Historic MMA Fights

UFC Trading Cards sneak peek at UFC 94

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Topps Trading cards, the manufacturer of the soon to be released UFC Round 1 cards, has a treat in store for all in attendance for UFC 94, Penn vs. St. Pierre 2. Every fan at UFC 94 will receive a special sample pack containing exclusive versions of BJ Penn’s and GSP’s base (not an autograph or special insert) card.

This will be the first time fans will have a chance to get their hands on the much anticipated UFC Round 1 cards. The cards will feature both Georges St. Pierre and B.J. Penn pictured in their first matchups in the Octagon.

The cards will be of GSP vs. Karo Parysian at UFC 46 and The Prodigy’s will be of him facing Joey Gilbert at UFC 31. Topps representatives will also be on hand to gather feedback from fans at the event.

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Historic MMA Fights: Nick Diaz vs. Takanori Gomi

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It’s time for another edition of Historic MMA Fights.  These are legendary bouts in the history of MMA that are significant for one reason or another.  

Let’s go back to February 2007 at PRIDE 33 in Las Vegas, when PRIDE’s Lightweight Champion, Takanori Gomi (29-4-0) took on Nick Diaz (18-7-0).  It was PRIDE’s second and final show in the United States.

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Historic MMA Fights: Chuck Liddell vs. Jose “Pele” Landi-Jons

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PRO MMA brings to you another segment of Historic MMA Fights. This edition features Chuck Liddell in his only recorded bare knuckle match. His opponent is Jose “Pele” Landi-Jons and the fight took place at the International Vale Tudo Championship 6 – The Challenge in San Paulo, Brazil on August 23 of 1998. This fight just had it’s tenth-year anniversary about a month ago; ten long hard years Chuck Liddell has been battling it out. This fight had one round only, but that round lasted for thirty minutes.

Believe it or not, there are times in the fight when you would think Liddell was strictly a lay and pray or possibly a ground and pound fighter. Liddell has numerous take downs in the fight and uses quite a bit of wrestling, which is something he has completely gotten away from. Sit back, grab a drink or a snack and enjoy watching one of the Historic MMA Fights back when rules were seen as a hindrance.

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Historic MMA Fights – Evan Tanner vs. Heath Herring

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In honor of Evan Tanner, this week’s edition of Historic MMA Fights is a classic bout Tanner had with Heath Herring.  It was only Herring’s second pro mma fight.  You can really understand maybe one of the reasons Herring got the nickname “Crazy Horse” by watching this.  His style was wild and flamboyant.  The fight was held in Texas at Unified Shoot Wrestling Federation 7 on October 18th, 1997.  It was Evan Tanner’s fourth professional mma fight.

It is significant because Tanner beat Herring on this night. However, it was Herring who three fights later, in Tanner’s seventh professional fight and his third of the evening, would serve him his first professional loss. Tanner fought seven times the year of this match, 1997 and he fought ten times the next year. Evan Tanner had seventeen professional fights before ever entering the UFC Octagon to become one of the most beloved and respected combat athletes of our time.

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Historic MMA Fights

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It’s time for another edition of Historic MMA Fights. This match took place at UFC 47 in April of 2004.  It was Nick Diaz’s second fight in the UFC and he was coming off a win over Jeremy Jackson.  It was Robbie Lawler’s sixth UFC fight and he had won all his previous UFC bouts except one, which he lost to Pete Spratt when he suffered an injury.  Lawler was starting to be considered as one of the legit contenders.  Then enters the brash, Stockton native who was not intimidated by Lawler’s power and stood toe to toe with him and what happened next was nothing short of spectacular.  Watch as the cocky Diaz starts taunting Lawler.  This fight was only going to end one way; with one man left standing.

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Historic MMA Bouts

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We’re starting a new feature here at PRO MMA.  With The Ultimate Fighter continuing to draw in fans, with CBS, NBC, Versus, Showtime and HDNET all airing MMA, there’s a lot of new fans coming in to the sport.  More people than ever before have become interested in what many of us have treasured for years.  With the emergence of the newer fans it’s inevitable that most of them will have missed some of the  most important moments in MMA history.  PRO MMA is going to try and help fill you in on some of those significant events with our new segment called HISTORIC MMA BOUTS.  They will be in no particular order and they will have their own category on the site so you can go any time and watch any number of these HISTORIC MMA BOUTS.

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