UFC 2
| UFC 2: No Way Out | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mammoth Gardens | ||||
| City | Denver, Colorado | |||
| Attendance | 2,000 | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
| ||||
The Ultimate Fighting Championship Part II (later renamed UFC 2: No Way Out) was a
Mammoth Gardens in Denver, Colorado.[1] The event was seen live on pay-per-view in the United States,[2] and was later released on home video
.
History
UFC 2 featured a sixteen-man
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
| Final | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| N/A | Royce Gracie | def. | Patrick Smith | TKO (submission to punches) | 1:17 | ||
| Semifinals | |||||||
| N/A | Patrick Smith | def. | Johnny Rhodes | Submission (guillotine choke) | 1:07 | ||
| N/A | Royce Gracie | def. | Remco Pardoel | Submission (lapel choke) | 1:31 | ||
| Quarterfinals | |||||||
| N/A | Patrick Smith | def. | Scott Morris | KO (elbows) | 0:30 | ||
| N/A | Johnny Rhodes | def. | Fred Ettish | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 3:07 | [a] | |
| N/A | Remco Pardoel | def. | Orlando Wiet | KO (elbows) | 1:29 | ||
| N/A | Royce Gracie | def. | Jason DeLucia | Submission (armbar) | 1:07 | ||
| Opening Round | |||||||
| N/A | Scott Morris | def. | Sean Daugherty | Submission (guillotine choke) | 0:20 | ||
| N/A | Patrick Smith | def. | Ray Wizard | Submission (guillotine choke) | 0:58 | ||
| N/A | Johnny Rhodes | def. | David Levicki | TKO (submission to punches) | 12:13 | ||
| N/A | Frank Hamaker | def. | Thaddeus Luster | TKO (corner stoppage) | 4:52 | ||
| N/A | Orlando Wiet | def. | Robert Lucarelli | TKO (knees) | 2:50 | ||
| N/A | Remco Pardoel | def. | Alberto Cerro Leon | Submission (armlock) | 9:51 | ||
| N/A | Jason DeLucia | def. | Scott Baker | TKO (submission to punches) | 6:41 | ||
| N/A | Royce Gracie | def. | Minoki Ichihara | Submission (lapel choke) | 5:08 | ||
- ^ Frank Hamaker was forced to withdraw due to injury. He was replaced by Fred Ettish. Another alternate was Trent Jenkins. but didn't fight. it is showing UFC 2 ending credit. There was no alternate match because there was no time in the round of 16.
UFC 2 bracket
| Opening Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||||||||
Pencak Silat )
| 9:51 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Remco Pardoel
| 1:31 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Royce Gracie
| SUB | ||||||||||||||||||
Kung Fu )
| SUB | ||||||||||||||||||
| Scott Baker (Karate)
| 6:41 | ||||||||||||||||||
Jason Delucia
| 1:07 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Royce Gracie
| SUB | ||||||||||||||||||
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.
See also
References
- ^ "UFC 2 - No Way Out". Sherdog.com. 1994-03-11. Retrieved 2012-07-08.
- ^ "UFC 2: No Way Out". Tapology. 1994-03-11. Retrieved 2012-07-08.
- ^ Sandomir, Richard (March 8, 1994). "TV SPORTS; Death Is Cheap: Maybe It's Just $14.95". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-08-17.
- ^ "'Big' John McCarthy to referee UFC on Versus". USA Today. June 26, 2010. Retrieved June 8, 2012.
- ISBN 9781903854303.
- ^ "Prelude to UFC 100: Greatest Quotes In UFC History". Bleacher Report. July 10, 2009.
- ^ "The Pay per View Revolution in Wrestling". 2015-06-17.
