UFC 2: No Way Out
| UFC 2: No Way Out | |
| information | |
|---|---|
| date | March 11, 1994 |
| Venue | Mammoth Gardens |
| city | Denver , Colorado , United States |
| Number of visitors | 2,000 |
| PPV sales | 300,000 |
| Event chronology | |
| ← UFC 1: The Beginning | |
| UFC chronology | |
| ← UFC 1: The Beginning | |
The Ultimate Fighting Championship Part II (later renamed UFC 2: No Way Out ) was a mixed martial arts event of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). It took place on March 11, 1994 at the Mammoth Gardens Arena in Denver , Colorado , United States and was broadcast on pay-per-view .
event
background
UFC 2 was the second event hosted by the UFC after UFC 1: The Beginning in November 1993. Again, a tournament format in the knockout system was used, but this time with 16, i.e. twice as many participants. In addition, the prize money for the winner of this tournament has been increased to 60,000 US dollars .
The same rules were applied as in UFC 1 . Thus there were still no weight classes , time restrictions, etc. A fight could still only be decided by knockout , surrender or technical knockout after throwing in a towel from the corner of a fighter. The only prohibited actions were looking and biting the opponent.
"Defending champion" was the winner of the UFC 1 tournament Royce Gracie .
Alberto Cerra Leon, David Levicki, Frank Hamaker, Fred Ettish, Johnny Rhodes, Minoki Ichihara, Orlando Wiet, Ray Wizard, Remco Pardoel, Robert Lucarelli, Scott Baker, Scott Morris, Sean Daugherty and Thaddeus Luster made their debuts in the UFC. So Gracie and Patrick Smith were the only participants who had already fought at UFC 1 . In addition, Jason DeLucia had fought in an alternative fight at UFC 1 , but not in the tournament itself.
On the official side, the well-known MMA referee John McCarthy made his UFC debut. Ben Perry sat at the commentator's desk for the first time.
course
A total of 15 fights took place in the course of the 16-man tournament. Frank Hamaker had to be replaced by reserve man Fred Ettish after his actually victorious fight in the first round against Thaddeus Luster, as he was no longer fit to fight due to an injury.
With Gracie and Smith, the only two fighters who had already participated in UFC 1 made it into the final . There Gracie was able to defeat his opponent after one minute and 17 seconds by giving up. Gracie won the first two UFC tournaments and is still the only one who could win four UFC fights in one evening.
Results
KO = knockout ; TKO = technical knockout ; SUB = task by tapping .
Overview
| winner | loser | method | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opening round | |||
 Scott Morris
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Sean Daugherty
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SUB | 00:20 |
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Patrick Smith
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Ray Wizard
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SUB | 00:58 |
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Johnny Rhodes
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David Levicki
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SUB | 12:13 |
 Frank Hamaker
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Thaddeus Luster
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SUB | 04:52 |
 Orlando Wiet
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Robert Lucarelli
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TKO | 02:50 |
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Remco Pardoel
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 Alberto Cerra Leon
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SUB | 09:51 |
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Jason DeLucia
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Scott Baker
|
SUB | 06:41 |
 Royce Gracie
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 Minoki Ichihara
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SUB | 05:08 |
| Quarter finals | |||
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Patrick Smith
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Scott Morris
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KO | 00:30 |
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Johnny Rhodes
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Fred Ettish *
|
SUB | 03:07 |
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Remco Pardoel
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Orlando Wiet
|
KO | 01:29 |
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Royce Gracie
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Jason DeLucia
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SUB | 01:07 |
| Semifinals | |||
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Patrick Smith
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Johnny Rhodes
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SUB | 01:07 |
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Royce Gracie
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Remco Pardoel
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SUB | 01:31 |
| final | |||
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Royce Gracie
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Patrick Smith
|
SUB | 01:17 |
* Fred Ettish replaced Frank Hamaker, who was eliminated due to injury.
Tournament tree
| Opening round | Quarter finals | Semifinals | final | |||||||||||
| Scott Morris
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SUB | |||||||||||||
| Sean Daugherty
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00:20 | |||||||||||||
| Scott Morris
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00:30 | |||||||||||||
| Patrick Smith
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KO | |||||||||||||
| Patrick Smith
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SUB | |||||||||||||
| Ray Wizard
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00:58 | |||||||||||||
| Patrick Smith
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SUB | |||||||||||||
| Johnny Rhodes
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01:07 | |||||||||||||
| Johnny Rhodes
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SUB | |||||||||||||
| David Levicki
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12:13 | |||||||||||||
| Johnny Rhodes
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SUB | |||||||||||||
| Fred Ettish *
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03:07 | |||||||||||||
| Frank Hamaker
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SUB | |||||||||||||
| Thaddeus Luster
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04:52 | |||||||||||||
| Patrick Smith
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01:17 | |||||||||||||
| Royce Gracie
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SUB | |||||||||||||
| Orlando Wiet
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TKO | |||||||||||||
| Robert Lucarelli
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02:50 | |||||||||||||
| Orlando Wiet
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01:29 | |||||||||||||
| Remco Pardoel
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KO | |||||||||||||
| Remco Pardoel
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SUB | |||||||||||||
| Alberto Cerra Leon
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09:51 | |||||||||||||
| Remco Pardoel
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01:31 | |||||||||||||
| Royce Gracie
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SUB | |||||||||||||
| Jason DeLucia
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SUB | |||||||||||||
| Scott Baker
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06:41 | |||||||||||||
| Jason DeLucia
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01:07 | |||||||||||||
| Royce Gracie
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SUB | |||||||||||||
| Royce Gracie
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SUB | |||||||||||||
| Minoki Ichihara
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05:08 | |||||||||||||
* Fred Ettish replaced Frank Hamaker, who was eliminated due to injury.