Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Manfred's MMA Trivia

Manfred's MMA Trivia

This trivia was posted on an MMA board. It was hard. I got 7/10. I used Google.

1. Who was originally going to fight Matt Hughes at UFC 36? (instead of Sakurai)
2. TUF 6 contestant George Sotiropoulos once fought Aoki and was DQ'd. Why?
3. What was faked at the opening ceremony of Final Conflict 2004?
4. Why didn't Phil Baroni wrestle in his senior year of HS, despite being the county champion the previous year?
5. What was odd about J. Hansen's victory celebration at Shooto - 3/18 in Korakuen Hall?
6. Besides T. Fulton, (who has like 34,000 fights) name at least TWO MMA fighters with 20 or more (T)KOs
7. Which fighter once used the name Vince Torrelli?
8. Before becoming president of the UFC, Dana White managed Chuck Liddell and _______?
9. Which TUF contestant was drafted during the 2007 IFL draft?
10. Who said, "I know his wife likes my ears" during an interview in order to rile his upcoming opponent?

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Answers:

1. Anderson Silva - Was the Shooto champ at the time but had Visa issues.
2. Low Blow.
3. Big Nog's Walkout (it was little Nogs, Big Nogs was caught in traffic)
4. Beat up his coach.
5. He threw his mouthpiece into the audience and hit Uno's mother in the head.
6. Melvin Manhoef/Dave Dalgliesh/Wanderlei Silva/Gilbert Yvel/Igor Vovchanchyn
7. Ken Shamrock
8. Tito Ortiz
9. Amir Sadollah (from season 7), Noah Inhofer, (Season 3) Antwain Britt and Jason Guida (Season 8, prelims)
10. Randy Couture, on Tito's wife

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