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The Ultimate Fighting Championship got kicked off, literally, on November 12, 1993, at the 18,000-seat McNichols Arena in Denver. Without a boxing commission or other regulatory body other than Art…

He may have never won a UFC event when it was in its tournament format, and it can not be said that he was the dominant figure Royce Gracie was…

Someday - and it won't matter if it's a hundred years into the future - when the list of the most distinctive personalities in UFC history is discussed, one of…

Dana White is far from your traditional company president. Unlike many of the major promoters in boxing, White is a figure that can readily identify with the competitors under his…

One of the more incredible competitors in the history of mixed martial arts has been Randy Couture, who could perhaps be considered one of the two or three best practitioners…

One of the landmark events in UFC history took place when Tito Ortiz and Ken Shamrock stepped into the octagon to do battle. It also began perhaps the sport's most…

The objective of the Zuffa-led UFC ownership in 2001 was to transform the organization and the sport in engaged in from an "outlaw" activity into something that could reasonably be…

Shamrock was bigger and stronger than Gracie, who came in at 176 pounds. He got Gracie to the mat early on, but then he got caught in Gracie's guard, where…

A month prior to the fateful appearance of Senator John McCain on Larry King Live, politicians were taking action in New York to ensure that the "evil" that was mixed…

The UFC has always used pay-per-view as the center of its revenue streams. But not long after Zuffa has purchased the UFC, it became apparent that in order to accomplish…