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1
- Chonan vs. Silva
- Ryo Chonan in round 3
- 2004 | Pride Shockwave 2004
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2
- Werdum vs. Emelianenko
- Fabricio Werdum in round 1
- 2010 | Strikeforce
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3
- Diaz vs. Gomi
- Fight Ends in a No Contest
- 2007 | Pride 33
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4
- Jung vs. Garcia II
- Chan Sung Jung in round 2
- 2011 | UFC Fight Night 24
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5
- Silva vs. Sonnen
- Anderson Silva in round 5
- 2010 | UFC 117
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6
- Mir vs. Nogueira II
- Frank Mir in round 1
- 2011 | UFC 140
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7
- Mir vs. Sylvia
- Frank Mir in round 1
- 2004 | UFC 48
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8
- Imada vs. Masvidal
- Toby Imada in round 3
- 2009 | Bellator 5
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- Mir vs. Lesnar I
- Frank Mir in round 1
- 2008 | UFC 81
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10
- Hughes vs. Trigg II
- Matt Hughes in round 1
- 2005 | UFC 52
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- Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Renzo Gracie | 2000 - Pride 10
- Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Mirko Filipovic | 2003 - Pride Final Conflict 2003
- BJ Penn vs. Matt Hughes I | 2004 - UFC 46
- Forrest Griffin vs. Mauricio Rua I | 2007 - UFC 76
- Shinya Aoki vs. Mizuto Hirota | 2009 - Fields Dynamite!! 2009
- Dustin Hazelett vs. Josh Burkman | 2008 - The Ultimate Fighter 7 Finale
- Demian Maia vs. Chael Sonnen | 2009 - UFC 95
- Fedor Emelianenko vs. Kevin Randleman | 2004 - Pride Critical Countdown 2004
- Royce Gracie vs. Ken Shamrock I | 1993 - UFC 1
- Matt Hughes vs. Ricardo Almeida | 2010 - UFC 117
- Jon Jones vs. Lyoto Machida | 2011 - UFC 140
- Georges St. Pierre vs. Matt Hughes III | 2007 - UFC 79
- BJ Penn vs. Joe Stevenson | 2008 - UFC 80
- Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Bob Sapp | 2002 - Pride Shockwave
- Nate Diaz vs. Kurt Pellegrino | 2008 - UFC Fight Night 13
- Mauricio Rua vs. Kevin Randleman | 2006 - Pride 32
- Ronda Rousey vs. Miesha Tate | 2012 - Strikeforce
- Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Tim Sylvia | 2008 - UFC 81
- Demian Maia vs. Ed Herman | 2008 - UFC 83
- Dustin Hazelett vs. Tamdan McCrory | 2008 - UFC 91
- Rousimar Palhares vs. Tomasz Drwal | 2010 - UFC 111
- Tito Ortiz vs. Ryan Bader | 2011 - UFC 132
- BJ Penn vs. Kenny Florian | 2009 - UFC 101
- Frank Mir vs. Cheick Kongo | 2009 - UFC 107
- Frank Mir vs. Pete Williams | 2002 - UFC 36
- Royce Gracie vs. Kimo Leopoldo | 1994 - UFC 3
- Pablo Garza vs. Yves Jabouin | 2011 - UFC 129
- Charles Oliveira vs. Eric Wisely | 2012 - UFC on FOX 2
- Shinya Aoki vs. Katsuhiko Nagata | 2008 - Dream 4
- Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Carlos Newton | 1998 - Pride 3
- Matt Hughes vs. Frank Trigg I | 2003 - UFC 45
- Chris Leben vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama | 2010 - UFC 116
- Roger Huerta vs. Clay Guida | 2007 - The Ultimate Fighter 6 Finale
- Chris Lytle vs. Matt Brown II | 2010 - UFC 116
- Paulo Thiago vs. Mike Swick | 2010 - UFC 109
- Brock Lesnar vs. Shane Carwin | 2010 - UFC 116
- Shinya Aoki vs. Joachim Hansen I | 2006 - Pride Shockwave 2006
- Kenny Florian vs. Takanori Gomi | 2010 - UFC Fight Night 21
- Joe Lauzon vs. Jeremy Stephens | 2009 - UFC Fight Night 17
- Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Quinton Jackson | 2001 - Pride 15
- Diego Brandao vs. Dennis Bermudez | 2011 - The Ultimate Fighter 14 Finale
- Royce Gracie vs. Gerard Gordeau | 1993 - UFC 1
- Scott Jorgensen vs. Chad George | 2010 - WEC 47
- Dustin Poirier vs. Max Holloway | 2012 - UFC 143
- Jon Jones vs. Quinton Jackson | 2011 - UFC 135
- Fedor Emelianenko vs. Hong Man Choi | 2007 - Yarennoka!
- Chris Lytle vs. Dan Hardy | 2011 - UFC on Versus 5
- Matt Hughes vs. Georges St. Pierre I | 2004 - UFC 50
- Rousimar Palhares vs. Ivan Salaverry | 2008 - UFC 84
- Royce Gracie vs. Dan Severn | 1994 - UFC 4
- Kendall Grove vs. Alan Belcher | 2007 - UFC 69
- Anderson Silva vs. Dan Henderson | 2008 - UFC 82
- Phil Davis vs. Tim Boetsch | 2010 - UFC 123
- Andrei Arlovski vs. Tim Sylvia I | 2005 - UFC 51
- Rick Story vs. Brian Foster | 2009 - UFC 103
- Evan Dunham vs. Efrain Escudero | 2010 - UFC Fight Night 20
- Ronda Rousey vs. Julia Budd | 2011 - Strikeforce Challengers 20
- Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Heath Herring II | 2004 - Pride Critical Countdown 2004
- Martin Kampmann vs. Drew McFedries | 2007 - UFC 68
- Richard Hale vs. Nik Fekete | 2011 - Bellator 38
- Chris Lytle vs. Brian Foster | 2010 - UFC 110
- Steve Cantwell vs. Razak Al-Hassan | 2008 - UFC Fight Night 16
- C.B. Dollaway vs. Jesse Taylor | 2008 - UFC Fight Night 14
- Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Mark Coleman | 2001 - Pride 16
- Fedor Emelianenko vs. Tim Sylvia | 2008 - Affliction 1
- Rumina Sato vs. Charles Diaz | 1999 - Shooto - Devilock Fighters
- Carlos Newton vs. Pat Miletich | 2001 - UFC 31
- Shinya Aoki vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri | 2010 - Dream 15
- Shinya Aoki vs. David Gardner | 2009 - Dream 7
- Vinicius Magalhaes vs. Viktor Nemkov | 2011 - M-1 Challenge 25
- Dustin Poirier vs. Pablo Garza | 2011 - UFC on FOX 1
- Nate Diaz vs. Takanori Gomi | 2011 - UFC 135
- Nate Diaz vs. Jim Miller | 2012 - UFC on FOX 3
- Jon Jones vs. Ryan Bader | 2011 - UFC 126
- Dan Miller vs. Dave Phillips | 2007 - IFL 16
- Rousimar Palhares vs. Mike Massenzio | 2012 - UFC 142
- Pat Curran vs. Luis Palomino | 2011 - Bellator 46
- Shinya Aoki vs. Clay French | 2006 - Pride Bushido 13
- James Thompson vs. Bob Sapp | 2012 - Super Fight League 1
- Ken Shamrock vs. Patrick Smith | 1993 - UFC 1
- John Cholish vs. Marc Stevens | 2011 - Strikeforce
- Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Dan Henderson II | 2002 - Pride 24
- Lloyd Woodard vs. Patricky Freire | 2012 - Bellator 62
- Chan Sung Jung vs. Dustin Poirier | 2012 - UFC on FUEL TV 3
- Urijah Faber vs. Brian Bowles | 2011 - UFC 139
- Martin Kampmann vs. Thiago Alves | 2012 - UFC on FX 2
- Alexander Otsuka vs. Mike Bourke | 2000 - Pride 11
- Josh Barnett vs. Brett Rogers | 2011 - Strikeforce
- Fedor Emelianenko vs. Mark Coleman I | 2004 - Pride Total Elimination 2004
- Nick Diaz vs. Hayato Sakurai | 2010 - Dream 14
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