Pride FC and UFC legend Wanderlei Silva has been seen representing Venum for the past year.
The Championships, Wimbledon | Ultimate Fighting Championship | World Figure Skating Championships | Notre Dame Fighting Irish football | Pride and Prejudice | ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships | IAAF World Championships in Athletics | 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships | Ice Hockey World Championships | Charley Pride | World Gliding Championships | 2007 World Championships in Athletics | Men's major golf championships | FIS Nordic World Ski Championships | 2013 World Aquatics Championships | World Junior Figure Skating Championships | World Curling Championships | 2003 World Championships in Athletics | 2000 European Canoe Slalom Championships | 1999 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | International athletics championships and games | General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon | FIS Alpine World Ski Championships | FIL European Luge Championships | All England Open Badminton Championships | 2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships | 1993 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships | U.S. National Championships | Bellator Fighting Championships |
Stout then dropped his next two fights against PRIDE veterans Daijiro Matsui and Jorge Patino, before winning his next bout by TKO, snapping a three-fight losing streak and bringing his overall record to 11-9-1.
He competed in UFC 3, a mixed martial arts competition, losing to the much smaller Keith Hackney, who has since taken the nickname "The Giant Killer" and Daiju Takase (169 lbs) in Pride Fighting Championships.
He made one title defense, defeating Matt Lindland, before leaving the UFC due to financial reasons and signing with PRIDE in 2003.
Mauro Ranallo, who went on to become a radio announcer for Abbotsford station CFVR (now CKQC-FM) and the TV play-by-play announcer for Pride Fighting Championships, Stampede Wrestling, King of the Cage and KVOS-TV's NWA Top Ranked Wrestling, got his start as an on-camera personality with All Star Wrestling while still in his teens, late in the show's run.
The card also featured former heavyweight champion Frank Mir against K-1 veteran Antoni Hardonk; The Ultimate Fighter 3's winner Kendall Grove; the UFC debut of PRIDE veteran Marcus Aurélio; The Ultimate Fighter 2 welterweight winner Joe Stevenson; and former light heavyweight challenger Renato Sobral.
The main event was anticipated to be Chuck Liddell versus Wanderlei Silva, a long-awaited match between the two popular former champions of the UFC and PRIDE, respectively; however, the main event featured a fight between former Light Heavyweight Champion Chuck Liddell and The Ultimate Fighter 2 alum Keith Jardine, with both fighters returning from knockout losses at UFC 71.
The card was headed by a main event of Quinton Jackson vs. Matt Lindland, Jackson's first fight on American soil since becoming a headliner in PRIDE, and featured famed boxing broadcaster Barry Tompkins and wrestling star Bill Goldberg at the announce desk.