March 24th 2000
In his third professional fight Rich Franklin defeated Rob Smith via TKO (punches) in 2 minutes and 30 seconds of the very first round at Extreme Challenge 31 which went down in Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA. Franklin would continue to be undefeated for another three and a half years until he suffered his first professional loss to Lyoto Machida.
March 24th 2004
Francis Carmont in his second professional fight defeated Roy Rutten via submission (arm bar) in the very first round at Kam Lung – Day of the Truth 5.
March 24th 2007
WEC 26: Condit vs. Alessio was the second event held by World Extreme Cagefighting under Zuffa management. The event hosted three title fights. The first of the title fights was for the WEC Bantamweight Title, between challenger, Chase Beebe and champion, Eddie Wineland. The second of the title fights was for the WEC Featherweight Title, between challenger, Dominick Cruz and champion, Urijah Faber. The final title fight was for the vacant WEC Welterweight Title, between Carlos Condit and John Alessio.
Carlos Condit defeated John Alessio to claim vacant WEC welterweight title
Submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 2, 4:59
Urijah Faber defeated Dominick Cruz to retain WEC featherweight title
Submission (guillotine choke) – Round 1, 1:38
Chase Beebe defeated Eddie Wineland to claim WEC bantamweight title
Unanimous decision (48–47, 48–46, 48–46) – Round 5, 5:00
Brock Larson defeated Erik Apple
Submission (kimura) – Round 1, 3:43
Dave Terrel defeated Tiki Ghosn
TKO (punches) – Round 2, 1:46
Cub Swanson defeated Tommy Lee
Submission (guillotine choke) – Round 1, 3:17
Charlie Valencia defeated Antonio Banuelos
Knockout (punch) – Round 1, 3:12
Alex Serdyukov defeated Scott Norton
Submission (guillotine choke) – Round 2, 0:57
Micah Miller defeated Jesse Moreng
Submission (triangle choke) – Round 3, 3:29
Brian Stann defeated Steve Cantwell
TKO (punches) – Round 1, 0:41
March 24th 2010
Rafael dos Anjos defeated Mateus Trindade via unanimous decision at Shooto Brazil 2 which went down in Academia Upper, Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
March 24th 2010
Dana White announced at a fan Q&A session in Toronto that he and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson had settled their differences and that “Rampage” recently signed a lengthy contract extension with the UFC.
“Rampage and I are friends again now. I was mad at him because of what he’s done, and he was mad at me because I was mad at him [smile],” said White.
The drama between Jackson and the UFC president had been well publicized. The dustup started when “Rampage” opted out of a very hyped grudge match with Rashad Evans to film “The A-Team” movie. The UFC spent a considerable amount of time and money in building up the bad blood story line by pitting Jackson and Evans against each other as coaches during the tenth season of “The Ultimate Fighter”. Traditionally, the two coaches square off shortly after the conclusion of the show’s airing; “Rampage” disrupted this cycle by taking the role as B.A. Baracus. What followed was a war of words that saw White condemn Jackson for choosing acting over fighting and Jackson firing back by announcing his retirement from the sport.
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