In 1963, boxer Milo Savage fought judoka Gene LeBell in a contest meant to show the superiority of American boxing. Things didn’t go as the organizers hoped. LeBell threw Savage to the ground and choked him unconscious. It was the first sanctioned mixed martial arts fight in the United States.

In 1993, Rorion created the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Dischner is the only Paradise City member who naturally looks like a GNR doppelgänger. He’s also the guy who makes the trains run on time; he handles the money, coordinates the schedules, and generally keeps his bandmates from killing each other. All of these guys are friendly, but Dischner is the most relentlessly nice. He’s also mind-blowingly id