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List of UFC events is a list of events held and scheduled by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. UFC's first event, UFC 1 , took place on November 12, 1993.
In professional boxing, until the 1980s, the "championship distance" generally referred to the title rounds that numbered between 13 and 15. [7] [8] For decades, the last heavyweight title match scheduled for less than 15 rounds had been the September 22, 1927 10-rounder between Gene Tunney and Jack Dempsey; from then, the only bout that was not scheduled for 15 rounds had been a scheduled 20 ...
The boxing tournaments at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place from 24 July to 8 August 2021 at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan. [1] Thirteen events were staged, the same number as in London in 2012 and Rio de Janeiro in 2016. However, for the first time since the London Games, the programme has been updated, with the number of men's events ...
Rousey defended her UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship against fellow Olympic medalist and undefeated fighter Sara McMann in the main event at UFC 170 on February 22, 2014. Rousey won the fight by TKO after knocking down McMann with a knee to the body just over a minute into the first round.
Khelif collapsed in sobs as she left the ring, and said little after the fight beyond dedicating the match to her native Algeria. ... Staneva in their women's 57 kg quarterfinal boxing match at ...
For example, a world title fight in men’s boxing – a professional bout – will always be scheduled for 12 three-minute rounds; and a women’s world title fight will be scheduled for 12 two ...
Since the 1908 Olympics, boxing has been contested at every Summer Olympic Games besides the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, because Swedish law banned the martial arts at the time. [ 1 ] Until 1948, losing semi-finalists competed in a match for a bronze medal.
They are both women’s boxing veterans, including at the Olympics, and do not win all of their matches. Khelif has fought other Italian opponents in the past.