Friday, October 14, 2011

THIS DAY IN MMA HISTORY: Which current UFC Champion captured their belt on October 14?

THIS DAY IN MMA HISTORY: Exactly five years ago today, on October 14, 2006, Anderson Silva defeated Rich Franklin at UFC 64 to capture the UFC Middleweight Championship.

Silva has since defended the title a record nine times, most recently defeating Yushin Okami at UFC 134 in Brazil in August. He is the longest reigning Champion in UFC history, both in defenses at nine and time at 1,825 days and counting.

Source: http://www.mmatorch.com/artman2/publish/quicknews/article_10873.shtml

Randy Couture

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