UFC 8
| UFC 8: David vs. Goliath | ||||
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| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | February 16, 1996 | |||
| Venue | Ruben Rodriguez Coliseum | |||
| City |  Bayamon, Puerto Rico |
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| Attendance | 13,000 | |||
| Buyrate | 160,000[1] | |||
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UFC 8: David vs. Goliath was a mixed martial arts event held by Ultimate Fighting Championship on February 16, 1996, at Ruben Rodriguez Coliseum in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. The event was broadcast live on pay per view in the United States, and later released on home video.
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[edit] History
UFC 8 featured an eight-man tournament, and a UFC Superfight Championship fight between reigning UFC Champion Ken Shamrock and Kimo Leopoldo. The event also featured one alternate fight, which was not shown on the live pay-per-view broadcast. The tournament had no weight classes, or weight limits. A 10 minute time limit was imposed for all matches in the tournament.
The event's matchups pitted larger fighters against smaller fighters, hence the term "David vs. Goliath". Local promoter for the historical first and only professional mixed martial arts event was Richy Miranda-Cortese, whose company Sports & Entertainment Ltd had to take local Government officials to Federal Court in order to avoid cancellation of the event by the Government. Among those government officials was Governor Pedro Rosello and Sports and Recreation Director Erick Labrador. The presentation of the event developed into a new boxing commission rules and regulations and Imposition of a banning Law that was later overturned after Miranda-Cortese fought it in court.
The championship fight featured Don Frye against Gary Goodridge, with Frye taking the victory when Goodridge's corner threw in the towel.
The event is also notable as being the first MMA event to draw criticism, including local politician Calvin McCard’s on site protests at UFC 8. These protests would spark the nationwide movement against MMA in 1996, spearheaded by Arizona Senator John McCain, which would later temporarily push the sport in the United States underground in 1997. [1]
[edit] Results
[edit] Alternate bouts
Sam Adkins vs. Keith Mielke
- Adkins defeated Mielke via submission (punches) at 0:50.
[edit] Quarterfinals
- Don Frye vs.
Thomas Ramirez
- Frye defeated Ramirez via KO (punch) at 0:08.
- Varelans defeated Moreira via unanimous decision at 10:00. Due to injuries sustained in this fight, Varelans was unable to continue in the tournament and was replaced by Sam Adkins.
- Bohlander defeated Ferrozzo via submission (guillotine choke) at 9:05.
Gary Goodridge vs. Paul Herrera
- Goodridge defeated Herrera via KO (elbows) at 0:13.
[edit] Semifinals
- Don Frye vs. Sam Adkins
- Frye defeated Adkins via TKO (doctor stoppage) at 0:48. Adkins replaced Paul Varelans, who was injured in his Quarterfinal bout.
- Goodridge defeated Bohlander via TKO (punches) at 5:32.
[edit] Superfight
- Superfight Championship bout: Ken Shamrock (c) vs. Kimo Leopoldo
- Shamrock defeated Leopoldo via submission (kneebar) at 4:24 to retain the UFC Superfight Championship.
[edit] Finals
- Frye defeated Goodridge via submission (punches) at 2:14 to win the UFC 8 Tournament.
[edit] UFC 8 bracket
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Don Frye | KO | |||||||||||
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Thomas Ramirez | 0:08 | |||||||||||
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Don Frye | TKO | |||||||||||
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Sam Adkins* | 0:48 | |||||||||||
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Paul Varelans | DEC | |||||||||||
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Joe Moreira | 10:00 | |||||||||||
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Don Frye | SUB | |||||||||||
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Gary Goodridge | 2:14 | |||||||||||
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Jerry Bohlander | SUB | |||||||||||
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Scott Ferrozzo | 9:03 | |||||||||||
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Jerry Bohlander | 5:31 | |||||||||||
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Gary Goodridge | TKO | |||||||||||
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Gary Goodridge | KO | |||||||||||
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Paul Herrera | 0:13 | |||||||||||
- Due to injury sustained in this fight, Varelans was unable to continue in the tournament and was replaced by Sam Adkins.
