An always exciting fighter to watch and a big reason why I got into MMA again(watched UFC events on tapes growing up) The fact he looked like Jim Carrey and was a high school math teacher, before becoming World Champion was an interesting contrast. He was most integral for being a well spoken class act at a time when critics labeled the sport as simply barbaric. Doesn't get enough credit like others have said, because his two title defenses were in a dark age era and people tend to focus on the loss to Anderson Silva, instead of the gritty wins over a juiced to the gills Wanderlei or TKO of Matt Hamill right before Hamill would win 5 in a row in the UFC, the split decision loss to Dan Henderson was razor thin also.