This Octagon Girl debuted at UFC 48 on June 19, 2004.
Ken Shamrock vs Kimo Leopoldo was the main event, and Frank Mir snapped Tim Sylvia’s arm to take away Tim’s beloved Heavyweight Championship.
The big fella reportedly bawled for two full hours after the fight, until Matt Hughes (fresh off a decision win over Renato Verissimo) finally stopped laughing and told Tim that the UFC would, in fact, allow him to keep his belt to sleep with at night.
Frank Trigg scored a quick win over Dennis Hallman, and Evan Tanner notched a decision win over Phil Baroni. Meanwhile, a twenty-three year old Georges St Pierre battled a twenty-eight year old Jay Hieron on the preliminary card.
Ok, so it’s not exactly “On This Day in MMA History“, but whatever, we tried.
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Rachelle Leah
Rachelle Leah has enjoyed a long relationship with the UFC, working with multiple companies within the fight industry like Xyience and MMAthletics, as well as appearing in UFC All Access on SpikeTV.
You may remember that she made an appearance in popular gentlemen’s magazine Playboy, but there’s no way we’re going through that shit again.
Leah has apparently managed to stay in the UFC’s good graces, since they still leave her bio up at UFC.com and just recently had her back for a guest spot.
Anyways, enjoy.
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