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The Lightweight Championship was known as the Bantamweight Championship prior to UFC 31 (May 4, 2001). The Strikeforce Lightweight Championship was unified (perhaps unofficially) with the UFC Lightweight Championship on April 20, 2013, when Benson Henderson defeated Gilbert Melendez at UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Melendez. [35]
Oldest champion in UFC history (45 years, 147 days) First champion to hold titles in two different divisions. Mark Coleman: March 1, 2008 [9] UFC 82: Inaugural and one-time UFC Heavyweight Champion UFC 10 Tournament Winner UFC 11 Tournament Winner 2000 Pride Openweight Grand Prix Winner. Chuck Liddell: July 11, 2009 [10] UFC 100
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, United States, on November 12, 1993.
This was further highlighted by continued problems with UFC champions, including Jon Jones and Anderson Silva, failing drug tests. [235] [236] So in February 2015, UFC announced a more aggressive year round, random-testing approach for its competitors to begin in July 2015. [237] [238] [239]
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.
Pages in category "Ultimate Fighting Championship champions" The following 112 pages are in this category, out of 112 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
On January 16, 2006, UFC President Dana White announced that Royce Gracie would return to the UFC to fight UFC welterweight champion Matt Hughes on May 27, 2006, at UFC 60. This was a non-title bout at a catchweight of 175 lb. under UFC/California State Athletic Commission rules.
Daniel DeWayne Severn (born June 8, 1958), nicknamed "the Beast", is an American semi-retired professional wrestler, retired mixed martial artist [1] and amateur wrestler.A UFC Hall of Fame member, Severn is considered one of the leading pioneers of mixed martial arts [2] [3] and the first true world-class wrestler to compete in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. [4]
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