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Originally titled The Ultimate Fighting Championship, this was meant to be a showcase of various fighting styles and practices, 8 men being put into a tournament with absolutely no holds barred or weight classes, fights only being decided by knockout, submission or cornerman forfeit.
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Quarterfinals Gerard Gordeau, a "Savateur" or French kickboxer def. Teila Tuli, a sumo wrestler (TKO via head kick, 26 seconds)
Kevin Rosier, a standard kickboxer, def. Zane Frazier, an American Kenpo karate artist (TKO via Frazier's corner stopping the fight, 4 minutes and 20 seconds)
Royce Gracie, a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner, def. Art Jimmerson, a boxer (Submission, 2 minutes and 18 seconds)
Ken Shamrock, a shootfighter, def. Patrick Smith, a taekwondo artist (Submission via heel hook, 1 minute and 49 seconds)
Semi-Finals Gerard Gordeau def. Kevin Rosier (TKO via Rosier's corner stopping the fight, 59 seconds)
Royce Gracie def. Ken Shamrock (Submission via rear-naked choke, 57 seconds)
Finals Royce Gracie def. Gerard Gordeau (Submission via rear-naked choke, 1 minute and 44 seconds) and is crowned THE WINNER OF 1ST UFC
UFC released UFC 1: The Beginning on Fri Nov 12 1993.