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Biography of the UFC

“Ladies and gentlemen boys and girls.” The idea of UFC started in 1991, and the first fight was in 1993.The first UFC fight was on November 12th 1993, 90 000 people paid to watch this. When UFC 3 same along some of the fighters believed that technique and skill could overcome size, with no weight classes. They proved this when Keith hackney, with a 416lb and 22 cm height disadvantage defeated Emmanuel Yarborough in only 2 min due to a knockout. Today there is 5 different weight classes ,lightweight which is between 146 to 155 pounds, welterweight which is between 156 to 170 pounds, middleweight which is between 171 to 185 pounds, light heavyweight which is between 186 to 205 pounds, and heavyweight which is between 206 to 265 pounds. All rounds are fought in a caged octagon, with three 5 minute rounds, and title fights are five 5 minute rounds. The fight can only end with one of tow scenarios. 1. by tap out, when the opponent is in enough pain to give up. Or with a knockout, when one of the fighters is unconscious or the ref, or doctor stops the fight. If all the rounds end without tap out or knockout, it goes to a judge’s decision and they decide the winner or a split draw.

Some key people to note in the UFC and who make the UFC what it is are founders Art Davie, Rorion Gracie, and Robert Meywitz also Lorenzo Fertitta chairman/CEO, Dana White President, and also the Zuffa Company which owns the UFC. Some key fighters to note that have made the UFC popular and also have all been inducted into the UFC hall of fame are Royce Gracie, Ken Shamrock, Dan Severn, Randy Couture, Mark Coleman, Chuck Liddell, and Charles “Mask” Lewis, Jr.

UFC started to grow slowly because of management problems in 2001, when the company was sold. In 2002, UFC grew to over 33 countries worldwide, 280 000 paid viewers, then in 2006 another growth, around 500 000 people started watching, and today just below 6 million people pay to watch UFC, and growing. So UFC has been very successful in the past 3 years, and is the most watched fighting program in the world!