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Evan
02-08-2009, 10:37 PM
1) Jason Reinhardt, who lost to Joe Lauzon at UFC 78 is 20-1 with 20 finishes, 19 in the first round.

2) Prior to BJ Penn VS Joe Stevenson, all UFC 155lb title fights went to a decision.

3) Travis Fulton has the most KO wins in MMA with 60. Gilbert Yvel is second with 30. Fulton also has 123 submission wins, most of all-time as well. Dan Severn is second with 53.

4) Chris Lytle has 15 decision losses.

5) The UFC has held 1,089 fights (as of UFN 17). 32% have ended in a submission, 38% by KO/TKO, 28% by decision. Over 600 fights, PRIDE is almost identical. 31% submission, 34% KO/TKO and 31% decision.

6) Only one fight in the history of the UFC ended in the 5th round when Ricco Rodriguez defeated Randy Couture via submission due to strikes.

7) Bas Rutten is 2-3 against Frank and Ken Shamrock combined, but 26-1-1 against everyone else.

8) Randy Couture has 19 UFC fights, 15 of them title fights. Since December 1997, only one of his UFC fights has not been for a title.

9) Prior to "Cro Cop" Mirko Filipovic's nickname was "Tiger."

10) Teila Tuli, who lost to Gerard Gordeau at UFC 1, played Kemo in Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Gerard Gordeau continued the night with some of Tuli's teeth stuck in his foot. After he returned home to the Neatherlands he had to go months of treatment for fear of blood poisoning.

11) Tra Telligman has no right pectoral. He lost it in a car accident as a child.

12) Heath Herring has the most fights in the history of PRIDE.

13) Chael Sonnen ran for state legisture in Oregon. He lost. He is, however, a Real Estate Agent for John L Scott Realty

14) Tim Sylvia, Ricco Rodriguez, Wes Sims, Josh Thomson, Tiki and Pete Spratt all were on a special UFC episode of Blind Date. Frank Trigg was on kept

15) Troy Mandaloniz was the referee in the Anderson Silva/Yushin Okami fight

16) Stephan Bonnar snuck out of the Ultimate Fighter house to get some Mad Dog at a liquor store. It never made it on air.

17) Robbie Lawler VS Steve Berger was the first MMA fight to be aired on cable TV. Lawler was also in the first title fight to be on network TV.

18) UFC 78 was actually the 100th event in the company's history. UFC 100 will be the 132nd event.

19) Rampage was on Jackass teaching Ryan Dunn how to shoot for a takedown.

20) Mac Danzig was a sponsored skateboarder and is a professional photographer.

21) Jeremy Jackson's ex-wife named their son Nick after Nick Diaz, who beat Jackson right before she gave birth to Nick. Jackson went on as a last minute replacement for Diaz in The Ultimate Fighter 4.

22) Tito Ortiz's real name? Jacob Ortiz.

23) Art Jimmerson, who lost to Royce Gracie at UFC 1 when Royce mounted him, is still listed as an active fighter on the UFC website.

24) At a charity event, Bas Rutten accidently stepped on Brian Urlacher's foot. Bas apologized and Urlacher refused to accept. Bas tried to make peace but Urlacher asked Bas if "wanted to take this outside." Bas laughed and said yes. The bouncers diffused the situation and told Urlacher who Bas was. Urlacher quickly apologized.

25) And finally….Drew Fickett is in a band called cock sandwich.

Evan
02-08-2009, 10:37 PM
Number 11 has answered a question I have been wondering for a long long long time.

I will sleep like a puppy tonight.

FreeMason
02-08-2009, 11:53 PM
I knew about the Bas-Urlacher one.

I would have paid good money to see that go down.

robbie380
02-09-2009, 12:34 AM
24) At a charity event, Bas Rutten accidently stepped on Brian Urlacher's foot. Bas apologized and Urlacher refused to accept. Bas tried to make peace but Urlacher asked Bas if "wanted to take this outside." Bas laughed and said yes. The bouncers diffused the situation and told Urlacher who Bas was. Urlacher quickly apologized.

rofl :lol

Evan
02-09-2009, 12:40 AM
Urlacher has always seemed like the ultimate douche bag....

BlackSwordsMan
02-09-2009, 01:03 AM
26) Gina carano likes the taste of human tuna

BlackSwordsMan
02-09-2009, 01:03 AM
20) Mac Danzig was a sponsored skateboarder and is a professional photographer.


Hope he can get those skateboard sponsorships back.

LEONARD
02-09-2009, 09:27 AM
haha...good stuff...

djohn14
02-09-2009, 09:53 AM
Who fears a guy named Jacob Ortiz? The Urlacher thing was hilarious...Drew Fickett...really?

robbie380
02-09-2009, 10:51 AM
http://www.themmapost.com/2008/01/bas-rutten-on-best-damn-sports-show.html

djohn14
02-09-2009, 11:39 AM
Thanks robbie

desflood
02-09-2009, 01:25 PM
Wow... knew more of those than I thought I would - 2, 11, 14, 16, 21, 22. Hot damn :lol

angelbelow
02-09-2009, 04:34 PM
very interesting.. thanks for posting!

Evan
02-09-2009, 06:19 PM
I got it from some link on the UG...sorry I forgot to credit.

oligarchy
02-10-2009, 09:37 PM
Who fears a guy named Jacob Ortiz? The Urlacher thing was hilarious...Drew Fickett...really?

http://www.fightlinker.com/best-band-name-ever.mma

djohn14
02-10-2009, 09:55 PM
Thanks oligarchy...I think. haha

Mr Dio
02-11-2009, 02:04 AM
9) Prior to "Cro Cop" Mirko Filipovic's nickname was "Tiger."


Exactly what Leo'Tard calls him. :lol
I'll bet they even dance together to a techno version of Duran Duran's 'Wild Boys'.....

Evan
02-11-2009, 07:49 AM
Mr Dio...give it a rest dude. Seriously....

Evan
02-11-2009, 11:02 PM
1) The UFC 155lb champion has never lost a title fight. Jens Pulver was stripped due to a contract disput, Sean Sherk was stripped because of steroids and BJ Penn is the current champion.


2) Tank Abbott was KO'ed exactly 43 seconds in his fight against both Kimbo and Buentello, but beat Hugo Duarte in 43 seconds.

3) Tyson Griffin has 7 UFC fights and has won Fight of the Night honors four times and submission of the night once.

4) Alexis Shoenauer was once ranked #32 in the US in power lifting

5) Herb Dean is also a pro fighter. He lost to Joe Riggs.

6) UFC 97 will be Chuck Liddell’s 22nd UFC fight, the most in the promotions history. Tito Ortiz has 21, Matt Hughes has 20.

7) Jason Thacker was an alternate on the 1988 US Gymnastics team

8) Despite the similar appearence, Frank and Ken Shamrock are not brothers, they were both adopted. Frank is Mexican and Ken is Irish.

9)The UFC heavyweight title has only been defended 56% of the time. The 205lb and 185lb titles are at 70% while the 170lb title is at 68%*

10) Big John McCarthy originanly applied to be a fighter at UFC 2. Rorian Gracie refused, saying only one of his students, Royce, could enter.

11) Carlos Gracie had 20 kids, Helio had 9. 19 of the 29 kids had names that began with the letter R.

12) New Jersey was the first state to sanction MMA in September of 2000.

13) Chuck Liddell was in the Jack Nicholson movie “The Postman Always Rings Twice” when he was 11.

14) As of UFN 17 (only completed events count), the UFC has held 49 events in Las Vegas. Atlantic City has hosted the second most with 6, the last one being 53.

15) In the 205 weight classes in PRIDE and UFC, the last time a title fight was won with a Submission was Tito Ortiz Vs. Yuki Kondo in 2000.

16) Matt Hughes and Shonie Carter wrestled in each twice in college, getting a win each.

17) Matt Serra was the first black belt given to an American by Renzo Gracie

18) Patrick Cote was nationally ranked in Canada….as a badmiton player.

19) The most attended UFC event? UFC 83: Serra VS St. Pierre 2.

20) Kenneth Allen has a record of 1-27. In 2006 he went 1-13.

21) Phil Baroni gave the fighter formerly known as Jon Koppenhaver the nickname “War Machine.”

22) Shooto has promoted the most fights in MMA history with 1815.

23) Tait Fletcher is/was Joe Rogan’s personal bodyguard. He also did bodyguard work for Adam Sandler.

24) At the age of 18 years, 7 months and 14 days, Dan Lauzon is the youngest fighter to ever fight in the UFC.

25) UFC 12 was originally supposed to be held in Buffalo, New York. The day before the card, New York Athletic Commision would only let the fights happen if the fighters wore headgear. Luckily, Bob Meyrowitz had booked a backup arena in Alabama. He chartered three planes and flew everyone down there, arriving about 20 hours before the fights were to start.

Mr Dio
02-11-2009, 11:03 PM
Mr Dio...give it a rest dude. Seriously....

Good going Evan, you have now sunk to the level of your idol Leo'Tard.
I noticed you didn't mention anything about his girlish tirade in a now locked thread. Is it because you're a racist or just a hypocrite?
You're compromising your integrity, if you have any.

Evan
02-11-2009, 11:05 PM
eh..........

I knew most of these...not as good as the first 25.

Evan
02-11-2009, 11:06 PM
Good going Evan, you have now sunk to the level of your idol Leo'Tard.
I noticed you didn't mention anything about his girlish tirade in a now locked thread. Is it because you're a racist or just a hypocrite?
You're compromising your integrity, if you have any.

ok


^

My last response to you.

dallaskd
02-11-2009, 11:09 PM
Did Ortiz legally change his name?

Mr Dio
02-11-2009, 11:10 PM
ok


^

My last response to you.

Agreed, :toast

Evan
02-11-2009, 11:12 PM
Did Ortiz legally change his name?

Yes!

dallaskd
02-11-2009, 11:15 PM
Yes!

It must have been before he entered the UFC. Is there any story of why he did it?

Evan
02-11-2009, 11:19 PM
It must have been before he entered the UFC. Is there any story of why he did it?

His hatred for his birth father.

JonG
02-12-2009, 09:08 AM
I knew about all of that (save Danzig's skateboarding), but then again, I'm one of the most hardcore MMA fans you can find.

Evan
02-12-2009, 12:38 PM
I knew about all of that (save Danzig's skateboarding), but then again, I'm one of the most hardcore MMA fans you can find.

That's Street^^^^^^^

JonG
02-12-2009, 07:47 PM
That's Street^^^^^^^

Staying up all hours of the night to watch Japanese internet streams is more nerd than street... :downspin:

Evan
02-12-2009, 08:12 PM
Staying up all hours of the night to watch Japanese internet streams is more nerd than street... :downspin:

I was testing to see what phorums you visited by throwing out some bait.

JonG
02-12-2009, 08:37 PM
^sherdog mostly, occasionally ug.

Evan
02-12-2009, 08:39 PM
^sherdog mostly,

Shame on you. You're better than that.




occasionally ug.

Atta boy!

JonG
02-12-2009, 08:45 PM
Sherdog does have a lot of idiots. But I like the amount of traffic and forum features/software better.

Evan
02-12-2009, 08:53 PM
Sherdog does have a lot of idiots. But I like the amount of traffic and forum features/software better.

The UG intentionally makes the forum software weird to c*ck block the younger people by making it less appealing. Why do you think so many fighters, promoters and people in the industry like Dana White STILL post there? Make no mistake...it increases revenue by making it relatively troll free. All big news is broke on the UG way before any other site gets it. Just recently Hermes Franca told the UG he was pulling out of UFN17 before he even called Joe Silva.

As for the software being better...its loaded with Trojan Horse tracking software. Go there under Internet Explorer, click around and run Ad-Aware. Now you will see what trash they infect your computer with.

Jeff Sherwood has admitted this and says its "your problem", not his.

He's a f*cking loser who doesn't even watch MMA anymore. That nutsack doesn't even own sherdog anymore.

JonG
02-12-2009, 09:17 PM
The UG intentionally makes the forum software weird to c*ck block the younger people by making it less appealing. Why do you think so many fighters, promoters and people in the industry like Dana White STILL post there? Make no mistake...it increases revenue by making it relatively troll free. All big news is broke on the UG way before any other site gets it. Just recently Hermes Franca told the UG he was pulling out of UFN17 before he even called Joe Silva.

As for the software being better...its loaded with Trojan Horse tracking software. Go there under Internet Explorer, click around and run Ad-Aware. Now you will see what trash they infect your computer with.

Jeff Sherwood has admitted this and says its "your problem", not his.

He's a f*cking loser who doesn't even watch MMA anymore. That nutsack doesn't even own sherdog anymore.
Yes, I'm aware of all that. UG is obviously the place where the insiders and fighters still post. And Sherdog does care way more about generating traffic and ad revenue than they do the quality of the forum. Otherwise, new members wouldn't have such seemingly unlimited access to make troll threads and postwhore.

Though I will say (1) the news thing isn't that big of a deal. Whenever a story or rumor is out there, it spreads like wildfire, (2) Sherwood stated on record that he did have meetings with his advertisers shortly after those claims were brought to his attention and tried to assure there wouldn't be that type of adware in the future. I'm on there almost every day, running Firefox, and don't run into problems. And (3) Sherwood still hosts a radio show 3 times a week and oversees the website. It's not like Crave is running the day-to-day operations.

Evan
02-12-2009, 09:22 PM
Fair enough my friend....

altho I highly dispute 3.

Evan
02-12-2009, 09:25 PM
btw...badass we snagged another die hard fan.

My hearts all a flutter with joy! Very cool to have you here JonG

dallaskd
02-14-2009, 07:27 PM
I knew about all of that (save Danzig's skateboarding), but then again, I'm one of the most hardcore MMA fans you can find.

welcome.... mavfan

polandprzem
02-15-2009, 05:05 AM
btw...badass we snagged another die hard fan.

My hearts all a flutter with joy! Very cool to have you here JonG


And another Dallas fan :rolleyes

Evan
02-15-2009, 09:01 AM
And another Dallas fan :rolleyes

:p:

FreeMason
02-16-2009, 08:04 PM
Tim Duncan is an MMA fan?

I just saw him behind BJ Penn in the crowd during Spike TV's UFC Knockouts 4 [Iceman vs some scrub].

Evan
02-16-2009, 08:13 PM
Tim Duncan is an MMA fan?

I just saw him behind BJ Penn in the crowd during Spike TV's UFC Knockouts 4 [Iceman vs some scrub].

yup!

djohn14
02-16-2009, 08:59 PM
Its ok, we all know the Spurs are better!

Evan
02-16-2009, 09:01 PM
Its ok, we all know the Spurs are better!

Lotsa Rings > Mavs / Heat Series


I may support all Dallas sports but reality is where-it-at

djohn14
02-16-2009, 09:29 PM
And thats what seperates Evan from a lot of Dallas fans.

dallaskd
02-16-2009, 10:46 PM
4 major sports teams > Spurs

Evan
02-17-2009, 12:03 AM
4 major sports teams > Spurs

:lol