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Josh Barnett: 5 Defining Moments
- Updated: August 31, 2016
He is as complex a figure as exists in mixed martial arts. Still the youngest man to ever capture the Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight crown, Josh Barnett has experienced the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. “The Warmaster” owns a resume that stacks up with the majority of his contemporaries, but the accomplishments that have been accumulated over a long and successful career have been overshadowed by multiple suspensions for positive PED tests. One of those infractions led to his being stripped of the UFC heavyweight championship in 2002 and resulted in his being exiled from the company for some 11 years. For all his gifts and all his flaws, Barnett will go down as one of the top 10 heavyweights of all-time whenever he decides to put down the gloves. The 38-year-old Seattle native will meet fellow former champion Andre Arlovski in the UFC Fight Night 93 main event on Saturday at the Barclaycard Arena in Hamburg, Germany.In a career with plenty of defining moments, here are five that stand out:1. On Top of the World Barnett became the youngest man — he was 24 at the time — to reach the top of the Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight mountain at UFC 36 on March 22, 2002, when he stopped Randy Couture with second-round punches at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Fourteen years Couture’s junior, he entered the Octagon with a two-inch height and 17-pound advantage on “The Natural.” However, for the better part of two rounds, Barnett was on his back eating ground-and-pound from the three-time NCAA All-American wrestler. Couture even advanced to full mount for a brief moment in round two, but he nevertheless left the door ajar. Barnett reversed into top position under threat of a leg lock and spent some two minutes chipping away at the future hall of famer with punches, elbows and forearm strikes. Couture finally wilted under the barrage 4:35 into round two. He strapped the belt around Barnett’s waist himself. “He’s awesome,” Barnett said. “He pushed me. I pushed him. I took advantage of those opportunities. I don’t know if I could ever be the kind of champion Randy was, but I’m going to do my best for everybody out here.” He did not sit on the throne for long. A positive test for anabolic steroids resulted in Barnett being stripped of the title four months later. He would not …
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