In the beginning was great cause no one was a well rounded fighter. So you can expect more actions. Modern MMA now is kinda boring cause every one is so well trained.
Hated, hated, HATED Royce Gracie in the early days! He messed up everything a steady diet of Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris and Van Damme movies had taught me about fighting!!!! Now this is my nostalgia......
Give Teila Tuli (the sumo in the first fight of this video) credit, he wanted to continue fighting. That was funny when Pat Smith said "I'm oblivious to all pain" and he tapped due to the pain of a heel hook hahahahahahahahahha.
@ColtonsRoom people were not expecting a ground fight. They probably thought they were here to see a Van Damme kickfest. Not a down and dirty ground fight.
@artfan101 Yea I see what your saying. I also noticed that it looked as if the guy that was about to raise the brazilian flag was told not to. Its seems strange now but I guess people were alot more close minded back then.
this in ring announcer sucks...does he rele have to say the fighter's last name twice like we didnt hear him the first time? this makes me appreciate bruce buffer even more
Back in 98 my old video store had every UFC VHS that had seen a release to that point. Strange enough it was Shamrock in the WWF that brought me to the UFC. Jim Ross mentioned 'ultimate fighting' one night on Raw and I remembered seeing the vids on the shelf. Been a fan ever since.
I have a bunch of great UFC DVDs and ultimate knockouts DVDs and the ultimata fighter series on eBay going for the lowest prices on eBay I checked and made mine lowest please check it out here is the code to one of the items 180825731563 go on sellers other items to see the rest thanks :~} lol
haha what a fuckin freak show. this is horrible but the fights are awesome!. im happy its evolved from this. If anyone hasnt seen the new sport that the creator of the UFC has come up with called XARM I suggest you check it out haha
I don't imagine this will be up for long, but thanks! Crazy to watch these early UFCs. Some of these guys got a rude awakening as to what fighting is really about...
MAN THIS IS BACK WHEN ROYCE GRACIE CAME ON THE SCENE NO RULES, DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES. POLITICIANS IN DC COMPARED THIS TO A DOG FIGHT WITH PEOPLE & TRIED EVERYTHING TO BAN THIS ESPECIALLY JOHN MCAIN!
@RedStarBelgradefan the whole event was set up to promote BJJ, its even boring to look at because most of fighters are realy bad and just throw bad punches... the boxer was right to stop before knock out because its very bad judgment to oppose those styles, id like to see royce against ali... BJJ is good but not the best, fighters are the best and eventualy royce got his ass whoped but japaneses... in no way thoses fighters are enough good to fight royce, this was cheap set up
@WingChunHard and then you see this guys fighting 'kung fu masters' wich look like jerks... and then if you fight a BJJ beginer, they will tell you its unfair... whos right when claim opponent is a master..? very subjective...
@WingChunHard Not staged. The Gracies obviously wanted to promote their art, but I honestly believe this was the best group of fighters who could be scrounged up. Very few martial artists were willing to compete in the UFC until after the first event went through and the promoters proved they could pull it off.
Plus, if it really was staged, why would they invite a roided-up grappling specialist in Ken Shamrock to fight in the event?
@ThePinkMan they certainly achieved their goal, and later show their skills with much better fighters, but still, i think some styles should not be in the same ring for different reasons, and those fights look like 'prepared brawl ' to define street fighting.. wich could be wrong for some people as we all have different taught... if you want to prepare for street fighting, better find the style wich complete yourself than listen to ufc... but it might be BJJ..!
@ThePinkMan the ken fight is cool, but all the others are not realy good match for royce, they are much better kickboxer, much better karate, much better wrestler... if people didnt want to get into it , theyre might be a reason like ' we dont think this define our goals and taught about martial arts..'
@WingChunHard Yes, but if you've read about the history of the UFC, you'd know that a number of renowned fighters were made offers to fight in the UFC but turned them down. WBA boxing champion James "Bonecrusher" Smith, for example, turned down an offer because he wanted more money. Maurice Smith turned down an offer because he wanted to learn grappling first (He eventually became UFC champ).
I'll repeat what I wrote earlier: This was the best the UFC could do at the time.
@ThePinkMan yeah youre right that was the best at that time, its hard to find when you offer such a free fight, but its not right to claim you are or your style is the best, martial exchange should be done clean, with respect, UFC is a trend, we dont know the best because we dont know real war
i rate royce gracie, i really do. He did alot for the sport of MMA. But what people dont know is that this tournaments was desighned for gracie to win and to prove that the smaller man is dangerous. People dont know that rouce and the organisers of this 1st ufc were very good friends. Still royce is a legend.
@officialDAMAGER Royce and Rorion (One of the founders of UFC) are brothers, not friends. Yes the UFC was designed to showcase the effectiveness of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, which showcases how a smaller man can use leverage to beat larger opponents but I don't understand why you hate him for it? Or is that you assume the whole event was rigged?
@MobyBrickFlicks no i didnt say i hate him, i said i rate him. I think the gracie family are one of the most important factors of why MMA is soo big today. i Just think its funny how it is always the case that important info is often left out, thanks for the correction tho
this is real fighting royce gracie is the father of the ufc , no rules just like a real life or death street fight, now weight classes , rules , weight class, this pussies from now wouldnt last against royce in the real ufc no holds barred
Those were the WORST representatives of their arts that I have seen in my whole life, with the only exception of Ken Shamrock. No wonder Gracie had a field day with the whole lot of them. I seriously think this was rigged.
@Tech5420 dude Gerard Gordeau was a Savate world champ and dutch karate champ for 8 consecutive years. He was 27-6 in Kickboxing. Teila Tuli was 57-27 in Sumo. Patrick Smith was 66-8 as a kickboxer. Zane Frasier was 17-2 as a kickboxer. Rosier was 66-8 with 66 ko's as a kickboxer. The reason why Royce won so easily was because everyone was a striker.
@JustChillzz You can give me all the numbers you want, that doesn't change the fact that these guys were a bunch of bunglers. Go watch the fight between Zane Frasier and Rosier, and tell me that wasn't just disgraceful.
@Tech5420 It was invented by Royces older brother Rorion Gracie...you do the math lol. Amazing talent regardless and they started something amazing. MMA
In the beginning was great cause no one was a well rounded fighter. So you can expect more actions. Modern MMA now is kinda boring cause every one is so well trained.
therithnou 22 minutes ago
with a record of 250-0 haha :D
zupa93 1 day ago
Hated, hated, HATED Royce Gracie in the early days! He messed up everything a steady diet of Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris and Van Damme movies had taught me about fighting!!!! Now this is my nostalgia......
steved8878 1 day ago
Welcome to macniiiiiiiickelss arena
riccikinny2k10 2 days ago
Man, they had no idea what they were in for. I miss these raw brutal fights. The first 10 or 12 UFC events were so damn good!
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if you died today would you go to heaven??....1-800-78grace!!..
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08:10 - First Fight
16:05 - Second Fight
29:33 - Third Fight
39:51 - Fourth Fight
52:33 - Fifth Fight (semi final 01)
1h03m08s - Sixth fight (semi final 02)
1h16m44s - Seventh Fight (Final)
ChaosSpider 3 days ago
@ChaosSpider - very helpful, cheers man.
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ChaosSpider 3 days ago
thx for upload
jihad4realniz 4 days ago
Gerard Gordeau is a monster!!!
andersmalling 4 days ago
I wonder why there where no Judokas?
MidnightFireBurst 4 days ago 7
Give Teila Tuli (the sumo in the first fight of this video) credit, he wanted to continue fighting. That was funny when Pat Smith said "I'm oblivious to all pain" and he tapped due to the pain of a heel hook hahahahahahahahahha.
Viktir666 5 days ago
This video delivers!
Viktir666 5 days ago
1:34 The Ultimate Fighting Challenge.
thevidspot 5 days ago
wow!
badboy16310 5 days ago
Whats with all of the boos at gracie?
ColtonsRoom 5 days ago
@ColtonsRoom people were not expecting a ground fight. They probably thought they were here to see a Van Damme kickfest. Not a down and dirty ground fight.
artfan101 2 days ago 3
@artfan101 Yea I see what your saying. I also noticed that it looked as if the guy that was about to raise the brazilian flag was told not to. Its seems strange now but I guess people were alot more close minded back then.
ColtonsRoom 2 days ago
@ColtonsRoom Yeah, I didn't notice that, but I guess MMA and Brazilian JJ has done a lot to warm the reception of foreign fighters.
artfan101 2 days ago
This is back when Ken was humble. I miss that Ken.
DrDroXX 6 days ago
this in ring announcer sucks...does he rele have to say the fighter's last name twice like we didnt hear him the first time? this makes me appreciate bruce buffer even more
canadagoosedouche 6 days ago
8:12 hahahahhahaha
wolfboy575 6 days ago
Back in 98 my old video store had every UFC VHS that had seen a release to that point. Strange enough it was Shamrock in the WWF that brought me to the UFC. Jim Ross mentioned 'ultimate fighting' one night on Raw and I remembered seeing the vids on the shelf. Been a fan ever since.
DogWed 6 days ago
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I have a bunch of great UFC DVDs and ultimate knockouts DVDs and the ultimata fighter series on eBay going for the lowest prices on eBay I checked and made mine lowest please check it out here is the code to one of the items 180825731563 go on sellers other items to see the rest thanks :~} lol
333andrew4441 1 week ago
been looking for this for 2 days. i love you
CaptainDonkeyPunch92 1 week ago
shittt this is sooo awesomeeeee !!! no gloves dats fucking awesome
TheBulldog700 1 week ago
gotta love seeing Ken Shamrock get owned by Royce Gracie, arrogance was/is/always will be Ken's biggest enemy.
mrdrumsauce 1 week ago
haha what a fuckin freak show. this is horrible but the fights are awesome!. im happy its evolved from this. If anyone hasnt seen the new sport that the creator of the UFC has come up with called XARM I suggest you check it out haha
guitarplayer123 1 week ago
sumo in mma is a joke, it does not translate
mrdrumsauce 1 week ago
these were the times!
AndyinMTL 1 week ago
I love how bad the refs were back then, ken is tapping and the ref is just watching him
vordulmegallah 1 week ago
man i wish it was still like this
devonmac95 1 week ago
Kamekona!!!
KVCunknown 1 week ago
at the end almost all the audience had left.
MasterOAlexO 1 week ago
This was when UFC was awesome...no rules.......no weight class......no gloves.............the first 3 UFC's were the best!!!!
kolokidi 1 week ago
Bill wallece is the biggest Pussy NOTHING on Joe
TheCAL2000 1 week ago
Lmao this is like the Kumite.
kara366 1 week ago
bruce lee vs royce- one to watch, my money is on lee though his jeet kune do is blinding
urbandaniel100 1 week ago
royce is my fucking nigga
urbandaniel100 1 week ago
Teila Tuli (sp?) now stars on CBS's Hawaii 5-0 from time to time!!
greasebob 1 week ago
1:35 AreNUHHHHH
realfreakaynaughtay 1 week ago
all i can think of is.. kimbo slice haha
mycalixto 1 week ago
3:54 the guy is choking a girl :D
cave321 1 week ago
po co temu typowi co walczy z grace jedna rekawica?
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bill looks like randys c dad lol
zacshackalack 1 week ago
Fun sound @ 01:39
willetheowl 1 week ago
What was that for sound he made at 0:01:39
minasz 1 week ago 3
wow look at those headsets
spike265 1 week ago 11
very very good. Tks for all. In Mexico all my friends loves UFC :D
cubano559471 1 week ago
wea can i get this and the rest on dvd
MrNikki52 1 week ago
Sensei Gordeau!
Thug070Style 1 week ago
@Thug070Style What, are you proud of him?
Tech5420 1 week ago
Esto si que era emocionante...ver la lucha de estilos y sin tiempo!!
Hoy en día me recuerda mucho a las peleas de hormigas.
pedroiranzo 1 week ago
Thanks for the upload.
b14blah 1 week ago
ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHALLENGE XD
jewjittsuguy 2 weeks ago
uplaod ufc 2 and 3 too !! pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
SAKYANTTV 2 weeks ago 2
forget the fighters, the best performer of this night was BILL SUPERFOOT WALLACE and his burps.....
ovywan08 2 weeks ago
shamrock is one of the first MIX martial artists, but in this fight, he was fucking high!! haha
darkgabo64 2 weeks ago
old school fighting! tnx to the uploader
atomikluya 2 weeks ago
kick to the face of a grounded opponent...lolz! no rules at all is a bitch...
nhikolla 2 weeks ago
Fantastic commentating!
cozmosmashzu 2 weeks ago
Thank you so much for posting this whole thing! What a gem! :D
iwillknifeya 2 weeks ago
this video is THE shit
thomaskacken 2 weeks ago
do you guys have the full UFC 2? would you upload it please
beto1276 2 weeks ago 16
@beto1276 its on letmewatchthis with loads of others! just type ufc
TERMZ79 1 week ago
I don't imagine this will be up for long, but thanks! Crazy to watch these early UFCs. Some of these guys got a rude awakening as to what fighting is really about...
JDillaDudas 2 weeks ago
MAN THIS IS BACK WHEN ROYCE GRACIE CAME ON THE SCENE NO RULES, DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES. POLITICIANS IN DC COMPARED THIS TO A DOG FIGHT WITH PEOPLE & TRIED EVERYTHING TO BAN THIS ESPECIALLY JOHN MCAIN!
cashflowneversleeps 2 weeks ago
wHOEVER PUT THIS ON HERE THAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNK YOU!!!
cashflowneversleeps 2 weeks ago
They had some horrible entrance music back then.
js83 2 weeks ago
I wasn't even one month old XD
SpideyFan1993 2 weeks ago
"Pain hurts." WUT?
erosener93 2 weeks ago
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patophelia 2 weeks ago
@patophelia FAG
geordiehousemafia 2 weeks ago
@patophelia
You're probably that kid who has no friends.
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7:00 That was the dude from Forgetting Sarah Marshall. lol
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FULL DOCUMENTARY ABOUT UFC, AND ROYCE GRACIE: w w w .y o u t u b e . c o m /watch?v=hqJQvjPqd-E
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nahuelfantino 2 weeks ago
1:39 xD
DKJules 2 weeks ago
Worst referee ever
beatrice2954 2 weeks ago
now i am the UFC big fan,and i wasnt born when this happened
im 17 :)
ufc377 2 weeks ago
bellissimoooooooooooooooo!!!!!XD XD XD W brasilll porraaaaa
reny1896 2 weeks ago
oh my god... i'm getting older!!!! it's already 20 years ago??????
Nano512 3 weeks ago
this was staged and the fighters poorly chosen, BJJ do good marketing
WingChunHard 3 weeks ago
@WingChunHard no, bjj is the best martial art, thats why royce beat them all
RedStarBelgradefan 2 weeks ago
@RedStarBelgradefan BJJ is a strong component of a well trained, well rounded fighter. Now, take Royce's balls out of your mouth and wipe your chin.
sambomuaythaijack 2 weeks ago
@sambomuaythaijack i am not even a fan of royce
RedStarBelgradefan 2 weeks ago
@RedStarBelgradefan the whole event was set up to promote BJJ, its even boring to look at because most of fighters are realy bad and just throw bad punches... the boxer was right to stop before knock out because its very bad judgment to oppose those styles, id like to see royce against ali... BJJ is good but not the best, fighters are the best and eventualy royce got his ass whoped but japaneses... in no way thoses fighters are enough good to fight royce, this was cheap set up
WingChunHard 2 weeks ago 2
@WingChunHard and then you see this guys fighting 'kung fu masters' wich look like jerks... and then if you fight a BJJ beginer, they will tell you its unfair... whos right when claim opponent is a master..? very subjective...
WingChunHard 2 weeks ago
@WingChunHard Not staged. The Gracies obviously wanted to promote their art, but I honestly believe this was the best group of fighters who could be scrounged up. Very few martial artists were willing to compete in the UFC until after the first event went through and the promoters proved they could pull it off.
Plus, if it really was staged, why would they invite a roided-up grappling specialist in Ken Shamrock to fight in the event?
ThePinkMan 2 weeks ago
@ThePinkMan they certainly achieved their goal, and later show their skills with much better fighters, but still, i think some styles should not be in the same ring for different reasons, and those fights look like 'prepared brawl ' to define street fighting.. wich could be wrong for some people as we all have different taught... if you want to prepare for street fighting, better find the style wich complete yourself than listen to ufc... but it might be BJJ..!
WingChunHard 2 weeks ago
@ThePinkMan the ken fight is cool, but all the others are not realy good match for royce, they are much better kickboxer, much better karate, much better wrestler... if people didnt want to get into it , theyre might be a reason like ' we dont think this define our goals and taught about martial arts..'
WingChunHard 2 weeks ago
@WingChunHard Yes, but if you've read about the history of the UFC, you'd know that a number of renowned fighters were made offers to fight in the UFC but turned them down. WBA boxing champion James "Bonecrusher" Smith, for example, turned down an offer because he wanted more money. Maurice Smith turned down an offer because he wanted to learn grappling first (He eventually became UFC champ).
I'll repeat what I wrote earlier: This was the best the UFC could do at the time.
ThePinkMan 2 weeks ago
@ThePinkMan yeah youre right that was the best at that time, its hard to find when you offer such a free fight, but its not right to claim you are or your style is the best, martial exchange should be done clean, with respect, UFC is a trend, we dont know the best because we dont know real war
WingChunHard 2 weeks ago
@ThePinkMan I've read somewhere some fighters weren't allowed into the tournament, one of them was Gokor Chivichyan.
Tech5420 2 weeks ago
@WingChunHard what do you thik which martial art is the best if not bjj
RedStarBelgradefan 2 weeks ago
@RedStarBelgradefan humanisim
WingChunHard 2 weeks ago
@WingChunHard yeah try to win the ufc with that
RedStarBelgradefan 2 weeks ago
1:39 LOOOOOL
khayum 3 weeks ago
War Hoyce Gracie !!!
RJay957 3 weeks ago
@RJay957 Royce
savemgs 3 weeks ago
UFC 1 BJJ/gracie highlight reel?
phatdilf 3 weeks ago
It just seems surreal that this was damn near 20 years ago.
B69ne 3 weeks ago 19
Didnt know patrick bateman was a fighter?
gnovakov 3 weeks ago
i rate royce gracie, i really do. He did alot for the sport of MMA. But what people dont know is that this tournaments was desighned for gracie to win and to prove that the smaller man is dangerous. People dont know that rouce and the organisers of this 1st ufc were very good friends. Still royce is a legend.
officialDAMAGER 3 weeks ago
@officialDAMAGER Royce and Rorion (One of the founders of UFC) are brothers, not friends. Yes the UFC was designed to showcase the effectiveness of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, which showcases how a smaller man can use leverage to beat larger opponents but I don't understand why you hate him for it? Or is that you assume the whole event was rigged?
MobyBrickFlicks 3 weeks ago
@MobyBrickFlicks no i didnt say i hate him, i said i rate him. I think the gracie family are one of the most important factors of why MMA is soo big today. i Just think its funny how it is always the case that important info is often left out, thanks for the correction tho
officialDAMAGER 3 weeks ago
The epic first UFC, Classic. Telia tuli's teeth went flying. Gordeau even had some in his foot
andystonehocker75 3 weeks ago
this is real fighting royce gracie is the father of the ufc , no rules just like a real life or death street fight, now weight classes , rules , weight class, this pussies from now wouldnt last against royce in the real ufc no holds barred
69elrudo 3 weeks ago
@69elrudo Royce would be destroyed.
I'm a HUGE fan of Royce but he isn't a mixed martial artist, he's a jiujitsu fighter.
Fighters now have jiujitsu, kickboxing, boxing, sambo you name it.
Royce wouldn't stand a chance
PedrSk8 3 weeks ago
royce gracie is shameful. The best fighters do not light their skills for cash
randallmckay 3 weeks ago
i was there... UFC ONE...
drgoodspd 3 weeks ago 35
@drgoodspd and how old are you now?
Sowaigh 2 weeks ago
@Sowaigh in my 30's....
drgoodspd 2 weeks ago
Those were the WORST representatives of their arts that I have seen in my whole life, with the only exception of Ken Shamrock. No wonder Gracie had a field day with the whole lot of them. I seriously think this was rigged.
Tech5420 3 weeks ago
@Tech5420 dude Gerard Gordeau was a Savate world champ and dutch karate champ for 8 consecutive years. He was 27-6 in Kickboxing. Teila Tuli was 57-27 in Sumo. Patrick Smith was 66-8 as a kickboxer. Zane Frasier was 17-2 as a kickboxer. Rosier was 66-8 with 66 ko's as a kickboxer. The reason why Royce won so easily was because everyone was a striker.
JustChillzz 3 weeks ago 3
@JustChillzz You can give me all the numbers you want, that doesn't change the fact that these guys were a bunch of bunglers. Go watch the fight between Zane Frasier and Rosier, and tell me that wasn't just disgraceful.
Tech5420 3 weeks ago
@Tech5420 It was invented by Royces older brother Rorion Gracie...you do the math lol. Amazing talent regardless and they started something amazing. MMA
MidnightFireBurst 4 days ago 3
1993 was a good year!
repomayne 3 weeks ago
-the best time of UFC. with uniform,without sponsors everywhere.
fedepaz11 3 weeks ago
Great show of heart by the boxer there, that submission looked like it was tearing his limbs apart and he still refused to tap.
latandafour 3 weeks ago
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latandafour 3 weeks ago
great video,tnks
SuperSkinnyjoe 3 weeks ago
BJJ 4 EVER!!!!!!!!!
minidn2 3 weeks ago
seems like everything evolved except the judging.. thanx for putting this up!
Bic2011Bic 3 weeks ago 3
you rock man
masterofuselessness 1 month ago
LOL just noticed they all walk out to the same tune HA HA...
antjmi 1 month ago
Whats the song Gerard walks out to, anyone know?
antjmi 1 month ago
when ufc was cool
420420KAT 1 month ago
Muito bom! incrível você ter esse arquivo completo! THUMBS UP TO U! Thanks for upload..
mellostx 1 month ago
Graycie the Tyson of UFC
Tupacexpert1 1 month ago
Fucking wwe ref don't see the tap out
Tupacexpert1 1 month ago
Royce gracie would beat Bruce Lee
Tupacexpert1 1 month ago
1:58 hey thats a mistake royce gracie is a jui jitsu master not a karate fighter LOL
Gurmansinghsidhu 1 month ago
Amazing that you've got this up !!! Big thumbs up from me :-) !!!!!
warrior6774 1 month ago
Fucking Love It !!!!!
SeanAlanErrockUK91 1 month ago
lol ty for uploading
TSxBox 1 month ago