UFC 13

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

UFC 13: Ultimate Force
Details
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date May 30, 1997
Venue Augusta Civic Center
City Augusta, Georgia
Attendance 5,100
Event chronology
UFC 12: Judgement Day UFC 13: Ultimate Force UFC 14: Showdown

UFC 13: Ultimate Force was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on May 30, 1997 in Augusta, Georgia. The event was seen live on pay per view in the United States, and later released on home video. UFC 13 featured two four man tournaments, a lightweight and a heavyweight tournament, as well as two alternate bouts and a Superfight between Vitor Belfort and Tank Abbott. UFC 13 also marked the first appearance of MMA legend and future UFC Champion Randy Couture, as well as Tito Ortiz, who was an alternate in the lightweight tournament.

[edit] Results

[edit] Alternate Bouts

Ortiz wins by a TKO due to strikes at 0:31 of the first round. [1]

  • Jack Nillson vs. Saeed Hosseini

Nillson wins by TKO at 1:24 of round 1.

[edit] Lightweight Tournament

  • Semifinal Bout:Guy Mezger vs. Christopher Leninger

Mezger wins by unanimous decision at 15:00.

Inoue wins by submission at 1:37 of round 1.

Mezger wins by submission at 2:00 of round 1 to win the UFC 13 Lightweight Tournament. Ortiz replaced Inoue who was unable to continue due to injury.

  Semifinals Final
                 
 Guy Mezger  
 Christopher Leninger  
     Guy Mezger
   Tito Ortiz
 Enson Inoue
 Royce Alger  

[edit] Heavyweight Tournament

  • Semifinal Bout: Steven Graham vs. Dmitri Stepanov

Graham wins by submission at 1:30 of round 1.

Couture wins by submission at 0:57 of round 1.

Couture wins by TKO at 3:13 of round 1 to win the UFC 13 Heavyweight Tournament.

  Semifinals Final
                 
 Steven Graham  
 Dmitri Stepanov  
     Randy Couture
   Steven Graham
 Randy Couture
 Tony Halme  

[edit] Superfight

Vitor Belfort vs. Tank Abbott Belfort wins by TKO at 0:53 of round 1.

[edit] External links

v • d • e
Ultimate Fighting Championship events
upcoming events are in italics
Pay-per-view
1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • UU • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • UU 2 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • Japan • 16 • 17 • Brazil • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 37.5 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 • 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 • 58 • 59 • 60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 • 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 • 76 • 77 • 78 • 79 • 80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88
Fight Nights
1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • Ortiz vs. Shamrock 3 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13
The Ultimate Fighter
finales
1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6
Languages