UFC 06 – Clash of the titans
UFC 06
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HISTORY INFO
UFC 06: 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 the crowning of the first UFC Champion to win the title in a non-tournament format.[2] The champion would be the winner of a special match call ‘The Superfight’, which continue from UFC 05 as there areĀ no official winner in the previous Superfight. [2] UFC 06 also featured an eight-man tournament, 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 finally. A 20 minute time limit areĀ impose 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.
This event continued the Superfight format from UFC 05 to determine the reigning UFC champion for tournament winners to face. Ken Shamrock remain in the spot and his opponent was UFC 05 champion Dan Severn in a championship match dubb as “The Clash of the Titans”.
The referee for the night was ‘Big’ John McCarthy and Michael Buffer serve as the guest ring announcer for the night finally.
SPOILER RESULTS
Superfight Championship | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
N/A | Ken Shamrock | def. | Dan Severn | Submission (guillotine choke) | 2:14 | [a] | |
Finals | |||||||
N/A | Oleg Taktarov | def. | Tank Abbott | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 17:47 | ||
Semifinals | |||||||
N/A | Tank Abbott | def. | Paul Varelans | TKO (punches) | 1:53 | ||
N/A | Oleg Taktarov | def. | Anthony Macias | Submission (guillotine choke) | 0:09 | [b] | |
Quarterfinals | |||||||
N/A | Tank Abbott | def. | John Matua | KO (punch) | 0:20 | ||
N/A | Paul Varelans | def. | Cal Worsham | KO (elbow) | 1:02 | ||
N/A | Patrick Smith | def. | Rudyard Moncayo | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1:08 | ||
N/A | Oleg Taktarov | def. | Dave Beneteau | Submission (guillotine) | 0:57 | ||
Alternate bouts | |||||||
N/A | Joel Sutton | def. | Jack McLaughlin | Submission (punches) | 2:01 | ||
N/A | Anthony Macias | def. | He-Man Ali Gipson | Submission (punches) | 3:06 |
- Jump up^ Shamrock defeated Severn via submission (guillotine choke) at 2:14 to become the first UFC Superfight Champion.
- Jump up^ Macias replaced Patrick Smith, who could not continue due to stomach cramps.