Somehow, it’s been 17 years since one of the most important main events in UFC history.
On May 26, 2007, Chuck Liddell put his light heavyweight title on the line in the main event of UFC 71 against Quinton Jackson. The fight was a rematch of the 2003 PRIDE fight, in which Jackson submitted “The Iceman” in the second round in Japan.
“Rampage” won the 205-pound belt from Liddell after just one UFC fight, knocking out Marvin Eastman a few months earlier. At the time of UFC 71 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, it was without a doubt the most attention the UFC had ever received.
About 90 seconds into the fight, “Rampage” caught Liddell and took him down, then finished him with punches a few seconds later to win the title at the beginning of years of fun moments surrounding Jackson’s fights.
Check out his victory over Liddell at UFC 71 above.
