77 It was on (7/7) of 2007 when the UFC invaded the ARCO Arena in Sacramento for a second time in as many years. The card was appropriately named Stacked as it was filled with champions.
The main card began with Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira getting rocked by Heath Herring, but as usual Big Nog came back for the victory.
Next, it was Sean Sherk who dominated Hermes Franca to retain his lightweight belt. The fight was of course overshadowed as it was soon reported that both men tested positive for performance enhancing drugs. Sean Sherk contested and thus began a near year long drama that saw Sherk stripped of the belt, BJ Penn winning the belt at UFC 80 in Newcastle, England. Sherk was in the building and the two exchanged words. It all ended at UFC 84 with Penn stopping Sherk.
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Back to UFC 73 on this day two years ago, the third main card fight saw former champ Tito Ortiz fight future champ Rashad Evans. Ortiz won two rounds, but the fight was scored a draw because he was deducted a point for grabbing the fence. This led to a little drama as well as Evans gave Ortiz the what-for in the post fight press conference.
Next up it was Anderson Silva defending his middleweight belt for the first time. He was to defend it against Travis Lutter at UFC 67, but Lutter didn’t make weight. Silva’s opponent, a game Nate Marquardt, couldn’t handle the Spider and was TKO’d late in the first.
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The evening ended with Kenny Florian stopping Alvin Robinson. This fight was pushed back to after the main event.
Chris Lytle earned submission of the night, Diego Saraiva and Jorge Gurgel landed fight of the night, and there was no KO of the night there were no KO’s!
It was an entertaining show that turned sour for Sean Sherk and Hermes Franca, introduced former PRIDE star Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira to the UFC, and announced the true beginning of the Anderson Silva reign. And it happened two years ago today.
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you have a vegas update yet? where you gonna be gambling the most, where you gonna watch the ufc?
I'll update in a day or two. Not sure where I'll be gambling, but I guarantee you wherever it is the Craps table will be on fire. Not sure about where I'm watching it either. I might be able to work my way into the event, but that's a big might.
Guess, I'm pretty much flying by the seat of my pants this weekend!
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