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This Day in MMA History: Jan. 4 The last Strikeforce welterweight champ, Tarec Saffiedine, made his Octagon debut seven years ago.
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This Day in MMA History: Oct. 28 One of the longest winning streaks in MMA history ended when Megumi Fujii lost for the first time, 10 years ago at Bellator 34.
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This Day in MMA History: Oct. 21 Ben Askren dominated Lyman Good to win the Bellator MMA welterweight title, 10 years ago at Bellator 33.
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This Day in MMA History: Oct. 20 Pride the Best, Vol. 3 the last of Pride Fighting Championships’s short-lived foray into small shows, took place on Oct. 20, 2002.
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This Day in MMA History: Oct. 19 Cain Velasquez put a brutal stamp on his trilogy with Junior dos Santos, seven years ago at UFC 166.
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This Day in MMA History: Oct. 13 Fedor Emelianenko punched out Chael Sonnen to stamp his passport to the finals of the Bellator heavyweight grand prix, two years ago at Bellator 208.
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This Day in MMA History: Oct. 9 Nick Diaz and K.J. Noons had their long-awaited rematch, 10 years ago at Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Noons II.
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This Day in MMA History: Oct. 8 Tachi Palace Fights put on its official debut event, featuring Chad Mendes, its greatest homegrown star, 11 years ago today.
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This Day in MMA History: Oct. 7 Andrei Arlovski leveled Paul Buentello in 15 seconds to defend his newly undisputed title, 15 years ago at UFC 55.
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This Day in MMA History: Sept. 24 Frank Shamrock and Tito Ortiz gave us one of MMA’s first great title fights, 21 years ago at UFC 22.
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Sep 24, 2020
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This Day in MMA History: Sept. 23 Matt Hughes avenged himself on B.J. Penn, and Georges St. Pierre coined an immortal MMA catchphrase, 14 years ago today at UFC 63.
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This Day in MMA History: Sept. 22 Pedro Rizzo showed just how far the sport had come in three years, chopping down Dan Severn in under two minutes at UFC 27, 20 years ago today.
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This Day in MMA History: Sept. 21 One of the world’s longest-running mixed martial arts promotions, Pancrase, held its inaugural event 27 years ago.
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This Day in MMA History: Sept. 20 Douglas Lima knocked out Ben Saunders to earn his second shot at the welterweight title, seven years ago at Bellator 100.
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This Day in MMA History: Sept. 19 Kenny Florian choked out Din Thomas to continue his march back to lightweight title contention, 13 years ago at UFC Fight Night 11.
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This Day in MMA History: Sept. 18 Justin Gaethje held onto his World Series of Fighting lightweight title—and his undefeated record—by defeating Luis Palomino, five years ago...
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This Day in MMA History: Sept. 6 Rashad Evans iced “The Iceman,” knocking out Chuck Liddell to win a light heavyweight title shot at UFC 88, 12 years ago.
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This Day in MMA History: Sept. 4 Glover Teixeira won his 20th straight fight, knocking out Ryan Bader to earn a shot at the light heavyweight title, seven years ago at UFC Fight...
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This Day in MMA History: Sept. 3 One Championship’s first event took place nine years ago at Singapore Indoor Stadium, to the potential delight of billions of possible martial...
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This Day in MMA History: Sept. 2 Joe Warren knocked out Joe Soto to win the featherweight title, 10 years ago at Bellator 27.
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Sep 02, 2020
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This Day in MMA History: Sept. 1 Eight years ago today, UFC 151 did not happen, as a chain of events led to the first cancellation of a pay-per-view event in Ultimate Fighting...
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Sep 01, 2020
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This Day in MMA History: August 31 Josh Barnett mauled Yuki Kondo to win the openweight King of Pancrase, 17 years ago at the Pancrase 10th Anniversary Show.
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This Day in MMA History: August 30 T.J. Dillashaw felled Joe Soto with a fifth-round head kick to retain the bantamweight belt, six years ago at UFC 177.
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