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Manfred
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I scoured the boards for trivia and facts and scraped together one mega-tread, Enjoy:
UFC 1:
- Zane Frasier was invited because he beat up Frank Dux in the lobby at a Karate competition.
-Gerarld Gordeau was invited because he was from the same gym as Ernesto Hoost and the organizers couldn’t afford Hoost.
-Ken Shamrock was recruited after one of his students had applied, they decided they wanted the teacher instead
-Big John McCarthy applied, but was told that Royce would be the only one to represent Jiu-Jitsu. He could enter after Royce was done with it.
-One of Teila Tuli’s teeth that Gordeau kicked out just missed John McCarthy’s wife when it flew into the crowd. She got up and left the event immediately.
-Art Jimmerson tried to back out when he found out the details of the event but they threatened to sue him because they had already started promoting him.
- The promoters considered adding an electric fence and an alligator-filled moat around the Octagon.
Other Events:
- At Vale Tudo Japan '95, a 154 lb Japanese fighter named Yuki Nakai took on UFC 1 finalist Gerard Gordeau in the first round. Gordeau gouged his eyes so bad that Yuki suffered permanent blindness in one of them. He still won the fight by heel hook and his next fight by armbar before losing to Rickson Gracie in the finals. Rickson said after that he purposely never hit Yuki in the face out of respect. Yuki refused interviews for many years out of fear that it would have a negative impact on MMA.
- At UFC 9, Zane Frasier kneed Cal Worsham while he was running at him in the chest breaking three ribs, one punctured his lung narrowly missing his heart which was badly bruised. In the hospital he was told that his survival was in question.
To this day it is the worst injury ever incurred at a UFC event. Worsham still won the fight
- At UFC 12, Tank Abbot got into a backstage fight with Wallid Ismail
- At UFC 28, Josh Barnett and Gan McGee had the first and only UFC Super HW fight
- At UFC 36, Matt Hughes fought Shooto’s former MW (167 lb) Champ, Sakurai, because the current Champ had trouble getting a visa. The Champ was Anderson Silva.
- At UFC 39, Ricco Rodriguez stopped Randy Couture, making it the ONLY fight in UFC history (as of UFC 95) to be stopped in the 5th round
- At UFC 47, Mike Kyle bit Wes Sims on the chest during their fight.
-At Vale Tudo Japan ’97, Enson Inoue was DQ'd against F. Shamrock because his brother Egan ran into the ring
At PRIDE 9, Matt Serra’s opponent was injured by the pyrotechnics and the match was called off. Serra was never invited back.
At PRIDE 22, during the stare down, Rampage gave Igor Vovchanchyn a note that from “his mother” that said “Please don’t hurt my son”
- At PRIDE Critical Countdown Absolute, during the stare down when the ref finished the rules, Josh Barnett said to Mark Hunt “and no flying ass drops”
- At PRIDE Final Conflict 2004, Big Nog was stuck in traffic, so ‘lil Nog did his walk in for the opening ceremony
- PRIDE's "Shockwave" is not translated correctly. The real name is "The Man Festival"
- At Shooto 3/18, Hansen threw his mouth piece into the crowd to celebrate his victory…and hit Caol Uno’s mom in the head
-At IFC 11, Rich Franklin vs. Aaron Brink was ruled a “no contest” when Brink got his leg stuck between the mat and the cage
- At ADCC, Jeff Monson stripped bare naked (in front of everyone) in protest to the judge’s decision to DQ him. You can use a can opener for positioning, but not as a submission, his opponent (pe de Pano, I think) tapped when he did it so they ruled it a submission attempt and DQ'd him. He maintained he was positioning.
Gracies:
- The Gracie family first got noticed when Rorion did a 1989 Playboy article claiming to be the baddest man on the planet and issuing the "Gracie Challenge"
- Royce was the Gracie chosen for UFC 1 for two reasons. They wanted someone smaller to prove a point, and Rickson and Rorion had a big falling out over Rickson teaching from his home instead of at the Academy.
- Rorion Gracie was the fight scene coordinator for Lethal Weapon 1 (triangle at the end)
- Due to his uncontrollable temper, Ryan was reportedly banned by the family from fighting until he got treatment and became more stable.
- Tito called out Renzo Gracie after becoming the >200 lb Champ
- Rickson does have an official loss. At the 1993 US Sambo Championships he lost to Ron Tripp via uchi-mata in 45 seconds. Rickson claims he was misinformed of the rules
- Although Rickson has long been considered the family Champ, Rickson says Royler actually has the best technique in the family and only beats him because of his size advantage.
- Rickson actually only has 2 wins by armbar (both Takada fights) “Rickson by Choke” would be more accurate
Other Talents:
- Dan Severn is also writer for Penthouse
- Aaron Brink is a former porn star
- Jeff Monson worked as a family and children’s counselor
- Matt Serra is the first American that the Gracie family awarded a black belt to.
- Gary Goodridge is a world Champ in arm-wrestling and claims to beat 1,000 people in a row in Japan.
- Egan Inoue was a World Champion Racquetball player before competing in JJ and MMA
-Pete Spratt led the NCAA in receiving yards one season while in college.
- Keith Jardine worked as a debt collector, bounty hunter, football coach and even a miner before fighting
- Mirko Filipovic, besides being a member of the Croatian Anti-terrorism squad, also served in the Croatian Parliament and was signed by the Croatian football team Cibalia.
- Phil Baroni won body-building competitions as a teenager
- Nick Thompson is a Minnesota licensed attorney. After passing the bar, he was sworn in by his step-father, a judge.
Cops:
Forrest
Big John McCarthy
Cal Worsham
Shinya Aoki
Cro Cop (duh)
Andrei Arlovski
Rob MacDonald (TUF 2)
Firemen:
Chris Lytle
Steve Mazzagatti
Don Frye (in Arizona, apparently he was asked to leave around the time McCain was going after MMA, saying his involvement made the dept. look bad)
Military:
Sergei (Russian Airborne)
Randy (Army)
Tim Credeur (Navy)
Wandy (Brazilian Army)
Fedor (Russian Army)
Brandon Vera (Air Force)
Luigi Fioravanti (Marines)
Patrick Cote (Canadian Army)
Shonie Carter (Marine Corps)
Chris Leben (Army, went AWOL then discharged)
Movies/TV:
- Oleg Taktarov has been in more than 30 movies and TV shows
- Rich Franklin starred in “Cyborg Soldier” in the lead role
- Forrest Griffin had a small part in an episode of “Law and Order: SVU”
- Besides a couple films, Randy Couture had a recurring role on “The Unit”
- Joe Son was in "Austin Powers" and a few cheesy action films
- Chuck Liddell was in “The Postman Always Rings Twice” starring Jack Nicholson when he was 12.
Education:
- Tank Abbott has a History degree
- Jeff Monson has a Masters in Psych.
- Phil Baroni has a degree in Physch.
- Rich Franklin has BA in Math and a Masters in Education
- Rorion Gracie has a law degree
- Mark Coleman has a degree in Education
- Chuck Liddell has a BA in Accounting
Nicknames:
- Michael Bisping is the grandson of a Polish Count
- Jens Pulver is called ‘little evil” due to the abusive childhood he once called a “daily hell.” His alcoholic father regularly beat him and even put a gun in his mouth when he was 7. He pulled the gun out and told him he wasn’t worth the bullets.
- Rich Clementi took the nickname “No Love” after a messy divorce
- Tim Sylvia’s original nickname was “Grizzly Bear”
- Wanderlei Silva’s original nickname was “Mad Dog”
- Ikuhisa Minowa is called "The Punk" because of his love of Punk Rock
- Matt “The Law” Lindland got his name because in the finals of the 2000 United States Olympic trials, Lindland lost to Keith Sieracki, who Lindland had accused of tripping him. After appealing, an arbitrator ordered a rematch for Lindland and Sieracki, in which Lindland won 8-0. They still gave the slot to Sieracki, and Lindland sued the Olympic Committee
- Rich “Ace" Franklin is a reference to Ace Ventura because he looks like Jim Carey
- Rampage’s 3 sons all have the middle name Rampage, his daughter's middle name is Page
Real Names:
Karapat Parisyan
Sebastiaan Rutten
Jacob Ortiz
Ken Wayne Kilpatrick (Ken Shamrock aka Vince Torrelli)
Frank Alisio Juarez III (Frank Shamrock)
Jay Dee Penn (All his older brothers are named Jay also, hence Baby Jay)
Francisco Santos Mir III
Random:
- The Zuffa by-laws state that if Frank and Lorenzo Fertitta cannot resolve a dispute, they will have a sport JJ match to decide
- Dana White owns 10% of the UFC, not Zuffa
- Zuffa paid $2 MIL for the UFC and invested another $41 MIL to keep it going
-Jason Delucia put a “curse” on Bas Rutten after Bas beat him a 3rd time because Bas refused to give him another rematch
- Diego Sanchez was once engaged to UFC ring girl Ali Sonoma
- Jeremy Horn has had 71 bone breaks and fractures
- Wanderlei's son is named Thor
- Rampage has an albino son
- BJ Penn sued the UFC for stripping his WW title and filed a motion to prevent the UFC to awarding it to someone else after he left the organization. He lost the lawsuit.
- Forrest Griffin’s first MMA fight was against Dan Severn
- Kieth Hackney was considered for TUF 4, even passed the medicals, but was passed over.
- When Pat Miletich was a senior in HS, he shared the wrestling room with Mark Kerr, who was a freshman.
- Igor Vovchanchyn had such a temper as a teen that whenever he was in a bad mood, the the villagers rang the local church bell so everyone would be warned to avoid him.
- Bas Rutten was at a charity event after party when he accidentally stepped on the toes of NFL Linebacker Brian Urlacher. Bas apologized and offered to buy him a drink but Ulracher was pissed and asked Bas if he wanted to take it outside and Bas smiled and said "YES." Security stepped in and told Ulracher who Bas is. Ulracher apologized.
- Fedor has a pet turtle
Feel free to add more and I'll paste them in
Decided to add cops, fireman, and military, please help with any you know
Last edited 3/28/09 4:10PM by manfred
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Post #1 2/24/09 12:37:17AM
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bojangalz
The Original Playground Bully
Career record: 720-392
Season: 36-14 (#330)
Location: Minnesota
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Wow. just...wow  
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Post #2 2/24/09 1:23:07AM
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babalu46
Standup Guy
Career record: 340-225
Season: 39-11 (#275)
Location: Newcastle, England
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I'm pretty sure that in Forrest's fight against Dan Severn he also broke his arm and kept fighting. Pretty confident about that but not certain.
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Post #3 2/24/09 11:08:03AM
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seanfu
BANNED
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At ADCC, Jeff Monson stripped bare naked (in front of everyone) in protest to the judge’s decision to DQ him. You can use a can opener for positioning, but not as a submission, his opponent (pe de Pano, I think) tapped when he did it so they ruled it a submission attempt and DQ'd him. He maintained he was positioning.
LOL Jeff Monson is my hero.
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Post #4 2/24/09 11:32:26AM
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Steady MODdin'
Career record: 749-421
Season: 33-17 (#668)
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jesus christ manfred, that was a great post.
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Post #5 2/24/09 12:20:14PM
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cmb19932
Banned
Career record: 116-94
Season: 0-0 (#-)
Location: holbrook massachusetts
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pet turtle FTW 
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Post #6 2/24/09 12:46:23PM
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Representin' The MA's
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A few more for the "real names" one that I remember from reading those NSAC official results documents, those are always fun:
Janigleison H. Tibau-Alves (Gleison [Graison] Tibau)
Jeremiah Cole Miller
Thiago Anderson Ramos Da Silva (Thiago Silva)
Karapat "Karo" Parisyan
Cheick “Kongo” Ouedraogo
Gabriel Gonzaga-Nogueira (formerly Gonzaga-Nogueira Martins)
Michael Andrew McFedries
Thiago De Mello Tavares
Bradley Gray Maynard
Charles David Liddell
Anton Nicolas De Souza (Tony)
Roan Carneiro Pereira
Din Yero Thomas
Cleuder F. Assuncao (Junior)
Thiago Alves Araujo
Renato Sobral Da Cunha (Babalu)
Kalib Axel Starnes
Yoshitomi "Dokonjonosuke" Mishima (I jokingly call him That Tekken Guy)
OK, I should get back to work.
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Post #7 2/24/09 1:05:30PM
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Wolfenstein
Heavyweight Champ
Career record: 635-366
Season: 40-10 (#11)
Location: Massachusetts
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Please don't hurt my son haha!
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Post #8 2/24/09 4:50:17PM
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roadking95th
In Cael We Trust!
Career record: 751-416
Season: 37-13 (#228)
Location: PA
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I don't think I wanted to know this!
-PRIDE's "Shockwave" is not translated correctly. The real name is "The Man Festival"
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Post #9 2/24/09 9:00:21PM
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Manfred
MMA Sensei
Career record: 467-275
Season: 0-0 (#-)
Location: Brasov, Romania
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Posted by Manfred
- At PRIDE Critical Countdown Absolute, during the stare down when the ref finished the rules, Josh Barnett said to Mark Hunt “and no flying ass drops”
Posted by Manfred
- At ADCC, Jeff Monson stripped bare naked (in front of everyone) in protest to the judge’s decision to DQ him. You can use a can opener for positioning, but not as a submission, his opponent (pe de Pano, I think) tapped when he did it so they ruled it a submission attempt and DQ'd him. He maintained he was positioning.
And I added the Bas/Urlacher story and a UFC 9 one that I didn't know about
Last edited 2/25/09 12:27AM by manfred
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Post #10 2/25/09 12:25:57AM
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king_katool
Belt Contender
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Location: Hamilton,ON,CA
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Posted by Manfred
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Other Events:
- At UFC 36, Matt Hughes fought Shooto’s former MW (167 lb) Champ, Sakurai, because the current Champ had trouble getting a visa. The Champ was Anderson Silva.
wow how this wouldve changed alot of things
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Post #11 2/25/09 12:48:25AM
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Manfred
MMA Sensei
Career record: 467-275
Season: 0-0 (#-)
Location: Brasov, Romania
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Posted by king_katool
Posted by Manfred
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Other Events:
- At UFC 36, Matt Hughes fought Shooto’s former MW (167 lb) Champ, Sakurai, because the current Champ had trouble getting a visa. The Champ was Anderson Silva.
wow how this wouldve changed alot of things
Maybe, but Hughes was in his prime and Anderson was nothing like the fighter we see today. His jits wasn't so hot, he was more of a striker. Matt via GnP or LnP.
In some ways it's better that it didn't happen because his "return" to the UFC might not have had as much excitement to it
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Post #12 2/25/09 1:24:22AM
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mentalcase
MMA Sensei
Career record: 585-317
Season: 25-5 (#1695)
Location: Gold Coast, Australia
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great list
here's one i know from UFC 1
Gerarld Gordeau bit Royce's ear when Royce was locked up with him trying to get him to the ground, that's why Royce held the RNC for like 5 seconds after the first tap
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Post #13 2/25/09 3:06:37AM
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pv3Hpv3p
Heavyweight Champ
Career record: 428-322
Season: 0-0 (#-)
Location: East St. Paul, MN
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Posted by Manfred
- Bas Rutten was at a charity event after party when he accidentally stepped on the toes of NFL Linebacker Brian Urlacher. Bas apologized and offered to buy him a drink but Ulracher was pissed and asked Bas if he wanted to take it outside and Bas smiled and said "YES." Security stepped in and told Ulracher who Bas is. Ulracher apologized.
Is this really true? It just doesn't really seem too accurate... I could imagine Urlacher being a pretty mean guy, but I don't think that even he would be picking fights over nothing at a charity event...
Anyways, if true... That's pretty bad ass, and Don't worry Brian, I wouldn't fight him either
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Post #14 2/25/09 12:21:34PM
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Manfred
MMA Sensei
Career record: 467-275
Season: 0-0 (#-)
Location: Brasov, Romania
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Posted by pv3Hpv3p
Posted by Manfred
- Bas Rutten was at a charity event after party when he accidentally stepped on the toes of NFL Linebacker Brian Urlacher. Bas apologized and offered to buy him a drink but Ulracher was pissed and asked Bas if he wanted to take it outside and Bas smiled and said "YES." Security stepped in and told Ulracher who Bas is. Ulracher apologized.
Is this really true? It just doesn't really seem too accurate... I could imagine Urlacher being a pretty mean guy, but I don't think that even he would be picking fights over nothing at a charity event...
Anyways, if true... That's pretty bad ass, and Don't worry Brian, I wouldn't fight him either
Bas telling the story on "Best Damn Sports Show" It's at the 3:40 mark
LINK TO VID
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