Combat Rewind, April 2: Top highlights include a sickening Jens Pulver soccer kick

There’s “Flashback Friday” and “Throwback Thursday” (and Tuesday, too, if you want). But at MMA Junkie, we figured why not expand that to every day?

“Combat Rewind” brings you some of combat sports’ best highlights from every calendar day of the year. It’s a look back at history, courtesy of the UFC Fight Pass archives, featuring stellar finishes and classic moments in MMA and beyond on their anniversaries.

So kick back and relive the following bits of greatness in the video above:

PRIDE Bushido 10: Jens Pulver vs. Kenji Arai – April 2, 2006 TKO 20: Mark Hominick vs. Stephane Vigneault – April 2, 2005 PRIDE Bushido 10: Joachim Hansen vs. Luiz Azeredo – April 2, 2006 PRIDE Bushido 10: Phil Baroni vs. Yuki Kondo – April 2, 2006 PRIDE Bushido 10: Marcus Aurelio vs. Takanori Gomi – April 2, 2006

Fight footage courtesy of UFC Fight Pass, the UFC’s official digital subscription service, which is currently offering a seven-day free trial. UFC Fight Pass gives fans access to exclusive live UFC events and fights, exclusive live MMA and combat sports events from around the world, exclusive original and behind the scenes content and unprecedented 24-7 access to the world’s biggest fight library.