Undefeated welterweight contender Dong Hyun Kim, fresh off his dismantling of Nate Diaz, sailed into the UFC 132 pay-per-view with hopes of using Carlos Condit as a stepping stone to a division title shot. Instead, he got KTFO in spectacular fashion.
Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 1 hopeful Nate Quarry, who was 3-0 inside the Octagon with three brutal technical knockout (TKO) finishes, set his sights on middleweight champion Rich Franklin at UFC 56: "Full Force" in late 2005. Here's how it all went down.
On March 29, 2008, Cung Le won the Strikeforce Middleweight Championship by breaking Frank Shamrock's arm in front of a raucous Showtime crowd in San Jose, California. Can he replicate that performance against Rich Franklin next month in Macao?
On July 19, 2008, UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva would enter the Octagon as a light heavyweight to help ZUFFA counter-program the Affliction: "Banned" pay-per-view, putting "The Sandman" to sleep in the process.
Stephan Bonnar made a name for himself by losing to Forrest Griffin in April 2005. Nearly four years later, he would once again make a name for himself in defeat, when Jon Jones called him the "terminator" for refusing to go down at UFC 94.
HITM looks back at the breakout performance of Travis Browne, who made his presence known in the UFC heavyweight division by knocking out Stefan Struve with a flying Superman punch.
Fans didn't expect much when Antonio Silva was paired off with Fedor Emelianenko in the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix back in 2011. Imagine their surprise when "Bigfoot" stomped the former PRIDE legend en route to a second round stoppage.
Before he was main eventing UFC on FUEL TV 5, he was knocking people out at UFC on FUEL TV 1. See how the former collegiate wrestler blasted his way to headliner status with a "Knockout of the Night" against Philip De Fries.
At UFC 99: "The Comeback" on June 13, 2009, Stefan Struve would choke out Denis Stojnic in one of the bloodiest battles in UFC history. Here's how their battle unfolded in Germany.
Before he rose to power as the UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, Jon Jones was laying waste to the middle of the 205-pound pack. See what happened when "Bones" faced the rough-and-tumble Matt Hamill in the finale of The Ultimate Fighter season 10.
