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UFC - what is it? List of UFC Champions

Quite a lot of people are looking for information about the UFC. What is this abbreviation? The UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship ) is a sports association based in the United States of America, namely in Las Vegas. The organization specializes in conducting fights under mixed rules. There are such competitions almost all over the world.

Determine which martial art is most effective is the primary goal of the creators of the UFC. What is the competition will represent itself in the end, then very few people understood, and conceived it as a one-time.

However, in 1993, this type of competition was a success, and the creators began to seriously engage in its dissemination. However, we had to make a number of changes in the fighting UFC. What is the competition is being held, more and more people were recognizing, and the organization was gradually turning fights from the spectacle into sport.

By 2012, under the auspices of the UFC stands the most famous fighters in different combat styles.

Appearance

The main contribution to the emergence of the UFC was made by a businessman from California, Art Davey. In the early 90's he studied martial arts for his client and met Roryon Gracie. He ran one of the Jiu-Jitsu schools in California. Soon Dave became his apprentice.

The Gracie family was famous for carrying out battles in Valle Tudo. This kind of competition is the precursor of the UFC. What is the match is, Davey did not know, but was very interested when he heard. So, in 1992, Davy proposed John Milius (American script writer) and Roerion to organize and hold a competition of eight fighters, which was called the "War of the Worlds." The main task of the tournament was to identify which martial art is better.

Milius took the place of the creative director of the competition. Davey developed a business plan and also found investors who invested in WOW Promotions to launch the show on television.

In 1993, the organization began searching for a channel through which the UFC will be broadcast. The sports organization negotiated with many TV channels, but SEG decided to become a partner. Soon for the show, an octagonal shape was developed. Later, the "octagon" turned into a real symbol of the tournament.

The first tournament

November 12, 1993 in Denver passed the first competition UFC. The list of fighters was varied. The tournament was attended by representatives of various martial arts, which attracted the viewer. From the family of Gracie went to the tournament Royce, younger brother of Roryon. The tournament was very warmly received and earned a huge success. Two thousand eight hundred people came to the stands of the arena where the competition was held. In addition, eighty-five thousand spectators watched the show on a paid channel.

The main question of many spectators was: "Will the wrestler defeat the boxer?" Then most of the athletes owned only one martial art, and battles in other forms were not familiar to them. The representative of the fight became the first winner of the UFC. The list of fighters, defeated by Royce Gracie, included three representatives of other styles.

Initially, the organizers wanted to stop at the first tournament, but huge popularity pushed them to organize the second UFC. Athletes also were not against holding this competition.

Rules of early tournaments

Despite the fact that the organization announced the holding of fights without rules, a whole list of the latter was drawn up. It was forbidden to bite the enemy and try to squeeze his eyes out. Also not welcomed bodanie, blows in the groin, grasping for the hair, as well as clinging fingers to the cheek. In general, these rules were very rarely broken by the soldiers. Deliberate blows to the groin and were very rare. Nevertheless, despite a number of rules and restrictions, the UFC is a very violent sporting event. Therefore, always before the start of the battle, spectators are warned by the organizers of the UFC.

The list of fighters by weight categories in the first tournaments did not divide, that is, the difference between the soldiers could be one hundred kilograms. However, the competition showed that weight is not always the main factor in battles.

Contradictions

Due to its novelty, the UFC has gained immense popularity. Soon the cruelty of the battles attracted the attention of many critics. The cassette was fired and sent to John McCain, who found them disgusting. The senator considered that it was necessary to ban the holding of this tournament, and called for all the states of the United States.

Soon, the UFC stopped broadcasting on most TV channels, and thirty-six states banned the holding of this tournament. Showed the competition is only one channel, which did not have a huge audience.

Transformation

The result of the criticism was that the UFC decided to change the rules. As a result, many cruel elements of combat disappeared, while the main wrestling and percussion techniques remained. Soon there were weight categories. During the fourteenth UFC tournament, gloves were introduced. At the same time, it was forbidden to beat a lying man with his feet, drag him by the hair and strike blows at the groin. Soon there were still a number of restrictions: it is impossible to strike on the back of the head, as well as the neck and back. The twenty-first tournament of the UFC was marked by the division of the battle into rounds, which lasted for five minutes. It was then that the UFC completely developed into a sports match.

"Zuffa" and the growth of popularity

In 2001, the UFC was bought by Dane White, as well as heads of Casinos Station Casinos. To purchase, a company was specially created, which was named Zuffa. The purchase price was $ 2 million.

After that, the popularity of the tournament began to grow. The list of UFC in lightweight, as in other weight classes, was filled with more and more new names. Despite the popularity, "Zuffa" suffered quite large losses. As a result, the organizers decided to launch the broadcasting of the tournaments to the main channels.

Education The Ultimate Fighter

Soon the brothers Firitta came to the decision to create their own program for the UFC, which was later called The Ultimate Fighter. Initially, negotiations were held to broadcast the program with many channels, but all of them refused to cooperate. Spike TV has agreed to broadcast. In this case, the creators had to take on ten million expenses for the organization of broadcasting. The show started in early 2005. The program instantly gained immense popularity among viewers and significantly increased the organization's revenues.

By 2010, the tournament was broadcast in a hundred and thirty countries in twenty languages.

Purchase Pride

In 2007, UFC acquired shares of the Japanese organization Pride Fighte Championship. The deal price was about seventy million dollars. Pride, in fact, was a Japanese version of the UFC and was its main competitor. Later this acquisition was called grandiose, as the UFC turned into a huge sports association, conducting competitions in different parts of the world.

At first it was assumed that the organizations would conduct the tournaments in parallel, arranging from time to time joint competitions. However, soon the director of the UFC said that Pride does not pay for itself and will soon be dissolved, and the fighters will start performing under the UFC. Here is just a small list of fighters who have passed under the auspices of the organization: Mauricio Roy, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (UFC heavyweight champion), Wanderlei Silva, Quinton Jackson and others.

The best fighters in the history of UFC

For the history of the tournament there were many outstanding fighters who are worthy of mention. However, listing them all is quite a difficult task. Therefore, below is a list of the most notable athletes.

  • Anderson Silva . It is considered one of the best fighters in the middle weight. Ten times he managed to defend the champion title - this is the best result.

  • George St. Pierre. Many fans and experts consider Saint-Pierre to be not only the best fighter of the UFC, but also the whole MMA. Speaking at the welterweight, he was able to defend the championship nine times.
  • Rendi Couture. He is one of the most famous and titled fighters. In addition, he was able to excel in victories, both in the heavy and light heavy categories. Achievements and contributions to the popularization of UFC Rendi Couture are priceless.
  • Kane Valaskes. It is considered one of the strongest fighters of the planet, which not once proved in tournaments. In the opponents more than once he got very famous fighters, who were defeated.
  • Chuck Liddell. Former champion of the UFC, the photo of which repeatedly got into sports headlines. He is a member of the "Hall of Fame" UFC. On his account wins in many prestigious battles. A long period of time was one of the strongest fighters in the world.
  • Dan Henderson. Became the champion Pride and Strikeforce. In the last organization the last time the champion became at the age of forty. Has many sports achievements and awards. Won victories over many titled fighters, including Fedor Emelianenko.

Of course, this is only a small part of the popular UFC fighters. It should be borne in mind that each weight category can boast not one representative.

Russian UFC athletes

Since the UFC is an American organization, the fighters mostly come from this country. There were a lot of Brazilians who could achieve success in the battles under the auspices of this sports organization. However, with the growth and spread, in its ranks, the fighters from the most diverse countries began to arrive more and more frequently, and Russia, too, became an exception.

  • Oleg Taktarov. He became a fighter who opened the way for Russian athletes to the UFC organization. Many experts Oleg amazed with calmness and poise in the ring, as well as his ability to skillfully conduct suffocating tricks. The sixth tournament was marked by the champion's title of Taktarov. This news surprised many fans of martial arts. In the next tournament, Oleg had a terrific fight against Ken Shamrock, but the winner was not revealed.

  • Andrey Semenov. I started taking part in UFC fights only in the thirty-fifth tournament. Within the organization, he spent only two fights (one won, one lost). He could not find a special glory.
  • Ansar Chalangov. Took part in the fifty-sixth tournament of the UFC. However, after two fights, he could not win a single victory.
  • Fedor and Alexander Emelianenko. The organizers tried to attract the brothers to participate in the fights of the UFC, but they joined Strikeforce. Speaking under the aegis of the Pride, Emelianenko was heard by every fan of martial arts. Nevertheless, after the accession, they failed to achieve significant results, and also suffered several crushing losses.

This list includes fighters who managed to participate in the battles of the organization one way or another and to write their name into history. However, today many young Russian representatives demonstrate excellent performance, and experts predict a certain future for them.

Earnings of fighters

In general, UFC athletes do not receive permanent wages, in many ways it depends on the terms of the contract. Many beginning fighters receive payment in the region of four thousand dollars, while the famous and the champions can get more than five hundred thousand for one fight. It is worth saying that it pays for the services of coaches, managers and so on independently the athlete. Most fighters receive money from sponsors in addition to basic fees. Often they are much larger than the basic wage. In addition, the system of bonuses for winning in various competitions, the size of which is fifty thousand dollars, is applied.

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