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UFC Fight Night 12
''UFC Fight Night: Swick vs. Burkman'' (also known as ''UFC Fight Night 12'') was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on January 23, 2008, at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada. Background The main event featured former The Ultimate Fighter contestants Mike Swick and Josh Burkman in a welterweight matchup. This event was Swick's debut at welterweight, as he had been competing at middleweight prior to the show. Results Bonus awards The following fighters received $40,000 bonuses. *Fight of the Night: Gray Maynard vs. Dennis Siver *Knockout of the Night: Patrick Côté *Submission of the Night: Nate Diaz See also * Ultimate Fighting Championship * List of UFC champions * List of UFC events List of UFC events is a list of events held and scheduled by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. UFC's first event, UFC 1, took place on November 12, 1993. Each ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ultimate Fighting Championship
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is an American mixed martial arts (MMA) promoter (entertainment), promotion company based in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is owned and operated by TKO Group Holdings, a majority owned subsidiary of Endeavor (company), Endeavor Group Holdings. The largest MMA promotion in the world, the UFC has over List of current UFC fighters, 578 fighters contracted that fight across 11 Weight class, weight divisions (eight men's and three women's). The organization produces events worldwide and abides by the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts. , it had held List of UFC events, over 700 events. Dana White has been its president since 2001 and CEO since 2023. Under White's stewardship, it has grown into a global multi-billion-dollar enterprise. The UFC was founded by businessman Art Davie and Brazilian martial artist Rorion Gracie, and the UFC 1, first event was held in 1993 at McNichols Sports Arena in Denver, Colorado. The purpose of the UFC's early compet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurt Pellegrino
Kurt Joseph Pellegrino (born May 7, 1979) is an American retired mixed martial artist. He competed in the lightweight division for Bellator Fighting Championships and Ultimate Fighting Championship. He’s a former WEC champion. Early life Pellegrino wrestled for Point Pleasant Borough High School and placed second in the state in his junior and senior year. Pellegrino was a two-time wrestling state finalist. Career Pellegrino trained with Ricardo Almeida, a world-famous Brazilian Jiu Jitsu competitor at a Renzo Gracie affiliate school. He later trained with Kenny Florian's camp in Boston, Massachusetts, and at the Armory in Jupiter, Florida with Justin Haskins, Eduardo Guedes, and Raphael Chaves. He subsequently moved to New Jersey, where he opened Kurt Pellegrino's MMA School in Belmar, New Jersey in 2008. Ultimate Fighting Championship The Italian-American Pellegrino fought Alberto Crane at UFC Fight Night on January 23, 2008, who he defeated via second round TKO. The fig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 In Mixed Martial Arts
8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9. Etymology English ''eight'', from Old English '', æhta'', Proto-Germanic ''*ahto'' is a direct continuation of Proto-Indo-European '' *oḱtṓ(w)-'', and as such cognate with Greek and Latin , both of which stems are reflected by the English prefix oct(o)-, as in the ordinal adjective ''octaval'' or ''octavary'', the distributive adjective is ''octonary''. The adjective ''octuple'' (Latin ) may also be used as a noun, meaning "a set of eight items"; the diminutive '' octuplet'' is mostly used to refer to eight siblings delivered in one birth. The Semitic numeral is based on a root ''*θmn-'', whence Akkadian ''smn-'', Arabic ''ṯmn-'', Hebrew ''šmn-'' etc. The Chinese numeral, written (Mandarin: ''bā''; Cantonese: ''baat''), is from Old Chinese ''*priāt-'', ultimately from Sino-Tibetan ''b-r-gyat'' or ''b-g-ryat'' which also yielded Tibetan '' brgyat''. It has been argued that, as the cardinal nu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UFC Fight Night
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is an American mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion company based in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is owned and operated by TKO Group Holdings, a majority owned subsidiary of Endeavor Group Holdings. The largest MMA promotion in the world, the UFC has over 578 fighters contracted that fight across 11 weight divisions (eight men's and three women's). The organization produces events worldwide and abides by the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts. , it had held over 700 events. Dana White has been its president since 2001 and CEO since 2023. Under White's stewardship, it has grown into a global multi-billion-dollar enterprise. The UFC was founded by businessman Art Davie and Brazilian martial artist Rorion Gracie, and the first event was held in 1993 at McNichols Sports Arena in Denver, Colorado. The purpose of the UFC's early competitions was to identify the most effective martial art in a contest with minimal rules and no weight classes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 In UFC
The year 2008 was the 16th year in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. In 2008 the UFC held 20 events beginning with, ''UFC 80: Rapid Fire''. 2008 UFC.com awards Debut UFC fighters The following fighters fought their first UFC fight in 2008: *Andre Gusmao *Antonio Mendes * Brad Blackburn *Brad Morris * Brandon Wolff *Brock Lesnar * Brodie Farber *Cain Velasquez *C. B. Dollaway * Chris Wilson * Corey Hill *Dale Hartt * Dan Evensen *Dan Hardy * Dan Miller * Dante Rivera *Dave Kaplan * David Baron *David Bielkheden *Dong Hyun Kim * Efrain Escudero * Eliot Marshall *George Roop *Goran Reljić *James Giboo *James Lee *Jason Brilz *Jason Day *Jesse Taylor * Jim Miller * Joe Vedepo *Johnny Rees *Jon Jones *Josh Hendricks *Jules Bruchez *Junior dos Santos * Justin Buchholz *Kevin Burns * Krzysztof Soszynski *Kyle Kingsbury * Matt Brown *Matt Horwich *Matt Riddle * Mike Massenzio *Michael Patt * Mike We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of UFC Events
List of UFC events is a list of events held and scheduled by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. UFC's first event, UFC 1, took place on November 12, 1993. Each UFC event contains several fights. Traditionally, every event starts off with a preliminary card followed by a main card, with the last fight being known as the main event. Overview UFC events are separated into nine different formats: *"Numbered" events, currently airing on pay-per-view, with some exceptions *"Fight Night" events, currently airing on ESPN+, formerly aired on Spike (TV network), Spike, Fox Sports 1, Fox Sports 2 or UFC Fight Pass. *"The Ultimate Fighter Finale" events, currently airing on ESPN+, formerly aired on Spike, FX (TV channel), FX, Fox Sports 1 or UFC Fight Pass. *"UFC on ABC" events, currently airing on American Broadcasting Company, ABC *"UFC on ESPN" events, currently airing on ESPN or ESPN2 *"Fox UFC, UFC on Fox" events, form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of UFC Champions
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) champions are fighters who have won UFC Championship#Title match system, championships. Historical notes At the time of the UFC's inception in 1993, mixed martial arts was not sanctioned in the United States, and did not include weight classes. Instead of the traditional championship model, the UFC held tournaments with the winner receiving a permanent appellation. In Ultimate Fighting Championship#Controversy and reform, response to criticism from Senator John McCain that saw the loss of its television deal and the banning of the sport in thirty-six states, the UFC increased its cooperation with state athletic commissions and introduced weight classes in 1997, starting with UFC 12, and began introducing weight-specific titles. The original codification for weight classes introduced only two divisions: Heavyweight (MMA), heavyweight, which grouped together all competitors above , and Lightweight (MMA), lightweight, which encompassed all competi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justin Buchholz
Justin Buchholz (born August 22, 1983) is a Filipino- American former mixed martial arts fighter. A professional from 2005 until 2018, he fought in the UFC, EliteXC and World Series of Fighting. Background Buchholz graduated from Lathrop High School in Fairbanks, Alaska in 2002, where he competed in wrestling. Mixed martial arts career Buchholz is a former ICON Sport and Showdown Fights lightweight champion. He has also fought in EliteXC and he held an 8–1 record before signing with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Ultimate Fighting Championship He lost his first UFC fight at UFC Fight Night 12 against Matt Wiman on January 23, 2008. He earned his first victory at UFC 86 against TUF 5 contestant and three-to-one favorite, Corey Hill. Buchholz was defeated by Terry Etim via D'Arce choke at UFC 99. They traded heavy kicks and punches for the first few minutes of the bout before Buchholz landed a hard right hand which broke Etim's nose. Etim was able to survive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Wiman
Matt Wiman (born September 19, 1983) is an American former professional mixed martial artist who competed as a lightweight. He competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Background Wiman graduated from Broken Arrow High School in 2002. Mixed martial arts career Early career Matt began training mixed martial arts with UFC fighter, Mikey Burnett, at the Lion's Den in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Wiman's initiation into professional fighting came on August 14, 2004. A relatively unknown fighter at the time, Matt entered the Extreme Fight Night tournament organized by kickboxer, Dale Cook. Matt won 3 fights that night to become the Extreme Fighting League Middleweight Champion. He defeated Joseph Garza and Greg Bossler, each by unanimous decision, before finishing Venn Johns by triangle choke for the championship belt. Matt's first title defense came on November 13, 2004, when he defeated David Franks by armbar 42 seconds into the first round. He defended the title again on February 5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corey Hill
Corey Cornelius Hill (October 3, 1978 – May 15, 2015) was an American mixed martial artist. In high school in Florida he won state wrestling championships on multiple occasions and was a two-time national finalist college wrestler. Mixed martial arts career ''The Ultimate Fighter'' Hill competed as a lightweight on ''The Ultimate Fighter 5'' television series. During tryouts and production of the show, he told the UFC that his record was 10–0, but it was actually 2–0, both wins from amateur bouts. His first professional fight (albeit technically an exhibition) was on the show. It was scheduled against Gabe Ruediger, but he was expelled from the show for failure to make weight. Instead, Hill's match was against Rob Emerson and he won by a very controversial unanimous decision after three rounds. After defeating Emerson by decision in the preliminaries of ''TUF 5'', Hill went on to lose in the quarterfinals by a triangle choke in the first round to fellow Team Pulver teammat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cole Miller
Cole Miller (born April 26, 1984) is a retired American mixed martial artist, who most recently competed in the featherweight division in the UFC. His nickname "Magrinho" means "skinny" in Portuguese. Mixed martial arts career Before giving it up to train for MMA full-time, Miller was a standout baseball player at Mount de Sales Academy (in Macon, Georgia), where he was raised. He was also a member of Macon-based Team Praxis, under instructor Cam McHargue, before moving on to American Top Team. Cole's younger brother, Micah, was a professional mixed martial artist with the WEC promotion. Before turning pro, Cole was the Virginia-based, King of the Ring 135 lb Champion. As a professional, Miller was the WKA Mixed Martial Arts Lightweight Champion as well as the Indiana Based, Legends of Fighting, Lightweight Champion. He trains at the American Top Team academy in Coconut Creek, Florida, under Master Ricardo Liborio, whom he received Blue through Brown Belts in BJJ. Mill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremy Stephens
Jeremy Dean Stephens (born May 26, 1986) is an American professional mixed martial artist, Bare-knuckle boxing, bare-knuckle boxer and professional boxer, who currently competes in the Lightweight (MMA), Lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A professional since 2005, he also spent time in the Professional Fighters League (PFL). Background Stephens was born in Des Moines, Iowa, on May 26, 1986, and came from a broken home. When he was eight years old, Stephens parents divorced and he constantly switched between schools while also living in various apartments, shelters, and even in his mother's car before moving to Norwalk, Iowa, with his father, who was granted custody of Stephens when he was in the fifth grade. Growing up, Stephens played baseball, basketball, and also competed in wrestling. Stephens attended Norwalk High School (Iowa), Norwalk High School where he was a standout in baseball and wrestling, having returned to wrestling during his senio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
