Bloody Elbow is the premier MMA community, and it is because every single user brings something to the table whether in the form of humerous banter or expert knowledge in a one of the martial arts. Being a huge fight fan, i believe this is my contribution to the BE community. LATE NIGHT FIGHTS as a series was created in order to highlight great classics and those fights that are often cited but rarely seen as well as the past, present and future legends of MMA in their early non UFC or non MMA bouts. - KJJ

Look Familiar? The UFC's biggest home grown crossover star Chuck Liddell struck this pose many times. Alas some of the newer fight fans havent seen some of the Classic Chuck. Here at LNF, we wont let this happen. So lets delve into some early Iceman. First up Chuck battles former UFC Heavyweight Champ Kevin "The Monster" Randleman

Chuck Liddell 6-1

NW: Jeff Monson, Paul Jones, Jose "Pele" Landi-Jons, Noe Hernandez

NL: Jeremy Horn

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Kevin Randleman 9-3. UFC Heavyweight Champion X2 (1 defense(s))

NW: Ebenezer Braga, Maurice Smith, Pete Williams, Pedro Rizzo

NL: Randy Couture, Tom Erikson, Bas Rutten

Next up we have a true early year classic; our favorite fighting Certified Public Accountant battles Muay Thai master Jose "Pele" Landi-Jons. Pele is the only man to ever beat Anderson Silva in a Muay Thai match (Anderson's MT record is 40-1). You can see Pele's striking prowess as he nails Chuck with 2 flush head kicks. Chuck survives though and puts a beating on Pele. Take a look!

Chuck Liddell 1-0

NW: Noe Hernandez

Jose "Pele" Landi-Jons 13-2

NW: Jorge Patino X2, Cyborg Santos

NL: Eric Smith

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LNF 18: Cinderella Has an Iron Jaw - Mark Hunt's run to K1 History Part 3: The Man, The Kiwi, The Champion

LNF 17: SLAMPAGE Jackson vs Kazushi Sakuraba. Bas Rutten steals Rampage's fried chicken. Roy Nelson wins IFL title. Travis Browne KO's Abe Wagner in 8 seconds

LNF 16: Robbie Lawler KO's Tiki Ghosn by "cut". Renzo Gracie upkicks Oleg Taktarov's head into the 3rd row

Upcoming LNF:

LNF 20: TUF 13 Primer: Anthony Pettis vs Mike Lambrecht. Fabio Maldonado vs James McSweeney Friday 6/3

LNF 21: Aaaah! Real Monsters! Kevin Randleman KO's Cro Cop. Vs Bas Rutten

LNF 22: Phillip Miller vs James Zikic, Lyoto Machida vs Sam Hoger Week of 6/5-6/11 

LNF 23: UFC 131 Primer

LNF 24: Lyoto Machida vs BJ Penn