Former MMA fighter ‘Lightning’ Lee Murray is incarcerated in Morocco for possession of drugs. However, the real reason he remains behind bars there is because in 2006 he stole the equivalent of $100,000,000 in cash in England, without a shot fired or anyone hurt. Murray could have gotten more, up to $400,000,000, but the van he had could “only” carry $100,000,000. It remains the largest robbery in history outside of April 15.

In 2008, probably the very best writer in MMA, L. Jon Wertheim, wrote an article on Murray’s Securitas Heist. It was optioned for a film, but laws in the UK about ongoing criminal cases prevented the story from running online. With the trials wound down, the story now appears on the Internet for the first time. If you love this sport, it worth creating a little block of time to read and appreciate the long-form piece. The story is good Hollywood came calling.

Wertheim’s essay peripherally touched on the most famous street fight in mixed martial arts history, Lee Murray vs. Tito Ortiz. This is briefly excerpted below, but read the entire story BREAKING the BANK: How a UFC fighter pulled off the biggest bank heist ever instead.

In July 2002 Murray attended a UFC card at Royal Albert Hall in London. The UFC was trying to spread the gospel to the other side of the pond, and in addition to the fighters on the card, most of the organization’s brightest stars were on hand, including [Pat] Miletich, Tito Ortiz, and Chuck Liddell. The headline bout featured a Miletich fighter, Matt Hughes, defending his welterweight title. After the card ended, the fighters repaired to a local club for an after party, a long-standing UFC tradition. At closing time the fighters and their entourages filed out. Walking down the street, Miletich felt a body on his back. It turned out to be a buddy of Tito Ortiz’s. The guy was giving Miletich a playful bear hug, but suddenly Miletich felt the man getting ripped off his back. Another fighter had mistakenly believed that Miletich was being attacked. As the misunderstanding was being sorted out, Paul (the Enforcer) Allen, a longtime associate of Murray’s, approached. In what he surely thought was a show of loyalty to both Miletich and Murray, Allen cold-cocked Ortiz’s pal.

This triggered what might rank as the Mother of All Street Fights, a scene that’s become as much a part of UFC lore as any bout inside the Octagon. A who’s who of the UFC and their entourages—drunk and in street clothes—began throwing haymakers indiscriminately. One posse member was knocked into the street and his arm was run over by a cab. Liddell got cracked in the back of the head and went ballistic. I’m hitting guys with spinning backfists, just dropping guys, says Liddell. It was a classic street fight. ‘If I don’t know you, I drop you.’

In the mayhem Ortiz and Murray backed into an alley and squared off. According to multiple witnesses, Ortiz threw a left hook. He missed, and Murray then fired off a combination that decked Ortiz. The self-proclaimed Bad Boy of the UFC fell to the pavement. (Ortiz declined to comment to SI.) Officially, Murray was still a promising up-and-comer. But as accounts of the melee rocketed through UFC circles, the rangy British kid who poleaxed the mighty Tito Ortiz became a minor legend. He’s a scary son of a bitch, says the UFC’s outspoken president, Dana White. And I don’t mean fighterwise.

Below Ortiz offers some alternative facts about the altercation.

That wasn’t Tito’s only controversial free fight, either.