ROUND 2! about MMA!

ROUND 1 


about MMA & UFC!




WHAT is the ENTITY THAT OWNS THE UFC® [ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP®] BRAND OF MIXED MARTIAL ARTS (MMA)? 

The entity that owns the UFC® [Ultimate Fighting Championship®] brand is the world's leading mixed martial arts sports association, formed in January, 2001 by Zuffa, LLC. The UFC® event productions feature a strong ownership and a depth of management experience across a spectrum of live event sports, television production and ancillary business development. The New UFC Brand is positioned well for the future as the standard bearer for the evolving and exciting sport of mixed martial arts.

WHAT is MIXED MARTIAL ARTS? 

Mixed martial arts (MMA) is an intense and evolving combat sport in which competitors use interdisciplinary forms of fighting that include jiu-jitsu, judo, karate, boxing, kickboxing, wrestling and others to their strategic and tactical advantage in a supervised match. Scoring for mixed martial arts events in Nevada, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Florida is based on athletic-commission approved definitions and rules for striking (blows with the hands, feet, knees or elbows) and grappling (submission, choke holds, throws or takedowns). No single discipline reigns.

WHAT CHARACTERIZES ULTIMATE FIGHTING® MMA EVENTS? 
Ultimate Fighting® is a proprietary term and registered trademark and service mark of Zuffa, LLC, associated exclusively with the UFC® brand of MMA events. Ultimate Fighting® events feature the highest caliber mixed martial arts competition in the world between high level professional fighters who utilize the disciplines of jiu-jitsu, karate, boxing, kickboxing, wrestling, and other forms in UFC® live events. UFC® competitors, many of whom earned their way into the UFC events by being participants in "The Ultimate Fighter®" reality-based television series are among the best-trained and conditioned athletes in the world. While this is a highly intense sport, fighter safety is of paramount concern to UFC ownership and management: it is noteworthy that no competitor has ever been seriously injured in a UFC event.

WHAT is the ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP® PRODUCTION? 

The new Ultimate Fighting Championship® production is a series of international competitive mixed martial arts events televised throughout each year and available live or tape-delayed on pay-per-view and other formats, seen domestically and internationally. The New Ultimate Fighting Championship® producers are committed to providing the highest quality live event and television production available to entertain and engage viewers in a fascinating sport. The New Ultimate Fighting Championship® brand of MMA event distinguishes itself from the controversial spectacle of the last decade: The first event produced under new ownership and management was February 23, 2001.

The Ultimate Fighting Championship® events are produced exclusively in cooperation with and under the exclusively ownership of Zuffa, LLC.

WHAT DISTINGUISHES UFC® EVENTS FROM THOSE OF ITS COMPETITORS?

The elite level of the competitor also known as "The Ultimate Fighter® athletes."

The UFC® events bring together the most talented martial arts experts in the world. UFC® fighters come from the US, Canada, Brazil, Japan, Russia, Holland, England, etc. All UFC® fighters have previous combat sports experience and many are world or Olympic champions. UFC® athletes train up to six hours a day or more in preparation for an event. Almost all have studied martial arts as a lifelong vocation and many are college educated. In addition to their UFC careers, many of these men are business owners. They are also students, professionals or managers working for diverse types of companies. But it is the success, discipline and focus of The Ultimate Fighter® stars that makes each of them different from just about any other competitor in or out of mixed martial arts.

Absolute consistency of rules: presence of officials, judges, weight divisions, rounds, time limits.
Leadership in obtaining commission approval for a new sport.

Mandatory Equipment: 

• Competitors may only use Zuffa and commission approved 4-6 oz gloves, designed to protect the hand but not large enough to improve the striking surface or weight of the punch.
• Commission approved MMA shorts and kickboxing trunks are the only uniforms allowed. Shirts, gis and shoes, and the problems they present for grabbing are not allowed.

The Octagon™ Competition Enclosure

The octagonal competition mat and cage design are registered trademarks and/or trade dress of Zuffa, LLC and are symbolic of the highest quality mixed martial arts events brought to you under the Ultimate Fighting Championship® brand name. In 1993, UFC events were the first to feature an eight-sided competition configuration which has become known worldwide as the UFC Octagon™

Absolute adherence to commission mandated rules for MMA:

• Commission approved gloves
• Weight classes
• Time limits and rounds
• Mandatory drug testing
• No head butting or kicking to the downed opponent
• No knees to the head of a downed opponent
• No downward point of the elbow strikes
• No strikes to the spine or the back of the head
• No groin or throat strikes
• State Athletic Commission approval in such major states as New Jersey, Nevada, Florida, and Louisiana

GET YOUR DUKES UP

These 5 UFC fighters have all given their blood, sweat and tears for the organization, and they will all hold a special place in the history of the sport. Their competitive drive, their strength to succeed and their love and passion for the sport are what brought them to greatness. And it is those qualities that will forever keep them great and true pioneers of the UFC. However, with the passing of time there will always be a fighter who will challenge himself to rise to the occasion and to one day surpass any one of these individuals to take the title of the Ultimate Fighting Champion.

TOP 5 UFC FIGHTER

Randy Coture

NUMBER 1

Randy “The Natural” Couture has speed, strength, stamina, endurance, and a

 slew of fighting skills. Couture was the first ever UFC fighter to win a championship in two different weight classes, starting his career in the Heavyweight division and becoming the UFC Heavyweight Champion in December 1997. Couture would lose, win and lose the Heavyweight title before switching to the Light Heavyweight class, in which he defeated Chuck Liddell for the title, which was the fight that gave him two title wins in two different weight classes.

On February 4, 2006, Couture retired immediately following a loss to Liddell, and on January 11, 2007, Couture announced that he was coming out of retirement to join the Heavyweight class. Couture proceeded to stun the UFC world by taking down champion Tim Sylvia and becoming a five-time UFC champ. Couture is one of only four UFC fighters to be inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame

Royce Gracie

NUMBER 2

Royce (pronounced "Hoyce") Gracie is the one person that makes the UFC automatically pop into your head at the mere mention of his name. Gracie is arguably the man that put the UFC on the map; he’s a UFC Hall of Famer and the first ever winner of the UFC open class tournament in UFC 1. A master at Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (a submission specialist), Gracie proved to the world with his memorable wins that size and strength does not mean victory. Gracie’s wins over his bigger opponents is what gave birth to fighter’s practicing more than one fighting style to achieve success. Gracie was one of the first UFC fighters to be inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame

NUMBER 3

Ken Shamrock

Ken Shamrock was also one of the original fighters in the early years of the UFC, and winning the UFC Superfight title (an open weight class tournament) may have been the highlight of Shamrock’s career. Afterweight classes were established in the UFC, Shamrock joined the Light Heavyweight ranks, in which Shamrock had some ups and downs. The biggest moment of Shamrock’s Light Heavyweight career was his title fight against the very cocky Tito Ortiz, in which Ken lost. On November 21, 2003, the UFC’s 10th anniversary, Ken Shamrock was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame alongside Royce Gracie

NUMBER 4

Matt Hughes

Matt Hughes is a UFC fighter who can very well do it all; he’s a submission specialist, a powerful striker and a fighter that uses his brain just as much as his brawn. After winning the Welterweight Championship in November 2001, Hughes successfully defended his title a whopping five times before losing it to B.J. Penn in January of 2004. However, Hughes regained the title in October 2004, when he defeated St-Pierre. Hughes’ reign came to an end in a rematch with St-Pierre, in which St-Pierre completely dominated the entire match. Hughes will go down as one of the best fighters to ever grace the UFC octagon, and is a shoe-in for the UFC Hall of Fame.

NUMBER 5

B.J. Penn

B.J. “The Prodigy” Penn is one of only two men in UFC history to win a title in two different weight classes. B.J. Penn is a UFC fighter with tons of skill and heart, something that can make a winner out of any fighter. Penn won his first title in the Welterweight class against champion Matt Hughes. Later on in his career Penn went down to the Lightweight class and won two straight fights to obtain the Lightweight Championship, giving Penn a place in UFC history