He had two stints as heavyweight champion and two others as light heavyweight champ. Randy Couture had long since established his credentials as one of the greats in the history of MMA before this fight. Randy Couture defeats Tim Sylvia at UFC 68 to regain heavyweight title It’s a subjective list, one that includes business deals as well as fights, and no one will agree with all of the choices or the order in which they’re ranked.īut these moments are sure to ring a bell and trigger memories of the UFC’s long and fascinating history.
To observe the anniversary, Yahoo Sports put together a list of what it considers 30 of the top moments in UFC history.
The promotion has had a colorful history in those 30 years, though there were many points at which it appeared it wouldn’t survive to see a second year, a fifth year or a 10th year. The 30th anniversary of UFC 1 is Sunday, a day after UFC 295 in Madison Square Garden in New York.
