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This Day in MMA History: May 27 Matt Hughes spoiled the return of a legend 14 years ago as he pounded out Royce Gracie in the main event of UFC 60.

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May 27, 2020

This Day in MMA History: May 26 Quinton Jackson knocked out Chuck Liddell to win the light heavyweight title at UFC 71, 13 years ago today.

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May 26, 2020

This Day in MMA History: May 25 One of the most promising up-and-coming heavyweights in MMA history won for the last time eight years ago today, then walked away from the sport...

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May 25, 2020

This Day in MMA History: May 24 The mercurial B.J. Penn finally defended his lightweight title for the first time at UFC 84, 12 years ago today.

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May 24, 2020

Rivalries: Chael Sonnen The trash-talking Oregon native utilized a heel schtick straight out of professional wrestling’s playbook and landed opportunities throughout...

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May 24, 2020

This Day in MMA History: May 23 Lyoto Machida knocked Rashad Evans out with one for the ages to win the light heavyweight title at UFC 98, 11 years ago today.

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May 23, 2020

This Day in MMA History: May 22 Takanori Gomi detonated Luiz Azeredo 15 years ago, raising his profile at Pride Fighting Championships and rebuilding his case as the top...

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May 22, 2020

This Day in MMA History: May 21 Two of MMA’s most notable rappers—at the opposite ends of their respective fight careers—appeared 10 years ago at Strikeforce Challengers 8.

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May 21, 2020

This Day in MMA History: May 20 Call this one of the strangest twists in the history of MMA tournaments—or just call it “the curious case of Ryan Thomas.”

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May 20, 2020

This Day in MMA History: May 19 Daniel Cormier dominated Josh Barnett eight years ago to win the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix and further cement his status as one of the...

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May 19, 2020

This Day in MMA History: May 18 Vitor Belfort destroyed Luke Rockhold with a spinning heel kick seven years ago at UFC on FX 8 in his native Brazil.

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May 18, 2020

This Day in MMA History: May 17 On May 17, 1996, amid accusations of “human cockfighting,” the Ultimate Fighting Championship pulled into Detroit with UFC 9.

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May 17, 2020

This Day in MMA History: May 16 Five years ago, the Ultimate Fighting Championship made its first, and thus far only, trip to the Philippines, with a Fight Night card headlined...

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May 16, 2020

This Day in MMA History: May 15 On a night full of firsts at UFC 17, our sport got its name, three future champs made their debuts and two fighters were forever entwined in history.

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May 15, 2020

This Day in MMA History: May 14 Michael Chandler defeated Patricky Freire at Bellator 44 nine years ago, launching two of the promotion’s greatest rivalries.

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May 14, 2020

This Day in MMA History: May 13 The lightest and heaviest champions in the Ultimate Fighting Championship defended their belts successfully three years ago at UFC 211.

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May 13, 2020

This Day in MMA History: May 12 Ryan Bader flattened Muhammed Lawal two years ago at Bellator 199 to punch his ticket to the semifinals of the 2018-19 Bellator MMA Heavyweight...

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May 12, 2020

This Day in MMA History: May 11 Dream 3 in 2008 featured the quarterfinals of the Japanese promotion’s ambitious lightweight grand prix, showing off the wealth of talent it had...

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May 11, 2020

This Day in MMA History: May 10 In one of the most infamous botched finishes in MMA history, Murilo Bustamante defeated Matt Lindland to retain his Ultimate Fighting Championship...

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May 10, 2020

This Day in MMA History: May 9 Jan Blachowicz in 2008 won the KSW light heavyweight grand prix, the second of three he would capture before signing with the Ultimate Fighting...

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May 09, 2020

This Day in MMA History: May 8 The “Machida Era” came to an abrupt and violent end 10 years ago in Montreal, as Mauricio Rua knocked out Lyoto Machida in their UFC 113 rematch.

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May 08, 2020

This Day in MMA History: May 7 Bas Rutten edged Kevin Randleman to win the vacant Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight title at UFC 20 on May 7, 1999.

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May 07, 2020

This Day in MMA History: May 6 Two years ago in Fukuoka, Japan, Rizin 10 sounded the death knell for the career of a flyweight great and provided warning of a heavyweight terror...

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May 06, 2020

This Day in MMA History: May 5 Tony Ferguson on May 5, 2012 lost to Michael Johnson at UFC on Fox 3. Eight years later, nobody else has managed to best “El Cucuy” in the...

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May 05, 2020

This Day in MMA History: May 4 Randy Couture and Pedro Rizzo battled it out at UFC 31 on May 4, 2001 in the first truly great five-round heavyweight title fight in MMA history.

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May 04, 2020