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This Day in MMA History: August 26 Chuck Liddell destroyed Renato Sobral for the second time to retain his light heavyweight title, 14 years ago at UFC 62.

Aug 26, 2020

This Day in MMA History: August 24 Attila Vegh blew out Travis Wiuff to win the 2010 Bellator MMA Light Heavyweight Tournament, eight years ago at Bellator 73.

Aug 24, 2020

This Day in MMA History: August 21 Randy Couture ground Vitor Belfort into dust in their rubber match, 16 years ago at the aptly named UFC 49 “Unfinished Business.”

Aug 21, 2020

This Day in MMA History: August 20 Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz met in a blockbuster rematch four years ago at UFC 202.

Aug 20, 2020

This Day in MMA History: August 19 Tsuyoshi Kosaka defeated Gilbert Yvel in the second installment of one of the most bizarre trilogies in MMA history at Rings “Rise 5th,” 21...

Aug 19, 2020

This Day in MMA History: August 18 Dominick Cruz edged out Joseph Benavidez to maintain his bantamweight title, 10 years ago at WEC 50.

Aug 18, 2020

This Day in MMA History: August 17 Chael Sonnen picked up his final UFC win seven years ago, tapping out Mauricio Rua in the main event of UFC Fight Night 26.

Aug 17, 2020

This Day in MMA History: August 15 One of the pivotal fights in MMA history took place 11 years ago, as Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg put female superstars front and center.

Aug 15, 2020

This Day in MMA History: August 12 The incomparable Megumi Fujii won her 21st straight fight, tapping out future UFC champ Carla Esparza to advance to the semifinals of Bellator’s...

Aug 12, 2020

This Day in MMA History: August 11 Benson Henderson defeated Frankie Edgar in their rematch to retain the UFC lightweight title, 12 years ago at UFC 150.

Aug 11, 2020

This Day in MMA History: August 10 One of the most star-studded tournaments in MMA history kicked off 17 years ago at Pride Total Elimination 2003.

Aug 10, 2020

This Day in MMA History: August 9 Brian Bowles pounded out Miguel Torres 11 years ago at WEC 42, ending one of the most dominant runs in MMA history.

Aug 09, 2020

This Day in MMA History: August 8 B.J. Penn and Anderson Silva both dazzled, putting on two of the best performances of their respective careers 11 years ago at UFC 101.

Aug 08, 2020

This Day in MMA History: August 7 Anderson Silva pulled off a fifth-round submission on Chael Sonnen a decade ago today at UFC 117, changing the course of both men’s...

Aug 07, 2020

This Day in MMA History: August 4 Mauricio Rua dominated Brandon Vera at UFC on Fox 4 to earn a shot at regaining his light heavyweight title—or so he thought.

Aug 04, 2020

This Day in MMA History: August 3 WEC 35 featured Carlos Condit atop a historic title tripleheader, 12 years ago today.

Aug 03, 2020

This Day in MMA History: August 2 UFC 176 did not take place six years ago today, as the Ultimate Fighting Championship elected to cancel a numbered pay-per-view event for only the...

Aug 02, 2020

This Day in MMA History: August 1 Jon Jones continued his march towards light heavyweight gold by crushing Vladimir Matyushenko, 10 years ago today at UFC Live 2.

Aug 01, 2020

This Day in MMA History: July 31 Michael Chandler and Ben Askren both defended their titles for the last time—for the moment, at least—seven years ago at Bellator 97.

Jul 31, 2020

This Day in MMA History: July 30 Dan Henderson handed the once-invincible Fedor Emelianenko his third straight defeat nine years ago at Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Henderson.

Jul 30, 2020

This Day in MMA History: July 29 Quinton Jackson made his Pride Fighting Championships debut, showing his star potential even as he fell to Kazushi Sakuraba, on this day in 2001.

Jul 29, 2020

This Day in MMA History: July 25 Five years ago today T.J. Dillashaw destroyed Renan Barao for the second time, leaving no doubt that a new era had arrived for the bantamweight...

Jul 25, 2020

This Day in MMA History: July 23 Valentina Shevchenko defeated Holly Holm to begin her march back towards a second shot at the bantamweight title, four years ago at UFC on Fox 20.

Jul 23, 2020

This Day in MMA History: July 22 Chris Weidman tapped out Kelvin Gastelum in front of an ecstatic hometown crowd three years ago at UFC on Fox 25.

Jul 22, 2020

This Day in MMA History: July 21 Joachim Hansen stepped in as an alternate to win the Dream lightweight Grand Prix, 12 years ago today.

Jul 21, 2020

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