UFC 6

UFC 6: Clash of the Titans
The poster for UFC 6: Clash of the Titans
Information
Promotion	Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date	July 14, 1995
Venue	Casper Events Center
City	Casper, Wyoming, USA
Attendance	2,700
Buyrate	240,000
Event chronology
UFC 5: The Return of the Beast UFC 6: Clash of the Titans UFC 7: The Brawl in Buffalo

UFC 6: Clash of the Titans was the sixth mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on July 14, 1995, at the Casper Events Center in Casper, Wyoming. The event was seen live on pay per view in the United States, and later released on home video.

History

UFC 6 featured the crowning of the first UFC Champion to win the title in a non-tournament format. The champion would be the winner of a special match called 'The Superfight', which continued from UFC 5 as there was no official winner in the previous Superfight. UFC 6 also featured an eight-man tournament, and two alternate fights which were not shown on the live pay-per-view broadcast. The tournament had no weight classes, or weight limits. Each match had no rounds; therefore no judges were used for the night. A 20 minute time limit was imposed for the quarterfinal and semi-final round matches in the tournament. The finals of the tournament and the Superfight had a 30 minute time limit and, if necessary, a five minute overtime.

This event continued the Superfight format from UFC 5 to determine the reigning UFC champion for tournament winners to face. Ken Shamrock remained in the spot and his opponent was UFC 5 champion Dan Severn in a championship match dubbed as "The Clash of the Titans".

The referee for the night was 'Big' John McCarthy and Michael Buffer served as the guest ring announcer for the night.

Results

Superfight Championship
Weight Class	Winner		Loser	Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Ken Shamrock	def.	Dan Severn	submission (guillotine choke)		2:14	Note 1
Finals
	Oleg Taktarov	def.	Tank Abbott	submission (rear-naked choke)		17:45
Semifinals
	Tank Abbott	def.	Paul Varelans	TKO (punches)		1:53
	Oleg Taktarov	def.	Anthony Macias	submission (guillotine choke)		0:09	Note 2
Quarterfinals
	Tank Abbott	def.	John Matua	KO (punch)		0:20
	Paul Varelans	def.	Cal Worsham	KO (elbow)		1:02
	Patrick Smith	def.	Rudyard Moncayo	submission (rear-naked choke)		1:08
	Oleg Taktarov	def.	Dave Beneteau	submission (guillotine)		0:57
Alternate bouts
	Joel Sutton	def.	Jack McLaughlin	submission (punches)		2:01
	Anthony Macias	def.	He-Man Ali Gipson	submission (punches)		3:06

^Note 1 Shamrock defeated Severn via at to become the first UFC Superfight Champion
^Note 2 Macias replaced Patrick Smith, who could not continue due to stomach cramps.

UFC 6 Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Tank Abbott

KO

John Matua

0:20

Tank Abbott

TKO

Paul Varelans

1:53

Paul Varelans

KO

Cal Worsham

1:02

Tank Abbott

17:45

Oleg Taktarov

SUB

Patrick Smith

SUB

Rudyard Moncayo

1:08

Anthony Macias1

0:09

Oleg Taktarov

SUB

Oleg Taktarov

SUB

Dave Beneteau

0:57

¹Patrick Smith was forced to withdraw due to injury. He was replaced by Anthony Macias.

External links

• UFC 6 results at Sherdog.com
• UFC 6 fights reviews
• Official UFC website
• MMA Mental History UFC 6