Edith © Marc Wickert www.knucklepit.com February 10, 2008 All photos copyright 2004 Zuffa LLC Photography by Joshua Hedges On February 2, 2008, UFC 81 introduced some new blood into the Octagon with former WWE star Brock Lesnar taking on former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir, and somewhat unknown combatant Tim Boetsch locking horns with UFC […]
Arianny © Marc Wickert www.knucklepit.com January 30, 2008 All photos copyright 2004 Zuffa LLC Photography by Joshua Hedges UFC 80 came direct from the Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle, England, on January 19, 2008. This was an action-packed night and was aptly titled Rapid Fire, with only two of the bouts going the […]
Edith © Marc Wickert www.knucklepit.com January 5, 2008 All photos copyright 2004 Zuffa LLC Photography by Joshua Hedges The mood was set for 2007’s big end-of-year MMA event with the announcement that Harley-Davidson and Rambo were sponsoring this UFC. Just seeing Chuck Liddell and Wanderlei Silva facing off at the weigh-ins was hugely entertaining. Prior […]
Arianny © Marc Wickert www.knucklepit.com November 23, 2007 All photos copyright 2004 Zuffa LLC Photography by Joshua Hedges UFC 78 was held before a packed-out house at the brand-new Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, on November 17, 2007. Referees Dan Miragliotta and Kevin Mulhall showed from the beginning they would be enforcing a no-time-down […]
Ali © Marc Wickert www.knucklepit.com November 5, 2007 All photos copyright 2004 Zuffa LLC Photography by Joshua Hedges UFC 77 was another big night for MMA fans and came live from the US Bank Arena in Ohio. This would be a telling event for Rich Franklin who was out to reclaim his crown from Anderson […]
UFC 76: Knockout Arianny © Marc Wickertwww.knucklepit.com All photos copyright 2004 Zuffa LLC Photography by Joshua Hedges Knockout probably wasn’t the best title for UFC 76, with four of the five televised bouts going before the judges, and none of the nine fights ending by KO. But there was some exceptional action on the night, […]
Ali © Marc Wickert www.knucklepit.com All photos copyright 2004 Zuffa LLC Photography by Joshua Hedges Over 20,000 fans packed into the 02 Arena in London, England for this event. “The most tickets sold to see a fight in London since 1995 between Frank Bruno and Oliver McCall,” said Mike Goldberg. And there were some big […]
Arianny © Marc Wickert www.knucklepit.com All photos copyright 2004 Zuffa LLC Photography by Joshua Hedges This was going to be a big show for all fighters – particularly Georges St. Pierre and Josh Koscheck. However the night’s overwhelming attention was focused on the main event between defending UFC World Heavyweight Champion, Randy Couture, and challenger, […]
Ali © Marc Wickert www.knucklepit.com All photos copyright 2004 Zuffa LLC Photography by Joshua Hedges Coming from the Arco Arena in Sacramento, California, this UFC was titled Stacked because the match-ups were intended to be as close as possible. And the plan worked, with a number of bouts going the distance and having to be […]
Arianny © Marc Wickert www.knucklepit.com All photos copyright 2004 Zuffa LLC Photography by Joshua Hedges Although there were no championship belts up for grabs on this card, there were two hot bouts featuring main contenders for titles: Rich Franklin and Forrest Griffin. And their opponents, Yushin Okami and Hector Ramirez, were both out to cause […]