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Rampage Greatest Hits

With the cinema seeing the release of The A-Team this summer, the UFC have decided to cash in on one of their more bankable stars in the shape of Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson and give him his own greatest hits DVD.  Only Chuck 'The Iceman' Liddell so far has been the only other UFC star to get his own DVD, so this shows how much faith they have in his box office potnetial.

Featuring Rampage's career to just before he coached on season 10 of TUF and his fallout with Dana White after he took the filming of The A-Team over his fight with Rashad, it seems all is good once againwhich is why we now get this compilation of Rampages best fights from PRIDE and the UFC.  Featuring his maulings of Kevin Randleman, Wanderlei Silva, Chuck Liddell (Twice) and the now very famous bout with Ricardo Arona with the Powerbomb from hell finish among others this tries to be a decent bio of a potentially great fighter, however it's not up to the slick standards of say a WWE style bio.  There's no talking heads, no interviews with the man himself of Dana White, so it's just a collection of fights with a rather monotone voice over.  With no extras whatsoever this is probably a missed opportunity and gets filed under could do better.  However at the very least Jackon's Pride fights are worth having all on disc alone, so it's not a dead loss.

 

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UFC 110 - Nogueira Vs. Velasquez

The UFC travelled to Sydney, Australia for their first ever event on Feb 21st.  Featuring a main card that is the best lineup since UFC 100 the card delievered on all levels.  The main event featured what many considered a shocking result, Wanderlei Vs. Bisping was a war and left people hoping for more and maybe a rematch somewhere down the line.  Tickets for the event sold out on the first day they were available to the general public. It was the second fastest sellout of an event in the history of the UFC, behind UFC 83 (which was the first ever UFC event in Canada) and the public got more than they could ahve ever hoped for.

Once again the extras don't exactly set the workld alight especially for the first ever event in Australia however they do come with the additional interviews with some of the fighters.

 

Main Card



Minotauro Nogueira vs. Cain Velasquez



Wanderlei Silva vs. Michael Bisping



Joe Stevenson vs. George Sotiropoulos



Keith Jardine vs. Ryan Bader



Mirko Cro Cop vs. Anthony Perosh



Preliminary Card



Stephan Bonnar vs. Krzysztof Soszynski



Chris Lytle vs. Brian Foster



C.B. Dollaway vs. Goran Reljic



James Te-Huna vs Igor Pokrajac

 

Extras:

UFC 110 Countdown

UFC 110 Fighter Interviews

UFC 110 Weigh In

UFC 110 Behind The Scenes

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UFC 109 - Relentless

UFC 109 featured a bout that was cancelled due to injury way back at UFC 12.  Randy Coture headlined with Mark Coleman in a fight that was short but exciting.  UFC 109 was held on Febuary 6th Las Vegas.  Featuring some surprising results KO's and submissions this ended up being a stacked card full of decent fights.  The cdard also features the last appearnaces of both Coleman and Trigg whose contracts ended after this card.

Extras are the same as ever and round out a decent event.

Main Card



Randy Couture vs. Mark Coleman



Nate Marquardt vs. Chael Sonnen



Mike Swick vs. Paulo Thiago



Demian Maia vs. Dan Miller



Matt Serra vs. Frank Trigg



Preliminary Card



Mac Danzig vs. Justin Buchholz



Melvin Guillard vs. Ronnys Torres



Phillipe Nover vs. Rob Emerson



Brian Stann vs. Phil Davis



Tim Hague vs. Chris Tuchscherer



Rolles Gracie Jr. vs. Joey Beltran

 

Extras:

• UFC 109 Countdown



• UFC 109 Behind The Scenes



• UFC 109 Weigh In

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UFC 108 - Evans Vs. Silva

For the trhird month in a row the first card of 2010 held on 2nd Jan Las Vegas was plagued with injuries and replacement fighters on the card.  The original main event was to be Anderson Silva Vs. Vitor Belfort but injuries scuppered that and Evans Vs. Silva was moved to the main event spot.  Stand out bouts on this card include Daley Vs. Hazlett and Cole Miller Vs. Dan Lauzon.

Extras is the usual selection and still nothing special.

Main Card



Rashad Evans vs. Thiago Silva



Dustin Hazelett vs. Paul Daley



Joe Lauzon vs.Sam Stout



Jim Miller vs. Duane Ludwig



Junior dos Santos vs. Gilbert Yvel



Preliminary Card



Martin Kampmann vs. Jacob Volkmann



Cole Miller vs. Dan Lauzon



Mark Muñoz vs. Ryan Jensen



Mike Pyle vs. Jake Ellenberger



Rafaello Oliveira vs. John Gunderson

 

Extras:

• UFC 108 Countdown



• UFC 108 Behind The Scenes



• UFC 108 Weigh In

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UFC 107 - Penn Vs. Sanchez

Memphis, Tennessee was the venue for the December 12th UFC 107 event.  This had a main event that many had been excited for, for a long while the fight delievered in a 5 round war that didn't go to a decision.  The rest of the card once again had been plagued by fighter injuries and replacements but this card didn't suffer because of it.  Featuring a couple of KOS and submissions the card ended up with a mixed bag quality wise.

The extras this time don't have the countdown just the weigh in and the behind the scenes.

Main Card



B.J. Penn (c) vs. Diego Sanchez



Frank Mir vs. Cheick Kongo



Jon Fitch vs. Mike Pierce



Kenny Florian vs. Clay Guida



Paul Buentello vs. Stefan Struve



Preliminary Card



Alan Belcher vs. Wilson Gouveia



Matt Wiman vs. Shane Nelson



Johny Hendricks vs. Ricardo Funch



Rousimar Palhares vs. Lucio Linhares



DaMarques Johnson vs. Edgar Garcia



Kevin Burns vs. TJ Grant

 

Extras:

• UFC 107 Behind The Scenes



• UFC 107 Weigh In

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UFC Best of 2009

2009 was a monumental year for the UFC that saw the organization put on its historic 100th event, as well as welcoming many popular mixed martial arts veterans back into the UFC fold. This retrospective of the year includes incredible fights from the Octagon including the heavyweight unification title bout between Brock Lesnar and Frank Mir, BJ Penn vs.. Kenny Florian, Rashad Evans vs.. Lyoto Machida, and many others, plus a salute to Chuck Liddell.



George St-Pierre



Welterweight Contenders



Hughs vs.. Serra



Condit vs. Ellenberger



Marquardt vs. Maia



Franklin vs. Belfort



Quarry vs. Credeur



Silva vs. Griffin



Evans vs. Machida



Liddell vs. Rua



Chuck Liddell



Jardine vs. Silva

Bonus Fights In Full



St- Pierre vs. Penn - UFC 104



Swick vs. Hardy - UFC 105



Bonnar vs. Jones - UFC 94

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UFC 106 - Ortiz Vs. Griffin II

November 21st in Las Vegas saw the return bout which many people thought that Forrest Griffin won saw Forrest get his chance to set the record straight against the always controversial Tito Ortiz.  The card was riddled with injuries and replacement fighters as UFC 106 was originally slated to have the titanic main event of Brock Lesnar Vs. Shane Carwain, however Lesnar contracted a potentially life threatning illness which has seen the bout move to UFC 116 in June 2010.  Even Griffin wasn't Ortiz's first opponent (IT was meant to be Mark Coleman), so the card has a thrown together feel, although the quality is pretty high.  Overall worth a look especially for some of the main card bouts.

The extras return to the usual  Weigh ins, countdown and behind the scenes.

Main Card



Tito Ortiz vs. Forrest Griffin



Josh Koscheck vs. Anthony Johnson



Paulo Thiago vs. Jacob Volkmann



Luiz Cane vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira



Amir Sadollah vs. Phil Baroni



Preliminary Card



Ben Saunders vs. Marcus Davis



Kendall Grove vs. Jake Rosholt



Brock Larson vs. Brian Foster



Caol Uno vs. Fabricio Camoes



George Sotiropoulos vs. Jason Dent

 

Extras:

• UFC 106 Countdown



• UFC 106 Behind The Scenes



• UFC 106 Weigh In

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UFC 105 - Coture Vs. Vera

UFC 105 came from Manchester England and featured a strong showing from all the Brits on the card none more so than Mike Bisping who took on the underated Denis Kang and Dan 'The Outlaw' Hardy faced Mike 'Quick' Swick after an injured Dong Yung Kim pulled out.  Dana White then announced that the winner of this bout would go on to be the number 1 contender for George St. Pierre's Welterweight title.  Overall a strong card from the UK topped off by a rather lacklustre main event featuring the recently disappionting Vera Vs. Randy Coture who just doesn't seem to age.

Extras this time only feature the countdown and behind the scenes.

 

Main Card



Randy Couture vs. Brandon Vera



Mike Swick vs. Dan Hardy



Michael Bisping vs. Denis Kang



James Wilks vs. Matt Brown



Ross Pearson vs. Aaron Riley



Preliminary Card



Paul Taylor vs. John Hathaway



Terry Etim vs. Shannon Gugerty



Nick Osipczak vs. Matthew Riddle



Paul Kelly vs. Dennis Siver



Alexander Gustafsson vs. Jared Hamman

 

Extras:

• UFC 105 Countdown



• UFC 105 Behind The Scenes

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UFC 104 - Machida Vs. Shogun

October 24th  Los Angeles, California saw UFC 104 come to town in a card that was overshadowed by the controversial ending to the main event between Light Heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida and Mauricio 'Shogun' Rua.  The rest of the Main card was extremely solid featuring some decent finishes and great KO's  The undercard was also fairly solid set of matches and a KO of the night in the Barry Hardonk match.

Again the extras just consist of the weigh ins, countdown and behind the scenes.

Main Card



Light Heavyweight Championship Bout

Lyoto Machida vs. Mauricio Rua



Cain Velasquez vs. Ben Rothwell



Gleison Tibau vs. Josh Neer



Joe Stevenson vs. Spencer Fisher



Anthony Johnson vs. Yoshiyuki Yoshida



Preliminary Card



Ryan Bader vs. Eric Schafer



Antoni Hardonk vs. Patrick Barry



Yushin Okami vs. Chael Sonnen



Jorge Rivera vs. Rob Kimmons



Kyle Kingsbury vs. Razak Al-Hassan



Stefan Struve vs. Chase Gormley

 

Extras:

• UFC 104 Countdown



• UFC 104 Behind The Scenes



• UFC 104 Weigh In

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UFC 103 - Franklin Vs. Belfort

At the American Airlines Center in Dallas on September 19th UFC 103 was held.  The main event consisted of UFC longtime favorite Rich 'Ace' Franklin Vs. the returning 'Phenom' Vitor Belfort.  Another great main event for a card that can be sdescribed patchy at best.  Other highlights include Daley against the cagey Kampmann and Rick Story and Brian Foster which featuerd the Submission of the night.

Extras as ever

Main card



Rich Franklin vs. Vitor Belfort



Mirko Filipović vs. Junior dos Santos



Martin Kampmann vs. Paul Daley



Josh Koscheck vs. Frank Trigg



Tyson Griffin vs. Hermes Franca



Preliminary card



Efrain Escudero vs. Cole Miller



Drew McFedries vs. Tomasz Drwal



Jim Miller vs. Steve Lopez



Rafaello Oliveira vs. Nik Lentz



Rick Story vs. Brian Foster



Eliot Marshall vs. Jason Brilz



Vladimir Matyushenko vs. Igor Pokrajac



Rob Emerson vs. Rafael dos Anjos

 

Extras:

UFC 103 Countdown



UFC 103 Behind The Scenes



UFC 103 Weigh In

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UFC 102 - Coture Vs. Nogueira

On August 29th 2009 the UFC travelled to Portland Oregon for UFC 102.  Featuring a main event of two previous UFC Heavyweight Interim title holders Randy Coture face Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira in a bout that had high expectations for these two veterans to deliver and deliver it did.  The card featured an incredible 21 second KO in the Marquadt/Maia bout and a new record KO of 7 seconds (Don Frye & James Irving jointly held the record at 8 seconds) in the Duffe Hague bout.  Other than that the card was another slick production from the UFC featruing some solid bouts.

Extras again are the usual selection of countdown, weigh ins and behind the scenes.

Main Card



Randy Couture vs. Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira



Keith Jardine vs. Thiago Silva



Chris Leben vs. Jake Rosholt



Nate Marquardt vs. Demian Maia



Brandon Vera vs. Krzysztof Soszynski



Preliminary card



Ed Herman vs. Aaron Simpson



Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Chris Tuchscherer



Justin McCully vs. Mike Russow



Tim Hague vs. Todd Duffee



Nick Catone vs. Mark Muñoz



Marcus Aurelio vs. Evan Dunham

 

Extras:

UFC 102 Countdown



UFC 102 Behind The Scenes



UFC 102 Weigh In

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UFC 101- Declaration

UFC 101 was held on August 8th 2009 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and featured the double main event of the second title defense of Lightweight Champion BJ Penn against Kenny Florian, and a non-title Light Heavyweight bout for Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva against former Light Heavyweight Champion Forrest Griffin.  The Griffin Silva bout is shocking for its end and then what happens directly after more than the main event itself between Penn and Florian which on paper looked like it could have been the fight of the year.  The card itself was pretty much so-so and after the highlight reel of UFC 100 had a lot to live up to.

Eslewhere the card featured an awful lot of decision ends with the matches of varying quality.  Only ever going to be remembered for the end of the previously mentioned Griffin Silva bout and not a lot else.  Usual extras with the addtions of the weigh ins, which unless you are a completist are a bit pointless really.

Main Card



UFC Lightweight Championship Bout

B.J. Penn vs. Kenny Florian



Anderson Silva vs. Forrest Griffin



Shane Nelson vs. Aaron Riley



Johny Hendricks vs. Amir Sadollah



Ricardo Almeida vs. Kendall Grove



Josh Neer vs. Kurt Pellegrino



Preliminary Card



John Howard vs. Tamdan McCrory



Thales Leites vs. Alessio Sakara



Dan Cramer vs. Matthew Riddle



George Roop vs. George Sotiropoulos



Jesse Lennox vs. Danillo Villefort

 

Extras:

UFC 101 Countdown



UFC 101 Behind The Scenes



UFC 101 Weigh In

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UFC 100

UFC 100 was held on July 11th 2009 in Las Vegas and was set up as the showcase event to end all events.  UFC 100 managed to pull it off to with many of the marquee bouts livning up to the hype.  After Coture left the UFC an interim belt was created for the heavyweights and Frank Mir won this version of the title, contract wrangles were sorted and Coture came back only to be blasted into oblivion by the monster Brock Lesnar who took his world title, which in turn set up the main event.  Lesnar had previously lost to Mir in his debut after getting caught in a kneebar.  So the revenge title unification bout was set and it was a fantastic main event to end the card and features Lesnar reliving his WWE roots with a brilliant post match speech. 

Elsewhere on the card there were some pretty one sided affairs, none more so than in the battle of the TUF coaches in the UK's Mike 'The Count Bisping Vs. Dan 'Hollywood' Henderson which ends in a devastating KO.  On the undercard the Jon Jones/ Jake O'Brien and CB Dolloway/Tim Lawlor bouts are the standouts.  A turning point in the UFC history is worth owning on DVD.

You would also think considering what a landmark that UFC 100 was they would have added just that bit extra to the bonus features but as usual we are left with the usual countdown and behind the scenes.

Main Card



Heavyweight Championship unification bout

Brock Lesnar vs. Frank Mir

Welterweight Championship bout

Georges St-Pierre vs. Thiago Alves

Jon Fitch vs. Paulo Thiago



Dan Henderson vs. Michael Bisping



Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Alan Belcher



Preliminary Card



Mark Coleman vs. Stephan Bonnar



Mac Danzig vs. Jim Miller



Jon Jones vs. Jake O'Brien



Dong Hyun Kim vs. TJ Grant



C.B. Dollaway vs. Tom Lawlor



Matt Grice vs. Shannon Gugerty

 

Extras:

• Countdown to UFC 100



• Behind the Scenes

 

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