UFC 2
UFC mixed martial arts event in 1994
The Ultimate Fighting Championship Part II (later renamed UFC 2: No Way Out) was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on March 11, 1994, at Mammoth Events Center in Denver, Colorado. The event was seen live on pay-per-view in the United States, and was later released on home video.
01History
UFC 2 featured a sixteen-man tournament format, the first and only one in UFC history, with the winner receiving $60,000. The first seven bouts were not aired on the live pay-per-view broadcast, nor were they on the home video version (VHS). The tournament had no weight classes or weight limits. Matches had no time limit or rounds, therefore no judges were used. Competitors could only win a match by submission, by the opponent's corner throwing in the towel, or by knockout.
UFC 2 marked the debut of referee John McCarthy, arguably the most famous referee in the sport of MMA. Since this was the only 16-man tournament in UFC history, Royce Gracie is the only person to have ever fought and won four fights in one night in the UFC.
A the fights on the opening round (except for Gracie vs. Ichihara) were not exhibited on pay-per-view due time constrains. These "lost fights" were later also not included on the VHS or DVD release of the event. They would only be released later to UFC Fight Pass.
Stuntman and co-creator of the UFC Ben Perry joined the announcing crew for the first time in UFC 2. He was quoted that evening as introducing Scott Morris into the ring by saying: "We don’t know much about Scott Morris, because he is a Ninja". This event did a buyrate of 300,000.
02Results
| Final | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| N/A | Royce Gracie | def. | Patrick Smith | TKO (submission to punches) | 1:17 | ||
| Semifinals | |||||||
| N/A | Patrick Smith | def. | Johnny Rhodes | Submission (guillotine choke) | 1:07 | ||
| N/A | Royce Gracie | def. | Remco Pardoel | Submission (lapel choke) | 1:31 | ||
| Quarterfinals | |||||||
| N/A | Patrick Smith | def. | Scott Morris | KO (elbows) | 0:30 | ||
| N/A | Johnny Rhodes | def. | Fred Ettish | Submission (bulldog choke) | 3:07 | ||
| N/A | Remco Pardoel | def. | Orlando Wiet | KO (elbows) | 1:29 | ||
| N/A | Royce Gracie | def. | Jason DeLucia | Submission (armbar) | 1:07 | ||
| Opening Round | |||||||
| N/A | Scott Morris | def. | Sean Daugherty | Submission (guillotine choke) | 0:20 | ||
| N/A | Patrick Smith | def. | Ray Wizard | Submission (guillotine choke) | 0:58 | ||
| N/A | Johnny Rhodes | def. | David Levicki | TKO (submission to punches) | 12:13 | ||
| N/A | Frank Hamaker | def. | Thaddeus Luster | TKO (corner stoppage) | 4:52 | ||
| N/A | Orlando Wiet | def. | Robert Lucarelli | TKO (knees) | 2:50 | ||
| N/A | Remco Pardoel | def. | Alberto Cerro Leon | Submission (armlock) | 9:51 | ||
| N/A | Jason DeLucia | def. | Scott Baker | TKO (submission to punches) | 6:41 | ||
| N/A | Royce Gracie | def. | Minoki Ichihara | Submission (lapel choke) | 5:08 | ||
03UFC 2 bracket
| Opening Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||
| Scott Morris (Ninjitsu) | SUB | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sean Daugherty (Taekwondo) | 0:20 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Scott Morris | 0:30 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Patrick Smith | KO | ||||||||||||||||||
| Patrick Smith (Kickboxing) | SUB | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ray Wizard (Karate) | 0:58 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Patrick Smith | SUB | ||||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Rhodes | 1:07 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Rhodes (Karate) | SUB | ||||||||||||||||||
| David Levicki (Wing Chun) | 12:13 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Rhodes | SUB | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fred Ettish (Karate) 1 | 3:07 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Freek Hamaker (Sambo) | SUB | ||||||||||||||||||
| Thaddeus Luster (San Soo) | 4:52 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Patrick Smith | 1:17 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Royce Gracie | TKO | ||||||||||||||||||
| Orlando Wiet (Muay Thai) | TKO | ||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Lucarelli (Kickboxing) | 2:50 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Orlando Wiet | 1:29 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Remco Pardoel | KO | ||||||||||||||||||
| Remco Pardoel (Judo) | SUB | ||||||||||||||||||
| Alberto Cerro Leon (Pencak Silat) | 9:51 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Remco Pardoel | 1:31 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Royce Gracie | SUB | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jason Delucia (Kung Fu) | SUB | ||||||||||||||||||
| Scott Baker (Wing Chun) | 6:41 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jason Delucia | 1:07 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Royce Gracie | SUB | ||||||||||||||||||
| Royce Gracie (Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu) | SUB | ||||||||||||||||||
| Minoki Ichihara (Karate) | 5:08 | ||||||||||||||||||
1 Frank Hamaker was forced to withdraw due to injury. He was replaced by Fred Ettish.
04Encyclopedia awards
The following fighters were honored in the October 2011 book titled UFC Encyclopedia.
- Fight of the Night: Royce Gracie vs. Minoki Ichihara
- Knockout of the Night: Patrick Smith def. Scott Morris
- Submission of the Night: Royce Gracie def. Remco Pardoel
Sources and credits
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