Jens Pulver and Caol Uno at UFC 30 on Feb. 23, 2001, in Atlantic City, N.J. | Photo by Susumu Nagao/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images It wasn’t supposed to be Jens Pulver. When the UFC lightweight division — known as the bantamweight division at the time — was established in 2001, the new owners […]

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The UFC lightweight division is arguably the promotion’s strongest and deepest weight class. Currently atop the division sits undefeated UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagmedov. Instituted at UFC 30 in February 2001, the UFC lightweight championship was originally called the UFC bantamweight championship. At UFC 30, Jens Pulver defeated Caol Uno to become the promotion’s inaugural […]

There’s “Flashback Friday” and “Throwback Thursday” (and Tuesday, too, if you want). But at MMA Junkie, we figured why not expand that to every day? “Combat Rewind” brings you some of combat sports’ best highlights from every calendar day of the year. It’s a look back at history, courtesy of the UFC Fight Pass archives, […]