertaining run had come to an end

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number four Brock Lesnar while Brock

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Lesnar's time in the sport was very

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short every second of it was insanely

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entertaining and like Chuck he defined

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the era he fought in the UFC threw his

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giant ass to the Lions and his debut

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taking on former champ Frank Mir didn't

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end well for Brock but he rebounded by

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steamrolling Heath Herring knowing they

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had a mega star the UFC booked Lesnar to

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take on Randy Couture for the

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heavyweight title

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nerd Randy and the Beast incarnate

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delivered earning the title with a

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second round finish setting up a rematch

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with Mir the buildup was huge Lesnar

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delivered massively in the fight itself

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and even though it was a one-sided bout

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the excitement and entertainment was

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just off the charts he would Maul Frank

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on his way to delivering the best

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post-fight speech of all time Frank Mir

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had a Hors shoe up his ass I pulled that

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some [ __ ] out and I beat him over the

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head with

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it his follow-up performance against

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monster Shane Carwin would be the

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highlight of his career after getting

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absolutely demolished in the first but

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somehow surviving the onslaught Lesnar

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would submit an exhausted Carwin to

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retain his title in a classic that truly

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solidified Brock's Legacy like many of

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the other Champions on this list he lost

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his title in an entertaining way break

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dancing his way to a TKO loss against C

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Velasquez but yeah man if you missed

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this era it's almost hard to describe

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how exciting Brock's rain was you truly

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had to be there it was really a time in

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the sport number three fed War ailon Ino

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Pride FC rarely had Champions defend

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their titles Fedor held the heavyweight

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Crown from 2003 to 2006 but only

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defended it really three times even

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though he fought 15 the stoic Russian

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earned the strap in a classic with

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minaro noera where he dominated from the

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brazilian's guard if [ __ ] was easy it

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would be called Jiu-Jitsu after a pit

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stop in rings to kamur editus babaj

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Fedor returned to Pride for a non-title

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rear naked choke victory over KAS bujaa

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some Soccer Kicks on Gary Goodridge a

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TKO finish of eugi Nagata and inoi

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bumbay and The Last Emperor was ready

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for the 2004 Pride Heavyweight Grand

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Prix in the opening round he would

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easily armar Mark Coleman who took the

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loss incredibly

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well no next he would get dumped on his

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head and die at the hands of Kevin

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randman before coming back to life and

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somehow winning with a kamur the last

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two rounds of the tournament would be

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fought on the same night first fade war

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made quick work of judoka nauya oawa and

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then in his first ever title defense

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competed yet again with minaro in the

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finals the bout was shaping up to be a

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classic until a head clash in the first

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four minutes caused a big old cut and a

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no contest the Legends would run it back

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one more time later that year for the GP

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and the title just like the first this

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was a classic Fedor would earn the ud

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and solidify his spot as the king of the

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heavyweights but kickboxing Terminator

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Miro crocop was on the rise so after

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getting revenge on poor tooshi kosaka

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emilianenko and the cop of Croatia would

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Collide for the heavyweight title in one

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of the greatest fights the sport has

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ever had just a masterpiece of the human

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chess which is mixed martial arts Fedor

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would emerge Victorious and essentially

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be considered the best of all time after

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that he would celebrate with a pair of

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hilarious follow-up fights first he put

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away giant ass zul lainho in 26 seconds

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and then armbarred Mark Coleman after

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beating him so badly he terrified his

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own children but fedor's time in Pride

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as well as the promotion itself were

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coming to an end and his final defense

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which was meant to be against Josh

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Barnett would instead be against Mark

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hunt who stunned the crowd and the champ

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in a very tough fight that saw mark on

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top for most of it doing damage until

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Fedor secured the kamora to retain his

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title a final time and end his Legendary

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Run in Pride number two two Robbie

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Lawler just everything about Robbie

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Lawler's career Resurgence a decade ago

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was so awesome after 10 years away

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fighting anywhere but the UFC the

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ruthless one made his return tking

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former Welterweight Title Contender Josh

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kosek on his way in he followed that up

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by head kit kooing Bobby vulker which

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set up a title Eliminator against the

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future of the division Rory McDonald

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that to the surprise of everyone the vet

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was able to defeat this got him his

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first shot at Johnny Hendrick where he

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would come up short for the gold in a

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nailbiter it looked like the late career

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Resurgence was over but no Robbie was

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just warming up he knocked out Jake

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Ellenberger he had a classic with Matt

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Brown then he would do what puts him at

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number two on this list first he took

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the belt from Hendricks in a fantastic

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rematch and then oh my God had two of

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the best fights in the history of the

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sport first it was the bloody rematch

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with Rory Mack a fight largely

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considered the best bout ever a more

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based opinion though is that his next

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one with Carlos Condit was actually even

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better because it was two backto back

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five round Wars they have yet to be

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topped at welterweight or most anywhere

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else for that matter even though it was

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short and Robbie's reain would come to

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an end with a vicious Tyrant Woodly KO

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his brief run with the strap and the

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amazing story that led up to it made for

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one of the most exciting times the sport

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has ever seen number one vanderlay Silva

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in his six-year reign as middleweight

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champion he only actually defended the

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belt five times but he fought 20 and

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every bit of it was [ __ ] awesome

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Silva earned the title by defeating

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kazushi sakuraba for a second time in a

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great fight ended only due to Bandy

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breaking saku's collar bone with a throw

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next Sila would get a doctor stoppage

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win over the diet butcher Alex OA before

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giving Koshi tamura an absolute beat

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down in his first defense capping it off

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with a big Koo punch from there this

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absolute madman would fight crocop at

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heavyweight which was awesome then it

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was a fast head kick finish in a

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non-title against TAA iwasaki vandy's

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second defense would be a wild brawl

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with a very game hiramitsu kihara and

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ending with his Corner tossing in the

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towel next champ Silva would enter the

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pride 2003 middleweight Grand Prix and

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kick it off by koing his good buddy

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sakuraba he would then win an all-time

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classic against hio Yoshida to put

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himself in the finals against Rampage

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Jackson where he would win with the

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nastiest barrage of knees in the history

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of people fighting each other Silva

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followed up the tournament win by kooing

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minowa man in a minute taking us finally

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to his third defense a rematch with

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rampage this was a war just a legendary

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back and forth that would end with Paige

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going stiff to a single knee this time

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next Vandy would decide to fight Mark

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hunt in an open weight bout because he's

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insane then it was back to middleweight

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for the 2005 GP where he would

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shockingly lose to Ricardo Arona in the

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finals in a non-title bout so they would

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run it back for the gold and it was a

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close one you could definitely argue

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aona won but the split would go to the

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champ because he's totally out of his

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mind he then entered the 2006

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Heavyweight Grand Prix soccer kicked K

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Vegeta's face in and then he flew too

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close to the son a rematch with crocop

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in the semifinal would see Vandy head

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kick koed it was the first time he'd

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been finished since 1998 and the first

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real knockout his last Pride bout at

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Pride's penultimate show would be

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defending his title a final time against

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Dan Henderson and he went out with a

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banger the two legends were slugging the

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entire time until Silva went to sleep in

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the third there has never been a more

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entertaining title run and there

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probably never will be a massive shout

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to the editor of this video Luke Taylor

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