UFC 2
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| UFC 2: No Way Out | ||
|---|---|---|
| Image:UFC2vhs.jpg | ||
| Details | ||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |
| Brand(s) | ||
| Date | March 11, 1994 | |
| Venue | Mammoth Gardens | |
| City | Denver, Colorado | |
| Attendance | 2,000 | |
| Buyrate | 300,000[1] | |
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||
| UFC 1: The Beginning | UFC 2: No Way Out | UFC 3: The American Dream |
UFC 2: No Way Out was the second mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship. It took place at the Mammoth Gardens in Denver, Colorado on March 11, 1994. The event used a sixteen-man tournament format, the first and only one in UFC's history. The winner recieved $60,000. The tournament had no weight classes or weight limits. Each match had no time limit or rounds, therefore no judges were used for the night. Competitors could only win a match by submission or knock out. Royce Gracie won the tournament by defeating Pat Smith via submission due to a rear naked choke. The event was the first appearance of referee John McCarthy, now a UFC staple. The event featured 16 separate fights, of which the last 8 were shown on the live pay-per-view broadcast.
Results
Main 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.
First Round Bout: Royce Gracie vs. Minoki Ichihara
Gracie defeated Ichihara via submission with a lapel choke at 5:08.
Quaterfinal Bout: Patrick Smith vs. Scott Morris
Smith defeated Morris via KO 1 0:30
Quaterfinal Bout: Johnny Rhodes vs. Fred Ettish
Rhodes defeated Ettish submission with a rear naked choke at 3:07. Ettish was a replacement for Hamaker, who was injured.
Quaterfinal Bout: Remco Pardoel vs. Orlando Weit
Pardoel defeated Wiet by KO with elbows on the ground at 1:29.
Quaterfinal Bout: Royce Gracie vs. Jason Delucia
Gracie defeated Delucia via submission with an 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
| First Round | Second Round | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||||||
| Patrick Smith | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ray Wizard | ||||||||||||||||||
| Patrick Smith | ||||||||||||||||||
| Scott Morris | ||||||||||||||||||
| Scott Morris | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sean Daugherty | ||||||||||||||||||
| Patrick Smith | ||||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Rhodes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Rhodes | ||||||||||||||||||
| David Levicki | ||||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Rhodes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fred Ettish 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Frank Hamaker | ||||||||||||||||||
| Thadius Luster | ||||||||||||||||||
| Patrick Smith | ||||||||||||||||||
| Royce Gracie | ||||||||||||||||||
| Remco Pardoel | ||||||||||||||||||
| Alberto de Leon | ||||||||||||||||||
| Remco Pardoel | ||||||||||||||||||
| Orlando Weit | ||||||||||||||||||
| Orlando Weit | ||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Lucarelli | ||||||||||||||||||
| Remco Pardoel | ||||||||||||||||||
| Royce Gracie | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jason Delucia | ||||||||||||||||||
| Scott Baker | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jason Delucia | ||||||||||||||||||
| Royce Gracie | ||||||||||||||||||
| Royce Gracie | ||||||||||||||||||
| Minoki Ichihara | ||||||||||||||||||
1 Frank Hamaker was forced to withdraw due to injury. He was replaced by Fred Ettish.
See also
References
- ↑ Walter, Donald F. , Jr. Mixed Martial Arts: Ultimate Sport, or Ultimately Illegal? Grapplearts.com. December 8 2003. Retrieved June 2 2006.
