After pulling off the upset, Randy Couture's first title defence was to be at UFC 74 against Gabriel Gonzaga, who was coming off of a spectacular head kick knock out of the Pride Fighting Championship legend Mirko 'Cro cop' Filipovic. Could Couture, the master of the game plan pull off another unlikely win. The answer was an emphatic yes. Couture mixed it up with dirty boxing and ground and pound forcing a round three stoppage via tko. But, it wasn't with out damage. Couture had blocked an attempted head kick during the fight and the impact of the kick broke his arm.
The HW Title: Part 3 by Ray Thompson