UFC By: Justin Espinoza

ABOUT UFC Stands for Ultimate Fighting Championship Originated in 1993 with UFC 1 at Denver Colorado The founders are Art Davie, Rorion Gracie, Campbell McLaren, Robert Meyrowitz and with president Dana White The UFC is a MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) sport including boxing, wrestling, kickboxing, Jiu-Jitsu, Muay Thai and other styles. Includes the greatest fighters around the world

OCTAGON The fighting will be taken place inside the UFC Octagon similar to the MMA Pentagon The Octagon has two corners, a red and blue corner The fighters will start out either in the red or blue corner On the outside of the Octagon the fighters’ team will be there usually the people who have been training the fighter

HOW DO THEY WIN? To win the fighters need to either win by K.O. (knock out), TKO (technical Knock out), Submission or Decision A TKO is where the fighter is knocked down by either a punch or kick and is punched by his opponent without defending themselves. A Submission is where a fighter can have their legs or arms bent or even choked so they’re forced to tap out. A tap out is where the fighter taps their hand either on the mat or other fighter three times to indicate that they give up. An Decision is where the fighter goes all three rounds (five rounds for title fight) and they have to look at the judges score cards to decide the winner The judges score on octagon control, strikes hit, strikes absorbed and

Weight classes 8 weight classes Flyweight 125lbs Bantamweight 135lbs Featherweight 145lbs Lightweight 155lbs Welterweight 170lbs Middleweight 180lbs Light Heavyweight 205lbs Heavyweight 265lbs

Current Champions Of Each Weight Bantamweight- Dominick Cruz (since Dec. 16, 2010) Featherweight- José Aldo (since Nov. 20, 2010) Lightweight- Frankie Edgar (since Apr. 10, 2010) Welterweight- George St. Pierre (since Dec. 29, 2007) Middleweight- Anderson Silva (since Oct. 14, 2006) Light Heavyweight- Jon Jones (since Mar. 19, 2011) Heavyweight- Junior Dos Santos (since Nov. 12, 2011)

Dominick “The Dominator” Cruz Born September 3rd, 1985 28 years old American 19 wins 1 loss 6 wins by knock out 1 win by submission 12 wins by decision

José “Scarface” Aldo Born September 9th, 1986 25 years old Brazilian 20 wins with 1 loss 12 wins by knockout 2 wins by submissions 6 wins by decision

Frankie “The Answer” Edgar Born October 16th, 1981 30 years old American 14 wins 1 loss 1 draw 3 wins by knock out 3 wins by submission 8 wins by decision

George “Rush” St. Pierre (GSP) Born May 19th, 1981 30 years old Canadian 22 wins with 2 losses 8 knock outs 5 submissions 9 decisions Won Welterweight championship twice

Anderson “The Spider” Silva Born April 14th, 1975 36 years old Brazilian 31 wins with 4 losses 18 wins by knockouts 6 wins by submissions 7 wins by decision

Jon “bones” Jones Born July 19th, 1987 24 years old American 15 wins with 1 loss 8 knockouts 5 submissions 2 decisions Only loss was from disqualification with a illegal downward elbow

Junior Dos Santos (JDS) Born September 12th, 1984 27 years old Brazilian 14 wins with 1 loss 9 wins by knockouts 3 wins by submissions 2 wins by decisions

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