UFC 15
| UFC 15: Collision Course | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Casino Magic Bay St. Louis | ||||
| City | Bay St. Louis, Mississippi | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 15: Collision Course was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on October 17, 1997, in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. The event was seen live on pay-per-view in the United States, and later released on home video.
History
UFC 15 was headlined by a
Maurice Smith and Tank Abbott. Abbott was brought in as a last-minute replacement for Dan Severn
, who couldn't fight because of an injured hand.
UFC 15 featured a Superfight between
UFC Japan
.
The show also marked the last event to feature
UFC Japan
.
Collision Course marked a major change in the UFC's rules, with limitations set on permissible striking areas. Headbutts, groin strikes, strikes to the back of the neck and head, knees to a downed opponent, head stomps, kicks to a downed opponent, small joint manipulation, and hair pulling all became officially illegal.
Results
| Heavyweight Championship | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Heavyweight | Maurice Smith (c)
|
def. | Tank Abbott | TKO (leg kicks) | 8:08 | [a] | |
| Heavyweight Superfight | |||||||
| Heavyweight | Randy Couture | def. | Vitor Belfort | TKO (punches) | 8:16 | ||
| Finals | |||||||
| Heavyweight | Mark Kerr | def. | Dwayne Cason | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 0:53 | [b] | |
| Semifinals | |||||||
| Heavyweight | Mark Kerr | def. | Greg Stott | KO (knee) | 0:17 | ||
| Heavyweight | Dave Beneteau | def. | Carlos Barreto
|
Decision (unanimous) | 15:00 | [c] | |
| Alternate bouts | |||||||
| Heavyweight | Alex Hunter | def. | Harry Moskowitz | Decision (split) | 12:00 | ||
| Heavyweight | Dwayne Cason | def. | Houston Dorr | TKO (punches) | 3:43 | ||
UFC 15 Heavyweight Tournament Bracket
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
 Mark Kerr
| KO | ||||||||
| Greg Stott
| 0:17 | ||||||||
| Mark Kerr
| SUB | ||||||||
| Dwayne Cason1
| 0:53 | ||||||||
 Dave Beneteau
| DEC | ||||||||
 Carlos Barreto
| 15:00 | ||||||||
1 Dwayne Cason replaced Dave Beneteau who withdrew due to fatigue.
