Ufc Essay
Brayden Perez
P.E. 2
Mrs. Gonzalez
1 September 2013
Ultimate Fighting Championship The Ultimate Fighting Championship, also known as UFC, is the largest mixed martial arts promotion company in the world. UFC is the host of most of the top-ranked fighters and fights in the sport, and produces events worldwide. UFC is based in the United States and it has eight weight divisions and enforces the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts.
The very first UFC event was held in 1993 in Denver, Colorado and the purpose of the event was to identify the most effective martial art in a real fight between competitors of different fighting disciplines, including Boxing, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Sambo, Wrestling, Muay Thai, Karate, Judo, and other styles. The fighters subsequently started to use different, but effective techniques from more than one discipline, which indirectly helped create an entirely separate style of fighting known as present-day mixed martial arts.
With no weight classes, fighters often faced significantly larger or taller opponents. Keith "The Giant Killer" Hackney faced Emmanuel Yarborough at UFC 3 with a 9 in (23 cm) height and 400 pounds (180 kg) weight disadvantage. Many martial artists believed that technique could overcome these size disadvantages, and that a skilled fighter could use an opponent's size and strength against him.
Although UFC used the tagline "There are no rules!" in the early 1990s, the UFC did in fact operate with limited rules. It banned biting and eye-gouging, and frowned on (but allowed) techniques such as hair pulling, head butting, groin strikes and fish-hooking.
The UFC had a reputation, especially in the early days, as an extremely violent event, as evidenced by a disclaimer in the beginning of the UFC 5 broadcast which warned audiences of the violent nature of the sport. The violent nature of the prospering sport quickly drew the attention of the U.S. Senator John McCain. He saw a tape of the first UFC events and
P.E. 2
Mrs. Gonzalez
1 September 2013
Ultimate Fighting Championship The Ultimate Fighting Championship, also known as UFC, is the largest mixed martial arts promotion company in the world. UFC is the host of most of the top-ranked fighters and fights in the sport, and produces events worldwide. UFC is based in the United States and it has eight weight divisions and enforces the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts.
The very first UFC event was held in 1993 in Denver, Colorado and the purpose of the event was to identify the most effective martial art in a real fight between competitors of different fighting disciplines, including Boxing, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Sambo, Wrestling, Muay Thai, Karate, Judo, and other styles. The fighters subsequently started to use different, but effective techniques from more than one discipline, which indirectly helped create an entirely separate style of fighting known as present-day mixed martial arts.
With no weight classes, fighters often faced significantly larger or taller opponents. Keith "The Giant Killer" Hackney faced Emmanuel Yarborough at UFC 3 with a 9 in (23 cm) height and 400 pounds (180 kg) weight disadvantage. Many martial artists believed that technique could overcome these size disadvantages, and that a skilled fighter could use an opponent's size and strength against him.
Although UFC used the tagline "There are no rules!" in the early 1990s, the UFC did in fact operate with limited rules. It banned biting and eye-gouging, and frowned on (but allowed) techniques such as hair pulling, head butting, groin strikes and fish-hooking.
The UFC had a reputation, especially in the early days, as an extremely violent event, as evidenced by a disclaimer in the beginning of the UFC 5 broadcast which warned audiences of the violent nature of the sport. The violent nature of the prospering sport quickly drew the attention of the U.S. Senator John McCain. He saw a tape of the first UFC events and