In some way, it’s been 17 years since certainly one of most instrumental foremost occasions in UFC historical past.
On Could 26, 2007, Chuck Liddell put his mild heavyweight title on the road within the UFC 71 foremost occasion in opposition to Quinton Jackson. The struggle was a rematch from their 2003 PRIDE struggle, by which Jackson completed “The Iceman” within the second spherical in Japan.
“Rampage” acquired his crack at Liddell’s 205-pound belt after only one struggle within the UFC, a knockout of Marvin Eastman just a few months prior. On the time of UFC 71 at MGM Grand Backyard Area in Las Vegas, it arguably was probably the most mainstream consideration the UFC had gotten but.
About 90 seconds into the struggle, “Rampage” caught Liddell and dropped him, then completed him with punches just a few seconds later to win the title for the beginning of years of largely entertaining moments surrounding Jackson fights.
Take a look at his win over Liddell at UFC 71 above.
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