UFC 71: ANOTHER RAMPAGE VICTORY LIDDELL GETS KOD IN 1ST BY JACKSON.Byline: MIGUEL LOPEZ Staff Writer LAS VEGAS -- Months of hype ended in just less than two minutes as history repeated itself. Quinton "Rampage" Jackson knocked out UFC UFC Ultimate Fighting Championship UFC Universidade Federal do Ceará (Brazilian University) UFC Unified Facilities Criteria UFC Uniform Fire Code UFC Uniform Freight Classification UFC United Facilities Criteria UFC USACE Finance Center light-heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell at UFC 71 to shock the pro-Liddell crowd and capture the crown Saturday night in front of a sellout crowd at MGM Grand Garden Arena MGM Grand Garden Arena is located in the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, and is patterned after New York's Madison Square Garden. The arena has a seating capacity of 17,157 people and is located at 3799 Las Vegas Boulevard South. . Jackson stopped Liddell (20-4) by TKO in November 2003 at a Pride Fighting Championships PRIDE Fighting Championships (PRIDE or PRIDE FC for short) was a mixed martial arts organization based in Japan. Its inaugural event was held at the Tokyo Dome on October 11, 1997. PRIDE has held more than sixty mixed martial arts events. show in Tokyo by hunting and pressing the action and turning the tables on the striker. On Saturday, Jackson did the same and caught Liddell with a right hook that sent him to the mat. Jackson followed the knockdown with a serious of strikes to end Liddell's reign. "It feels good as hell -- it feels good," said Jackson (27-6). "I heard the neck snap and that was it." It was deja vu for Liddell, who had won his past sevenfights, avenging previous losses to Randy Couture and Jeremy Horn. "I got knocked out," said Liddell, 37. "I made a mistake and I got caught. -- I always want a rematch, but we will see." On the undercard un·der·card n. The event or events coming before and supporting the main event, as of boxing matches. , light-heavyweight Houston Alexander upset Keith "The Dean of Mean" Jardine, crumpling the favorite with a series of hammer-like blows to the head. The slugfest ended with a knockout after just 48 seconds, with Alexander (6-1) smashing Jardine (12-4-1) with an uppercut that sent his mouthpiece flying. Karo KARO Kane Amateur Radio Operators (Kane, PA) "The Heat" Parisyan and Josh Burkman traded blows in an entertaining welterweight contest. Parisyan, whose background is in judo judo (j  `dō), sport of Japanese origin that makes use of the principles of jujitsu, a weaponless system of self-defense. , showed good striking power and accuracy, wearing Burkman down en
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Canadian middleweight Kalib Starnes unanimously outpointed Chris "The Crippler" Leben to raise his record to 10-2-1. Leben fell to 16-4. Brazil's Thiago Silva won his UFC debut when James "The Sandman Sandman induces sleep by sprinkling sand in children’s eyes. [Folklore: Brewer Dictionary, 966] See : Sleep Sandman - The DoD requirements that led to APSE. " Irvine injured his knee at 1:06 of the first round and was unable to continue. Associated Press contributed miguel.lopez@presstelegram.com (562) 499-1338 |
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