UFC 21

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UFC 21: Return of the Champions

Details
Promotion	Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date	July 16, 1999
Venue	Five Seasons Events Center
City	Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Event chronology
UFC 20: Battle for the Gold	UFC 21: Return of the Champions	UFC 22: There Can Be Only One Champion

UFC 21: Return of the Champions was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on July 16, 1999 at the Five Seasons Events Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The event was seen live on pay per view in the United States, and later released on home video. Headlining the event was a Lightweight Championship bout between Pat Miletich and Andre Pederneiras.

UFC 21 marked a significant rule change, as it was the first UFC event since UFC 1 to feature rounds. Preliminary bouts now consisted of two five minute-rounds, main card bouts were three five-minute rounds, and championship bouts were five five-minute rounds (identical to the Unified Rules of Combat used today in the USA). UFC 21 was also the first UFC event to adopt the ten point must system, commonly used in boxing, to judge fights.

[edit] Results

[edit] Preliminary Bout: Travis Fulton vs. David Dodd

Fulton wins by unanimous decision at 10:00.

[edit] Preliminary Bout: Andre Roberts vs. Ron Waterman

Roberts wins by KO at 2:51 of the first round.

[edit] Middleweight Bout: Eugene Jackson vs. Royce Alger

Jackson wins by KO at 1:17 of the second round. Take a look at this one. As Royce "The Farmer" Alger gets in the ring Big John McCarthy inspects under his gloves and finds a ring. Big John says "Get that ring off" and The Farmer slips it off and hands it to Big John before the fight.