The year 1997 was the fifth year in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. In 1997, the UFC held five events beginning with UFC 12: Judgement Day.
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1997, year, 1997, fifth, year, history, ultimate, fighting, championship, mixed, martial, arts, promotion, based, united, states, 1997, held, five, events, beginning, with, judgement, informationfirst, datefebruary, 1997last, datedecember, 1997eventstotal, eve. The year 1997 was the fifth year in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship UFC a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States In 1997 the UFC held five events beginning with UFC 12 Judgement Day 1997 in UFCInformationFirst dateFebruary 7 1997Last dateDecember 21 1997EventsTotal events5UFC4FightsTotal fights41Title fights5Chronology1996 in UFC 1997 in UFC 1998 in UFC Contents 1 Title fights 2 Debut UFC fighters 3 Events list 4 See also 5 ReferencesTitle fights editTitle fights in 1997 Weight class Method Round Time Event Notes Heavyweight Mark Coleman def Dan Severn submission neck crank 2 57 UFC 12 Judgement Day a Heavyweight Maurice Smith def Mark Coleman c unanimous decision 21 00 UFC 14 Showdown b Heavyweight Maurice Smith c def Tank Abbott submission exhaustion 8 08 UFC 15 Collision Course c Light Heavyweight Frank Shamrock def Kevin Jackson submission armbar 1 0 16 UFC Ultimate Japan d Heavyweight Randy Couture def Maurice Smith c majority decision 1 21 00 UFC Ultimate Japan e Coleman defeated Severn to become the inaugural UFC Heavyweight Champion Smith defeated Coleman to become the new UFC Heavyweight Champion Smith defeated Abbott to remain the UFC Heavyweight Champion Shamrock defeated Jackson to become the inaugural the Light Heavyweight Champion Couture defeated Smith to become the new UFC Heavyweight Champion However he was stripped of the title in October 1998 due to a contract dispute Debut UFC fighters editThe following fighters fought their first UFC fight in 1997 Alex Hunter Brad Kohler Carlos Barreto Dan Bobish Dmitri Stepanov Donnie Chappell Dwayne Cason Enson Inoue Eric Martin Frank Shamrock Greg Stott Harry Moskowitz Houston Dorr Jackie Lee Jim Mullen Justin Martin Yoshiki Takahashi Kazushi Sakuraba Kevin Jackson Marcus Silveira Mark Kerr Maurice Smith Nick Sanzo Rainy Martinez Randy Couture Royce Alger Saeed Hosseini Steven Graham Tito Ortiz Tony Fryklund Tony Halme Tra Telligman Vitor Belfort Wallid Ismail Wes Albritton Yoji Anjo Yuri VaulinEvents list editMain article List of UFC events Event Date Venue Location Attendance 14 UFC 12 Judgement Day Feb 7 1997 Dothan Civic Center Dothan Alabama U S 3 100 1 15 UFC 13 The Ultimate Force May 30 1997 Augusta Civic Center Augusta Georgia U S 5 100 2 16 UFC 14 Showdown Jul 27 1997 Boutwell Auditorium Birmingham Alabama U S 5 000 3 17 UFC 15 Collision Course Oct 17 1997 Casino Magic Bay St Louis Bay St Louis Mississippi U S 18 UFC Japan Ultimate Japan Dec 21 1997 Yokohama Arena Yokohama Japan 5 000 4 See also editUFC List of UFC champions List of UFC eventsReferences edit UFC 12 Judgement Day tapology com Retrieved October 20 2010 UFC 13 Ultimate Force tapology com Retrieved October 20 2010 UFC 14 Showdown tapology com Retrieved October 20 2010 UFC 15 5 Ultimate Japan tapology com Retrieved October 20 2010 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1997 in UFC amp oldid 1189580992, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
