The last time the UFC rolled into Buffalo, New York, Marco Ruas defeated Larry Cureton, Remco Pardoel and Paul Varelans to win the UFC 7 eight-man tournament while Ken Shamrock and Oleg Taktarov fought to a 33-minute draw in their Superfight bout because judges weren’t part of the equation back then.
Oh, and Michael Buffer, not Bruce Buffer, handled the introductions and announcements.
More than 20 years later, the UFC is returning to the birthplace of the best bar food in the history of time – buffalo wings – with a Pay-Per-View event headlined by a light heavyweight championship rematch between Daniel Cormier and Anthony Johnson and former middleweight titleholder Chris Weidman looking to halt a two-fight skid against the surging Gegard Mousasi.