Tons of die hard MMA fans know their facts about the sport. But no one can know everything. Here are 3 MMA facts you may not know.

3) UFC 1 was originally going to have a moat around the cage

Read this account from UFC co-founder Rorion Gracie and weep, fans of privately held companies one has no financial stake in making as much money as humanly possible – via Fighter’s Only:

“We thought of a moat with alligators. We thought of an arena with sharks around. We seriously thought about an electric fence. But we couldn’t in case one guy pushed the other into the moat and he’d get chewed up. We laughed at it, but in Hollywood your mind travels and we just thought of every different possibility… Eventually I settled on the Octagon.” [Source: MMAMania.com]

2) UFC Octagon announcer Bruce Buffer is a black belt

UFC Octagon announcer Bruce Buffer is the grandson of flyweight boxing champion Johnny Buff and is a second-degree black belt in Tang Soo Do.

Bruce Buffer first ventured into martial arts when he was thirteen years old and living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, studying judo and achieving the rank of green belt.

He moved to Malibu, California with his family at the age of fifteen and befriended two Chuck Norris students who got him into tang soo do in which he currently holds a second degree black belt. [Source: Wiki]

1) Joe Rogan can wreck you in 3 different disciplines

Fans are aware that Joe Rogan has a fantastic technical knowledge of jiu-jitsu, which allows him to analyze grappling situations on the spot while commentating for the UFC.

What many are not aware of is the fact that Rogan trains with 10th Planet, has a green belt in judo, a black belt in Jiu-Jitsu and a 2nd-degree black belt in Taekwondo.