UFC 74: Respect Trivia Quiz

Answer: Mark Coleman

Coleman, as longtime fans of the sport will know, is a former UFC Heavyweight Champion and one of the sport's first competitors to utilize the wrestling-based "ground and pound" strategy, i.e., a reliance on takedowns, ground control, and scoring wins by battering the opponent into submission. Mir is another former Heavyweight titlist who, having suffered enormous setbacks in the octagon after injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident, scored a submission victory over Dutch striking specialist Antoni Hardonk in the first round of his UFC 74 fight. Guida and Aurelio fought a well-contested three-round lightweight bout that ended in a split decision for Guida.

Answer: True

One of the most respected fighters (by other martial artists) in the game because of both his technique and penchant for hyperaggressive training, Babalu had experienced a run of bad luck prior to this event. He had suffered consecutive losses to Chuck Liddell and Jason Lambert, and was arrested the month before UFC 74 on assault charges.

In his postfight interview, he seemingly admitted that he wanted to hurt Heath, attributing this flagrant disregard for the rules to a vulgar insult before the fight.

As a result, half of Sobral's purse ($25,000 US) was withheld by the Nevada State Athletic Commission, and the fighter was summarily released by the UFC.

Answer: Leites caught Jensen in an armbar from the guard position, scoring a submission in the first round

Jensen absolutely did come out swinging, and did seem to be controlling the fight from the outset. However, after taking the jiujitsu fighter to the ground, he made the crucial mistake of leaving his arm exposed, allowing Leites to scissor the striker's shoulder and extend the arm out with both hands for a classic armbar from the guard - a favorite tactic of early UFC great Royce Gracie, whose style Leites emulates.

Answer: Cote by knockout (TKO) in the first round

Though Grove came in with a seven-inch height and reach advantage, he appeared to be outmuscled by the 5'11 Cote, who controlled numerous stand-up clinches through the round while attempting to take Grove down with a judo throw. Cote finally abandoned this tactic, electing to slug it out with the presumptively better striker. Cote floored Grove with a right hook, then won via referee stoppage after a series of unanswered punches from a full mount.

Answer: Yes

Stevenson scored with an impressive German suplex in round one, but Pellagrino was the better striker, scoring with jabs and ending the round with top control throwing strikes. Stevenson would knock Pellagrino down in round two and attempt a rear naked choke, but Pellagrino came back with creative escapes and effective strikes.

In round three, Stevenson took control, taking Pellagrino down twice, scoring effective strikes on the ground, and displaying fine counterwrestling to put away the decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28).

Answer: Crane had Huerta's back in the third round, but Huerta used the arena's big screen monitor to coordinate elbows to the tiring Crane's head, hurting him badly and setting up a fight-ending succession of punches

Crane did have a near submission by armbar in round two, but the well-conditioned Huerta managed to spin free and come back with strikes. After striking his way out of another near submission by leglock in round three, Huerta hit upon this remarkable use of technology.

It did make for surreal viewing to see Huerta staring away from Crane and up at the monitor while throwing vicious elbows, but it was undeniably effective!

Answer: Josh Koscheck

Koscheck was a competitor in the program's inaugural season. His participation was most notable for his feud with fellow competitor Chris Leben, whom he defeated in a score-settling bout. Prior to his fight with St. Pierre, Koscheck defeated "Ultimate Fighter" Season One Middleweight Winner Diego Sanchez to earn this major fight against the former champion. St. Pierre is also an "Ultimate Fighter" veteran, but only as a coach in Season Four.

Answer: False

In fact, the utterly counterintuitive opposite happened. St. Pierre, who holds a brown belt in the grappling art of jiujitsu in addition to his more celebrated skills as a kickboxer, took the presumptively superior (though unsuspecting) wrestler Koscheck down several times, nearly scoring a submission by Kimura lock in the second round. Koscheck, who had trained for the bout by emphasizing striking and who did not show good ground defense (as he was generally NOT used to being taken down) was essentially neutralized, losing the decision 30-27, 29-28,29-28 in an impressive victory for the versatile St. Pierre.

Answer: Couture had won the title from Tim Sylvia by decision; Gonzaga had beaten Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic by knockout

Both of these wins were seen as substantial upsets in their day. Couture had overcome the much taller, heavier, and younger Sylvia in a dominant decision victory after being out of the octagon for over a year, while Cro Cop was widely hailed as the UFC's heir apparent before being knocked out by a high kick from Gonzaga, who was much better known for his submission jiujitsu than his kickboxing.

Answer: Brazilian jiujitsu specialist Gonzaga countered one of Couture's crushing takedowns with a triangle choke from the bottom position in the fourth round, scoring a come-from-behind victory over the previously dominant Couture

Though giving away over twenty pounds in weight and sixteen years in age, the 44-year-old Couture utterly dominated Gonzaga in this bout, scoring several takedowns and striking very effectively in standing clinches - as opposed to his usual ground-and-pound tactics - to avoid Gonzaga's jiujitsu submissions.

After thoroughly battering Gonzaga (with the exception of some good strikes by the bigger man to open round three, one of which did cause the aforementioned fracture), Couture finally ended the fight via referee stoppage after taking Gonzaga down and pummeling him relentlessly in the third round.