Ultimate Fighting Championship
The Ultimate Fighting Championship is an American mixed martial arts promotion company based in Las Vegas, Nevada. The first event was held in 1993 at the McNichols Sports Arena in Denver, Colorado. In 2016, UFC’s parent company, Zuffa, was sold to a group led by William Morris Endeavor, including Silver Lake Partners, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and MSD Capital for US$4. 025 billion. The company’s next domestic media rights agreement with ESPN was valued at USD 1. 5 billion over a five-year term.
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The Ultimate Fighting Championship is an American mixed martial arts promotion company based in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is the largest MMA promotion company in the world and features some of the highest-level fighters in the sport on its roster. The UFC produces events worldwide that showcase twelve weight divisions and abides by the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts. As of 2020, the UFC has held over 500 events. The first event was held in 1993 at the McNichols Sports Arena in Denver, Colorado. In 2016, UFC’s parent company, Zuffa, was sold to a group led by William Morris Endeavor, including Silver Lake Partners, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and MSD Capital for US$4. 025 billion. The company’s next domestic media rights agreement with ESPN was valued at USD 1. 5 billion over a five-year term. With a TV deal and expansion in Australia, Asia, Europe, and new markets within the United States, theUFC has increased in popularity, and has achieved greater mainstream media coverage; the promotion brought in a total revenue of US$609 million in 2015. The tournament was inspired by the Gracies in Action video-series produced by the Gracie family of Brazil which featured Gracie jiu-jitsu students defeating martial artists of various disciplines such as karate, kung fu, and kickboxing. UFC promoters initially pitched the event as a real-life fighting video game tournament similar to Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat.
The show proposed to find an answer for sports fans’ questions such as: ‘Can a wrestler beat a boxer?’ The show featured kickboxers Patrick Smith and Gerard Gordeau, karate expert Teila Zane Frazier, and shootfighter Ken Shamrock. The inaugural tournament proved extremely successful with 86,592 pay-per-view subscribers. Rorion Gracie, the brother of UFC co-founder Rorions Gracie handpicked to represent his family in the competition, earned the first UFC championship after submitting Jimmerson, Shamerson, and Teila Tuli Tuli in succession in the inaugural tournament. In the second tournament, Royce Gracie’s black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu proved the most effective in the tournament, earning him the first title. The third tournament, UFC 27, was held at the MGM Grand in New York City and featured the likes of Kevin Rosier, Patrick Smith, and Ken Shamerson. The fourth and final event was UFC 27 at the Rio de Janeiro International Airport in Brazil. The fifth and final tournament was UFC 28 at the Bell Centre in Rio de Janiero, Brazil, and was the first event to feature the Brazilian jiu jitsu black belt Royce Gracie. The final event, UFC 29, took place at the Quicken Loans Arena in Los Angeles, California, on November 12, 2013. The event was the final event of the UFC series. UFC 27 was the last event to be held before UFC 29.
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