| UFC 6: Clash of the Titans | ||||
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| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | July 14, 1995 | |||
| Venue | Casper Events Center | |||
| City | Casper, Wyoming, USA | |||
| Attendance | 2,700 | |||
| Buyrate | 240,000[1] | |||
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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.
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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 called 'The Superfight', which continued from UFC 5 as there was no official winner in the previous Superfight. [3] UFC 6 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. 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.
This event continued the Superfight format from UFC 5 to determine the reigning UFC champion for tournament winners to face. Ken Shamrock remained in the spot and his opponent was UFC 5 champion Dan Severn in a championship match dubbed as "The Clash of the Titans".
The referee for the night was 'Big' John McCarthy, who for the first time had the power to restart the fight to a standing position if the fighters were in a stalemate and no progress was being made by either one. Michael Buffer served as the guest ring announcer for the night.
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||
| Tank Abbott | KO | ||||||||||||
| John Matua | 0:20 | ||||||||||||
| Tank Abbott | TKO | ||||||||||||
| Paul Varelans | 1:53 | ||||||||||||
| Paul Varelans | KO | ||||||||||||
| Cal Worsham | 1:02 | ||||||||||||
| Tank Abbott | 17:45 | ||||||||||||
| Oleg Taktarov | SUB | ||||||||||||
| Patrick Smith | SUB | ||||||||||||
| Rudyard Moncayo | 1:08 | ||||||||||||
| Anthony Macias1 | SUB | ||||||||||||
| Oleg Taktarov | 0:09 | ||||||||||||
| Oleg Taktarov | SUB | ||||||||||||
| Dave Beneteau | 0:57 | ||||||||||||
1Patrick Smith was forced to withdraw due to injury. He was replaced by Anthony Macias.