UFC 103 marks the first time that two Croatian born fighters have ever competed on the same UFC card.

Rich Franklin is fighting his second straight fight at a 195 pound catch weight. Franklin is the only fighter in UFC history to have more than one bout at this weight.

UFC 103 comes only 3 days after UFC Fight Night: Diaz vs. Guillard and is the UFC’s second ever show in Texas. The fight card closest to another fight card in UFC history, UFC 69, came only 2 days after UFC Fight Night: Stevenson vs. Guillard and was the UFC’s first ever show in Texas.

UFC 103 will mark the first time since November 2006 that major MMA and boxing cards have competed with one another. UFC 65 with Georges St. Pierre vs. Matt Hughes sold 500,000 PPVs, compared to a Manny Pacquiao vs. Erik Morales fight that sold 350,000 PPVs.

Efrian Escudero fights Cole Miller for his first fight after winning The Ultimate Fighter season 8. Escudero has been on the sidelines for 9 months and 6 days since winning TUF, the second longest interval ever behind Amir Sadollah.

UFC 103 will be Rich Franklin’s third headlining fight this year, more than any other fighter in the UFC.

Of Tyson Griffin’s 15 professional fights, the first 8 were all finished inside the distance and the last 7 have all gone to decision.

Good news for both Griffin and his opponent, Hermes Franca. 5 of Griffin’s past 7 fights have earned Fight of the Night honors.

9 of Cole Miller’s 15 wins have come via choke (triangle, guillotine, or rear naked).

Junior Dos Santos has never had a fight reach the second round.

In the first part of this post, found here, we examined which fighters had defeated the most UFC champions in their careers.  Such a list raises more questions than it answers.  One of the most natural questions to ask about such a list is “What happens if you account for Pride champions as well?”

The amended list is below.  A complete list of Pride champions can be found here.

MMA Trivia and Stats for UFC 102:

Demian Maia is the ninth ADCC Champion to fight in the UFC. He’s put those submission skills to work, as he is the only UFC fighter since Royce Gracie to win five fights in a row via submission. He is also the only fighter in UFC history to ever win five consecutive fights via choke.  

Nate Marquardt is fighting Demian Maia, a Brazilian BJJ black belt. Marquardt has only lost three fights in the last six years, all to Brazilian BJJ black belts.

Krzysztof Soszynski is coming off the very rare feat (for the present-day UFC) of fighting on two consecutive UFC events (UFC 97 and UFC 98)

Krzysztof Soszynski also remains the only Polish-born fighter ever to fight on a main card for the UFC. Tomasz Drwal has fought for the UFC three times but never on a main card.

Randy Couture enters the fight without a lengthy streak (one loss), which is normal for ‘The Natural’. He hasn’t had a winning streak or losing streak of more than two fights since 2001.

Portland is the first city in the Pacific Northwest to ever host a UFC.

With a win over Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Randy Couture would move into a tie for first place on FightMatrix’s “Who has beaten the most UFC Champions?” list.

Keith Jardine has not won or lost multiple fights in a row since 2006.

Justin McCully has never lost a decision or been knocked out. All four of his losses have come by submission. His opponent, Mike Russow, has submitted six of his last seven opponents.

Marcus Aurelio has never been finished, despite seven losses. Of his seven losses, four were split decisions. His opponent, Evan Dunham, has won his last seven fights inside the distance.

By virtue of being one of the first MMA organizations in the world and having an unbroken history that extends to their present day dominance, the title of ‘UFC Champion’ is arguably the most prestigious title that any fighter can hold.  ‘UFC Champion’ is by no means the only prestigious title an MMA champion may have won, but it is without a doubt the most consistently meaningful title in the history of our sport.  And if being a UFC champion is worth so much, what about victories over those champions?  Which fighters in MMA history have defeated the most members of this exclusive club?

To be clear, the criteria for ‘UFC Champion’ is as follows. Interim champions count. Early UFC tournament (Pre UFC 20) winners count as champions, and post UFC 20 tournament winners such as UFC Japan 2 and TUF tournament winners are not counted. Superfight winners count as champs. A win over a champion, future, present, past or at any point in their career counts. That’s the criteria used for this list.  I’ve included every fighter with three or more victories over different UFC champions.  For a list of all UFC Champions, see here.