The Ultimate Fighting Championship: Classic Middleweight Bouts

Rich Franklin had lost the middleweight title against Anderson Silva and was working is way though other title contenders on his way back to challenge for the title again. Yushin Okami was the last man standing in his way and this is the bruising battle that ensued.

Canada's Ivan Salaverry gets into the Octagon with Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner Rousimar Palhares. Get ready to see a classic arm bar sending one of these two to an early exit.

Middleweight Contender Nate Marquardt looks to get back into the title picture as he takes on jiu-jitsu ace Thales Leites. These two were scheduled to meet at a previous event but Leites had to pull out due to an injury. Now these two final meet inside the Octagon

In this contest of wills Jorge Rivera must face the indominable skills of fellow Jiu-Jitsu fighter Martin Kampmann. Kampmann quickly takes the fight to the ground and shows off his submission game

After having bested the middleweight division Anderson Silva sought a greater challenge. He found it with light heavyweight James Irvin at UFC Fight Night. The Spider made quick work of his opponent as usual though.

Jason MacDonald puts his jiu-jistu to the test as he faces the undefeated Demian Maia at UFC 87. Maia is considered by manny to be one of the best jiu-jitsu practioners in the World but that didn't stop MacDonald from going right to the ground with him in what turned out to be one of the fights of the night.

Jason MacDonald usually walks into the Octagon being one of the biggest 185lb fighters in the Middleweight division. However, Jason Lambert use to fight Heavyweight and it is unlikely MacDonald would be able to push him around.

Legendary PRIDE fighter Dan Henderson takes on Brazil's Rousimar Palhares in a classic three-round submission struggle. One of the best ground battles of 2008.

It's a battle of styles as jiu-jitsu ace Thales Leites takes on the heavy handed Drew McFedries. McFedries took the fight on short notice and was looking to prove that he can hang with the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt.

UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva defends his title against the heavy handed Patrick Cote. Cote was ready to go as he took on the best fighter in the World. Would Silva keep his belt or would Cote pull of one of the biggest upsets in MMA history?