Fight of the Day

Fight of the Day: Marquardt vs. Takeuchi

From Pancrase’s Spiral 4 in May 2005, here’s one-time UFC middleweight title challenger Nate Marquardt taking on seasoned Japanese veteran Izuru Takeuchi. The first part of the fight is above and the rest can be seen after the jump.

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Fight of the Day: Kitaoka vs. Sakaguchi

From Pancrase’s “Changing Tour 3” show in June of this year, here’s reigning Sengoku lightweight champion Satoru Kitaoka, who defends his title this weekend against top contender Mizuto Hirota, taking on fellow Pancrase veteran Yukio Sakaguchi.

Fight of the Day: Ray Mercer KO’s Tim Sylvia

If you haven’t seen it already, here it is, at least with the televised camera angle. From Monte Cox’s third “Adrenaline MMA” show on June 13 in Alabama, watch former boxing heavyweight champion Ray Mercer’s nine-second destruction of former UFC heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia, courtesy of HDNet’s “Inside MMA”.

Fight of the Day: Diego Sanchez vs. Rene Kronvold

From King of the Cage 24: “Mayhem” in June 2003, here’s UFC lightweight contender and “Ultimate Fighter” alumnus Diego Sanchez taking on Rene Kronvold.

Fight of the Day: Hong Man Choi vs. Jose Canseco

From DREAM.9, courtesy of HDNet Fights

Also, Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou vs Jan Nortje after the jump.

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Fight of the Day: Kerry Vera vs. Leslie Smith

From Bellator’s latest event on Friday night, here’s one of the best fights of this past weekend as Kerry Vera, the wife of UFC light heavyweight Brandon Vera, makes her professional MMA debut against fellow rookie Leslie Smith. The first round of the fight is above and the remainder is after the jump.

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Fight of the Day: Evangelista vs. Phan

From Strikeforce’s “Melendez vs. Thomson” event in June 2008, here’s undefeated lightweight prospect Billy Evangelista taking on seasoned veteran Nam Phan.

Fight of the Day: Fedor vs. Aoki

As promised, M-1 Global has released video of last week’s exhibition bout between longtime heavyweight king Fedor Emelianenko and skilled lightweight grappler Shinya Aoki, which took place as part of the latest edition of the M-1 Challenge on April 29 in Tokyo, Japan.

Fight of the Day: Don Frye vs. Yoshihiro Takayama

From PRIDE 21: “Demolition” in June 2002, here’s the legendary fight between two-time UFC tournament winner Don Frye and Japanese veteran Yoshihiro Takayama. Frye will return to action tonight in the main event of “Shark Fights 4”, which will take place at the Citibank Coliseum in Lubbock, Texas. “Ultimate Fighter” product Jesse Taylor and heavyweight prospect Rex Richards will also be on the card.

Fight of the Day: Alvarez vs. Noble

From the Mix Fighting Championships “USA vs. Russia III” event in June 2006, here’s Eddie Alvarez vs. Derrick Noble.