UFC mixed martial arts event in 1997
UFC 13: The 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 .
History
UFC 13 featured two four man tournaments, a heavyweight tournament for fighters 200 lb or more, and a lightweight tournament for fighters under 200 lb, as well as two alternate bouts and a Superfight between Vitor Belfort and Tank Abbott .
This was the first appearance of two future UFC Champions and UFC Hall of Fame members Randy Couture [ 1] [ 2] and Tito Ortiz ,[ 3] [ 4] who was an alternate in the lightweight tournament.
The show also featured the first and only UFC appearance of Tony Halme who had previously been a professional wrestler with World Wrestling Entertainment (then World Wrestling Federation) under the name of Ludvig Borga .
Bruce Buffer returned to announce the fights, after making his initial debut as an announcer at UFC 10 .
This was the second UFC event to have two tournaments instead of one following UFC 12 .
Results
Lightweight Finals
Weight class
Method
Round
Time
Notes
Lightweight
Guy Mezger
def.
Tito Ortiz
Submission (guillotine choke)
3:00
[ a]
Lightweight Semifinals
Lightweight
Guy Mezger
def.
Christophe Leininger
Decision (unanimous)
15:00
Lightweight
Enson Inoue
def.
Royce Alger
Submission (armbar)
1:36
Lightweight Alternate bout
Lightweight
Tito Ortiz
def.
Wes Albritton
TKO (corner stoppage)
0:31
Heavyweight Finals
Weight class
Method
Round
Time
Notes
Heavyweight
Randy Couture
def.
Steven Graham
TKO (punches)
3:13
Heavyweight Semifinals
Heavyweight
Steven Graham
def.
Dmitri Stepanov
Submission (armlock)
1:30
Heavyweight
Randy Couture
def.
Tony Halme
Submission (rear-naked choke)
1:00
Heavyweight Alternate bout
Heavyweight
Jack Nilson
def.
Saeed Hosseini
TKO (punches)
1:23
Heavyweight bout
Heavyweight
Vitor Belfort
def.
Tank Abbott
TKO (punches)
0:52
^ Ortiz replaced Inoue who was unable to continue due to injury.
UFC 13 Lightweight Tournament Bracket
1 Tito Ortiz replaced Enson Inoue who withdrew due to injury.
UFC 13 Heavyweight Tournament Bracket
See also
References
^ "Randy 'The Natural' Couture MMA Stats, Pictures, News, Videos, Biography – Sherdog.com" . sherdog.com . 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2012 .
^ Krauss, Erich (2004). "The Wrestlers". Warriors of the Ultimate Fighting Championship . Kensington: Citadel Press. pp. 63, 65. ISBN 0-8065-2657-2 .
^ "Tito 'Huntington Beach Bad Boy' Ortiz MMA Stats, Pictures, News, Videos, Biography – Sherdog.com" . sherdog.com . 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2012 .
^ "Tito Ortiz heads to UFC Hall of Fame, retirement – latimes.com" . Los Angeles Times . ISSN 0458-3035 . Retrieved 21 June 2012 . 13
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