UFC 6

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UFC 6: Clash of the Titans
Details
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date July 14, 1995
Venue Casper Events Center
City Casper, Wyoming
Attendance 2,700
Pay-per-view chronology
UFC 5: The Return of the Beast UFC 6: Clash of the Titans UFC 7: The Brawl in Buffalo


UFC 6: Clash of the Titans was the sixth mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on July 14, 1995, at the Casper Events Center in Casper, Wyoming. The event was seen live on pay per view in the United States, and later released on home video. UFC 6 featured an eight-man tournament, a Superfight, and two alternate fights which were not shown on the live pay-per-view broadcast. The tournament had no weight classes, or weight limits. Each match had no rounds; therefore no judges were used for the night. A 20 minute time limit was imposed for the quarterfinal and semi-final round matches in the tournament. The finals of the tournament and the Superfight had a 30 minute time limit and, if necessary, a five minute overtime. The referee for the night was 'Big' John McCarthy, who had the power to restart the fight from a standing position if the fighters were stalemate and no progress was being made by either one. Michael Buffer served as the guest ring announcer for the night.

UFC 6 marked the first appearance of David "Tank" Abbott, who would make an impressive debut with his brutal 0:20 KO of John Matua, followed by a TKO victory over the much larger Paul Varelans. Abbott ultimately lost the tournament to the much better conditioned Oleg Taktarov, but quickly became a fan favorite with his heavy hands and brash, no nonsense personality.

[edit] Alternate Bouts

  • Joel Sutton vs. Jack McGlaughlin

Sutton wins by submission due to strikes at 2:01 of the first round.

  • Anthony Macias vs. He-Man Gipson

Macias wins by submission due to strikes at 3:06 of the first round.

[edit] Quarterfinals

Abbott wins by KO at 0:18 of the first round.

Varelans wins by KO (elbow to the head) at 1:02 of the first round.

Smith wins by submission (rear naked choke) at 1:08 of the first round. Due to an injury sustained during this fight, Smith withdrew from the tournament.

Taktarov wins by submission (front choke) at 0:57 of the first round.

[edit] Semifinals

Abbott wins by TKO due to strikes at 1:53 of the first round.

Taktarov wins by submission (guillotine choke) at 0:09 of the first round. Macias replaced Patrick Smith, who could not continue due to injury. This bout holds the record for being the second fastest victory in UFC history behind Don Frye's victory over Thomas Ramirez at UFC 8.

[edit] Finals

Taktarov wins the UFC 6 Tournament by submission (rear naked choke) at 17:45 of the first round.

[edit] UFC 6 bracket

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                           
   Tank Abbott  
 John Matua  
     Tank Abbott  
     Paul Varelans  
 Paul Varelans
   Cal Worsham  
       Tank Abbott
     Oleg Taktarov
   Patrick Smith  
 Rudyard Moncayo  
     Anthony Macias1
     Oleg Taktarov  
 Oleg Taktarov
   Dave Beneteau  

1Patrick Smith was forced to withdraw due to injury. He was replaced by Anthony Macias.

[edit] Superfight

Superfight: Ken Shamrock vs. Dan Severn Shamrock wins by submission (guillotine choke) at 2:14 of the first round.

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