The MMA Digest

This Day in MMA History: Former UFC champ Ricco Rodriguez wins in Mexico

On December 3, 2005 Ricco Rodriguez defeated David Mori in Guadalajara, Mexico.

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This Day in MMA History: UFC vet Yushin Okami wins in Japan

On November 29, 2002 Yushin Okami defeated Sen Nakadai by decision in Yokohama, Japan.

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This Day in MMA History: Gilbert Yvel wins in Amsterdam

On November 27, 1999 Gilbert Yvel knocked out Dennis Reed via flying knee in round 1 at the Amsterdam Absolute Championship 2.

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This Day in MMA History: UFC vets Evan Tanner and Heath Herring win

On November 22, 1997, the late Evan Tanner defeated two opponents before being defeated by Heath Herring in an MMA event in Texas.

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This day in MMA History: Matt Serra wins TUF 4

On November 11, 2006 Matt Serra defeated Chris Lytle to become the winner of The Ultimate Fighter 4 reality series.

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This Day in MMA History: Chris Lytle wins in Japan

On October 29, 2002, Chris Lytle defeated Yuji Hoshino via triangle choke in Tokyo in the Pancrase organization.

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This Day in MMA History: Tatsuya Kawajiri wins in Shooto

On October 27, 2002 Tatsuya Kawajiri defeated Ken Omatsu by armbar in Japan in the Shooto promotion.

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This Day in MMA History: Fedor Emelianenko wins in Pride USA

On October 21, 2006 Fedor Emelianenko defeated Mark Coleman by armbar in Las Vegas at Pride 32.

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This Day in MMA History: Joachim Hansen wins

On October 15, 2004, Joachim Hansen defeated Sergey Golyaev via rear naked choke in Atlantic City for the Euphoria MFC promotion. Also victorious on the card was Ben Rothwell, Ryan Schultz, Rich Clementi, Hermes Franca, Travis Wiuff, Kerry Schall, Yves Edwards, Jeff Monson and Antoine Jaoude.

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This Day in MMA History: UFC 64 takes place

On October 14, 2006, UFC 64 took place and witnessed Anderson Silva defeat Rich Franklin in the main event. Also on the card Spencer Fisher defeated  Dan Lauzon, Carmelo Marrero was victorious over Cheick Kongo, Jon Fitch won a decision over Kuniyoshi Hironaka and  Sean Sherk become the new lightweight champion by defeating  Kenny Florian.

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