By Chamatkar Sandhu
March 16th 1974
Today is Shawn Tompkins birthday.
Shawn Tompkins (March 16, 1974 – August 14, 2011) was a Canadian kickboxer and mixed martial artist, and later trainer. At the time of his death, he was an instructor at the Tapout Training Center. He formerly coached the Los Angeles Anacondas of the International Fight League.
Tompkins began studying Shotokan karate at the age of six, and went to be a two-time Canadian National Karate Champion and a third degree black belt in the discipline. He began kickboxing at sixteen years old and competed in 47 matches, holding Canadian, North American and South American titles.
At the age of eighteen, he opened his first training facility in Ontario, Canada. He later relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada in the United States in August 2007 and worked as the head striking coach at Xtreme Couture Mixed Martial Arts before joining the Tapout Training Center in October 2009. He was also the coach for the Los Angeles Anacondas of the International Fight League, officially taking the reins from Bas Rutten as the head coach on March 17, 2007, just before their matchup against the San Jose Razorclaws.
Tompkins taught such notable fighters as Vitor Belfort, Mark Hominick, Chris Horodecki, Wanderlei Silva and Sam Stout.
On November 30, 2011, at the Pearl at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas during the 2011 World MMA Awards Results, Tompkins was posthumously awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award.
March 16th 2002
Tim Sylvia took his record to 8-0 when he defeated Matt Frembling by unanimous decision at Extreme Challenge 47 (EC 47) which went down in McKay Events Center, Orem, Utah, USA.
March 16th 2003
Pride Fighting Championships held their 25th event titled Body Blow and went down at the Yokohama Arena, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
Here is how the main card unfolded:
Fedor Emelianenko def. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
Unanimous decision – Round 3, 5:00
Quinton Jackson def. Kevin Randleman
TKO (punches) – Round 1, 6:58
Antonio Schembri def. Kazushi Sakuraba
TKO (knees) – Round 1, 6:15
Dan Henderson def. Shungo Oyama
TKO (punches) – Round 1, 3:28
Anderson Silva def. Carlos Newton
Knockout (flying knee and punches) – Round 1, 6:27
Alexander Otsuka def. Kenichi Yamamoto
Unanimous decision – Round 3, 5:00
Akira Shoji def. Alex Stiebling
Split decision – Round 3, 5:00
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira def. KazuhiroNakamura
Submission (armbar) – Round 2, 3:49
March 16th 2003
The ‘Demolition Man’ Alistair Overeem defeated Aaron Brink via submission (guillotine choke) in 53 seconds of the first round at 2 Hot 2 Handle 6 – Simply The Best which went down in Ahoy Sport Palace Rotterdam, Holland, Netherlands.
March 16th 2013
UFC 158: St-Pierre vs. Diaz took place on March 16, 2013 at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
The main event was the culmination of the rivalry between Georges St-Pierre and Nick Diaz, with the latter having been vocal in wanting to fight the current champion for nearly two years.
A rematch between Alessio Sakara and Patrick Côté, from UFC 154, was briefly linked to this event. However, Sakara was forced out of the bout due to renal stress.
Sean Pierson was expected to face Rick Story at the event. However, Pierson pulled out of the bout citing an injury and was replaced by Quinn Mulhern.
Rory MacDonald was originally scheduled to face Carlos Condit in a rematch. However, on February 18, it was announced that MacDonald pulled out of the bout citing a neck injury. Condit instead faced Johny Hendricks, who was pulled from his bout with Jake Ellenberger. Ellenberger then faced returning veteran Nate Marquardt.
Mitch Gagnon was expected to face Issei Tamura at the event. However, Gagnon was forced out of the bout with an injury and was replaced by T.J. Dillashaw.
Johnny Eduardo was expected to face Yves Jabouin at the event. However, on March 6, Eduardo was forced to pull out of the bout citing a shoulder injury. Jabouin was then pulled from the card as a suitable replacement could not be found on short notice.
Here is how the entire card unfolded:
Georges St-Pierre def. Nick Diaz and retains welterweight title
Unanimous decision (50-45, 50-45, 50-45) – Round 5, 5:00
Johny Hendricks def. Carlos Condit
Unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) – Round 3, 5:00
Jake Ellenberger def. Nate Marquardt
KO (punches) – Round 1, 3:00
Chris Camozzi def. Nick Ring
Split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) – Round 3, 5:00
Mike Ricci def. Colin Fletcher
Unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) – Round 3, 5:00
Patrick Cote def. Bobby Voelker
Unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) – Round 3, 5:00
Darren Elkins def. Antonio Carvalho
TKO (punches) – Round 1, 3:06
Jordan Mein def. Dan Miller
TKO (punches) – Round 1, 4:42
John Makdessi def. Daron Cruickshank
Unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) – Round 3, 5:00
Rick Story def. Quinn Mulhern
TKO (punches) – Round 1, 3:05
T.J. Dillashaw def. Issei Tamura
KO (knee and punches) – Round 2, 0:26
George Roop def. Reuben Duran
Unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27) – Round 3, 5:00
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