Although Forrest Griffin and Rashad Evans earned their UFC contracts by winning competitions on a popular TV reality show, both men are much more than a pretty face — or a bloody face, as is often the case for mixed martial artists.
Winning the respect of their fellow fighters and the UFC public has been tougher than pounding their fellow contestants in "The Ultimate Fighter," but both men earned their place in the sport in recent years with gritty victories that led them to each other.
They'll meet for Griffin's light heavyweight title Saturday night on the loaded UFC 92 card at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas.
EILERS KILLED IN IDAHO: Mixed martial arts fighter Justin Mark Eilers was shot to death during a domestic disturbance, police said. He was 30. Eilers, a Boise resident, was identified Friday as the victim of the Christmas night shooting in Nampa, Idaho.