UFC 1

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Ultimate Fighting Championship event mixed martial arts event sports tournament

UFC 1 was the first-ever Ultimate Fighting Championship event, a 1993 mixed martial arts tournament that introduced the UFC to the world and helped popularize modern MMA.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
UFC 1 canonical 6
UFC 1 event 1
UFC 1: The Beginning 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ultimate Fighting Championship event ⓘ
mixed martial arts event ⓘ
sports tournament ⓘ
allowedTechnique grappling ⓘ
kicks ⓘ
punches ⓘ
submissions ⓘ
bannedTechnique biting ⓘ
eye gouging ⓘ
broadcaster pay-per-view ⓘ
broadcastRegion United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
city Denver, Colorado ⓘ
surface form: Denver
coFounderInvolved Art Davie ⓘ
Rorion Gracie ⓘ
commentator Bill Wallace ⓘ
Jim Brown ⓘ
Kathy Long ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
date 1993-11-12 ⓘ
eventNumber 1 ⓘ
fighter Art Jimmerson ⓘ
Gerard Gordeau ⓘ
Ken Shamrock ⓘ
Kevin Rosier ⓘ
Patrick Smith ⓘ
Royce Gracie ⓘ
Teila Tuli ⓘ
Zane Frazier ⓘ
finalBoutLoser Gerard Gordeau ⓘ
finalSubmissionType rear-naked choke ⓘ
format single-elimination tournament ⓘ
glovesRequired no ⓘ
legacy considered a landmark event in MMA history ⓘ
mainEvent Royce Gracie vs. Gerard Gordeau ⓘ
methodOfVictoryInFinal submission ⓘ
numberOfFighters 8 ⓘ
promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship ⓘ
referee Bill Wallace ⓘ
roundsStructure no judges ⓘ
rules minimal rules ⓘ
significance first Ultimate Fighting Championship event ⓘ
helped popularize modern mixed martial arts ⓘ
sport mixed martial arts ⓘ
state Colorado ⓘ
tagline The Beginning ⓘ
tournamentWinner Royce Gracie ⓘ
venue McNichols Sports Arena ⓘ
weightClasses no weight classes ⓘ
year 1993 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ultimate Fighting Championship → inauguralEvent → UFC 1 ⓘ
Semaphore Entertainment Group → foundedUFCEventNumber → UFC 1 ⓘ
Semaphore Entertainment Group → notableWork → UFC 1 ⓘ
this entity surface form: UFC 1: The Beginning
Royce Gracie → UFCDebutEvent → UFC 1 ⓘ
Royce Gracie → wonTournament → UFC 1 ⓘ
Rorion Gracie → coFounded → UFC 1 ⓘ
this entity surface form: UFC 1 event
Art Davie → workedOn → UFC 1 ⓘ
UFC heavyweight division → firstUFCEventWithHeavyweights → UFC 1 ⓘ