The MMA Digest

On August 21, 2004, UFC 49 took place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The main event saw Randy Couture defeating Vitor Belfort via TKO and Chuck Liddell knocking out Vernon White. The event also featured a memorable high kick knockout from Yves Edwards on Josh Thompson. Karo Parisyan and Nick Diaz battled in a close 3 round bout that was awarded to Parisyan. David Terrell burst onto the UFC with a explosive KO over Matt Lindland in 24 seconds. Chris Lytle submitted Ron Jhun, Justin Eilers knocked out Mike Kyle and Joe Riggs defeated Joe Doerksen.