On This Day: The First UFC Fight Ever | UFC 1 Free Fight
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- Опубликовано: 11 ноя 2021
- Relive the first UFC fight in history 28 years ago at UFC 1 in Denver, Colorado, featuring savate fighter Gerard Gordeau vs sumo wrestler Teila Tuli in the opening bout of the eight-man tournament. Which discipline will prevail?
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20 sec before UFC 1 starts: THERE'S NO RULES!
20 sec after UFC 1 starts: We may need to require mouthguards.
🤣
And gloves
And no kicking a down oponent
That would a terrible rule to disallow kicking when the opponent is down.
@@Dziaji ever seen Yan vs Sterlin 1? Yan got disqualified for using an illegal knee while the opponent was down. It’s very much a real rule.
It took like 15 seconds for the UFC to realize they should've added rules
To be fair they did have rules, "No biting and no eye gouging". That was it
@@thesmithersy So kicking in the nuts was ok?
@@thesmithersy They should go back to Pride rules. Completely legal kick in Pride.
@@thesmithersy i thought no fish hooking or small joint manipulation was in there too
that was common sense @@commiesnzombies
My Dad and I always watched boxing together, ever since I was a kid. We got UFC 1, and we were sitting there eating subs, and when this fight started and the big guy got kicked in the face, we both looked at each other with wide-eyed shock. Like "we're not in Kansas anymore." It was a great show.
Great memory you shared! Father son bonding time is a beautiful thing!
Lol thats awesome
awesome memory lol
Thanks for sharing ✌️❤️
How were the subs.
All praise to that ref. Everyone was against him in stopping that fight, including his employers, the crowd and the fighters, but he did so because it was clearly the right thing to do.
The ref didn't stop the fight. He paused it in the middle of the action.
If had actually stopped the fight I would be fine, but he didn't.
He paused the action, giving the sumo a chance to recover. Then the doctor stopped the fight.
In hindsight, it looks like the ref was right because the fight was stopped eventually without restarting the action. But there is a reason Gerard was confused when the ref put a TIME OUT sign up. Time out means that you are going to time back in at some point, and the time out occurred right when Gerard was about to win the fight.
I prefer Mortal Kombat rules.
You like shlong huh
Good point....
I knew it was worth not paying for the fight but waiting until its free
Hahaha just a sort 30 years
🤣🤣🤣
lmaoooo
That's pretty funny lol
Well it works out if you're still here
This is probably the most realistic fight you will ever see in the UFC. One shot to the face and it is over for the 99% of us.
No
@@HonkeyKong54 aight then lemme see you get kicked straight in the face by a kickboxer🤡
@@HonkeyKong54 you can take a high speed kick to the face? Let's see it.
@@HonkeyKong54 give me one shot then
Gerard landed a couple precision powerful strikes.
“No Rules, no judges scores, and no time limits.”
Drops the 1933 salute 4 times in a row
surprised they didn't edit that bit out. he's got a bunch of tattoos from the same era too lol. turns out he's actually a dick too when you see what he did to that guys eyes in Pride
His name is "Gerard Gordeau" and believe it or not, he was actually the most well known fighter among the invites
Hilarious
That's actually the Roman legionnaire salute the Nazis copied it at Hitlers insinstatce
My cousin pointed that out when we watched it on cable back then.
The fact the sumo guy wasn't out cold for the next 20 minutes but actually got up, ready to go...that's toughness.
white guy humbled him less than 20 sec. Sad
I felt bad for him. It looked like he was crying after getting field goal kick across the dome.
You are delusional@@HunterBidenLaptop46
And now we watched Leon humble Colby. What’s your point?
Bro he weighs 200 pounds more
“No Rules, no judges scores, and no time limits.”
After that first fight they probably had to add those rules lol.
Dana did a lot of that. It was barbaric with no weight limits or rules before him. He wanted to clean it up for mainstream TV
@@dlt9784 Underground was better. We were trading VHS tapes lmao There were different styles fighting each other then, Royce Gracie fucked it all up with his hour grappling matches and always wanting to go to the ground and everyone started grappling.
"those rules" this kind of fight was never "normal". But only because of the weight class interaction. And the heavier weight class lost. The actual fight played out like perfectly normal just without gloves, even though it was a kick that did him in. White dude was just on another plane of existence with his speed
@@Eusantdac I used to think that. Rewatched them recently with an old friend & it really wasn't better imo. Times might have been & had some better characters but not the fights. Hair pulling. Low blows (sometimes over and over and over and over in the same fight lol). People dropping out & having someone fresh come fight them for the title. & It started to change at a point where sumo, boxer, kickboxer v doesn't matter - whoever is better at Brazilian judo wins 99% of the time.
I'm glad we had it, and it was fun as hell getting new tapes. Friend had a brother who trained with a semi pro in the area at the time & they'd get all kinds of stuff. Dude fought the chief Andre (think that was his name) Roberts of all people lol. Didn't win but didn't do bad either. Unlocked memory.
Did the same with rewatching pride. THAT had better fights & stands the test of time I think.
Tank Abbott is the reason why they have gloves and first few rules
I remember watching this with my dad when I was a kid. All we had was WWF/WCW type stuff. Dad said (skeptically) “I’ll tell you if this is real or not.” After that kick to the face my dad stated as-a-matter -of-factly “Yeah, it’s real.”
Pro wrestling and Boxing. Martial art was very hard to broadcast.
😂
Oh man that made me laugh..
That’s Awesome. Dad always know bullspit when he sees it. But you could tell UFC was real from the first kick.
😂
"No rules"
*Later that night*
"Maybe we need rules.
This was total chaos. Bare-knuckle, virtually no rules, snuff fighting. They would pit wrestlers against BJJ experts, karate against shoot-fighting. It was nuts. My buddies and I used to rent these old videos for pure morbid curiosity. And this isn't even the worst KO we saw. For that one, check out Paul Herrera vs. Gary Goodridge. It's actually kind of scary.
honestly they should’ve never let that happen he almost died
Goodridge's elbow became a human jackhammer damn
That one was the deadliest crucifix seen in almost 2000 years.
@@Geffalrus1984lol
There's also a dutch judoka who did something similar.
Check out Remco Pardoel Vs. Orlando Wiet
Can you imagine the ufc today without rules, weight classes, or time limits? People would die
Literally
They'd fine.
People did die. That's why they made rules.
yeaaaahhhhhhhh i sure can.... *looks around innocently*
Back to the Roman empire times
Within 20 seconds two things became apparent😆:
No kicks to a downed opponent.
Mouth guards.
Soccer kicks on downed opponents were legit in Pride for a long time after this.
...and no more sumo. that guy couldve been killed.
@@blankblank7101 that guy is correct, though
Still think that "no kicks to a downed opponent" is a weird and unnatural rule
@@l4game It really makes me wonder how it would change fights
"Technique doesn't matter, this is a fight" - Eddie Hall before losing to Thor
Seeing someone that round getting destroyed by technique reminded me of that line.
After seeing Ken Shamrocks interview when he talks about this fight he's correct/
THIS FIGHT NEEDS TO BE IN THE UFC FIGHT WING HOF.
To paraphrase Ken, he stated everyone who was invited to fight in UFC 1didn't actually believe when it starts the promotion would truly allow a "NO-HOLD-BARRED" fight was they were promoting. But when this fight happened, which was the 1st fight, and dude was kicked in the face and his tooth went flying every fighter back stage was like "This Sh*T is real".
A time when Hasbulla vs Cejudo could've really happened
Loool
What you talking about
Hasbulla gonna smash Jon Jones
@Baby T Rex that is actually happening 2021
During that time, you could have seen Hasbulla vs Jon Jones
What a comment!
Rogan and DC sounded so much different back then
Bruce buffer looks a little different too
@@pancholol2x Stephen Wonderboy Thompson looked a bit older as well
Rented it from Tower Records that year lol 😆😆😆 ...we loved it, and love it to his day 🤣🤣🤣
funny thing is rogan actually sounds so much different now than back when he started
@@xunbrokenx6881 it's the *TRT* he *abused*
This was beyond its time. Legendary. No one expected it would get as far as it did today.
I rented the vhs tape when it came out as a kid. Ufc has never been the same since the 90s that was the golden era
Bought UFC 1 on VHS when a video store was going out of buisness. Greatest fight ever. No training camp, no rules, soccer kick to the face. Doesn't hesitate at all, dude is a killer.
Fun fact: the first ever kick thrown in UFC was the most vicious.
It is illegal now
@@UFCRAPID it’s most definitely not legal now, grounded opponents can’t be kicked in the face
@@GFY_FS Read it again, he literally said "illegal"
@@LiLiBurkeTron most people don't read
@@2stroketyson79 In fairness, I don't think he can read.
To crawl into a ring and fight someone who is 420 lbs bare knuckle is beyond hardcore. This was simply incredible. This Dutchmen has balls.
Laughing my ass off
That Dutch man is not a mouse or anything haha
hes also a pos, he gouged an Asian dudes eye out before losing to him, permanently blinding him, and when Gerard was asked in an interview about it years later he said he would do it again if he could
@@saunajoe5973 Wow that's horrible.
Yeah 40kg of fat is not adventage.. It's problem for that fat man
I remember watching this with my friends back in the day, and how awesome this was. I mean totally different than any we grew up with. Good times.
I was an airman stationed in OKC when me and my buddies discovered UFC 2. Been hooked ever since. The early days were a lot of fun.
good ol tinker
That's a flying club not a fighter jet school
I love how he blocked that kick with his face.
lmao 🤣
Gobbled it right up, no problem.
Balboas student.
The set-up where he fell on his ass was just poetry in motion.
😂🤣
When you specialize in a martial art that's all about pushing people out of the ring... but the ring has walls :|
No cap! 🤣
Tbf Emmannuel Yarborough still managed to implement that tactic successfully at UFC 3. Unfortunately when the fight restarted it was followed by Keith Hackney doing a 300 move kata on his head...
I can just see him walking out to fight and as he looks at the cage a single tear comes rolling down his cheek 🤣
Improvise throw em over it
@@sexualman1272 Heh, back then that actually wasn't forbidden yet.
Both of these men are legendary. Dont call yourself a UFC fan if you cant tell me who Gordeau is
Lost all my respect to Gordeau, when he blinded that one guys eye, with his thumbs in Japan
Komt uit Den Haag en in zijn hoek stond Thomas.
Internet wasn't a thing back then, this went viral via Blockbuster Video
Yup! I heard stories of people getting it and not knowing what it was, they weren’t sure if it was real, if it was p0rn, etc. Crazy sht
That's how I first watched it. VHS rentals.
I rented it at Tower Records... 😆 I don’t recall seeing it at local Blockbusters until many UFCs into it. Or, maybe we were too cool to go to Blockbuster... could be 🤣 ...I am from Luke Thomas Town
I remember renting it right after it came out. Pretty wild for the time.
where @DrDisrespect was champion
200 pound weight difference is insane, imagine seeing Francis fight Brandon Moreno
Would love to see that fight without gloves, or rules concerning knees or kicks to a downed opponent.
I don't kno bout that comparison
@@ahumblemansrahumblemansr3691 so you wanna see a murder? Just hop on liveleak for that.
@@falcor200 I'd like to see you try - Liveleak shut down.
@@p.h.234 yep no more liveleak lol
as a dutchman im incredibly proud that the first fight of the ufc was won by another dutchman
Dutchman who Say hello to public (2.42) on a very 1930s german way 🤣🤣🤣
Staying composed and striking while in reverse gear is impressive.
No one in this tournament would have beaten Gordeau in a striking battle except maybe Patrick Smith.
Totally historical. These first eight fighters were the world's bravest.
Historic
Well actually Japan has been doing MMA even before the UFC, Masakatsu Funaki and Minoru Suzuki 2 professional wrestlers wanting to actually compete in a real fight instead of scripted events already formed Pancrase a couple of months before the UFC, while another Japanese professional wrestler Satoru Sayama has already formed Shooto as early as 1985 were Rickson Gracie would dominate further increasing the BJJ prestige at the time.
@@ronb7189 yeah, yeah, yeah, sure. Whatever. Great for them, or something.
@@ronb7189 who
@@ipooponurface Type "shooto, MMA in 1990 july 9" This was like 3 years before UFC 1 and the techniques of these fighters are already similar to amateur MMA today instead of the pure 1 dimensional technique of the very early UFC.
Amazing. The first UFC fight ever ends in probably one of the top 10 fastest TKO wins in UFC history. Absolutely beautiful. This is a piece of history.
Instantly becomes the first undefeated UFC Champion by default.
For one I am glad that combat sports are regulated so that injuries aren't as common.
On the other hand, this shit is legit just real life Street Fighter and that's fucking awesome.
Today it's way too much of a sport. All the guys fight and train the same. There's no more diversity.
It was exciting when a guy like Demian Maia showed up and you had no idea how the strikers were going to be able to handle a guy that had the best submissions in the world. Or when Anderson Silva showed up after leaving Pride.
It was a different game
Holy fuck. From wikipedia, "Gordeau advanced to the next round, although the bout left him injured, as the kick had knocked out three of Tuli's teeth and two of them had been stuck in Gordeau's foot"
damn that hurts
Bruh
@@lloydmcgee3030 He was also a dirty fighter who eye gouged
@@MsXynex That didn’t look intentional. He just kicked him in the cheek, and it managed to capture his eye. He didn’t ram the front of his foot into his eye, because that’s what he would’ve done if he wanted to.
@Mr. Brenman21 they mentioned no groin shots a few minutes in
It's crazy to see how much weight BJ Penn has lost from then till now.
That was Mark Hunts dad
Umm, I don't think that's BJ.. he isn't that tall or from the Netherlands.
🤣🤣
@@1georgekitchen bruh... that joke went right over your head 😂
@@1georgekitchen wooooosh goes the joke over your head
Somebody bring this back. NO TIME LIMIT, NO RULES, NO SCORING Just fighting.
They weren’t kidding about having no rules. Dude came out and started blasting Hitler salutes in every direction 😂😂😂
Didn't know Robbie Lawler was a heavyweight before
Bruh😂
Hello There nah that's super heavyweight right there
lame
"Toothless" Robbie Lawler
@@SuperPeterok This is incredible.
I recommend everyone watching UFC 1 is like straight outta mortal kombat
Dude, remember when that one guy hurled a lightning bolt at that other dude- and then the dude ripped out his head with his spinal cord attached and was all like, “FATALITY!” That was freakin awesome amarite? 🤣
@Usman Zaffar you are
@@WitchyWagonReal It was probably more funny when you were thinking of it
@@sleeperagent2594 no
Mortal kombat with a 1 hit health bar be like
I like that he Roman saluted right from the beginning. I salute you sir!
I used to rent these tapes when i was little. I loved old ufc because it was like street fighter and the movie bloodsport combined😂. There was no internet or barely was any to the public anyways to see the background of any fighter or anything so it was always a surprise. Then cd roms came out lol. Damn times have changed
This just reminds me why DC is lucky there’s weight divisions now… Holloway would pick him apart.
You’re crazy lmao
Dadest man on the planet!
That TOOTH at 8:09 ....
@dkkkkk00 well my bad I don’t keep up with every little random thing like that 💀 I’ve had people argue with me that Gaethje could beat DC so it wouldn’t surprise me if someone actually thought Max could beat DC
@@trevorcopeland867 the Max vs DC thing has been goin on for years now. At almost every pre & post fight press conference Max would jokingly bring up fighting DC. There are RUclips videos about it and they’re really funny.
This was, and always will be, the greatest organized cluster I've ever watched. So many awkward moments. This exhibition was worth every minute. I genuinely felt bad for that sumo wrestler, though! I have never watched a televised sport with this level of enthusiasm, I also remember the fallout afterwards how people were worried that this would turn into some kind of gladiatorial contest.
That's debatable. If you want to see the greatest organized cluster f@ck. Join the Army or Marines.
93s
This is by far the OLDEST human sport out there
@@spangdeez498
*monkey smash*
UFC 3 and 4 are a blast.
2:40 Roman salutes. Nice \o
Thank you, UFC!
I heard of KO's and TKO's but this was something new, a TO. The man was Toothed Out.
^hhhhhhhhh
Yes guile u r right. When is street fighter 6 coming?
SONIC BOOOOM
Ahahahahaaaa! ☺😀😁😂😂😂😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣
I miss this version of UFC. I understand the evolution of this into MMA, but seeing different disciplines fighting each other Street Fighter 2 style was awesome and exciting to watch.
BJJ practitioners would have still dominated the UFC if it never evolved.
I got a chance to hang out at once a Gun Range with Gordeau while he was visiting So Cal. What a cool dude and once in a lifetime experience. Very unassuming not a first glance guy in the room but the perfect Gray Man.
Cathy, did you catch that tooth??" No , I think its under the table". Well, I'm going to find it! 💀😂😂
The first fight ever couldn’t have gone any better. That kick was brutal
That kick was on nose, but not the punch before he fall, upercut under the eye.
Isn't that kick illegal in today's rules?
@@JSamad it is
@@JSamad Not according to Petr Yan.
It’s stupid that it’s illegal now. Don’t wanna get hit when you’re down? Don’t go down
I remember watching this in the 90s and it was the first time I actually saw someone get punched in the face flush. I was in shock!
Yo Ricky huge fan!
@@JWayneGaming wow you just made my day thanks wayne brother!!!!!!!!!!!!
You mean _kicked_ in the face? It looked to me like all of his punches missed or barely grazed the big man before he fell.
@@RickyJSports What punch? 🤣 A kick is not a punch.
@@AnodyneHipsterInfluencer The punches missed. The phat dude fell because of misbalance. He also saw the kick coming and didn't put his arm up to block it. 🤣
Remembering seeing this live on HBO as a kid with my friends back then.
If you miss this UFC don't worry we're about to bring this feel back just support us with maybe a comment or a like or a subscription because our fighter for your entertainement are about to get beaten up👊
UFC has definitely come a long way
This is a legendary fight by today's rules. Seeing an unprotected head kick to a downed opponent who gets his teeth knocked out is nothing short of amazing. But imagine being in the crowd at UFC 1. This event was hyped up as no holds barred, no rules, no scores, and no time limits. Then after all that waiting, the bout is stopped about 20 seconds into the fight after the first real combat move was thrown. No wonder the audience booed. I would too!
They booed because they wanted the sumo guy to continue
They also bood because the Ref called a time out - and he didn't actually have the "power" to do that. It was fight until unconcious or give up - no Ref time out or Ref stoppage.
@@amcconnell6730 yea but imagine reffing the ufc1, that mfer had to of been freakin tf out once the bell rang, like he has no idea where the happy medium is between dead and knocked out 😂 the dude just panicked
Wait you guys were serious about that? - The Ref
I mean true it wasn't following through but also the dude would've gotten practically killed if it continued much longer
UFC had no clue what they were doing lmao
Neither did the akebono wannabe
Yes they put two guys in a cage and let them fight .
Well yeah, nobody had ever done this before besides a few crossover exhibition matches in Japan and Brazil. Vale Tudo has def been a thing in Brazil for the better part of a century but fights and events were still very rare.
They had street fighter in mind this is E. HONDA vs SAGAT in real life
This is *EXACTLY* what UFC was originally supposed to be - just putting together different fighters from different styles to see who'd win. People weren't training in multiple styles, there was never talk about weight classes, etc. It wasn't even clear that it was going to be an ongoing thing. It's better now though.
Gerard hailing the crowd
That kick and hook combo was deadly
This is as close to a real E. Honda vs. Sagat fight that we'll ever see.
Fun fact: Sagat is one of the best and Honda one of the worst characters in street fighter 2 so the fight we saw here is pretty accurate.
Honda should've led off with a plus on block sumo smash.
@@nikolaidrago7938where’d you come up with that? I main e Honda, bet I could whoop ur ass w him against anyone lmao
This is the best comment I've read in awhile! Thanks for the laughs!
UFC 1 was legendary. Definitely worth watching the entire card.
The first 10 are worth watching 100%
Totally agree, the competitors start morphing all into the same style after around the first 10. They are gold.
9 was terrible. Open hand strike instead of close fists.
I love the mixed match ups back then. Nobody had a clue how it would play out.
some old gray weirdo shows up wearing one boxing glove against royce gracie
@@commiesnzombiesand tapped to mount lol
And then it all began! Thank you!
Man, I remember these fights on VHS as a young kid with my dad. Up until this point we were pretty much only watching boxing. This changed EVERYTHING.
Best commentary ever at 7:30 he asks the great Jim Brown "what do you think jim" and he says "I think it was totally in the face" Jim Brown is the gift that keeps on giving.
Mr. Gordeau missed his crotch by about three feet! What horrible accuracy. * According to Jim Brown lol
😂😂😂😂😂
And people think BKFC is wild today. Imagine this! No mouth guard, no gloves, no weight classes, no standing to ground fighting restrictions, this shit was absolutely WILD! These guys were real modern day gladiators going all in. Respect.
@Holy Kafir oh yes ofcourse multiple fights the same night. Forgot to add that in. Speaking of which, again, people think it's pretty badass when some fighters these days say they are fresh enough to fight a second time the same night after a fight. But these guys actually used to do it! No talk, all show!
No rounds or time limits either
Yeah this shyt was nuts....wildly entertaining but completely crazy. Cringe worthy.
Watch Pride. Makes UFC look like a Nickelodeon show.
MMA without these rules was pretty badass..
They should resume it except the weight classes criteria..
-- There should be no rounds
-- there should be no restriction while striking & grappling except groin strike, eye gauge (biting should be allowed)..
6:34
That look
That Instant says
"You want to try again?"
In a menacing tone, that instant says so much
Its bizarre
i bet they earned $200 each
My dad and my big brother were big martial arts fans and were in Denver that night. i was too young to go with them. When they came back, my brother was so excited. He said he had never seen anything like that before. He immediately said that this was not going to be an one time event. Fun fact: today he works as an MMA coach ))
How cool is that
Good for him
His name? Albert Einstein
That's awesome man!
thats really cool
I love how raw and unorganised this is. Must've been an exciting time for those involved
Growing up with a dad who was a fight fan and martial artist in Denver was a blessing. I saw UFC and Sabaki Challenge for the first time both this year and they changed my life.
I wish it was still like this.
I felt bad for the guy, from the moment he said he was a sumo wrestler I was like 'oh no.. he's doomed' lol crazy how little rules and regulations they didn't have lol
to be fair, i bet the fight would have gone a whole lot differently if his wild charge actually took Gordeau down lol.
yeah all the Sumo guy had to do was literally just fall on the other guy
There's a 40for40 podcast on the first UFC (War Of The Worlds). The whole idea was that it was 8 different disciplines and the best would win. No rules, more or less. I'll give you one guess which martial art won. But the entire journey to this point and the behind the scenes information (I believe they ran out of ambulances) is really worth a listen.
@@phreshmunkey The whole thing was designed by the Gracies to make Gracie Jiu Jitsu look good. That's part of why they put Royce in there instead of the family champ Rickson. Rickson looked like a monster, he was big and jacked. Royce looked like an accountant. If a guy who looked like Royce could get in there and win against these monsters, it would do a lot to promote Gracie Jiu Jitsu.
feel bad for the guy? r u sure you watched the hole video .
Oh my.. That kick.. Any body else would’ve been dead or Knocked out.. That man is a beast for taking that hit.. I’d be crying honestly
People don’t understand that he basically ate a full powered kick to the face while he was grounded then ate a punch flush under the eye. I heard gerards ankle shattered. If the corner didn’t end it how could Gerard hurt that monster.
@@thenewage9723 yeah. I was speechless when I heard the Clap.. just wow
Not easy to ko a 410 pounds person. You need more than 1 kick to the face
White guy kicked him across the head and made him cry.
One of the most iconic quotes that lady saying “I think he’s missing teeth there” 6:00. Lol absolutely brutal
I was hoping this guy would win it all . He was bad ass !
UFC 1 was such an awesome event. It was basically the dream fight match-ups of all the hypotheticals of my childhood.
It was definitely awesome. Only issue is that the majority of these guys were very far from the best representatives of their fighting styles. Still a great show though.
Real life Street Fighter II
When I saw teila I realized my sexuality he was so hot and him being almost naked was incredible he was hotter than Brad Pitt but not Arnold Schwarzenegger
It was an infomercial for Rorion Gracie's jui jitsu. There was no way they would have let anyone compete in the UFC to make them look bad....
@@VultureLivesAgain yeah i want to see Karelin vs Royce or Geroge Foreman and Tyson vs Royce
I remember when I watched this match for the first time a few years ago. It made a lasting impression on me because that’s when I truly realized that even though you have to respect the history and tradition behind most martial arts, when it really comes down to it, fighting boils down to just a few basic elements. It really changed my perception of combat and training in general.
He's upset the fight was stopped yet he was about to get ring stomped. I wonder if he's still alive with all that fat.
All the most effective shit is ruled out as being too brutal lol. You can do your single leg takedown and rear naked choke all you want, in a street fight you stick your thumb in his eye, kick him in the balls and headbutt the cunt 😂 if he goes down you play penalty shoot out with his head to make sure he stays down 😂
@@SamFreedom just Google'd him, he's still kicking aged 53, he's an actor who's had a few roles in film and on TV
Fighting boils down to literally hundreds of elements
@@Camberwell86 thx wonder if her got his tooth replaced
I remember watching this fight live. Damn, I feel old
The production values couldn't be more 90's (durr).
I love it.
Good to see Daniel cormier has been around that long
🤣🤣🤣🤣
NO WAYYYY AHHHAHHA
lol
Word, back when DC had that Africa colors hat in college... and didja see?? Joe Rogan has hair!!
🤔 ...I bet DC was pretty good at football back then huh
it's funny how the first ever fight was also among the shortest
Fights rarely went past 5 minutes back in the first few shows
And also completely illegal in modern rules as he kicked a downed opponent. lol actually that really took me by surprise, the skinny white dude just blasted him in the face with a kick while he was down on the mat. First ufc fight also the most illegal
(Edit): he was completely ko’d and they considered keeping the fight going lol
@@bw2020 You were allowed to do some crazy shit back then! Groin strikes, HAIR PULLING, bending their fingers.
@@bw2020 But it wasn’t illegal at all they’re just going by the unified rules at the time 🤷♂️
@@garbageworld9367 the only rule were no groin shots, no eye gouges, no biting
I love that the first official Fight in the UFC was less then a minute, I like this style more then what they are today.
That first bare knuckle punch after the kick was actually really brutal and kinda hit me different from any other mma fight I've seen. It's amazing how with even a thin glove the blows glance and slide through, but you could see his fist just stop and all the energy dump into the guys skull. At that point it was very over, but you can see how in a real fight he would have eaten many more with the back of his head down on the ground. Even a few more hits like that could be fatal.
just a clean shot, we used to hit each other like that in 8th grade man
@@daveyjoseph6058 LOL 8th graders are 1% of what a grown ass ufc fighter is.
@@pfanzers really? I thought they were about the same level of skill. Who woulda thought
The punch in the rush wobbled him and he fell!
The kick sealed it done! Totally stunned! Wtf! The last punch just did brain damage and sat him back down further!
The next 3 punches were unconclacuois, then brain bleed then death with any 3rd punch after the last punch.
Sorry MOKES, but your ass GOT FUCKING SMOKED!!! 🫣🤣🤣🤣
@@daveyjoseph6058 when you were in 8th grade I don’t think you would be 6’5 and 210lbs or 6’2 and 400lbs+😂
"Kathy, did you catch that tooth?"
"No, I think it's under the table here..."
Amazing.
Jim: "I think it was totally in the face....tooth came out!" Thanks for the detailed insight, Jim...
I have this on VHS. I remember the day this was live. 💪
sounds good, grand-dad.. now don't forget the prune juice
@@tpuuup I'm not even 40, you pup go drink your juice box.
omg that soccer kick to the face when hes down then they call "timeout" lmaoo this is incredible
Did you notice the NAZI salute as he entered the cage?
@@ryannath85 dude yea wtf was that all about
That kick was on nose, but not the punch before he fall, upercut under the eye.
@@ryannath85 Hahahah, wtf. How did they even allow it?
@@purritto3779 It was the first UFC and in 1993 I don't think the background check was very thorough.
2:40 no fucking way he walked in there and Sieg Heil'd everybody LOL
Lmfao
i think that is just traditional savate salute, thankfully
@@pn4960 oh yeah true. I heard the savate salute was popularised by a famous austrian painter , no idea if he practised savate tho
HAHAHAHAHA HOILLLLL 😂😂😂
BASED
I remember renting this at Blockbuster! These were the days!
I miss this version of the UFC this is the real blood sport this is the real kumata...
He came in punching like a kid saying "I'm just going to do this motion with my arms while I run in this direction, and if you get in my way, that's not my fault."
Simpsons 😏?
Now homer... don't u eat this pie!!!!
No rules/no weight classes/no time limit - now that's a fight.
That’s unwatchable
@@MattykVT yeah, it's nasty.
UFC should've remain like that today
@@user-fm5sg3ls5b 4 sure
@@user-fm5sg3ls5b not gonna get sanctioned in many states/countries though
for me the best part was how gerard was greeting the crowd after entering the octagon
Yeah what the fuck was that about??
I got this on vhs tape from the video shop when I was 12, I'm 42 next wk
If Teila Tuli looks familiar, it's because he is an actor on the show, Hawaii Five-0. He now uses the name Taylor Wily. He has definitely put on some serious weight since his UFC days. I imagine this fight incentivized him to seek a career in hollywood, where he wouldn't have to be kicked in the face. Kudos to Mr. Tuli on his successful career transition.
He’s also in Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Hilarious character in that movie!
@@CersFan21 ohhhhh damn i was wondering why he looked so familiar!
Famous for getting destroyed by a skinny white guy... 💪
@@CersFan21oh dude now it makes sense! I love that movie haha
Bro... This is crazy
“The strongest part of my body is my heart” definitely.
Apparently it's not his face
Figured it was his ankles
I remember watching this using a de-scrambler box - UFC was can't miss TV back in those early years.
They should do this more often. Sumo v Karate, Kendo Vs Boxer.
The guy who caught Tuli's jaw in the 5th row is smiling watching this back.
How did they sell this out tho it was the first... Damn
@@itaachiii Well i mean, who won't pay to see 2 maniacs fight in a cage under no rules and no time limit.
@@RayCray924 if they have no skill why would u lol... it was a disaster of a fight tbf
@@itaachiii You're saying that cuz today we're spoilt. Imagine if there were never any organised fights and then this was about to happen.
The flying tooth actually landed on the movie producer who was there to see if this had potential for the silver screen..he passed