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Mike Swick
Michael Timothy Swick (born June 19, 1979) is a retired American professional mixed martial artist, who spent most of his career competing for the UFC's middleweight division. Swick, who trains at American Kickboxing Academy alongside fellow welterweight standout Jon Fitch, entered the UFC after appearing on the inaugural season of The Ultimate Fighter. Background Swick was born in Houston, Texas, on June 19, 1979. Swick attended Katy High School. Aspiring to become a Navy Seal and inspired by The Karate Kid, Swick started training taekwondo in his youth as his first combat sport. He then participated in amateur fights in Texas before sanctioning was formed. Mixed martial arts career Early career Swick began his professional career in smaller shows, including early events of World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC). He amassed a record of 5–0 before challenging Chris Leben for the WEC Middleweight Championship. He lost the fight by knockout at 45 seconds of the second round. '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houston
Houston (; ) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 in 2020. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the seat and largest city of Harris County and the principal city of the Greater Houston metropolitan area, which is the fifth-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the United States and the second-most populous in Texas after Dallas–Fort Worth. Houston is the southeast anchor of the greater megaregion known as the Texas Triangle. Comprising a land area of , Houston is the ninth-most expansive city in the United States (including consolidated city-counties). It is the largest city in the United States by total area whose government is not consolidated with a county, parish, or borough. Though primarily in Harris County, small portions of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Extreme Cagefighting
World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) was an American mixed martial arts, mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion founded in 2001. It was purchased by Zuffa, LLC, the parent company of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), in 2006. In its final incarnation, it was made up of 3 weight classes: , and . To accommodate the smaller fighters, WEC's cage was in diameter— smaller than the standard UFC cage. The smaller cage is now used by UFC for selected events. History Scott Adams and Reed Harris started the organization in 2001. Between 2001 and 2006, most of their events were held at Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino in Lemoore, California, and aired on HDNet. In December 2006, Zuffa purchased WEC. With the purchase, WEC continued as a separate promotion with its own roster of fighters. Adams was retained after the purchase as the organization's matchmaker. Harris and Adams were named co-General Managers and were both active in the new WEC. In 2008, Sean She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UFC 60
''UFC 60: Hughes vs. Gracie'' was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on May 27, 2006. The event took place at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California and was broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States and Canada. Background Headlining the card was a non-title catchweight (175 lb) match between then-current UFC Welterweight Championship, UFC Welterweight Champion Matt Hughes (fighter), Matt Hughes, and UFC hall of fame, UFC Hall of Famer Royce Gracie, the winner of ''UFC 1'', ''UFC 2'' and ''UFC 4''. This was Gracie's first match in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, UFC and in the United States since ''UFC 5''. The event drew 620,000 buys, becoming the best-selling pay-per-view in Ultimate Fighting Championship, UFC history up to that point, and the first to break the $20 million mark in gross PPV sales. Results Reported Payout Royce Gracie: $400,000 Matt Hughes: $110,000 Jeremy Horn: $70,000 Brandon Vera: $3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UFC 58
''UFC 58: USA vs. Canada'' was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on March 4, 2006. It was held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada, and broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States. Background In keeping with the theme of the card, most of the fights featured an American fighter against a Canadian fighter. Five of the seven Canadian fighters featured, Icho Larenas, Sam Stout, Mark Hominick, Georges St-Pierre, and David Loiseau, were at the time champions in the Canadian TKO Major League MMA promotion. The show drew a live gate of $1,758,450. The disclosed fighter payroll for ''UFC 58'' was $207,000. The final scorecard for ''United States vs. Canada'' was United States 5, Canada 3. This event also featured the return of the lightweight division to the UFC, which had been suspended since UFC 49 Results Reported payout Georges St. Pierre: $48,000 Rich Franklin: $32,000 Nathan Marquardt: $3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Riggs
Joseph Jonathan Riggs (born September 23, 1982) is an American professional bare-knuckle boxer and former mixed martial artist who is currently signed to Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship. A professional competitor since 2001, Riggs formerly competed for the UFC, WEC, Strikeforce, Bellator, ProElite, M-1 Global, and King of the Cage. Riggs is the former WEC Middleweight Champion. Background Born in Sanford, Maine and raised in Phoenix, Arizona, Riggs began boxing as a child with his father. Although Riggs is right handed, he was encouraged by his boxing coach to fight southpaw, making his power hand his left hand. Riggs began wrestling at Cactus High School in Glendale, Arizona. He followed in the footsteps of his hero, Randy Couture, and became an All-American twice, at Glendale Community College (Arizona), where he studied to get a Criminal Justice degree. Riggs has trained at Arizona Combat Sports under the Lally brothers, MMA Lab under John Crouch and TNT Training Cente ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Goldberg
Mike Goldberg (born November 24, 1964) is an American play-by-play commentator, mainly known for his work with the Ultimate Fighting Championship from 1997 until his departure in 2017. He also worked for Bellator MMA from June 2017 until April 2021. Broadcasting career Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Goldberg graduated from Miami University. Goldberg also served as studio host for college football telecasts on FSN, as well as ACC Sunday Night Hoops, he also appeared as a guest host on ''The Best Damn Sports Show Period'', and has been heard on Arizona Cardinals pre-season telecasts. He is the former TV play-by-play announcer for the Detroit Red Wings, Minnesota Wild and ESPN2 Hockey, broadcasting over 900 NHL Games. On December 21, 1997, Mike Goldberg made his UFC debut as commentator for UFC Japan: Ultimate Japan (also known as UFC Ultimate Japan or UFC 15.5) The event took place in Yokohama, Japan, and was available on pay-per-view in the United States. From 2000-2002, Goldberg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gideon Ray
Gideon Charles Ray (born May 27, 1973) is a former People of United States, American professional mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist. A professional from 2000 until 2012, Ray competed for the UFC, King of the Cage, the Toronto Dragons of the International Fight League, IFL, and was featured on The Ultimate Fighter 4. Background Born and raised in Chicago, Ray began training in martial arts from a young age. Mixed martial arts Early career Ray made his professional debut in 2000, competing primarily at Welterweight, he amassed a record of 8–1–1 before appearing for the UFC. Ultimate Fighting Championship Ray made his UFC debut at UFC 51 on February 5, 2005 against Canadians, Canadian David Loiseau. He was defeated via TKO due to a doctor stoppage in the first round. After picking up a win in the regional circuit, Ray returned to the promotion at 2005 in UFC#UFC Ultimate Fight Night, UFC Ultimate Fight Night, facing Mike Swick. He was defeated via TKO from a combination ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 In UFC
The year 2005 is the 13th year in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. In 2005 the UFC held 10 events beginning with, ''UFC 51: Super Saturday''. The reality TV series The Ultimate Fighter and the first UFC Ultimate Fight Night both premiered on Spike TV. The Ultimate Fighter 1 Finale was the first live UFC broadcast on non-pay-per-view television. Title fights The Ultimate Fighter Debut UFC fighters The following fighters fought their first UFC fight in 2005: * Alessio Sakara * Alex Karalexis * Alex Schoenauer * Ansar Chalangov * Bill Mahood * Bobby Southworth * Brad Imes * Branden Lee Hinkle * Brandon Vera * Brian Gassaway * Brock Larson * Chael Sonnen * Charles McCarthy * Chris Leben * Chris Sanford * Diego Sanchez * Drew Fickett * Fabiano Scherner * Forrest Griffin * Gabriel Gonzaga * Gideon Ray * James Irvin * Jason Miller * Jason Thacker * Jeff Newton * Joe Stevenson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephan Bonnar
Stephan Patrick Bonnar (April 4, 1977 – December 22, 2022) was an American mixed martial artist. Bonnar competed as a Light Heavyweight in the UFC for most of his career. Bonnar was the runner-up on The Ultimate Fighter 1, his TUF Ultimate Finale loss to Forrest Griffin is widely considered to be the most important fight in the history of the UFC. Early life and education Bonnar was born in Hammond, Indiana, and raised in Munster, Indiana, attending Munster High School. Bonnar had an extensive background in combat sports, beginning with Wrestling when he was 10 years old, Tae Kwon Do at age 12, Brazilian Jiu-jitsu at age 22, and then added Boxing and Muay Thai when he was 24 years old. He earned his black belt in Tae Kwon Do at the age of 16 and was a two-time Golden Gloves Champion in the Super Heavyweight division. He attended and graduated from Purdue University in 2000, earning a degree in Sports Medicine. Early career Bonnar began training Brazilian jiu-jitsu with Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randy Couture
Randall Duane Couture (; born June 22, 1963) is an American actor, former United States Army, U.S. Army sergeant, former mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist and former Collegiate wrestling, collegiate and Greco-Roman wrestling, Greco-Roman wrestler. During his tenures in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), he became a three-time UFC Heavyweight Championship, UFC Heavyweight Champion, two-time List of UFC champions, UFC Light heavyweight Champion, an interim UFC Light heavyweight Champion, making him a six-time UFC Champion and the List of UFC champions#Tournament winners, UFC 13 Heavyweight Tournament winner. He is the first of seven fighters to hold two UFC championship titles in two different divisions (along with B.J. Penn, Conor McGregor, Georges St-Pierre, Daniel Cormier, Amanda Nunes and Henry Cejudo). Couture has competed in a record 16 title fights. He is tied for the record for the most wins in UFC Heavyweight Championship bouts (6) with former UFC Heavyweight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reality Television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring unfamiliar people rather than professional actors. Reality television emerged as a distinct genre in the early 1990s with shows such as ''The Real World'', then achieved prominence in the early 2000s with the success of the series '' Survivor'', '' Idols'', and '' Big Brother'', all of which became global franchises. Reality television shows tend to be interspersed with "confessionals", short interview segments in which cast members reflect on or provide context for the events being depicted on-screen; this is most commonly seen in American reality television. Competition-based reality shows typically feature gradual elimination of participants, either by a panel of judges, by the viewership of the show, or by the contestants themselves. Documentaries, television news, sports television, talk shows, and traditional game shows are generally not clas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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