On Saturday, Jan. 20th, former Oklahoma State wrestler Daniel Cormier will defend his UFC title vs. Volkan Oezdemir.
Cormier is one big link in a very long chain of former Cowboy wrestlers that have made the transition from wrestling to MMA.
Two true pioneers of MMA and legends in the sport are UFC Hall of Famers Don Frye and Randy Couture. Frye and Couture were teammates at OSU in the late 1980s and both entered into the UFC in the very early years of the company.
When Frye came in the UFC was a bit of a “blood sport” with very different rules than you currently see.