[gattaca]

Here is a history that I have been working on for a couple of days. There are a lot of things on the net that I found to be incorrect. Some websites offered differing information. Below is what I have assembled and believe to be correct. Please advise if there are any mistakes. Please also inlcude any suggestions for making the database better.
UFC 1- Tournament Royce Gracie 8 Man Nov 93
UFC 2- Tournament Royce Gracie 16 Man March 94
UFC 3- Tournament Steve Jennum 8 Man Sept 94. Steve Jennum was an alternate and went straight to the finals when Ken Shamrock was unable to continue due to an injury. In the semi finals between Harold Howard and Royce Gracie, Gracie entered the ring and threw in the towel before the match began. This was counted as a loss and no alternate was provided to fight Howard in the semi final.Harold Howard advanced to the finals having fought only 1 fight which he won in 46 seconds with a KO. At this time in the UFC, alternates did not have to fight for a spot as an alternate, so Jennum went in fresh and won the tournament. Many would have rather seen Kimo enter the finals rather than the fresh Jennum.
UFC 4- Tournament Royce Gracie 8 Man Dec 94
UFC 5- Tournament Dan Severn 8 Man April 95
UFC 5 Super Fight- Draw Royce Gracie and Ken Shamrock
UFC 6- Tournament Oleg Taktarov 8 Man July 95
UFC 6- Superfight Winner- Ken Shamrock (Over Severn) for the Superfight Belt. The HW Belt would be brought in at UFC 12 and the Superfight and HW Titles were united. Ken Shamrock never technically held the UFC HW Title, but the Superfight Title iswidely considered the same thing.
UFC 7- Tournament Marco Ruas 8 Man Sept 95
UFC 7 Superfight Winner- Draw Oleg Taktarov and Ken Shamrock
95 Ultimate Ultimate- Tournament Dan Severn 8 Man Dec 95
UFC 8- Tournament Don Frye 8 Man Feb 96
UFC 8 Superfight Winner- Ken Shamrock over Kimo Leopoldo
UFC 9 No Tournament May 96
UFC 9 Superfight Winner- Dan Severn (Over Shamrock). This fight was 33 minutes of mostly circling each other. It is widely considered the most boring fight of all time, possibly in all of MMA. Dan Severn is reported to have said that this fight took place psychologically rather than physically (Paraphrase)
UFC 10- Tournament Mark Coleman 8 Man July 96
UFC 11- Tournament Mark Coleman 8 Man (But only fought 2 fights to win it) Sept 96
96 Ultimate Ultimate 2- Tournament Don Frye 8 Man Dec 96
UFC 12- LW(Under 200) Tournament- Jerry Bohlander 4 Man Feb 97
UFC 12- HW Tournament(over 200)- Vitor Belfort 4 Man
UFC 12- Superfight and HW Title Winner Mark Coleman over Dan Severn (HW title and Superfight title are united)
UFC 13- LW(under 200) Tournament- Guy Mezger 4 Man May 97
UFC 13- HW(over 200) Tournament- Randy Couture 4 Man
UFC 14 LW(under 200) Tournament- Kevin Jackson July 97 4 man
UFC 14 HW (over 200)Tournament- Mark Kerr 4 Man
UFC 14 Maurice Smith defeats Mark Coleman for UFC HW Title.
UFC 15 HW Tournament-Mark Kerr 4 Man Oct 97
UFC 15 Maurice Smith retains HW title over Tank Abbott
U-Japan-Randy Couture defeats Maurice Smith to obtain the UFC HW Title. Couture vacates the belt over failed contract negotiations Dec 97
U-Japan-Frank Shamrock wins newly formed MW Title over Kevin Jackson
U-Japan- Kazushi Sakuraba wins a 4 Man HW Tournament. Sakuraba had fought Marcus Silveira in the first round. The fight was ruled a no contest because of early stoppage by the ref. Tank Abbott defeated Yoji Anjo but broke his hand. It was determined that Sakuraba and Silveira would fight again and the winner would be the Tournament winner. Sakuraba won.
UFC 16- LHW Tournament- Pat Miletich 4 Man March 98
UFC 16- Frank Shamrock retains MW Title over Igor Zinoviev
UFC 17-MW Tournament- Dan Henderson 4 Man May 98
UFC 17- MW Champ Frank Shamrock beats Jeremy Horn to retain Belt
U-Brazil No Tournament or Title match Oct 98
UFC 18- No Tournament Jan 99
UFC 18- For the new Lightweight Title- Pat Miletich over Jorge Patrino
UFC 19- No Tournament March 99
UFC 20- No Tournament May 99
UFC 20- Bas Rutten beats Kevin Randleman for the vacant HW Title
UFC 21 – Pat Miletich over Andre Pedemeiras to retain the LW July99
UFC21-* Unified Rules of Combat adopted by the UFC
UFC 22- Frank Shamrock over Tito Ortiz to retain MW Title Sept 99
UFC 23 Ultimate Japan 2- Japan Tournament for UFC Japan Champion- Kenichi Yamamoto (4 Man) Nov 99
UFC 23- Kevin Randleman defeats Pete Williams for the vacant HW title (Vacated by Bas Rutten)
UFC 23-* First event not to be released on video. UFC 23-29 were never released on video. PRIDE and K-1 beat UFC Japan badly in ratings. UFC Japan was to be a separate company from the UFC in the United States. It failed after UFC 29. This was the last tournament format that the UFC ever had.
UFC 24- One Night Tournaments were no longer held after UFC 23. A scheduled title defense between Kevin Randleman and Pedro Rizzo was postponed when Randleman slipped on a concrete floor and was knocked unconscious with a concussion while warming up for the fight. PPV and live audience were not informed until the end of the evening that the fight would not take place. March 2000
UFC 25 U Japan 3. Tito Ortiz defeated Wanderlei Silva for the vacant MW Title left vacant when Frank Shamrock “Retired”.April 2000
UFC 26- Kevin Randleman retains the HW title after beating Pedro Rizzo.June 2000
UFC 26- Pat Miletich retains the LW Title after beating John Alessio
UFC 27- No title defenses. Sept 2000
UFC 28- Randy Couture (2) defeated Kevin Randleman for the HW Title
UFC 28 marked the first UFC event to be sanctioned by the New Jersey State Athletic Control Board, held under the newly formed "Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts". The new rules introduced new strict weight classes, resulting in the first UFC Super Heavyweight bout, and the first UFC Bantamweight bout
UFC 29-Tito Ortiz retains MW Title by defeating Yuki Kondo
UFC 29-This was the 6th event in a row to not be released on Video. Following this event, which was the 4th UFC event held in Japan, SEG sold the UFC to Zuffa in Jan of 2001.
UFC 30-Tito Ortiz retains MW Title by defeating Evan Tanner
UFC 30- Jens Pulver beats Caol Uno for what was then called the Bantamweight Title (Later becomes LW Title)
UFC30- New owners Zuffa release UFC 30 on tape. UFC 23-29 (7 events, NOT 6 like Wikipedia says) are never released on tape and are still unavailbale through official licensing. They can be found though.
UFC 31- The weight classes are restructured to get in favor with Nevada State Athletic Commision guidelines. These weight classes are the same ones used as of today (March 07).
LW- 155
WW- 170
MW-185
LHW-205
HW-265
SHW-Over 265
Pat Miletich’s title was originally called the LW Title, but was switched to the WW Title. Tito Ortiz’ Title was originally called the Middelweight Title but was renamed the LHW Title. Randy Couture’s HW Title remains unchanged in name. The newly created Middleweight and Lightweight divisions did not have a champion until UFC 33
UFC31- Pat Miletich loses his newly named WW Title against Carlos Newton
Randy Couture retains his HW title by beating Pedro Rizzo
UFC 32-Tito Ortiz retains his newly named LHW Title by defating Elvis Sinosic
UFC33- Tito Ortiz retains his LHW title by defeating Vladimir Matyushenko Sept 01
UFC33- Dave Menne defeats Gil Castillo for the newly formed MW Title
UFC 33- Jens Pulver defeats Dennis Hallman for the newly formed LW Title.
UFC 33- The first mixed marital arts event sanctioned by the Nevada State Athletic Commission, under the Unified Rules Of Mixed Martial Arts Combat, which was first established by the New Jersey State Athletic Control Board in 2000. The UFC had been following these rules since UFC 28.
UFC 34- Randy Couture once again defeats Pedro Rizzo to retain the HW title
UFC 34- Matt Hughes defeats Carlos Newton for the WW Title
UFC 35-Murilo Bustamante defeats Dave Menne to obtain the MW Title
UFC 35- Jens Pulver retains his LW belt against BJ Penn.
UFC 36-Matt Hughes retains his WW Title by defeating Hayatu Sakurai
UFC 36- Josh Barnett defeats Randy Couture for the HW Title. Barnett is stripped of the title after a mandatory post fight drug test in which he tested positive for steroid use. The title was vacated
UFC 37- Murilo Bustamante retains his MW Title after defeating Matt Lindland. The following is taken from Wikipedia:Bustamante wins by submission (guillotine choke) at 3:20 of the third round. Bustamante had Lindland hooked cleanly in an armbar early in the fight, then released it after what seemed to be a tap, followed by a shout to stop the action by John McCarthy. Lindland claimed it wasn't a tap, which controversially led McCarthy to restart the fight. Shortly after, Bustamante left UFC due to contract disputes and fighting in Pride's 2003 Middleweight Grand Prix. He was then stripped of the UFC Middleweight title.
UFC 37.5- No Title defenses. This UFC was put togethr as a promo for The Best Damn Sports Show. Since UFC 38 had already been announced and named, and having UFC39 prior to 38 would have confused peopel even more, it was named UFC 37.5. Liddell did defeat Belfort as the main event.
UFC 38- Matt Hughes retains the WW Title after defeating Carlos Newton
UFC 39- Ricco Rodriguez defeats Randy Couture for the vacated HW Title
UFC 39- The First round of LW tournament is held after Jens Pulver is stripped of his title after he and the UFC could not agree on contract negotiations. BJ Penn defeated Matt Serra and Caol Uno defeated Din Thomas. The final round was fought at UFC 41.
UFC 40- Tito Ortiz retains his LHW Title against Ken Shamrock
UFC 40- Matt Hughes retains his WW Title after defeating Gil Castillo
UFC 41-Tim Sylvia defeats Ricco Rodriguez for the HW Title
UFC 41- Almost a year earlier, Jens Pulver had been stripped of his LW Title after contract negotiations did not work out between him and the UFC. At UFC 41, BJ Penn and Caol Uno fought for the vacated LW Title. The fight went 5 rounds and was scored 29-28 Uno, 29-28 Penn and 28-28 making it a draw. Since there was no winner, the Title remained vacant. It was not until 3 ½ years later that the Title was won by Sean Sherk. The Title had been vacant for 5 ½ years in total.
UFC 42-Matt Hughes retains his title against Sean Sherk.
UFC 43- Randy Couture defeats the heavily favored Chuck Liddell for the INTERIM LHW Title. This was Couture’s first fight at LHW.
UFC 44-Tim Sylvia retains his HW Title by defeating Gan McGee. Sylvia is stripped of the title after failing a mandatory post fight drug test in which he tested positive for steroids.
UFC 44- Interim LHW Champ Randy Couture and LHW Champ Tito Ortiz fight to decide the undisputed UFC LHW Champion. Randy Couture wins the bout.
UFC 45- Matt Hughes retains the WW Title by defeating Frank Trigg.
UFC 46- Vitor Belfort defeats Randy Couture to obtain the LHW Title. At the 49 second mark of the 1st round, Belfort threw a punch that grazed Couture's left eyelid, cutting him badly. Many consider this to have been quite an anti-climactic fight.
UFC 46- BJ Penn defeats Matt hughes for the WW Title. He is stripped of the title the next month when he signs with K-1.
UFC 47- No title matches. Ironically, although no belts were on the line, UFC 47 is widely considered one of the best UFC events due to 5 KO’s, 2 Submissions and only 1 decision. Also, the long awaited Liddell/Ortiz fight was the main fight on the card
UFC 48- Frank Mir defeats Tim Sylvia to obtain the vacant UFC HW Title (it had been stripped from Sylvia when he tested positive for steroids after UFC 44).
UFC 49-Randy Couture defeats Vitor Belfort to obtain the LHW Title
UFC 50-The WW Title was vacant after the UFC stripped BJ Penn of it over his signing with K-1. Matt Hughes defeated Georges St.Pierre (GSP) for the WW Title.

[Bla-Sume]

Impressive work. Well done.

[njgrappler]

Originally Posted by gattaca

Here is a history that I have been working on for a couple of days. There are a lot of things on the net that I found to be incorrect. Some websites offered differing information. Below is what I have assembled and believe to be correct. Please advise if there are any mistakes. I believe there was a UFC __.5 somewhere, but I don't know when it was or where it belonged. It was because the PPV time was up before the main event ended and people who ordered the event did not get to see the results of the final match. Any info on this, or anything else, is appreciated.

UFC 1- Tournament Royce Gracie 8 Man Nov 93
UFC 2- Tournament Royce Gracie 8 Man March 94
UFC 3- Tournament Steve Jennum 8 Man Sept 94
UFC 4- Tournament Royce Gracie 8 Man Dec 94
UFC 5- Tournament Dan Severn 8 Man April 95
UFC 5 Super Fight- Draw Royce Gracie and Ken Shamrock
UFC 6- Tournament Oleg Taktarov 8 Man July 95
UFC 6- Superfight Winner- Ken Shamrock (Over Severn) for the first actual HW Belt
UFC 7- Tournament Marco Ruas 8 Man Sept 95
UFC 7 Superfight Winner- Draw Oleg Taktarov and Ken Shamrock
95 Ultimate Ultimate- Tournament Dan Severn Dec 95
UFC 8- Tournament Don Frye 8 Man Feb 96
UFC 8 Superfight Winner- Ken Shamrock over Kimo Leopoldo
UFC 9 No Tournament May 96
UFC 9 Superfight Winner- Dan Severn (Over Shamrock)
UFC 10- Tournament Mark Coleman 8 Man July 96
UFC 11- Tournament Mark Coleman 8 Man (But only fought 2 fights to win it) Sept 96
96 Ultimate Ultimate 2- Tournament Don Frye 8 Man Dec 96
UFC 12- LHW Tournament- Jerry Bohlander 4 Man Feb 97
UFC 12- HW Tournament- Vitor Belfort 4 Man
UFC 12- Superfight Winner Mark Coleman over Dan Severn HW title and Superfight title are united
UFC 13- LHW Tournament- Guy Mezger 4 Man May 97
UFC 13- HW Tournament- Randy Couture 4 Man
UFC 14 LHW Tournament- Kevin Jackson July 97 4 man
UFC 14 HW Tournament- Mark Kerr 4 Man
UFC 14 Maurice Smith defeats Mark Coleman for UFC HW Title.
UFC 15 HW Tournament-Mark Kerr 4 Man Oct 97
UFC 15 Maurice Smith retains HW title over Tank Abbott
U-Japan-Randy Couture defeats Maurice Smith to obtain the UFC HW Title. Couture vacates the belt over failed contract negotiations Dec 97
UFC 16- LHW Tournament- Pat Miletich 4 Man March 98
UFC 16- For the new Middleweight Title- Frank Shamrock over Igor Zinoviev
UFC 17-MW Tournament- Dan Henderson 4 Man May 98
UFC 17- MW Champ Frank Shamrock beats Jeremy Horn to retain Belt
U-Brazil No Tournament or Title match Oct 98
UFC 18- No Tournament Jan 99
UFC 18- For the new Lightweight Title- Pat Miletich over Jorge Patrino
UFC 19- No Tournament March 99
UFC 20- No Tournament May 99
UFC 20- Bas Rutten beats Kevin Randleman for the vacant HW Title
UFC 21 – Pat Miletich over Andre Pedemeiras to retain the LW July99
UFC21-* Unified Rules of Combat adopted by the UFC
UFC 22- Frank Shamrock over Tito Ortiz to retain MW Title Sept 99
UFC 23 Ultimate Japan 2- Japan Tournament for UFC Japan Champion- Kenichi Yamamoto (4 Man) Nov 99
UFC 23- Kevin Randleman defeats Pete Williams for the vacant HW title (Vacated by Bas Rutten)
UFC 23-* First event not to be released on video. UFC 23-29 were never released on video. PRIDE and K-1 beat UFC Japan badly in ratings. UFC Japan was to be a separate company from the UFC in the United States. It failed after UFC 29. This was the last tournament format that the UFC ever had.
UFC 24- Tournaments were no longer held after UFC 23. A scheduled title defense between Kevin Randleman and Pedro Rizzo was postponed when Randleman slipped on a concrete floor and was knocked unconscious with a concussion while warming up for the fight. PPV and live audience were not informed until the end of the evening that the fight would not take place. March 2000
UFC 25 U Japan 3. Tito Ortiz defeated Wanderlei Silva for the vacant MW Title left vacant when Frank Shamrock “Retired”.April 2000
UFC 26- Kevin Randleman retains the HW title after beating Pedro Rizzo.June 2000
UFC 26- Pat Miletich retains the LW Title after beating John Alessio
UFC 27- No title defenses. Sept 2000
UFC 28- Randy Couture (2) defeated Kevin Randleman for the HW Title
UFC 28 marked the first UFC event to be sanctioned by the New Jersey State Athletic Control Board, held under the newly formed "Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts". The new rules introduced new strict weight classes, resulting in the first UFC Super Heavyweight bout, and the first UFC Bantamweight bout
UFC 29-Tito Ortiz retains MW Title by defeating Yuki Kondo
UFC 29-This was the 6th event in a row to not be released on Video. Following this event, which was the 4th UFC event held in Japan, SEG sold the UFC to Zuffa in Jan of 2001.
UFC 30-Tito Ortiz retains MW Title by defeating Evan Tanner
UFC 30- Jens Pulver beats Caol Uno for what was then called the Bantamweight Title (Later becomes LW Title)
UFC30- New owners Zuffa release UFC 30 on tape. UFC 23-29 (7 events, NOT 6 like Wikipedia says) are never released on tape and are still unavailbale through official licensing. They can be found though.
UFC 31- The weight classes are restructured to get in favor with Nevada State Athletic Commision guidelines. These weight classes are the same ones used as of today (March 07).
LW- 155
WW- 170
MW-185
LHW-205
HW-265
SHW-Over 265
Pat Miletich’s title was originally called the LW Title, but was switched to the WW Title. Tito Ortiz’ Title was originally called the Middelweight Title but was renamed the LHW Title. Randy Couture’s HW Title remains unchanged in name. The newly created Middleweight and Lightweight divisions did not have a champion until UFC 33
UFC31- Pat Miletich loses his newly named WW Title against Carlos Newton
Randy Couture retains his HW title by beating Pedro Rizzo
UFC 32-Tito Ortiz retains his newly named LHW Title by defating Elvis Sinosic
UFC33- Tito Ortiz retains his LHW title by defeating Vladimir Matyushenko Sept 01
UFC33- Dave Menne defeats Gil Castillo for the newly formed MW Title
UFC 33- Jens Pulver defeats Dennis Hallman for the newly formed LW Title.
UFC 33- The first mixed marital arts event sanctioned by the Nevada State Athletic Commission, under the Unified Rules Of Mixed Martial Arts Combat, which was first established by the New Jersey State Athletic Control Board in 2000. The UFC had been following these rules since UFC 28.
UFC 34- Randy Couture once again defeats Pedro Rizzo to retain the HW title
UFC 34- Matt Hughes defeats Carlos Newton for the WW Title
UFC 35-Murilo Bustamante defeats Dave Menne to obtain the MW Title
UFC 35- Jens Pulver retains his LW belt against BJ Penn.
UFC 36-Matt Hughes retains his WW Title by defeating Hayatu Sakurai
UFC 36- Josh Barnett defeats Randy Couture for the HW Title. Barnett is stripped of the title after a mandatory post fight drug test in which he tested positive for steroid use. The title was vacated
UFC 37- Murilo Bustamante retains his MW Title after defeating Matt Lindland. The following is taken from Wikipedia:Bustamante wins by submission (guillotine choke) at 3:20 of the third round. Bustamante had Lindland hooked cleanly in an armbar early in the fight, then released it after what seemed to be a tap, followed by a shout to stop the action by John McCarthy. Lindland claimed it wasn't a tap, which controversially led McCarthy to restart the fight. Shortly after, Bustamante left UFC due to contract disputes and fighting in Pride's 2003 Middleweight Grand Prix. He was then stripped of the UFC Middleweight title.
UFC 38- Matt Hughes retains the WW Title after defeating Carlos Newton
UFC 39- Ricco Rodriguez defeats Randy Couture for the vacated HW Title
UFC 39- The First round of LW tournament is held after Jes Pulver is stripped of his title after he and the UFC could not agree on contract negotiations. BJ Penn defeated Matt Serra and Caol Uno defeated Din Thomas. The final round was fought at UFC 41.
UFC 40- Tito Ortiz retains his LHW Title against Ken Shamrock
UFC 40- Matt Hughes retains his WW Title after defeating Gil Castillo
UFC 41-Tim Sylvia defeats Ricco Rodriguez for the HW Title
UFC 41- Almost a year earlier, Jens Pulver had been stripped of his LW Title after contract negotiations did not work out between him and the UFC. At UFC 41, BJ Penn and Caol Uno fought for the vacated LW Title. The fight went 5 rounds and was scored 29-28 Uno, 29-28 Penn and 28-28 making it a draw. Since there was no winner, the Title remained vacant. It was not until 3 ½ years later that the Title was won by Sean Sherk. The Title had been vacant for 5 ½ years in total.
UFC 42-Matt Hughes retains his title against Sean Sherk.
UFC 43- Randy Couture defeats the heavily favored Chuck Liddell for the INTERIM LHW Title. This was Couture’s first fight at LHW.
UFC 44-Tim Sylvia retains his HW Title by defeating Gan McGee. Sylvia is stripped of the title after failing a mandatory post fight drug test in which he tested positive for steroids.
UFC 44- Interim LHW Champ Randy Couture and LHW Champ Tito Ortiz fight to decide the undisputed UFC LHW Champion. Randy Couture wins the bout.
UFC 45- Matt Hughes retains the WW Title by defeating Frank Trigg.
UFC 46- Vitor Belfort defeats Randy Couture to obtain the LHW Title
UFC 46- BJ Penn defeats Matt hughes for the WW Title. He is stripped of the title the next month when he signs with K-1.
UFC 47- No title matches. Ironically, although no belts were on the line, UFC 47 is widely considered one of the best UFC events due to 5 KO’s, 2 Submissions and only 1 decision. Also, the long awaited Liddell/Ortiz fight was the main fight on the card
UFC 48- Frank Mir defeats Tim Sylvia to obtain the vacant UFC HW Title (it had been stripped from Sylvia when he tested positive for steroids after UFC 44).
UFC 49-Randy Couture defeats Vitor Belfort to obtain the LHW Title
UFC 50-The WW Title was vacant after the UFC stripped BJ Penn of it over his signing with K-1. Matt Hughes defeated Georges St.Pierre (GSP) for the WW Title

Damn. You were serious about that the other day when you were asking where every UFC event took place, huh? Nobody helped you out on that part though. What are you, writing a book or something?

[gattaca]

Originally Posted by Bla-Sume

Impressive work. Well done.

thanks. My version on my PC is much better. The copy and paste didn't do me much justice. I had all kinds of bolded names and such. Oh well.

[gattaca]

Originally Posted by njgrappler

Damn. You were serious about that the other day when you were asking where every UFC event took place, huh? Nobody helped you out on that part though. What are you, writing a book or something?

I wasn't asking about that the other day. I have all that info. I just didn't inclide it. I also stopped showing the dates about halfway through, although I have those too.

No, I'm not writing a book. I really love MMA and I want to be a walking encyclopedia about it. Next is PRIDE then K-1.

[MrBojangles]

You're kidding, right?

http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/f...anization_id=2

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_UFC_events

15 seconds for me to find you those two links. Its bad enough that you're asking other people to do your homework for you, but just plain silly when said homework is ridiculously simple.

[electricsheep81]

wow. Looks like you put some serious time in.

Pretty interesting read!

Why did you do this, btw?

[Vie]

There was a 37.5

[qpcs]

lot of work on that one

[gattaca]

Originally Posted by MrBojangles

You're kidding, right?

http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/f...anization_id=2

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_UFC_events

15 seconds for me to find you those two links. Its bad enough that you're asking other people to do your homework for you, but just plain silly when said homework is ridiculously simple.

Wikipedia was wrong in many cases. While Sherdog's website does have the winners and losers, it does not document which fights were title fights. There is also some history intermingled that cannot be found on the Sherdog or Wikipedia sites.

Oh yeah, shut the fuck up.