{"id":242534,"date":"2017-06-18T10:18:50","date_gmt":"2017-06-18T17:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=242534"},"modified":"2017-06-18T10:18:50","modified_gmt":"2017-06-18T17:18:50","slug":"video-day-history-steve-bosse-sean-oconnell-delivered-one-best-fights-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-day-history-steve-bosse-sean-oconnell-delivered-one-best-fights-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO | On this day in history Steve Bosse and Sean O&#8217;Connell delivered one of the best fights ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When we talk about the best light heavyweight fights in UFC history, there are a few fights that quickly jump to mind. <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jon-jones\/jon-jones-goes-off-fcking-dork-alexander-gustafsson-gustafsson-fires-back\/\">Jon Jones vs. Alexander Gustafsson<\/a>. Dan Henderson vs. Mauricio &#8220;Shogun&#8221; Rua 1. Forrest Griffin vs. Stephan Bonnar 1. Daniel Cormier vs. Alexander Gustafsson. Chuck Liddell vs. Wanderlei Silva&#8230; One fight that is often forgotten, however, is Steve Bosse&#8217;s incredible battle with Sean O&#8217;Connell. This frenzied fight occurred one year ago today, when the UFC debuted in the Canadian capital city of Ottawa, Ontario.<\/p>\n<p>The action between these two light heavyweight sluggers began quickly, and it was O&#8217;Connell who landed hard first. In the first half of the fight, the American dropped his French Canadian foe repeatedly, easily with enough severity that a stoppage would have been justifiable. Luckily for Bosse, however, the referee allowed the fight to continue, which gave him the opportunity to surge back and batter O&#8217;Connell to the edge of consciousness.<\/p>\n<p>By the time the fight ended, the judges decided Bosse had done enough to earn a unanimous decision, but truly, there was no loser in this fight.<\/p>\n<p>On the one year anniversary of this wild war, the UFC has shared its slobber-knocking highlights in an effort to coax fans into memberships with Fight Pass, where the fight can be viewed in full. See those highlights below:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OnThisDay?src=hash\">#OnThisDay<\/a> in UFC history &#8211; Steve Bosse &amp; Sean O&#8217;Connell put on one of the GREATEST LHW matches OF ALL TIME.<\/p>\n<p>OF. ALL. TIME. \u2b07\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q6LOSWlnpQ\">pic.twitter.com\/q6LOSWlnpQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 UFC (@ufc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ufc\/status\/876464295638319104\">June 18, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Where do you think Steve Bosse vs. Sean O&#8217;Connell stacks up on the list of best fights ever?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 6\/18\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When we talk about the best light heavyweight fights in UFC history, there are a few fights that quickly jump to mind. Jon Jones vs. Alexander Gustafsson. Dan Henderson vs. Mauricio &#8220;Shogun&#8221; Rua 1. Forrest Griffin vs. Stephan Bonnar 1. Daniel Cormier vs. Alexander Gustafsson. 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