When was josh barnett ufc champion

During the fight, he unintentionally kicked Mighty Mo in the groin. Later, Barnett signed up with Strikeforce. At Strikeforce, he lost to Daniel Cormier in Barnett vs. Cormier in May In addition, Barnett has not won a UFC fight since In , Barnett initially refused to sign with the UFC. Later, on 21 May , it was revealed that Barnett signed a multi-fight promotional contract. Since then, Barnett has competed for the Ultimate Fighting Championship three times. His application was released from the UFC on 20 June However, he was considered unable to participate due to serious illness on the night of the event.

The fight took place at the KSW event titled Genesis. Barnett began his professional wrestling career at New Japan Pro-Wrestling in He joined the Federation of Inoki Genome in and went on a winning streak.

Josh Barnett with his friend. Likewise, Paulson awarded his Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt to Barnett on December 19, Even though Josh had never trained in Brazilian jiu-jitsu , he was awarded the belt based on competition merit and overall knowledge. Not to mention, Josh also became the first person to bea t Dean Lister via submission in 16 years. Their relationship news once flooded in social media. Josh and Collen both used to work together in several commercials, which also helped their love bloom full.

Likewise, this also helped the media and their fans to know how close they were. Unfortunately, their friendship crumbled, and they broke up because of some extreme repulsive behavior between them. With this, Josh lost all his hope of getting married and making Collen his wife. Josh Barnett Siala Siliga. SUB Kimura. Josh Barnett Gilbert Yvel. Affliction - Day of Reckoning Jan. Josh Barnett Pedro Rizzo. Affliction - Banned Jul. Josh Barnett Jeff Monson. Sengoku - Second Battle May. Josh Barnett Hidehiko Yoshida.

Sengoku - First Battle Mar. SUB Heel Hook. Josh Barnett Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira. Josh Barnett Pawel Nastula. SUB Toe Hold. Josh Barnett Mirko Filipovic. Josh Barnett Mark Hunt. Josh Barnett Aleksander Emelianenko. SUB Keylock. Josh Barnett Kazuhiro Nakamura. SUB Injury. Josh Barnett Randy Couture. Josh Barnett Bobby Hoffman. Josh Barnett Semmy Schilt. Instead of being handed a suspension, Barnett only received a warning from the Nevada State Athletic Commission and was booked to face Couture.

Meanwhile, Couture looked to make the third defense of the heavyweight title he won a little over a year prior when he finished Kevin Randleman at UFC Originally, Hughes had been pegged to take on then-Shooto welterweight titleholder and future UFC middleweight kingpin Anderson Silva for his first title defense. Couture started fast, took Barnett down and battered him on the ground for the entire opening frame. He duplicated the same feat in the second round and appeared to be on his way to another successful title defense.

However, Barnett demonstrated his resilience and skills as a mixed martial artist by taking advantage of an opening late in the round. In an exceptional sequence, Barnett swept Couture, reversed position to take his opponent's back and began raining down punishment. For over a minute, Barnett landed a barrage of elbows and punches from half guard until referee John McCarthy had seen enough and a new champion was crowned.

Couture did control the opening round by pulling Barnett into his guard and landing some good shots but the second round saw Barnett's fearsome striking take over. He reversed an attempt from Couture to enter side control and unloaded with a huge flurry of punches that the champion could not escape.

In a classy move, Couture handed the belt to the new champion. However, Barnett would never defend it as he was stripped of the title for testing positive for steroid use. Pedro Rizzo, fresh off consecutive defeats in Heavyweight title fights versus Couture got back on the winning trail with a victory over the up and coming, Andrei Arlovski. The pair didn't really engage that much; typical of Rizzo and the younger Arlovski probably gave him too much respect.

As a result, the bout was mostly dominated by leg kicks before Rizzo finally unloaded with a nice combination in the third round to knock the Belarussian out. It seems silly now at the time of writing January but Hughes was the underdog in this fight, due to the controversial way in which he won the belt from Carlos Newton at UFC In truth, however, Hughes dominated this one from the start.