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Ultimate Fighting Championship
Type Private
Industry Mixed martial arts promotion
Founded November 1993
Founder(s) Nef Roman, Rorion Gracie, Robert Meyrowitz[1]
Headquarters Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Key people Lorenzo Fertitta, Chairman/CEO
Dana White, President
Marc Ratner, VP Regulatory Affairs
Joe Silva, VP Talent Relations/Matchmaker
Parent Zuffa, LLC
Website http://www.ufc.com/
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is an American mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion company and the largest in the world.[2] It hosts most of the top-ranked fighters [3] and produces numerous events worldwide.[4] The UFC has seven weight-divisions and enforces the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts.[5] Dana White serves as the president of the UFC; Frank and Lorenzo Fertitta control its parent company, Zuffa, LLC.[6][7][8]
Inspired by vale tudo tournaments in Brazil,[9] the UFC and the sport of MMA have roots in the ancient Olympic combat sport of Pankration in 648 BC.[10] In 1993, the UFC held its first competition in Denver, Colorado. Showcasing fighters of different disciplines—including boxing, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, wrestling, Muay Thai, karate and other styles—the UFC sought to identify the most effective martial art in a real fight. After a period of political backlash, the UFC gradually underwent reform by embracing stricter rules and achieving sanctioning with State Athletic Commissions.
With a cable-television deal and expansion into Canada, Europe, Australia[11] the Middle East,[12] Asia[13] and new markets within the United States, the UFC as of 2011[update] has gained in popularity, along with greater mainstream-media coverage. As of 2011[update] viewers can access UFC programming on pay-per-view television in the U.S., Brazil , Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Italy. UFC programming can also be found on Spike, Versus and Ion Television in the U.S., on ESPN in the United Kingdom and Ireland, as well as in over 130 countries and 20 different languages worldwide.[14]
Contents
1 History
1.1 Early competition
1.2 Emergence of stricter rules
1.3 Controversy and reform
1.4 The Zuffa era
1.5 Struggle for survival and turnaround
1.6 The Ultimate Fighter and mainstream emergence
1.7 Surging popularity and growth
1.8 Pride acquisition and integration
1.9 UFC 100 and beyond
1.10 WEC merger
1.11 Strikeforce purchase
2 Rules
2.1 Rounds
2.2 Weight divisions
2.3 Cage
2.4 Attire
2.5 Match outcome
2.6 Judging criteria
2.7 Fouls
2.8 Match conduct
2.9 Evolution of the rules
2.10 The Ultimate Fighter
3 UFC events
3.1 Production team
3.2 Fighter salaries
4 Current champions
5 UFC Hall of Fame
6 Media
6.1 Music
6.2 Video games
6.3 Action figures
6.4 DVD
7 See also
8 References
9 External links
[edit] History[edit] Early competition
Royce Gracie utilized Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in the UFC's early years to defeat opponents of greater size and strength.In 1993, Art Davie proposed to Rorion Gracie and John Milius an eight-man, single-elimination tournament with a title of War of the Worlds. 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-arts masters of various disciplines such as karate, kung fu and kickboxing. The tournament would feature martial artists from different disciplines facing each other in no-holds-barred combat to determine the best martial art and would aim to replicate the excitement of the matches Davie had seen on the videos.[15] Milius, a noted film director and screenwriter, as well as a Gracie student, agreed to be the event's creative director. Davie drafted the business plan and twenty-eight investors contributed the initial capital to start WOW Promotions with the intent to develop the tournament into a television franchise. [16]
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