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 and Tito Ortiz, 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
UFC 13 Lightweight Tournament Bracket
1 Tito Ortiz replaced Enson Inoue who withdrew due to injury.
UFC 13 Heavyweight Tournament Bracket
Encyclopedia awards The following fighters were honored in the October 2011 book titled UFC Encyclopedia. Fight of the Night: Guy Mezger vs. Tito Ortiz Knockout of the Night: Vitor Belfort Submission of the Night: Guy Mezger
See also Ultimate Fighting Championship List of UFC champions List of UFC events 1997 in UFC
References
External links UFC 13 results at Sherdog.com UFC 13 fights reviews Official UFC website