THE ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP (UFC)
In The Beginning:
A tournament titled “War of The Worlds” was the idea that began The UFC. In 1993 Art Davie presented the idea to John Milius and Rorian Gracie, the theory was an 8 man tournament featuring all styles of fighting to see which was the “Ultimate”. Early on Senator John McCain saw a tape of the UFC and had it banned. There was a time that you could watch Porno on PPV but Not UFC. The early events saw tournament style formats including names like Ken Shamrock, Guy Metzger and the early Pioneer Royce Gracie. Royce would win numerous tournaments in the early days solidifying him and the Gracie family as stars and the iconic family of fighting. One of the main differences in pre zuffa days was that no weight classes existed. a 105 pound man could square off against a 250 pound guy.
The Zuffa Years
In January 2001 The UFC was on the verge of bankruptcy and Dana White and his friends the Fertitta brothers bought the company for $2 Million Dollars. They would start by utilizing rules, weight classes and building stars. They were struggling early on but the change would come when they aired a reality show on Spike TV called The Ultimate Fighter in 2005. The show featured 16 fighters living in a house w/ no contact with the outside world and getting world class training from top notch UFC stars. The Finale saw the fight between forrest griffin and stephan bonnar that catapulted the UFC into the main stream and earned a second season of the show on Spike. From there the UFC Machine showed no sign of slowing down w/ Superstars like Chuck Liddell, Georges St. Pierre, Jon Jones and probably the biggest of them all in Conor McGregor. McGregor and Ronda Rousey were instrumental in turning the UFC into a mainstream juggernaut. Ronda put Woman’s MMA on the map while Conor transcended the sport. In 2021 the company has never been bigger and holds pay per views monthly w/ fight nights almost weekly. The UFC is going stronger every day that goes by.
YOUR CURRENT UFC CHAMPIONS;
Heavyweight Champion: Jon Jones (27-1-1)
*Interim Heavyweight Champion: Tom Aspinall (14-3)
Light Heavyweight Champion: Alex Pereira (9-2)
Middleweight Champion: Dricus Du Plessis (21-2)
Welterweight Champion: Leon Edwards (25-2)
Lightweight Champion: Islam Makhachev (24-1)
Featherweight Champion: Alexander Volkanovski (25-2)
Bantamweight Champion: Sean O’ Malley (18-1)
Flyweight Champion: Alexander Pantoja (27-5)
Woman’s Featherweight Champion: Vacant
Woman’s Bantamweight Champion: Raquel Pennington (15-9)
Woman’s Flyweight Champion: Alexa Grasso (15-3)
Woman’s Strawweight Champion: Weili Zhang (24-3)
UFC MOST RECENT RESULTS: - Up to Date results from every UFC Event including Fight Nights and Pay Per Views
UFC CURRENT CHAMPIONS: -
The Current Champions in The UFC w/ stats and records of each competitor.
UPCOMING UFC EVENTS: - All The upcoming UFC Cards w/ all the up to date fight announcements per card.
UFC PAY PER VIEW HISTORY -
A History of All Pay Per Views from 1 to Current, Numbers and title changes amongst other information.
UFC FIGHT NIGHT HISTORY -
A History of the new millennium events that are not PPV’s. These include fight nights and more.
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN HISTORY: -
UFC fought for years to get MMA legalized in New York. Once they got that accomplished they’ve put on some of the best cards of each year in the famed building.
UFC RANKINGS (OURS) -
Our top ten (or 11 in some cases) rankings of the UFC. All weight classes. We judge on record, not name.
UFC HALL OF FAME -
A Look at The UFC’s Hall of Fame w/ a look at all members of each class of induction.
THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER (REALITY SHOW) -
A History & Breakdown of Each Season including fighters post show careers and more.
UFC CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY -
Every Person to Hold a UFC Title is Included. Who’s held belts the longest and who beat who to become champion plus much more.
PAY PER VIEW KINGS -
Facts & Figures from All UFC PPV’s. Who brings in the money and who flops in main events.
THE GOAT (GREATEST OF ALL TIME) PER DIVISION: -
Our Breakdown of the GOAT of Each Division in the UFC.
PAY PER VIEWS FEATURING 3 TITLE FIGHTS: -
Facts and figures from all the UFC Pay Per Views featuring 3 title fights.
UFC ARTIST SERIES -
Each Pay Per View the UFC has an artist series poster design, here you’ll find them all…
