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This Day in MMA History: May 3 The late Norifumi Yamamoto landed one of the nastiest flying-knee knockouts of all-time at K-1 Hero’s 5, 14 years ago.

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May 03, 2020

This Day in MMA History: May 2

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May 02, 2020

This Day in MMA History: May 1 Mark Coleman won three fights in one night at the Pride Grand Prix 2000 Finals two decades ago, completing mixed martial arts’ first great...

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May 01, 2020

This Day in MMA History: April 30 Pound-for-pound greats Georges St. Pierre and Jose Aldo defended their belts nine years ago at UFC 129 in front of the biggest crowd in North...

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Apr 30, 2020

This Day in MMA History: April 29 Pride 5 took place 21 years ago, headlined by one of the most infamous fixed fights in mixed martial arts history.

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Apr 29, 2020

This Day in MMA History: April 28 Invicta Fighting Championships eight years ago held its debut event, launching the world’s only all-female mixed martial arts promotion.

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Apr 28, 2020

This Day in MMA History: April 27 Jon Jones and Chael Sonnen had their long-delayed meeting seven years ago at UFC 159 and came perilously close to one of the strangest title fight...

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Apr 27, 2020

This Day in MMA History: April 26 Jon Jones at UFC 172 six years ago blanked Glover Teixeira to defend his light heavyweight title for a seventh time and reassert his place as the...

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Apr 26, 2020

This Day in MMA History: April 25 Matt Hughes at UFC 42 on April 25, 2003 successfully defended his Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight belt for the fourth time, making his...

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Apr 25, 2020

This Day in MMA History: April 24 World Extreme Cagefighting put on its first and only pay-per-view 10 years ago, with a card featuring four future UFC champions.

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Apr 24, 2020

This Day in MMA History: April 23 Fifteen years ago, 16 of the world’s best fighters met in Osaka, Japan, to kick off the 2005 Pride Fighting Championships Middleweight Grand Prix.

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Apr 23, 2020

This Day in MMA History: April 22 At UFC Fight Night 108 three years ago, Ovince St. Preux racked up the second of his ridiculous four Von Flue chokes in the Ultimate Fighting...

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Apr 22, 2020

This Day in MMA History: April 21 Gabriel Gonzaga landed “the head kick heard ’round the world” 13 years ago, stunning Mirko Filipovic and punching his own ticket to an

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Apr 21, 2020

This Day in MMA History: April 20 Benson Henderson edged Gilbert Melendez seven years ago at UFC on Fox 7 atop a card that welcomed numerous former Strikeforce standouts to the

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Apr 20, 2020

This Day in MMA History: April 19 Twelve years ago, Georges St. Pierre and Matt Serra met at UFC 83 in a rematch for the undisputed Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight title.

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Apr 19, 2020

This Day in MMA History: April 18 Anderson Silva turned away Thales Leites 11 years ago in one of the worst title fights in Ultimate Fighting Championship history.

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Apr 18, 2020

This Day in MMA History: April 17 Jake Shields 10 years ago defended his Strikeforce middleweight title against Dan Henderson in a main event marred by one of the most infamous...

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Apr 17, 2020

This Day in MMA History: April 16 Chuck Liddell and Randy Couture, fresh from coaching the first season of “The Ultimate Fighter” met 15 years ago, with Couture’s Ultimate...

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Apr 16, 2020

This Day in MMA History: April 15 Tim Sylvia blasted Andrei Arlovski in their rematch 14 years ago to win the Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight title for the second time.

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Apr 15, 2020

This Day in MMA History: April 14 The Ultimate Fighting Championship touched down in Sweden for the first time ever in 2012, bringing with it the country’s greatest MMA export.

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Apr 14, 2020

This Day in MMA History: April 13 Kelvin Gastelum upset Uriah Hall seven years ago to win the 17th season of “The Ultimate Fighter,” launching two Ultimate Fighting...

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Apr 13, 2020

This Day in MMA History: April 12 Glory Kickboxing six years ago put on an event that gave us a gruesome injury—as well as a sneak peek at a future MMA superstar.

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Apr 12, 2020

This Day in MMA History: April 11 Strikeforce in 2009 hosted a grudge match between Frank Shamrock and Nick Diaz on a card featuring several future MMA stars.

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Apr 11, 2020

This Day in MMA History: April 10 One of Bellator MMA’s biggest stars and greatest homegrown talents made his professional debut five years ago and did so to relatively little...

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Apr 10, 2020

This Day in MMA History: April 9 Forrest Griffin and Stephan Bonnar engaged in a slugfest to determine the light heavyweight winner of “The Ultimate Fighter” 15 years ago,...

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Apr 09, 2020