UFC 2
UFC 2: No Way Out | |
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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.
Quarterfinal bout: Remco Pardoel vs. Orlando Weit
Pardoel defeated Weit via knockout with elbows on the ground at 1:29.
Quarterfinal bout: Royce Gracie vs. Jason Delucia
Gracie defeated Delucia via submission via armlock at 1:07.
Semifinal bout: Patrick Smith vs. Johnny Rhodes
Smith defeated Rhodes via submission with a guillotine choke at 1:07.
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.
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