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The Ultimate Fighting Championship (later renamed UFC 1: The Beginning) was the first mixed martial arts event by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), held at the McNichols Sports Arena in Denver, Colorado, United States, on November 12, 1993.
The first additions came in late 2010 when the UFC merged with their sister organization World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC). Due to the WEC's focus on lighter weight fighters, this merger necessitated the addition of both the featherweight and bantamweight divisions to the UFC, starting with The Ultimate Fighter season 12 finale . [ 8 ]
On December 16, 1994, Royce Gracie became the first fighter to reach 10 fights in the UFC. [1]On July 7, 2007, Tito Ortiz became the first fighter to reach 20 fights in the UFC.
Glover Lucas Teixeira (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈɡloveʁ tejˈʃejɾɐ]; born 28 October 1979) is a Brazilian-American former professional mixed martial artist.He competed in the Light Heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion.
The new Hall of Fame was a passion project of former UFC executive Anthony Evans, who pitched UFC President Dana White on the four-wing structure several times before finally getting White's permission in 2015. [4] The UFC Hall of Fame is located in the UFC Performance Institute on the walls of the first and second floor staircase. [5]
This is a man who made his pro debut in 1999. Payton Talbott, who shared Saturday night’s UFC 303 card with Arlovski, was about 7 months old at the time. ... Arlovski’s first UFC fight was in ...
Michael 'Venom' Page turns 38 in April and made his pro debut in 2012 [Getty Images] The last time Michael 'Venom' Page contested an MMA fight at middleweight it was in Mumbai almost 12 years ago.
In his light heavyweight debut, he fought long-time number one contender Chuck Liddell for the UFC Interim Light heavyweight Championship. He was again the underdog but, after outstriking Liddell for three rounds, took the fight to the ground and won by TKO via strikes from full mount, [ 13 ] becoming the first UFC fighter to win titles in two ...