Top 10 MMA Stories of 2007

This was a monster year for MMA. There can be no denying that combat sports have reclaimed their spot in the sports mainstream. The biggest MMA stories of 2007 were talked about at water coolers across the nation. Here are 10 of them.

UFC buys PRIDE Fighting Championships, marking end of an era in Japan
Quinton Jackson upsets Chuck Liddell for UFC Light Heavyweight title
Randy Couture comes out of retirement to beat Tim Sylvia for Heavyweight title
Randy Couture attempts to sever ties with UFC, citing low payouts
Fedor Emilianenko spurns UFC, competes for BodogFight and M-1 Global
Chuck Liddell beats Wanderlei Silva in long-awaited (and classic) bout
Mark Cuban invests in MMA, debuts HDNet Fights
Brock Lesnar wins K-1 debut, signs with UFC
Keith Jardine stuns Chuck Liddell, Forrest Griffin upsets  at UFC 76
K-1’s Dynamite!! USA flops miserably in front of papered Los Angeles crowd.