RE: On This Day in UFC History: January 31, 2004 - UFC 46: Supernatural - GSP UFC Debut, Vitor Belfort becomes Champ
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Wow, what a freeking Fight Card, guess this was one of the first UFC events i followed.
Man, GSP and Matt Serra in the prelims.
GSP earning 6000 Dollar. Seems like a joke today. Every single fighter on this card is a legend.
Was a big fan of Hermes Franca in the following years. Sadly went bad ways later.
Belfort man, what a fighter from the beginning. Met him at a beach in Rio years later. Tragical story about his sister from the picture of his shirt. She was kidnapped shortly before the fight and i guess never came back.
Carlos Newton always was a entertaining fighter, iconic style, you have to watch his highlights!
Randy Couture the man, fighting until mid of his 40th, a face made for the movies.
Can't stop, every fighter on this fight card has such a history and stories, you could make a series of movies about everyone!
Hey wow thanks for your enthusiastic comment! Right I was also tripped out by seeing GSP on a prelim!!! Seeing those low payments does seem like a joke, but it also gives me a lot more respect for these fighters' amazing rise to the top! What happened to Hermes? I'll have to look that one up. Wow you met Belfort!! Thats pretty amazing! Yes I briefly learned of Vitor's sister, I am pretty close to my own sis, I can't imagine fighting with that looming over my mind! Props to Vitor I hope he is coping ok to this day. I had heard of Carlos I will definitely do a deeper dive one of these days!!
Randy is a boss for sure!!! Big fan.
Yes the UFC has become more deep and fascinating as time progresses!! Can't wait to watch more the next 60+ years or however long I have on this earth LOL.
Nice to meet ya!! 😄
Thanks! Just starting to post stuff here, so its good to meet a theme you can get excited about.
Not hard to get enthusiastic about this fight card. First fighter Matt Serra who later got famous for his enexpected title win and now co-hosted some ufc shows. GSP's opponent was one of the few judo experts who made it into mma and showed their talent.
Not to mention Lee Murray, like you already said. Not nice guy and hero like GSP, but a real gangster in life and the cage. When you talk badass, he's the man you have to look for.
With Belfort I was lucky, i was there on holiday with my coach and he knew a lot of guys, also met the Minotauro Brothers and Romario. Crazy 2 weeks.
Hermes sexually assaulted a student in his academy, served prison. Just saw he still is fighting, but not like in his prime.
UFC became deeper, but, that also comes with the cost, that you will never again have a fight card with such a talent and so many guys who made history.
I think they might be making a movie about Lee Murray. That is true, all of these guys were pioneers, such a great time wish I was older back then! So have you trained MMA? That's an amazing experience!
Yeah, a movie will be coming for sure. Only question is if it focuses on the heist, or his whole life.
Yes, i've trained and fought in MMA, but only regional level. Still, got to know some of the biggest names of the scene. I even made it to visit one of the Pride Shows in the US. I guess you can't compare it to the japanese Pride Events, still makes me more happy than the most UFC events.
Have you been to a live mma event yet? I think regional events have their own spirit and its really benefital to see a young prospect make its way to the top from the beginning.