UFC light heavyweight Stephan Bonnar’s 2005 bout “The Ultimate Fighter” finale bout with Forrest Griffin will forever be a part of UFC history.

Now Bonnar is looking to help capture that moment in UFC history – along with a handful of others – with a new line of products.

Bonnar recently launched NGAUGE INC., a company that specializes in high-end paintings and artwork, and “The American Psycho” told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) that UFC president Dana White has given its approval for several UFC-themed items.

“We do high-end paintings and artwork, then we have prints that we sell,” Bonnar said. “Dana likes it, and he’s going to let us go ahead with it.”

Bonnar said the concept for the business came from a chance conversation with his best friend.

“The original painting, the last time I was home me and my buddy were hanging out, and he just wanted some sort of poster of me and Forrest’s fight,” Bonnar said. “Nothing like that existed, so we set out to make one.”

The result was an impressive mixed-media-on-canvas piece that measured five-feet by four-feet. Impressed by the result, a brainstorm session led to the birth of NGAUGE INC.’s concept, and Bonnar sought White’s approval for the new products.

“We want to make these for all of the best fights through history – the popular fighters, the big events,” Bonnar said. “There’s a lot of possibilities.

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