The FIGHT! Magazine Cover Jinx

8. September 2008  - Published by Chris Murdico
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We've all heard of the Sports Illustrated cover jinx and the Madden curse. Well there's a new jinx/curse on the block courtesy of a relatively new, yet very popular MMA magazine called FIGHT! The magazine turned into a monthly publication at the beginning of 2008 (it was issued bi-monthly prior to the change). Since the beginning of the year they have put out eight publications. Of those eight, six fighers that made the cover lost their fight that month. Of those six, two lost their titles, one lost the chance to win a title and two lost a chance to move up to the number one contender spot in their weight class.

  • February - Brock Lesnar makes the cover and in his first fight in the UFC he loses by submission to Frank Mir
  • March - Dan Henderson stepped into the Octagon to take on Anderson Silva to unify the UFC and PRIDE Middleweight titles. He would lose by submission in the second round.
  • June - Jens Pulver is recognized on the cover as the "Biggest Threat in the Featherweight Division." He would lose by unanimous decision to the WEC Featherweight Champ, Urijah Faber.
  • July - Qinton "Rampage" Jackson is coined as "Unstoppable." And then he went out and lost his title to Forrest Griffin at UFC 86 in July by unanimous decision.
  • August - The cover is graced by one of the hottest fighters in the UFC, Roger Huerta. He went into UFC 87 hoping to come out with a win and a possible shot at the Lightweight Title. He would lose by unanimous decision to Kenny Florian that night.
  • September - Chuck Liddell, the biggest name in the UFC, if not all MMA, makes the cover. At UFC 88 on 9/6, he took on Rashad Evans. He was knocked out early in the second round in one of the most devastating blows possibly in UFC history. His possible shot at getting the Light Heavyweight Title back was stopped just like that.

Over the next two months, two big fights will take place in the UFC. Anderson Silva will defend his Middleweight title against Patrick Cote in October. Maybe the only thing that can stop Silva would be the FIGHT! Magazine cover jinx! Odds are they will put Cote on the cover though since this is his first shot at a title. If they approach you Cote, run!!! In November Randy Couture will return to the UFC to defend his Heavyweight Title against Brock Lesnar. Since Lesnar already made the cover this year, Couture could be the guy for that issue. If there were two guys that would "break the jinx" it would probably be Silva and Couture.

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