10 of the Sweetest Revenge Moments in UFC History

When a fighter loses a fight, they think about what they did wrong, what they did right and how they can avenge their loss.

They always want a chance to beat the fighter who beat them, and if they get that chance—and capitalize on it—they get the revenge they desire.

There have been plenty of revenge matches in UFC history, and it would be impossible to get them all into one slideshow, but here we go with ten of the sweetest revenge moments in UFC history.

Quinton Jackson vs. Wanderlei Silva III

Back in Pride, Wanderlei Silva was the king. When the organization closed it's doors, Wandy left with a record of 31-7-1 [1]. He had a number of memorable victories, but none moreso than those over Quinton "Rampage" Jackson.

Both fights ended with knockouts for Silva, and the second one left Rampage dangling between the ropes, bleeding and unconscious.

So when these two met at UFC 92, Rampage wanted nothing more than his own knockout over Wanderlei.

Rampage got what he wanted, as he knocked out Wandy with a vicious left hook, and three more punches on the ground, as the referee was attempting to pull Rampage off.

This was one of the greatest trilogies in MMA, and one of the most brutal.

Dominick Cruz vs. Urijah Faber II

At UFC 132, Dominick Cruz and Urijah Faber faced off for the second time, once again with a title on the line.

The first time these two met was at WEC 26, where Faber (17-1) put his WEC featherweight title on the line against the 9-0 Cruz.

Cruz was upset with the promotion for the fight, as his face wasn't on the poster. Because of that, he began signing his name over Faber's face. That's where this rivalry was born.

Faber won part one, as he submitted Cruz with a one-armed, mounted guillotine choke at 1:38 of Round 1.

At UFC 132, they had the rematch for Cruz' UFC bantamweight title, a fight which Cruz won by unanimous decision, thereby avenging his only career loss.

Georges St-Pierre vs. Matt Hughes II

At UFC 50, the up-and-comer, Georges St-Pierre, faced off against the seasoned veteran of 40 fights—through which he went 36-4—and welterweight champion, Matt Hughes.

Towards the end of the round, Hughes was on top of St-Pierre, as GSP went for a kimura. Hughes countered by spinning around and going for an armbar, which he secured at 4:59 of Round 1.

Then, at UFC 65, St-Pierre once again challenged for the welterweight title, but it would go a little differently this time.

In the second round, St-Pierre hit Hughes with a head kick that dropped him. He finished up with a few punches, and the fight was over at 1:25 of Round 2, and St-Pierre was the welterweight champion.

BJ Penn vs. Jens Pulver II

Going into the first fight between these two, BJ Penn was considered a heavy favorite, despite being the challenger to Jens Pulver, and the lightweight title.

At UFC 35, Pulver won a close majority decision, and defended the title for the second time.

Then, five years later, the two were matched up as coaches on The Ultimate Fighter Season 5, and they fought at the finale event.

Penn easily defeated Pulver, as he submitted him in the second round with a rear-naked choke.

Georges St-Pierre vs. Matt Serra II

At UFC 69, most of us should know what happened. Matt Serra upset Georges St-Pierre and won the UFC welterweight title with a first-round knockout.

Serra was a contestant on Season 4 of The Ultimate Fighter and was given basically no chance to beat St-Pierre, but he did the impossible.

After that, St-Pierre won two straight fights to get another shot at Serra, which he capitalized on.

St-Pierre dominated Serra, and finished him with knees to the body in the second round, and St-Pierre had reclaimed the welterweight title.

Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen II

Anderson Silva against Chael Sonnen was all about revenge.

Sonnen had trash talked Silva constantly, and you wouldn't believe half of the stuff that he said, ranging from insults about Brazil, to insults about Silva, to insults about his wife.

Then, the second fight came around. The first round featured Sonnen taking down Silva and controlling him for almost five full minutes.

In the second round, everything changed, as Silva scored a brutal TKO victory, and earned his revenge over Sonnen.

Chuck Liddell vs. Randy Couture II

In 2003, Chuck Liddell was 12-1, on a ten fight win streak, and ready to take on Randy Couture for the interim light heavyweight title.

Going into the fight, Couture was 10-5, had lost two straight and was dropping to light heavyweight for the first time.

Everything looked as though Liddell was going to win, and then, he didn't. Couture was able to TKO Liddell in the third round and earn the interim light heavyweight belt.

Two years later, Couture was the light heavyweight champion, and Liddell was going to challenge for the belt once again.

Liddell scored a first-round knockout, and evened the score with Couture.

Chuck Liddell vs. Tito Ortiz

Before there was the Jon Jones-Rashad Evans rivalry, there was the Chuck Liddell-Tito Ortiz rivalry.

Liddell and Ortiz were both managed by Dana White, and they had trained together a bit in that time.

Ortiz took that to mean that him and Chuck wouldn't fight, and Chuck said that he would fight anyone, and didn't care that he had trained with Ortiz.

Tito dodged, ducked, dipped, dived and dodged away from Chuck for awhile, but eventually, the fight happened at UFC 47.

Chuck earned the second-round KO victory, and would defend the light heavyweight belt against Tito later at UFC 66, where Chuck would earn a third round TKO.

Mauricio Rua vs. Forrest Griffin II

At UFC 76, Mauricio Rua made his UFC debut against Forrest Griffin. Rua was 16-2, and was thought by many to be the top light heavyweight in the world.

Griffin was seen to be a sacrificial lamb, and nothing but a formality standing in the way of Rua and a title shot. However, Griffin showed that he was a serious threat, as he submitted Rua in the third round after Rua gassed badly.

Griffin would go on to win the light heavyweight title when he scored a unanimous decision over Rampage Jackson, and Rua would win it later on after Forrest.

The two had a rematch at UFC 134, where Rua was looking to get back on the winning track after losing to Jon Jones at UFC 128.

Rua scored a brutal knockout in front of his home crowd in Brazil, just 1:53 into the first round.

Brock Lesnar vs. Frank Mir II

You just HAD to know this one would show up!

At UFC 81, Brock Lesnar made his UFC debut with an MMA record of just 1-0. He was set to face off against the former heavyweight champion, Frank Mir.

The fight lasted just 90 seconds, but a lot happened in it. Almost immediately after the fight started, Lesnar had taken Mir down and was beating him down. After a stand up from Steve Mazagatti for strikes to the back of the head, Lesnar rocked Mir and dropped him. Lesnar then stood up in the open guard of Mir, and got caught with a kneebar.

At UFC 100, the two headlined the biggest card in UFC history and Lesnar had revenge on his mind.

Lesnar scored a second-round TKO, as he absolutely brutalized and dominated Mir, as you can see the results of Lesnar's punches in the picture.

Tim McTiernan is a Featured Columnist for Bleacher Report. For the latest news on everything MMA, follow him on Twitter @TimMcTiernan.