On This Day: The First UFC Fight Ever | UFC 1 Free Fight
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Published 2021-11-12
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All Comments (21)
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It took like 15 seconds for the UFC to realize they should've added rules
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This is probably the most realistic fight you will ever see in the UFC. One shot to the face and it is over for the 99% of us.
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All praise to that ref. Everyone was against him in stopping that fight, including his employers, the crowd and the fighters, but he did so because it was clearly the right thing to do.
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My Dad and I always watched boxing together, ever since I was a kid. We got UFC 1, and we were sitting there eating subs, and when this fight started and the big guy got kicked in the face, we both looked at each other with wide-eyed shock. Like "we're not in Kansas anymore." It was a great show.
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20 sec before UFC 1 starts: THERE'S NO RULES! 20 sec after UFC 1 starts: We may need to require mouthguards.
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I knew it was worth not paying for the fight but waiting until its free
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“No Rules, no judges scores, and no time limits.” Drops the 1933 salute 4 times in a row
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"No rules" Later that night "Maybe we need rules.
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I remember watching this with my dad when I was a kid. All we had was WWF/WCW type stuff. Dad said (skeptically) “I’ll tell you if this is real or not.” After that kick to the face my dad stated as-a-matter -of-factly “Yeah, it’s real.”
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Can you imagine the ufc today without rules, weight classes, or time limits? People would die
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The fact the sumo guy wasn't out cold for the next 20 minutes but actually got up, ready to go...that's toughness.
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"Technique doesn't matter, this is a fight" - Eddie Hall before losing to Thor Seeing someone that round getting destroyed by technique reminded me of that line.
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“No Rules, no judges scores, and no time limits.” After that first fight they probably had to add those rules lol.
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Rogan and DC sounded so much different back then
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This was total chaos. Bare-knuckle, virtually no rules, snuff fighting. They would pit wrestlers against BJJ experts, karate against shoot-fighting. It was nuts. My buddies and I used to rent these old videos for pure morbid curiosity. And this isn't even the worst KO we saw. For that one, check out Paul Herrera vs. Gary Goodridge. It's actually kind of scary.
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After seeing Ken Shamrocks interview when he talks about this fight he's correct/ THIS FIGHT NEEDS TO BE IN THE UFC FIGHT WING HOF. To paraphrase Ken, he stated everyone who was invited to fight in UFC 1didn't actually believe when it starts the promotion would truly allow a "NO-HOLD-BARRED" fight was they were promoting. But when this fight happened, which was the 1st fight, and dude was kicked in the face and his tooth went flying every fighter back stage was like "This Sh*T is real".
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To crawl into a ring and fight someone who is 420 lbs bare knuckle is beyond hardcore. This was simply incredible. This Dutchmen has balls.
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Within 20 seconds two things became apparent😆: No kicks to a downed opponent. Mouth guards.
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Bought UFC 1 on VHS when a video store was going out of buisness. Greatest fight ever. No training camp, no rules, soccer kick to the face. Doesn't hesitate at all, dude is a killer.
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as a dutchman im incredibly proud that the first fight of the ufc was won by another dutchman
