UFC 2
| UFC 2: No Way Out | |
|---|---|
| File:UFC2vhs.jpg The poster for UFC 2: No Way Out | |
| Information | |
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship |
| Date | March 11, 1994 |
| Venue | Mammoth Gardens |
| City | Denver, Colorado |
| Attendance | 2,000 |
| Buyrate | 300,000[1] |
UFC 2: No Way Out (later renamed UFC 2 or The Ultimate Fighting Championship 2) was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on March 11, 1994, at Mammoth Gardens in Denver, Colorado. The event was seen live on pay-per-view in the United States, and was later released on home video. UFC 2 featured a sixteen-man tournament format, the first and only one in UFC's history, with the winner receiving $60,000. The tournament had no weight classes or weight limits. Matches had no time limit or rounds, therefore no judges were used. Competitors could only win a match by submission, by the opponent's corner throwing in the towel, or by knockout. The event marked the first appearance of referee "Big" John McCarthy, now a UFC staple.
The event featured sixteen separate fights, of which only the last eight were shown on the live pay-per-view broadcast and home video versions.
Results
Preliminary card
First round bout: Scott Morris vs. Sean Daugherty
Morris defeated Daugherty by submission with a guillotine choke in 20 seconds. This match was not shown on the live pay-per-view broadcast.
First Round Bout: Patrick Smith vs. Ray Wizard
Smith defeated Wizard by submission with a guillotine choke in 58 seconds. This match was not shown on the live pay-per-view broadcast.
First round bout: Johnny Rhodes vs. David Levicki
Rhodes defeated Levicki by submission due to strikes at 12:13. This match was not shown on the live pay-per-view broadcast.
First round bout: Frank Hamaker vs. Thaddeus Luster
Hamaker defeated Luster by submission at 4:52. This match was not shown on the live pay-per-view broadcast.
First round bout: Orlando Weit vs. Robert Lucarelli
Weit defeated Lucarelli TKO with knees to the head at 2:50. This match was not shown on the live pay-per-view broadcast.
First round bout: Remco Pardoel vs. Alberta Cerra Leon
Pardoel defeatedd Loen vis submission with an armlock at 9:51. This match was not shown on the live pay-per-view broadcast.
First Round Bout: Jason Delucia vs. Scott Baker
Delucia defeated Baker via submission due to strikes at 6:41. This match was not shown on the live pay-per-view broadcast.
Main card
First round bout: Royce Gracie vs. Minoki Ichihara
Gracie defeated Ichihara via submission with a collar choke, which was mistakenly called an armbar[2] at 5:08.
Quarterfinal bout: Patrick Smith vs. Scott Morris
Smith defeated Morris via knockout in 0:30.
Quarterfinal bout: Johnny Rhodes vs. Fred Ettish
Rhodes defeated Ettish via submission with a rear naked choke at 3:07. Ettish was a replacement for Hamaker, who was injured in his first round fight. Ettish spend a great deal of the fight sitting down, after eating a solid shot, attempting to kick the legs of Rhodes, a world class kickboxer who was able to avoid those strikes with ease. This and the Morris/Smith fight were the bloodiest of the tournament.
Quarterfinal bout: Remco Pardoel vs. Orlando Weit
Pardoel defeated Weit via knockout with elbows on the ground at 1:29.
Ultimately the Pardoel-Weit fight played a large role in bringing around three major rule changes to the UFC that have become standard in almost all mixed martial arts competition. The most notable of these was the eventual introduction of weight classes. While 180 lb UFC champion Royce Gracie was able to neutralize the weight advantage of much larger fighters through his use of the guard the Pardoel-Weit fight showed for the first time what can happen when a much larger fighter gains an advantageous position and is able to bring the full power of their weight down upon a much smaller opponent. The second major rule change was the referee officially being given the authority to stop a fight in case of a fighter being unable to defend himself, which was enacted in UFC 3. The third rule change came when downward elbow strikes were banned in UFC 28.
Quarterfinal bout: Royce Gracie vs. Jason Delucia
Gracie defeated Delucia via submission with an armlock at 1:07. Delucia actually trained with the Gracie family prior to this UFC competition, and Gracie said he was looking forward to this fight the most out of all the other competitors.[citation needed]
Semifinal bout: Patrick Smith vs. Johnny Rhodes
Smith defeated Rhodes via submission with a guillotine choke at 1:07. In his interviews after his victories, Smith claimed that he was the best fighter in UFC, learning from his quick and easy defeat from Ken Shamrock's leg lock what a couple of good grappling moves can do.
Smith: "...a little bit, not like I should..." perhaps one of the more ironic statements in the early UFC fight cards considering he lost to Gracie later that day via submission.
Semifinal bout: Royce Gracie vs. Remco Pardoel
Gracie defeated Pardoel via submission with a lapel choke at 1:31.
Finals: Royce Gracie vs. Patrick Smith
Gracie defeated Smith via submission due to strikes at 1:17 to win UFC 2. Still an amateur grappler, Smith was quickly defeated by Gracie on the ground. While in a mounted position, Smith had his arms crossed and could not block Gracie's off hand punches to his face and the towel was eventually thrown in. In the Hall of Fame interview with Gracie at the end of the DVD, he admitted that while the three matches in UFC 1 seemed to be adequate, the four rounds necessary to win UFC 2 seemed excessive and overly exhausting. While maintaining a good attitude and saying that he "could fight all day" Gracie did admit that four fights in one night is a lot.
UFC 2 bracket
1 Frank Hamaker was forced to withdraw due to injury. He was replaced by Fred Ettish.
References
- ^ Walter, Donald F., Jr. Mixed Martial Arts: Ultimate Sport, or Ultimately Illegal? Grapplearts.com. December 8 2003. Retrieved June 2 2006.
- ^ Royce Gracie in Gracie Jiu-jitsu intermediate vol 4 "bonus - ufc finishing moves" video tape
