UFC 4: Revenge of the Warriors

UFC 4: Revenge of the Warriors
information
date	December 16, 1994
Venue	Expo Square Pavilion
city	Tulsa , Oklahoma , United States
Number of visitors	5,857
PPV sales	120,000
Event chronology
← UFC 3: The American Dream UFC 5: The Return of the Beast →
UFC chronology
← UFC 3: The American Dream UFC 5: The Return of the Beast →

UFC 4: Revenge of the Warriors was a mixed martial arts event of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). It took place on December 16, 1994 in Tulsa , Oklahoma , United States and was broadcast as pay-per-view .

background

UFC 4 was played in the format of an eight-man tournament , the winner of which received $ 64,000 . In addition, three more fights were fought. All seven fights of the tournament and the Jason Fairn vs. Guy Mezger were broadcast live as pay-per-view .

There were still no weight classes or weight limits in the tournament. A time limit and rounds and thus also judges were also waived. Referee for all bouts of the evening was again John McCarthy . For the first time Bruce Beck and Jeff Blatnick sat together at the commentator's desk, which remained so up to and including UFC 15 in October 1997. The two were supported by Jim Brown .

Royce Gracie won the tournament after defeating Dan Severn in the finals by giving up in a triangle choke . It was his third win in the UFC's fourth tournament. There was also a spectacular fight between Keith Hackney and Joe Son , which Hackney won by giving up.

Results

KO = knockout ; TKO = technical knockout ; SUB = task by tapping .

Overview

			method	time
Alternative fights
Joe Charles	esp.	Kevin Rosier	SUB	00:14
Marcus Bossett	esp.	Eldo Dias Xavier	KO	04:55
Guy Mezger	esp.	Jason Fairn	TKO	02:13
Quarter finals
Royce Gracie	esp.	Ron van Clief	SUB	03:59
Keith Hackney	esp.	Joe Son	SUB	02:44
Steve Jennum	esp.	Melton Bowen	SUB	04:47
Dan Severn	esp.	Anthony Macias	SUB	01:45
Semifinals
Royce Gracie	esp.	Keith Hackney	SUB	05:32
Dan Severn	esp.	Marcus Bossett 1	SUB	00:52
final
Royce Gracie	esp.	Dan Severn	SUB	15:49

¹ Marcus Bossett replaced Steve Jennum , who was eliminated due to injury.

Tournament tree

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

Royce Gracie

SUB

Ron van Clief

03:59

Royce Gracie

SUB

Keith Hackney

05:32

Keith Hackney

SUB

Joe Son

02:44

Royce Gracie

SUB

Dan Severn

15:49

Steve Jennum

SUB

Melton Bowen

04:47

Marcus Bossett 1

00:52

Dan Severn

SUB

Dan Severn

SUB

Anthony Macias

01:45

¹ Marcus Bossett replaced Steve Jennum , who was eliminated due to injury.

See also

• Ultimate Fighting Championship

Individual evidence

1. ↑ MMA - Man Cave Flashback: UFC 4 - Revenge of the Warriors. (No longer available online.) 411mania.com, December 16, 1994, archived from the original on February 22, 2014 ; accessed on February 16, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ UFC 4 Review: Royce Gracie's Revenge and Dan Severn's Debut. Bleacher Report, November 25, 2010, accessed February 16, 2014 . 

Web links

• UFC 4: Revenge of the Warriors in the Sherdog database .
• UFC 4 on the UFC homepage.