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The match was quickly forfeited by Tyson in the third round for literally biting a piece of Holyfield’s ear off. Tyson claimed that in his defense, biting Holyfield was retaliation for Holyfield’s illegal head butting. Tyson was disqualified and Holyfield automatically won the rematch. In addition to disqualification, Tyson also lost his purse (payment for the match), had to pay $3 million in fines, and lost his boxing license. Tyson’s over aggressive was a shock to the nation. Being a highly anticipated fight, it set a record for pay-per-view television at over two million home viewers. Tyson was reinstated and received his boxing licenses the following year in October of 1988. During the year, Tyson faced more fines and assault charges resulting in almost $100,000 in restitution and 200 hours of community service. It seemed as if Tyson had not learned his lesson, or was simply out of control. Following reinstatement and fines, Tyson was forced to forfeit a victory against Andrew Golota in 2000 after a drug test found him positive of using marijuana and was charged with more assault offenses (physical and sexual)

* After learning some of the history, some of the major rules, and the organizations associated with MMA I hope that you will be watching my favorite fighter George St. Pierre defend his title on December 11, 2010.

During an appearance ESPN's Mike & Mike show on Thursday, December 3, Dana said a rematch “makes sense.”

No longer could Johnson’s talent be ignored, he was in line to fight Jim Jefferies.

Even though he is just 3-3 in his last six bouts, Berto promises to knockout the undefeated champion. "I am coming to kick Floyd's ass on September 12th. Best believe that I plan to bring it to Floyd and I'm not concerned about what forty-eight other fighters have been unable to do," Berto body stated. He continued,"Somebody is getting knocked out, and it won't be me. You don't want to miss this."

he boxed. His pro career was paying off and he was shooting for a chance at the Featherweight

Johnson followed Jeffries from town to town. “Jeffries, however, refused to fight a black boxer and instead decided to retire undefeated.”(Unforgivable Blackness). The Championship was handed over to a white named Tommy Burns, who as well declined to fight Johnson but eventually gave in at the cost of thirty thousand dollars. In the year 1908, Johnson knocked out Burns in the sixteenth round, to win the title and create history. “He was a fast and brilliant defensive boxer who fought at a time when white champions like John L. Sullivan and James Jeffries refused to fight black fighters. Jeffries retired rather than face Johnson, but he returned six years later when the clamor for a great white hope could not be ignored”(Sandomir D3). Even James Jefferies was beaten and and thus, Johnson had beat all that stood in his way, from bottom to the top. Through perseverance and relentlessness, Johnson had achieved his dream.

Oscar’s first title opportuity came on March 5 1994, against Jimmi Bredahl in Los Angeles for the WBO Super Featherweight belt. He cashed in on the opportunity, registering a knockout in the tenth round. Oscar fought four more times in 1994, including a title defense against Giorgio Campanella. After that match, he moved up into the lightweight division. On July 29, Oscar won the vacant WBO title with a second round knockout of Jorge Paez. He then defended his title against John Avila in December, this time a knockout came in the ninth

Dixon and McCarthy fought for 70 rounds and both wore two-ounce gloves. After the exhausting 70 round duel it was ruled a draw. On June 27, 1890 after Dixon won his first title, he defeated Nunc Wallace, who was the holder of the British world bantamweight title. “Little Chocolate” controlled the fight from the beginning, and knocked out Nunc Wallace in only the eighteenth round. (Roberts & Skutt, 1997) Dixon knocked out his next bantamweight challenger Johnny Murphy in 1891, which further proved that he deserved the bantamweight title. In the same year, Dixon and McCarthy had a rematch and Dixon knocked McCarthy. Two years after being champion in the bantamweight division, Little Chocolate outgrew the weight standards for the bantamweight class. He then moved up to the featherweight division and competed. In 1892 George Dixon proved he could compete in the featherweight class, as he defeated Fred Johnson by way of knockout in the fourteenth

a fight. If fighters don't manage cut weight, they can be disqualified or in better case scenario, fined for 10 000 dollars or more.

Leonard specifically came out of a 5-year retirement to face off against the successful Marvin Hagler with a 37-fight win streak for the middleweight title. The fight took place in Cesar’s Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Hagler allowed Leonard to decide glove size, ring size, and number of rounds (12 rounds instead of the usual 15 rounds). Leonard’s decisions on the regulatories for the fight proved to give him an advantage. The fight went on for the full 12 rounds. The fight was back and forth with Sugar Ray Leonard coming out with the controversial decision.

Hamill is a famous wrester who was a 3-time NCAA national champion. At the Deafolympics in 2001, he took home a silver medal in Greco-Roman wrestling and the gold in freestyle, and ultimately had a 6-year career as a UFC fighter.

In his first stint in the UFC from 2008-2011, Lesnar had a record of 4-3 with 2 of those wins coming by knockout, 3 by submission, and 1 by decision. During that time, Lesnar fought the likes of Frank Mir, Heath Herning, Shane Carwin, Cain Velasquez, Alistair Overeem and lastly UFC Legend Randy Couture who he beat in his second ever fight in the UFC to become UFC Heavyweight Champion which is unheard of since fighters needed to climb up the rankings before challenging for the big belt but the company knew how big of a box office draw Lesnar was so they put him in a title fight in his second ever fight in the company. After his fight against Overeem at UFC 141, Lesnar announced that he was leaving the sport of MMA mentioning his battle diverticulitis was a big reason why he was leaving the sport and company.

In 2006, Lesnar pursued a career in mixed martial arts (MMA), as he signed with Hero's and won his first fight, against Min-Soo Kim, in June 2007.[10] He then signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) the following October. Lesnar lost in his UFC debut against Frank Mir and then won his second fight against Heath Herring. In November 2008, Lesnar defeated Randy Couture to become the UFC Heavyweight Champion. Shortly after a successful title defense in a rematch with Mir, Lesnar was sidelined due to diverticulitis. He would return at UFC 116 to defeat Interim UFC Heavyweight Champion Shane Carwin and unify the heavyweight championships, becoming the undisputed UFC Heavyweight Champion in the process. Lesnar then lost the championship

until early 1990s with the introduction of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. The UFC at first was