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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, on November 12, 1993. [1]

45 relations: American Kenpo, Art Davie, Art Jimmerson, Bill Wallace (martial artist), Boxing, Brazil, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Brian Kilmeade, Colorado, Denver, Gerard Gordeau, Home video, Jason DeLucia, Jim Brown, Kathy Long, Ken Shamrock, Kevin Rosier, Kickboxing, Knockout, List of UFC champions, List of UFC events, Los Angeles Times, McNichols Sports Arena, Mixed martial arts, Patrick Smith (fighter), Pay-per-view, Rear naked choke, Referee, Rod Machado, Rorion Gracie, Royce Gracie, Savate, Shootfighting, Submission (combat sports), Sumo, Taekwondo, Taylor Wily, Tournament, Trent Jenkins, UFC 2, Ultimate Fighting Championship, Vale tudo, VHS, Zane Frazier, 1993 in UFC.

American Kenpo

American Kenpo (pronounced KeNpo), also known as Kenpo Karate, is a martial art characterized by the use of quick and powerful strikes delivered from all of the body's natural weapons, powered by rapid stance transitions, called "shifting." Beginners are introduced to basic attack responses, which comprise a larger system taught through scripted scenarios, which allow instructors a platform to share concepts and principles Ed Parker emphasized in his teachings.

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Art Davie

Art Davie is a business executive and entrepreneur formerly active in Southern California advertising circles.

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Art Jimmerson

Arthur "Art" Jimmerson is a retired boxer & Mixed Martial Artist who competed at super middleweight, light heavyweight, and cruiserweight.

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Bill Wallace (martial artist)

William Louis Wallace (born December 1, 1945) is an American martial artist who was a Professional Karate Association world full-contact karate champion.

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Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves, throw punches at each other for a predetermined set of time in a boxing ring.

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Brazil

Brazil (Brasil), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (República Federativa do Brasil), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America.

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Brazilian jiu-jitsu

Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ; jiu-jitsu brasileiro) is a martial art and combat sport system that focuses on grappling and especially ground fighting.

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Brian Kilmeade

Brian Kilmeade (born May 7, 1964) is a Fox News television personality.

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Colorado

Colorado is a state of the United States encompassing most of the southern Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains.

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Denver

Denver, officially the City and County of Denver, is the capital and most populous municipality of the U.S. state of Colorado.

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Gerard Gordeau

Gerard Gordeau (born March 30, 1959) is a Dutch former savateur, karateka, and mixed martial artist.

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Home video

Home video is pre-recorded video media that is either sold, rented or streamed for home entertainment.

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Jason DeLucia

Jason DeLucia (born July 24, 1969) is a retired American mixed martial artist.

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Jim Brown

James Nathaniel Brown (born February 17, 1936) is a former professional American football player and actor.

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Kathy Long

Kathy Long (born April 21, 1964) is an American retired five time world kickboxing champion and mixed martial arts fighter.

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Ken Shamrock

Kenneth Shamrock (born Kenneth Wayne Kilpatrick; February 11, 1964) is an American mixed martial artist, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Hall of Famer, and retired professional wrestler.

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Kevin Rosier

Kevin Rosier (January 6, 1962 – April 14, 2015) was an American kickboxer, boxer and mixed martial artist.

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Kickboxing

Kickboxing is a group of stand-up combat sports based on kicking and punching, historically developed from karate mixed with boxing.

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Knockout

A knockout (abbreviated to KO or K.O.) is a fight-ending, winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, muay thai, mixed martial arts, karate, some forms of taekwondo, and other sports involving striking, as well as fighting-based video games.

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List of UFC champions

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) champions are fighters who have won UFC championships.

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List of UFC events

This is a list of events held and scheduled by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States.

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Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper which has been published in Los Angeles, California since 1881.

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McNichols Sports Arena

McNichols Sports Arena was an indoor arena located in Denver, Colorado.

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Mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full-contact combat sport that allows striking and grappling, both standing and on the ground, using techniques from other combat sports and martial arts.

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Patrick Smith (fighter)

Patrick Smith (born August 28, 1963) is an American kickboxer and mixed martial artist.

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Pay-per-view

Pay-per-view (PPV) is a type of pay television service by which a subscriber of a television service provider can purchase events to view via private telecast.

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Rear naked choke

The rear naked choke (RNC) is a chokehold in martial arts applied from an opponent's back.

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Referee

A referee or simply ref is the person of authority in a variety of sports who is responsible for presiding over the game from a neutral point of view and making on-the-fly decisions that enforce the rules of the sport, including sportsmanship decisions such as ejection.

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Rod Machado

Rod Machado is a pilot and author of aviation flight training materials.

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Rorion Gracie

Rorion Gracie (born January 10, 1952) is a Brazilian American Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Grand Master, a prominent member of the Gracie family, writer, publisher, producer, lecturer, and the co-founder of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

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Royce Gracie

Royce Gracie (born December 12, 1966) is a Brazilian semi-retired professional mixed martial artist competing for Bellator MMA, a UFC Hall of Famer, and a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner.

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Savate

Savate, also known as boxe française, savate boxing, French boxing or French footfighting, is a French combat sport that uses the hands and feet as weapons combining elements of English boxing with graceful kicking techniques.

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Shootfighting

Shootfighting is a martial art and combat sport, with competitions governed by the International Shootfighting Association (ISFA).

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Submission (combat sports)

A submission is a combat sports term for yielding to the opponent, and hence resulting in an immediate defeat.

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Sumo

or sumo wrestling is a competitive full-contact wrestling sport where a rikishi (wrestler) attempts to force another wrestler out of a circular ring (dohyō) or into touching the ground with anything other than the soles of his feet.

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Taekwondo

Taekwondo (from Korean 태권도, 跆拳道) is a Korean martial art, characterised by its emphasis on head-height kicks, jumping and spinning kicks, and fast kicking techniques.

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Taylor Wily

Taylor Wily, also known as Teila Tuli (born 14 June 1969) is a Hawaiian actor and a former sumo wrestler and mixed martial artist.

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Tournament

A tournament is a competition involving a relatively large number of competitors, all participating in a sport or game.

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Trent Jenkins

Trent Jenkins is an American mixed martial artist.

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UFC 2

The Ultimate Fighting Championship Part II (later renamed UFC 2: No Way Out) was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on March 11, 1994, at Mammoth Gardens in Denver, Colorado.

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Ultimate Fighting Championship

The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is an American mixed martial arts organization based in Las Vegas, Nevada, that is owned and operated by parent company William Morris Endeavor.

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Vale tudo

Vale tudo (anything goes) is an unarmed, full-contact combat sport with relatively few rules.

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VHS

The Video Home System (VHS) is a standard for consumer-level analog video recording on tape cassettes.

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Zane Frazier

Zane Troy Frazier (born July 16, 1966) is an American former karateka, kickboxer and mixed martial artist who competed in the heavyweight division.

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1993 in UFC

The year 1993 is the 1st year in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_1

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