| DYK facts
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did you know... |
date |
views*
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| 1
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... that Nick Pace, a mixed martial artist, won the inaugural Ring of Combat Bantamweight title by defeating his opponent via d'arce choke in the first round?
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August 21, 2010
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846
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| 2
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... that Francisco Drinaldo, better known as Massaranduba, is a Brazilian Kickboxing champion with an undefeated professional mixed martial arts record?
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September 11, 2010
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1,332
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| 3
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... that Viktor Nemkov is an M-1 Global veteran who was approached by World Wrestling Entertainment to become a professional wrestler?
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September 12, 2010
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1,237
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| 4
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... that after missing the whole of 2009 through injury, Jan Błachowicz returned at KSW XIII to defeat two opponents on the same night?
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September 12, 2010
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1,245
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| 5
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... that the Spanish mixed martial artist Daniel Tabera has defeated two opponents in one night on two separate occasions?
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September 13, 2010
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1,741
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| 6
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... that Dawid Baziak began his professional mixed martial arts career with five consecutive technical knockout victories?
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September 14, 2010
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1,401
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| 7
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... that John Phillips returned victoriously to mixed martial arts at Cage Rage 28 after being the first Cage Rage fighter to test positive for a banned substance?
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September 16, 2010
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1,395
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| 8
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... that Michael Johnson has signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship promotion to appear on The Ultimate Fighter: Team GSP vs. Team Koscheck?
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September 17, 2010
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2,813
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| 9
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... that due to his pale complexion and resemblance to a character from the Blade films, Aaron Wilkinson's coaches nicknamed him "The Daywalker"?
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September 18, 2010
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2,647
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| 10
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... that Alex Caceres' nickname "Bruce Leeroy" is inspired by the character of the same nickname in The Last Dragon?
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September 18, 2010
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1,485
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| 11
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... that there is some confusion about whether Shigeki Osawa's MMA fight against Katsuya Toida was a no contest or a disqualification win for Osawa due to accidental kicks to the groin?
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September 19, 2010
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662
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| 12
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... that all of mixed martial artist Mairbek Taisumov's documented victories have come by knockout or submission?
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September 19, 2010
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1,610
|
| 13
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... that Sako Chivitchian holds 11 U.S. national judo titles and won his debut mixed martial arts fight in 98 seconds at age 15?
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September 21, 2010
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2,101
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| 14
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... that Cody McKenzie, who appeared on The Ultimate Fighter: Team GSP vs. Team Koscheck, has the second-most guillotine choke victories in the world according to Sherdog.com?
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September 21, 2010
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1,761
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| 15
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... that despite turning professional scarcely more than a year prior, Alexander Volkov reached the final of the M-1 Global Eastern Europe tournament?
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September 22, 2010
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1,109
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| 16
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... that Kyle Watson, a competitor on The Ultimate Fighter: Team GSP vs. Team Koscheck, is also the head Jiu-Jitsu instructor at the H.I.T. Squad?
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September 23, 2010
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1,898
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| 17
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... that Pat "Awesomely Awesome" Audinwood makes his Ultimate Fighting Championship debut against Thiago Tavares today at UFC 119 in Indianapolis?
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September 26, 2010
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2,753
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| 18
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... that despite being eliminated from The Ultimate Fighter just weeks prior, Pablo Garza was signed by World Extreme Cagefighting to appear tonight at WEC 51?
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October 1, 2010
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2,873
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| 19
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... that Super Heavyweight Sean McCorkle has been nicknamed "The Hater", "The Big Angry", "Big Hungry" and "The Alpha Male" and claims he changes his nickname "to keep it interesting"?
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October 16, 2010
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2,405
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| 20
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... that after winning his last fight via 10-second knockout due to head kick, English welterweight Mark Scanlon was signed by the Ultimate Fighting Championship?
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October 22, 2010
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1,503
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| 21
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... that undefeated MMA fighter Dragan "Gagi" Tešanović makes his North American debut tonight at the Bellator 34 event?
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October 28, 2010
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3,136
|
22
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26
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... that at M-1 Global's Challenge XXI event, Artiom Damkovsky defeated Mairbek Taisumov to become their inaugural Lightweight MMA Champion and Guram Gugenishvili defeated Kenny Garner (who was replacing the injured Maxim Grishin) for their inaugural Heavyweight Championship?
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November 5, 2010
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1+2+
3+4+
5 = 3,552
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27
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28
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... that Douglas Lima was expected to showcase his skills with an easy victory over Brent Weedman in a mixed martial arts title fight, but lost?
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November 10, 2010
|
1+2
= 4,700+
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| 29
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... that in the 2009 M-1 Challenge Season in the sport of mixed martial arts, Team Benelux's Danny van Bergen was one of only two team members to finish with a positive record?
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November 12, 2010
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854
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| 30
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... that after beating the highly touted prospect Francisco "Massaranduba" Drinaldo via armbar, Yuri Alcantara was signed by World Extreme Cagefighting to appear on their last ever event?
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November 15, 2010
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1,235
|
| 31
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... that Ashleigh "The Thunderball Kid" Grimshaw has had a negative record on two occasions in his career?
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November 16, 2010
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2,940
|
| 32
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... that Robbie "The Flame" Olivier's last fight was stopped after a fan riot made it impossible to continue?
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November 16, 2010
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3,033
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| 33
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... that martial artist Erick Silva competed in "one of the wettest events in MMA history" when the outdoor event was subjected to torrential rain?
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November 16, 2010
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1,766
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34
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35
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... that strawweight mixed martial arts fighters Michael Willian Costa and Lincon de Sa are scheduled to face off for the inaugural Shooto South American Championship held in Brazil next month?
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November 17, 2010
|
1 + 2 = 1218
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36
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37
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... that M-1 Global's welterweight (Shamil Zavurov vs. Abner Lloveras), middleweight (Magomed Sultanakhmedov vs. Rafał Moks) and light heavyweight (Tomasz Narkun vs. Vyacheslav Vasilevsky) mixed martial arts champions will be determined at M-1 Challenge XXII today?
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December 10, 2010
|
1 + 2 = 1,580
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| 38
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... that at the age of 15, Cody Bollinger made his mixed martial arts debut, winning two fights in one night?
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October 6, 2012
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2,001
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