Issue 090
July 2012
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Wondering where guys who used to fight in the UFC are now? In Manaus, Brazil, you could find seven UFC vets. It was Amazon Forest Combat’s second effort and the card was packed with well-known fighters.
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Of the five Swedes who appeared on the UFC on Fuel card in their native land, only two – Alexander Gustafsson and Reza Madadi – came away with victories for a 40% Swedish win rate.
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AFC 2’s main event featured a rematch between the UFC’s first two middleweight champs. Dave Menne (the UFC’s first middleweight title holder) tried to earn revenge against the man who took the belt from him, Murilo Bustamante…
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…The rematch came just a tad over 10 years after Bustamante claimed the belt at UFC 35, and the results remained the same: a victory for Bustamante.
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Making his promotional debut at UFC on Fuel 2 in Sweden (the organization’s first trip to the country) was kickboxer Siyar Bahadurzada. In entering the Octagon he became the UFC’s first Afghan fighter, and in KO’ing opponent Paulo Thiago he became the first man to ever stop the Brazilian with strikes.
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At UFC 145 in Altanta, Georgia, tipped UFC welterweight Rory MacDonald outstruck hardy opponent Che Mills 47:6 with significant hits.
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There were nine different nationalities represented by fighters on the UFC on Fuel 2 event in Sweden in April. In order of appearance: English, American, Norwegian, Swedish, French, German, Brazilian, Afghan and Italian.
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With Jon Jones’ five-round decision victory over Rashad Evans at UFC 145 in April, the 24-year-old extended his list of defeated former UFC light heavyweight champions to four. Of the UFC’s active 205lb roster, there are only two former champions he hasn’t tackled: Forrest Griffin and Tito Ortiz.
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Former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar returned to the WWE on April 2nd, administering his finisher, the F5, to John Cena. The return came 95 days after his last UFC appearance before retirement from MMA – a TKO loss to Alistair Overeem at UFC 141 on December 30th.
