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Champion: Ray Mercer Stuns MMA World  In an act overshadowed by
UFC 99, Tim Sylvia "battled" 48-year-old former boxing champion
Ray Mercer. "Bragging Rights" as it was called was originally
Sylvia's first attempt at beginning a boxing career before a
boxing commission stepped in.  The ABC sited age and previous
fight history as reasons why the "boxing match" was cancelled.
The match was changed at the last minute, to one featuring MMA
rules to escape the ABC's prior ruling (a rematch was also
negotiated).  You see they, like everyone else in the converted
basketball gym were expecting one thing. What they got was
something sad, pathetic, and impossibly hilarious.  As the bell
rang the two fighters closed the distance, seven seconds later a
squatting overhand right, reduced the former two time UFC
Heavyweight champion to an unco