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 Gardens in Denver, Colorado. The event was seen live on pay-per-view in the United States, and was later released on home video.
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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.3 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.4 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.5
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".6 This event did a buyrate of 300,000.7
Results
UFC 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 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Frank 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 Cerra Leon (Pencak Silat) | 9:51 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Remco Pardoel | 1:31 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Royce Gracie | SUB | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jason Delucia (Kung Fu) | SUB | ||||||||||||||||||
| Scott Baker (Karate) | 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.
Encyclopedia awards
The following fighters were honored in the October 2011 book titled UFC Encyclopedia.8
- 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
See also
External links
References
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"UFC 2: No Way Out". Tapology. 1994-03-11. Retrieved 2012-07-08. http://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/events/ufc-2-no-way-out ↩
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Gerbasi, Thomas (2011-10-17). UFC Encyclopedia - The Definitive Guide to the Ultimate Fighting Championship. New York: DK. p. 149. ISBN 978-0756683610. 978-0756683610 ↩