Sanchez had Parisyan in trouble as he went for submissions, opening a cut under ParisyanвЂ™s eye. This 2006 fight between highly ranked welterweights Diego Sanchez and Karo Parisyan went to the ground early. Karo Parisyan: UFC Fight Night 6 Diego Sanchez | Rey Del Rio/Getty Images

Couture was able to reverse, but he was unable to capitalize on that reversal.В Nogueira took the fight, which won вЂњFight of the NightвЂќ by unanimous decision. Things became even more bleak for Couture in the third round when he knocked Couture to the ground and positively assaulted him with ground and pound. Once the fight was on the ground, Nogueira, a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, gave his best effort to choke Couture out, but Couture was able to fight off the submission attempt.В In the second round, Couture tried to work ground and pound, but Nogueira easily reversed and went for an arm triangle choke, which Couture was avoided, but he remained under Nogueira. As for Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, he too lost his last fight, getting TKO-ed by Frank Mir and losing the interim UFC heavyweight championship.В There was not much going on in this fight until Nogueira knocked Couture down with a big right hand with three minutes left in the first round. Randy Couture entered this fight coming off a loss to Brock Lesnar, a fight in which Lesnar captured the UFC heavyweight title. With that being said, Griffin still kept Jackson at distance,В which prevented him from scoring with his strikes.В In the fourth round, Jackson was able to close the distance and land some strikes, opening up a cut over GriffinвЂ™sВ right eye.ДЄfter landing those strikes, Jackson took the fight to the ground, but he found himself briefly caught in a triangle choke by Griffin.В In the final round, Jackson was unable to close the distance, which prevented him from making a late run for the stoppage.В When the cards were read, Griffin captured the title by unanimous decision, only to lose the title in his next outingВ -В by TKO to Rashad Evans. The third round was fairly uneventful, which allowed Jackson to recover from the leg kicks that hurt him earlier in the fight. Griffin spent the rest of the round in control of Jackson on the ground.

Griffin didВ just that early on, but as the first round wore on,В JacksonвЂ™s power caught him on two occasions - he even got droppedВ to the mat.В In the second round, Griffin buckled JacksonвЂ™s leg with a kick, and when Jackson moved in for a takedown he found himself under Griffin on the mat. In this contest, Forrest GriffinвЂ™s goal was to stick and move, keeping Jackson at distance. This fight was the second title defense of Quinton вЂњRampageвЂќ JacksonвЂ™s UFC light heavyweight championship reign. Quinton Jackson: UFC 86 Forrest Griffin (L) fighting Andersion Silva | Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images In the future, newВ fights mayВ dislodge a lower-ranked fight from this listВ - after all, there are some recent fights that are highly ranked in the top 15 UFC fights of all time. If youвЂ™ve seen these fights before, watch them again if you havenвЂ™t seen them, well, set aside some time because you really need to see these historical battles inside the Octagon. What follows are the 15 greatest fights in the history of the UFC. On Saturday night, the promotion held its 352ndВ event, drawing 9,552 fans to the Brisbane Entertainment Centre in Brisbane, Australia to see Mark Hunt knock out Frank Mir in the main event.Д«etween those two events, the promotion has staged thousands of fights В some have been good, some have been bad, and some turned into the most memorable bouts in combat sports history.В When considering what fights made this most memorable list, we considered a number of factors, including the importance of the fight to the promotion, the manner in which the fight was won (or lost), and if the fight could stand up to repeated viewings.

Royce Gracie, who submitted Gerard Gordeau, won that tournament. The fight card, a one-night tournament, drew 7,800 fans to the McNichols Sports Arena in Denver, Colo. The UFC held its first event on November 12, 1993.

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