Starting
in 2002 ending in 2006
Important Events
-Tim Sylia debuts at UFC 39
-UFC 40 Tito Ortiz vs. Ken Shamrock
- Rich Clementi, debuts at UFC
41
- Rich Franklin, Hermes Franca, David Louisseau, and Duane Ludwig make debuts at UFC 42
- UFC 43 Chuck Liddell
vs. Randy Couture
- Edwin Dewees, Karo Parisyan, and Nick Diaz debut at UFC 44
- George St Pierre debuts at UFC
46
- UFC 47 Tito Ortiz vs. Chuck Liddell
- Jay Hieron debuts at UFC 48
- Joe Riggs debuts at UFC 49
-
UFC 50 Matt Hughes vs. George St Pierre
- Patrick Cote debuts at UFC 50
- Paul Buentello, James Irvin debut at
UFC 51
- UFC 52 Liddell vs. Couture 2
- UFC 53 Forrest Griffin’s and Nate Quarry’s first major UFC
event, UFC debut was on TV
- Thiago Alves first major UFC event, UFC debut was on TV
- UFC 57 Liddell vs. Couture
3
- Keith Jardine and Brandon Vera’s first major UFC event UFC 57, UFC debut was on TV
Note- UFC really began to gain popularity 2005-2006 for the moment the history will stop
Events information from Wikepedia.com
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confirmed on fighters websites.