This Year in UFC History

This Year in UFC History - 1997

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11 ай бұрын

In celebration of the UFC's 30th anniversary, take a look back at pinnacle years in the Octagon's existence.
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@ZaklnGritch 11 ай бұрын

Almost never see Frank Shamrock acknowledged by the UFC

@damekennedy9615 11 ай бұрын

“I wanna be the championship.” -Tito Ortiz, 1997

@jessebarr9852 11 ай бұрын

Lol he wants to be an inanimate object.

@frankiehitman2610 10 ай бұрын

😂😂😂. Goddamn that's good.

@Chr1z4m 10 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@BW-xz6ol 3 ай бұрын

UFC fighters are the best at articulating their dreams

@alessandrodelbianco6997 11 ай бұрын

Frank Shamrock was a fucking beast.

@ibezzant 11 ай бұрын

Facts! Him and Tito at UFC 22 was my favorite fight for years. Shame we didn't get to see him continue fighting in the UFC during his prime, left undefeated in the promotion.

@knightArtorias123 11 ай бұрын

0:19 that guy should be in the UFC hall of fame

@Guaguadeath 11 ай бұрын

The fucking Just Bleed guy they had to put him in here lmao 😂🤣 perfect

@la-li-lu-le-lo9444 Ай бұрын

Man's a legend

@bigotonbrand 11 ай бұрын

I remember watching UFC 1. I was in the 3rd grade and i was frightened by what i saw....this is the best sport of all!!!

@secret7jhkjhjkhkjh747 11 ай бұрын

Yes, it was very scary with no rules. Now a sport, and still good, but doesnt compare to the early UFC's, where you really were scared

@jasonmcalister5282 11 ай бұрын

Yeah i still have UFC 1 on DVD its crazy how far its come!

@mickeyburnsmusic 11 ай бұрын

Happy Anniversary to the JUST BLEED guy!

@WORS06 11 ай бұрын

The UFC and MMA really has come a long way since then, now its one of the best sport in the world🔥

@mr.brenman2132 10 ай бұрын

It was one of the best sports then.

@CaveManSinceBC 8 ай бұрын

Does anybody know the song in background at the start?

@RIVALContentJammerz 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for the news.

@ffbear8078 11 ай бұрын

Such a good year for mma becoming truly mixed martial arts, we got Vitor, tito, Randy and so many more

@ffbear8078 11 ай бұрын

Not to mention Joe Rogans debut

@Ocelotonatiuh 11 ай бұрын

Don't forget Frank Shamrock too

@oddalfhutlur6760 11 ай бұрын

Dont forget the legendary fight of Jesus Christ vs Hitler where Jesus submitted him with a flying camorra.. legendary

@watchmanonthewall14 11 ай бұрын

@@ffbear8078 Not to mention that Rogan still had his hair.

@arubuolaebenezer9986 11 ай бұрын

Randy looks too skilled for that year wtf 😮, double leg takedown transitioning into rear naked choke was superb

@NaturalLanguageLearning 11 ай бұрын

Was thinking the same thing. He looks like a modern MMA fighter. Couture was more well rounded in 1997 than most UFC heavyweights and light heavyweights in 2023.

@lowlowseesee 11 ай бұрын

all the shit he was doing was so advanced. even the head butts to the occipital lobe from doggy lolol

@chonqmonk 11 ай бұрын

@@lowlowseesee The ol' donkey punch head butt!

@arubuolaebenezer9986 11 ай бұрын

@@NaturalLanguageLearning when Joe Rogan called him the best heavyweight ever, he was actually right. All opponents look totally mismatched.

@morgoth9526 10 ай бұрын

Randy the man back in the day would just grind his opponents apart.

@af7119 11 ай бұрын

These fights are part of my formative teenage years. I have a soft spot in my heart for all these names.

@astheskylarksings 11 ай бұрын

It’s crazy how these fights are just snap shots from my memory. I didn’t know anyone’s names except Ken Shamrock but I remember all of their fights vaguely

@sjahrizalratumarga7615 11 ай бұрын

@@astheskylarksings😊😊😊😊

@zfergus79 10 ай бұрын

Yup. I bought my first PPV, UFC IX in 1995.Tank Abbotts debut I believe. Love these old fights

@WhatwouldRoddyPiperdo 10 ай бұрын

Same dude remember there was a snapshot in time when everybody jumped to Miletich fighting systems 😂

@dogsartandhealth 11 ай бұрын

Things really started taking a turn here. You really start seeing the fundamental foundations of what we know as UFC now. Polished grappling mixed strikes and effective use of changing levels. Not surprisingly seeing Tito, Couture and Rogan make their appearances for the first time. I remember renting these from the video store when they were converted to VHS. Truly the beginning of a new epoch of sports.

@Joeycrisanto 11 ай бұрын

Hell yeah, I got into the Ufc pretty late (2016) so it’s amazing to see where this company has come from.

@Thor-Orion 11 ай бұрын

I knew about it from when I was young and training in boxing. I would trade boxing instruction for jujitsu and Muay Thai instruction (since I also wrestled in my local inter-mural and in school) just so I would be well rounded in defending myself. But I never competed in mma even after I trained in it specifically, the pay just isn’t good.

@kingjoshua8130 11 ай бұрын

Facts me 2015

@D-Rizzle653 11 ай бұрын

I started watching around 2008 that was best era in ufc, heavy metal style type cage fighting it was around before then but it was sorta more underground and people thought it was ultra violent

@markhill8150 11 ай бұрын

@@D-Rizzle653starting watching myself around when Chuck Liddell was champ.

@bojiden9830 11 ай бұрын

Was 205 your first card you watched?

@cecilevans9247 11 ай бұрын

Bruce Buffer is proof that if you keep practicing your craft, you will improve and become excellence at what you do.

@mikevee9145 11 ай бұрын

Frank Shamrock was wrecking people back then, I thought he killed Zinoviev when I saw that fight.

@ibezzant 11 ай бұрын

That shit was insane. Slammed him on his head. 😵

@immrsanchez 10 ай бұрын

I was late to the party, cut my teeth on the ultimate fighter in 2007 whilst on a deployment. I then got a dodgy UFC box dvd set from Vietnam and watched UFC 1 to 75. I feel like I know all these fighters and their journeys. I'm more emotionally invested in UFC than any other sport in the world. Amazing what they have done with it. Bravo

@cherobinson6371 11 ай бұрын

I trained with Maurice Smith at Al Chengs Kickboxing in Vancouver Canada. Really nice Guy with Devastating Kicking Powers. He treated everyone as a Equal and seemed very humble even though he was WKA Heavyweight Champion for the past decade or so. Kick-boxers feared fighting Maurice

@forrestedmountains7081 11 ай бұрын

Stop it.

@Thor-Orion 11 ай бұрын

I always liked Maurice and Frank. They moved the sport forward in a massive way.

@wheelInmotion430 11 ай бұрын

Great thing about MMA is it typically produces class act guys like him.

@lowlowseesee 11 ай бұрын

i love 'powers' hahah thats awesome. you must be a bad ass training with those guys

@glizzygxd9672 11 ай бұрын

The kick he hit Coleman with didn’t seem illegal to me

@sportsbettingman 11 ай бұрын

One of the overall best years ever for the UFC. Amazing review. Great times.

@cracklecracklebaybay5612 11 ай бұрын

I always forget the early onslaught that Maurice Smith survived before going on to win.

@kristaolson401 10 ай бұрын

Underrated guy.

@jasonmcalister5282 11 ай бұрын

I still have UFC 1 on DVD! Its crazy how far its come!

@morgoth9526 10 ай бұрын

I've got vhs of all the oldies and Pride bloody excellent 👌

@jasonwagoner3201 10 ай бұрын

Couture is so legendary. I use to train at his Gresham, Oregon Team Quest a long time ago. he got me into MMA and the UFC like 5000 chapters ago in my life before I became an ancient human

@NateSmith87 11 ай бұрын

Bruce Buffer progressed, too. Love to see it. The Buffer brothers are and have been an integral part of my existence as a boxing/mma fan. The fight world would be missing something if the Buffer brothers didn't exist.

@lowlowseesee 11 ай бұрын

yeah and the way they came up is crazy. they didnt meet til like 14 years ago or some shit lol.

@NateSmith87 11 ай бұрын

@@lowlowseesee fuckin wild

@skiff88 11 ай бұрын

These at fantastic!! Please keep them coming 🔥🙏

@bojiden9830 11 ай бұрын

I wonder if Coleman was on every steroid or just half the steroids 😅

@EBurstyn 10 ай бұрын

That fight theme anthem that they still use is incredible. So happy it’s still in the mix.

@Laneganswake 11 ай бұрын

Dang look at pre TRT Rogan, he looks like a kid. Couture one of the most cerebral fighters of all time. Awesome to see his wrestling showcased

@jiujitsumonkey1 11 ай бұрын

I mean rogan is only 29 here

@chonqmonk 11 ай бұрын

Cerebral? You mean those head butts to the cerebellum?

@Mischief103 17 сағат бұрын

This was the best video The UFC has ever made on KZfaq! They should do every year!

@SkinnyVinnie 11 ай бұрын

People forget and don’t give Maurice Smith his flowers he deserves, this current gen of fans have no idea who he is and it’s a shame. He was one of the forgotten forefathers of the UFC!

@af7119 11 ай бұрын

Roid Fest 1997. But it was still awesome. Everyone was on the same playing ground.

@markwrenn5965 11 ай бұрын

Aw they left out Joe calling Belfort "Victor" 😂

@CRR8980 11 ай бұрын

I didn’t know The Natural wore yoga pants before they were cool😂

@tjp8663 11 ай бұрын

Love the old belts

@user-tf2ud6is9d 11 ай бұрын

The steroid era

@vanguard4065 7 ай бұрын

the joe rogaine era

@FAWKES8037 7 ай бұрын

NÃO existia os esteroides. Existia os suplementos alimentares..

@guaranarramermo8799 6 ай бұрын

Kkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

@deandrury4330 5 ай бұрын

Like now

@joebobjenkins7837 5 ай бұрын

How dare you, Coleman was clearly 100% natural.

@SkinnyVinnie 11 ай бұрын

I miss headbutts.

@Yungbeck 11 ай бұрын

Please continue to drop these! So sick

@FatherFirst 10 ай бұрын

It's insane how far this amazing sport has come. How advanced the fighters of today are compared to back then. Man I absolutely love this sport!!!

@declamatory 11 ай бұрын

It sure didn't take much to tire out Mark Coleman!

@watchmanonthewall14 11 ай бұрын

Huge, strong man with LOTS of muscles that need LOTS of oxygen. When he emptied his tank by not pacing himself, those muscles no longer helped him.

@ibezzant 11 ай бұрын

At UFC (15?) Coleman gassed really bad and got head kicked by Pete Williams. KO'd him clean. Still to this day a top 10-15 head kick KO in UFC history.

@matthewsalazar4553 11 ай бұрын

@@ibezzantand with shoes on, imagine the skilled fighters today wearing shoes and throwing kicks

@kingjames1586 11 ай бұрын

Coleman always had cardio issues 🤷🏽

@maik4638 11 ай бұрын

Joe "handsome" Rogan

@manuelthomsen3406 11 ай бұрын

Mckarty soo powerful 😂

@80srocknroller 11 ай бұрын

1997 was the year that the UFC World Heavyweight Championship was born and Mark Coleman became the first ever UFC World Heavyweight Champion defeating Dan Severn for that belt and it was also the beginning of the first of three UFC World Heavyweight Championship reigns to Randy The Natural Couture!

@stayclashy3433 11 ай бұрын

John McCarthy has been there since the very beginning with Joe Rogan and Bruce Buffer.

@scarred10 10 ай бұрын

UFC 2 ,not the beginning ,it was helio vigio and barreto,2 bjj red belts in the first 1 one.

@dinkyramirez9866 11 ай бұрын

1997 The Birth Of "The Natural" 💪

@80srocknroller 11 ай бұрын

And Randy The Natural Couture won the UFC World Heavyweight Championship three times while he also won the UFC World Light Heavyweight Championship two times

@felipecool598 11 ай бұрын

Raw and uncut!!

@markwrenn5965 11 ай бұрын

Tito speaking mostly clearly is shocking. Pre CTE

@darXcore 10 ай бұрын

Those were the days, so glad I got to witness them first hand, miss'em desperately. Not including Couture vs. Belfort I at UFC 15 is criminal though.

@SJSnowdon 11 ай бұрын

i once met Mark Coleman at Pride 32 the real deal in Vegas before his fight with Fedor, after the press conference he was kind enough to go and mix with the fans waiting, i said hello and had a pic, and he was the coolest nicest fighter I've ever met. it was sad to see him fall to the great Fedor but he will be forever immortalized in the Hall of Fame and rightly so. this era was so awesome!

@chonqmonk 11 ай бұрын

I met Frank Shamrock in a restaurant in Sacramento in 2000 (or maybe '01); I was leaving the bar when I saw him eating, went over to say hi and stuff. He was an absolutely cool guy too...

@SJSnowdon 11 ай бұрын

@@chonqmonk youre braver than me haha i would never approach a fighter when they are eating, i would respectivly at least wait till they was leaving haha in a better mood with a full belly ✌

@MightyThor655 11 ай бұрын

these kind of ufc videos are my favorite

@sonomama82 10 ай бұрын

OLD SCHOOL UFC IS LIT 😂

@1LotusNoir 11 ай бұрын

What UFC would be without ... the just bleed guy

@SkinnyVinnie 11 ай бұрын

Who remembers the Tough Man contests they used to have around the country open to anyone who wants to to compete in? UFC was def materialized because of the existence of that. My dad won the Tough Man that was held in Maine.

@User78813 11 ай бұрын

Oh my GOODNESS that Tito Ortiz fight was brutal

@supercoollooking 11 ай бұрын

When Joe had hair and everyone was on juice mma heaven lol

@legacyteam5581 11 ай бұрын

I forgot Randy Couture fought Ludvig Borga.

@willmorris12345 11 ай бұрын

People forget how much of a beast Tito Ortiz was because he’s become such a meme😂

@AndreiKenshin24 11 ай бұрын

Mike Goldberg and Chuck Liddell era

@resykz 11 ай бұрын

Is there a release schedule for the This Year In UFC History series? Just getting into UFC and I've already rinsed through the first load of videos in one sitting 😅

@zibberebbiz 11 ай бұрын

I took a nap during Smith/Coleman but otherwise this video is another banger, loving the series

@emescabral3245 10 ай бұрын

Caramba mano!! O Belford nessa época devia ter uns 19 anos e já era um monstro, nem pescoço tinha. Com certeza já fazia amor com o suco.

@SorrowMUSIC. 11 ай бұрын

Nice 'video Legend. Fighters" .

@shouldawoulda69 11 ай бұрын

All these fighters' voices were so much higher pitched....pre HGH LOL

@davidyu9747 11 ай бұрын

love the origination days of UFC. But dang, the way Coleman, Vitor, Kerr were juiced...goodness it's crazy

@sadgod361 11 ай бұрын

Vitor and Mark looked juiced the hecked up

@goodsolonius7305 6 ай бұрын

The just bleed guy will forever go down as a legend of combat sports

@itcomestrue7682 11 ай бұрын

They need to make where are they now episode of that just bleed guy at 0:20

@random__joe 11 ай бұрын

I can't remember what channel it was( Napoleon Blownapart?) But I remember seeing a little segment on the dude and I believe he said he kinda stopped following MMA when they implemented the new rules and weight classes

@tylerscott2116 5 ай бұрын

Vitor Belfort. I remember that guy was one of the first phenoms that had high level skill with not only a black in BJJ but in Judo as well. But then he was also incredibly dangerous with his boxing. Athletic freak with KO power, strength and speed. He was like BJ before BJ but a Brazilian who's an Athletic specimen.

@ConorMcRocketFuel 11 ай бұрын

6:19 Left guy's gameplan was to punch so unbelievably telegraphed as to confuse his opponent to get hit anyway.

@liamquinn1981 11 ай бұрын

this makes me feel so old haha. great times... could hardly get it on PPV, had to get the VHS in a sketchy video store months later lol.

@deanwinchester7446 11 ай бұрын

Love the ol' stuff

@glizzygxd9672 11 ай бұрын

The first kick smith landed on Coleman was completely legal I thought

@morgoth9526 10 ай бұрын

I grew up watching these on vhs and early pay per view...Old school Randy and Vitor...Coleman excellent 👌

@NateSmith87 11 ай бұрын

Maurice Smith out there playing with his food in reference to Mark. What the fuck. It's like he was trying to sell a win to Mark with his hesitation.

@carson21211 11 ай бұрын

Can't deny the impact that Randy Couture and Mark Coleman had on this sport. Tito and Vitor as well. Anytime is a good time to start being a fan of Mixed Martial Arts. Relive the past and catch-up. It's like nothing else.

@in-silence8836 11 ай бұрын

モーリススミスコールマンシャムロック… PRIDEやpanclassで活躍してたの懐かしく思う

@kizmutyaba4965 11 ай бұрын

Crazy fights

@JayLang7 11 ай бұрын

Joe’s face doubled in size since then. Whoa!

@Yogibull.. 11 ай бұрын

22:51 Randy Coutuuuuuuuuuure!

@lowlowseesee 11 ай бұрын

buff was still fluttering on this oooooo sounds (when he butchers couture) even then. he does that with Louisiana when he announces dustin til this very day hahahaha

@xxxxbigrich5752 11 ай бұрын

What’s crazy is I live in NYC and Bruce Beck is the Sports reporter for NBC channel 4! I remember watching this event in 97 while in college I became a full fan that nite! Been watching the UFC Before Dana was around! When Joe was a young man 😂

@thalolo 11 ай бұрын

this is amazing

@ThenaturAl-su1gr 10 ай бұрын

Matando a saudade de assistir grandes lendas do MMA, passei a gostar de MMA vendo o Wanderley Silva no pride Fc 👏👏

@wisdomandchaos 11 ай бұрын

Back in the days!

@MilMaska 11 ай бұрын

Nice cameos by Joe Rogan there

@twobirdsstonedatonce 11 ай бұрын

Young Joe Rogan brings a tear to my eye lol little did he know he would become a cultural icon

@guillermonaranjo4537 11 ай бұрын

Belfort was a war machine 😂

@WoeIsLee 11 ай бұрын

Hes reachin for my grapes, tryna play that violin and cheese.

@andrewsheehy9938 11 ай бұрын

At 0:18, the Just Bleed Guy GIF is born.

@andrivionascimento277 5 ай бұрын

Randy great champion Fighter Of year 1997

@JTJ92 9 ай бұрын

What happened to these videos...when is 1998 and more dropping? these were great

@sexualcaramel 11 ай бұрын

back when bruce wore basic suits

@gnutscha 11 ай бұрын

coleman had the typical red juice glow, looking scary af

@jeffertonalive8536 11 ай бұрын

Most importantly known as The Birth of The Just Bleed God.

@chonqmonk 11 ай бұрын

If I hadn't seen this (and then googled it just now), I would've sworn he was from '93, or '95 at the latest...

@AlxThSeal 11 ай бұрын

Crazy to think our sport has come so far from such humble beginnings, from being bashed by uninformed public and media outlets, to the fastest growing and one of the biggest sports / entertainment branches ever, AND YET, we somehow still haven't gotten rid of the plague that is weight-cutting. Time to fix that, everyone will be better off; the athletes, the fans, and the company.

@frankiecal3186 11 ай бұрын

The most Christian name for an event " Judgement Day"

@kassius-leaaustin-shaw-sol5652 11 ай бұрын

Now the best year the year I was born 1998 please…. I really like there’s video you are putting out for us to see because some of us was born then ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥