Misplaced Pages

#620379

27-458: Inside MMA was hosted by combat sports personality Mauro Ranallo and UFC Hall of Famer, former UFC heavyweight champion , and King of Pancrase Bas Rutten, along with correspondent Ron Kruck. Kruck also filled in as co-host on occasion. For the first nine seasons, sports commentator Kenny Rice hosted the series alongside Rutten. Inside MMA aired immediately following AXS TV Fights broadcasts. Each show began with highlights and analysis of

54-418: A championship is a competition in which the aim is to decide which individual or team is the champion . Various forms of competition can be referred to by the term championship. In this system, a competitor has to challenge the current champion to win the championship. A competitor (called number 1 contender ) can challenge the current champion after defeating other challengers. This form of championship

81-519: A 9-year, 10-season, 433-episode run. List of UFC champions#Heavyweight Championship Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) champions are fighters who have won UFC championships . At the time of the UFC's inception in 1993, mixed martial arts was not sanctioned in the United States, and did not include weight classes . Instead of the traditional championship model, the UFC held tournaments with

108-475: A featherweight division was introduced for the women with the first bout to be for the inaugural championship at UFC 208 on February 11, 2017. In that same year the UFC announced the Women's Flyweight division would officially be added, with the winner of the 26th season of The Ultimate Fighter to be named the inaugural champion. [REDACTED] 206 to 265 lb (93 to 120 kg) The UFC Superfight Championship

135-577: A playoff system is used to determine a championship winner. Teams compete in a regular season of varying formats and a limited number of teams qualify for playoffs . Although this system is mostly identified with the United States and Canada , it is frequently found in other North American countries, and is also standard in sports influenced by North America (e.g. basketball, baseball, ice hockey) as well as most football codes other than soccer. The playoffs (known in some countries, notably Australia , as

162-595: A respective NFL Championship and AFL Championship , the winners of which would in the AFL's later years meet in the World Championship, now known as the Super Bowl . In sports such as motor racing, a season consists of a number of individual races, with points being awarded for finishing in the top positions. At the end of the season, the driver/team with the most points wins the championship. Examples include Formula 1 and

189-473: A title match system during regular play, then holds a Tournament of Champions with the longest-running champions under the title match system that operates on a tournament system to determine that season's "Grand Champion." This type of system works best in competitions with numerous competitions in a short period of time (game shows such as Jeopardy! , in particular, fit this description, since there are five new title matches every week). In many sport leagues,

216-510: Is predominant in American sports such as baseball, ice hockey and basketball, and on test cricket. Championships in various sports, including rugby union and soccer use a league system in which all competitors in the league play each other, either once or a number of times. This is also known as a round robin system. Some competitions use a hybrid system that combines traits of two or more of these systems. The game show Jeopardy! uses

243-425: Is used in individual head-to-head competitions and is particularly associated with combat sports such as wrestling , boxing and mixed martial arts . The term championships (in the plural) is often used to refer to tournament competitions , either using a knockout format , such as at Wimbledon and other championships in tennis , or a mixed format with a group stage followed by knockout rounds, such as used in

270-479: The European Football Championships . A variation of the knockout format is the "best-of-X" or series format where two teams face each other for a specified number of times until one team wins the majority of specified games, most of the time the remaining games are not played anymore; only then is the losing team eliminated from contention and the winning team advances to the next level. This format

297-606: The NFL , the term "Championship game" is used to refer to the matches which decide the champions of each of the two conferences, the NFC ( NFC Championship Game ) and AFC ( AFC Championship Game ). These games are effectively semi-finals as they determine the two competitors in the Super Bowl. The quirk in naming stems from when the NFC and AFC were separate leagues (see: American Football League ) with

SECTION 10

#1732854577621

324-620: The New Jersey State Athletic Control Board completely took over MMA regulation in its home state and developed new rules and weight classes that eventually became the de facto rule set for all mixed martial arts. The UFC realigned their weight classes to comply with these new regulations in 2001, beginning with UFC 31 . At the time, this brought the total number of active divisions in the UFC to five: lightweight , welterweight , middleweight , light heavyweight , and heavyweight . It would be nearly ten years before

351-449: The lightweight division would be renamed to middleweight , though it would still encompass all fighters 199 pounds (90 kg) and under. The lightweight moniker would later return at UFC 16 with a new division consisting of those competitors 170 pounds (77 kg) and under. Two years later a fourth weight class, the bantamweight division, arrived at UFC 26 and included all fighters 155 pounds (70 kg) and under. In 2000,

378-399: The "finals series") are a tournament where teams play head-to-head in knockout competition. The championship is often considered the final of the playoffs (e.g., Super Bowl , Stanley Cup Finals , NBA Finals , World Series , etc.). The playoff system can be seen as a hybrid between the league system and tournament system, where a league is used to determine qualifiers for the tournament. In

405-625: The UFC Hall of Fame in July. Inside MMA aired a special episode dedicated to UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion and Legacy Fighting Championship 's first ever women's titlist Holly Holm on Nov. 20, 2015 following her defeat of former undefeated champion Ronda Rousey. The special included interviews with Holm, her coaches and teammates, along with analysis of her fight plan and highlights from her matches on AXS TV Fights . On March 9, 2016, Inside MMA announced that combat sports personality Mauro Ranallo would be

432-405: The UFC decided they would delve even further into the lower weight classes when they announced the introduction of the flyweight division to their ranks, beginning with UFC on FX: Alves vs. Kampmann . In November 2012, as a result of the forthcoming dissolution of their sister organization Strikeforce , the UFC announced they would be adding female fighters to their roster for the first time in

459-490: The UFC would expand their divisional offerings to include any of the lower weight classes. The first additions came in late 2010 when the UFC merged with their sister organization World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC). Due to the WEC's focus on lighter weight fighters, this merger necessitated the addition of both the featherweight and bantamweight divisions to the UFC, starting with The Ultimate Fighter season 12 finale . In early 2012

486-503: The new series host alongside Bas Rutten beginning March 25, 2016, taking over for longtime host Kenny Rice. Rice would continue as a special correspondent for the show. When Mauro Ranallo was absent due to his announcing duties for WWE , he was replaced by Josh Barnett on June 17, 2016, until June 24, 2016. Barnett hosted the show on August 19, 2016, replacing the absence of Bas Rutten. On Sept. 19, 2016, AXS TV announced that 'Inside MMA' would air its final episode on Sept. 30, 2016, ending

513-583: The night's event with AXS TV Fights commentators UFC Hall of Famer Pat Miletich and "The Voice" Michael Schiavello . Hosts Ranallo and Rutten also provided highlights from MMA and other combat sport events from around the world, featuring promotions such as UFC, Bellator, World Series of Fighting, and One FC , as well as many other regional MMA promotions. Each episode also included a viewer submission segment, featuring highlights submitted by Inside MMA viewers. Correspondent Ron Kruck provided on-site coverage of major MMA events, feature stories on issues facing

540-403: The promotion's history. Initially, only the women's bantamweight division was brought over, with the division's premiere bout taking place at UFC 157 . A little over a year later, the UFC announced they would be expanding their weight classes for female fighters with the addition of a women's strawweight division, the first bout took place at UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Miller . In late 2016,

567-849: The sport, and interview segments with fighters, coaches, trainers, and others who contribute to and influence Mixed Martial Arts. Inside MMA frequently featured in-studio, on-site, phone and satellite interviews with guests from all facets of the sport, including fighters, promoters, managers, officials and journalists. Notable guests included Dana White , Ronda Rousey , Daniel Cormier , Nick Diaz , Conor McGregor , Gilbert Melendez , Tito Ortiz , Georges St-Pierre , José Aldo , TJ Dillashaw , Dominick Cruz , Jon Jones , and Mickey Rourke . Occasionally, MMA fighters filled in as special guest hosts on Inside MMA . Past guest hosts include Johny Hendricks , Roy Nelson , Phil Davis , Miesha Tate , and Urijah Faber . On August 15, 2014, UFC fighter Krzysztof Soszynski officially announced his retirement from

SECTION 20

#1732854577621

594-417: The sport, citing memory loss, in a live on-air exclusive, while appearing as a guest on an episode of Inside MMA . In late 2014, AXS TV announced that the show would move time slots to after the network's weekly live AXS TV Fights broadcasts. The move would take place starting Friday, Nov. 7, 2014. In May 2015, UFC President Dana White appeared on the show to announce that Rutten would be inducted into

621-630: The winner receiving a permanent appellation. In response to criticism from Senator John McCain that saw the loss of its television deal and the banning of the sport in thirty-six states, the UFC increased its cooperation with state athletic commissions and introduced weight classes in 1997, starting with UFC 12 , and began introducing weight-specific titles. The original codification for weight classes introduced only two divisions: heavyweight , which grouped together all competitors above 200 pounds (91 kg), and lightweight , which encompassed all competitors 199 pounds (90 kg) and under. At UFC 14

648-1283: Was known as the Lightweight Championship prior to UFC 31 (May 4, 2001). 1. def. Jorge Patino at UFC 18 on Jan 8, 1999 2. def. André Pederneiras at UFC 21 on Jul 16, 1999 3. def. John Alessio at UFC 26 on Jun 9, 2000 4. def. Kenichi Yamamoto at UFC 29 on Dec 16, 2000 1. def. Hayato Sakurai at UFC 36 on Mar 22, 2002 2. def. Carlos Newton at UFC 38 on Jul 13, 2002 3. def. Gil Castillo at UFC 40 on Nov 22, 2002 4. def. Sean Sherk at UFC 42 on Apr 25, 2003 5. def. Frank Trigg at UFC 45 on Nov 21, 2003 1. def. Frank Trigg at UFC 52 on Apr 16, 2005 2. def. B.J. Penn at UFC 63 on Sep 23, 2006 1. def. Jon Fitch at UFC 87 on Aug 9, 2008 2. def. B.J. Penn at UFC 94 on Jan 31, 2009 3. def. Thiago Alves at UFC 100 on Jul 11, 2009 4. def. Dan Hardy at UFC 111 on Mar 27, 2010 5. def. Josh Koscheck at UFC 124 on Dec 11, 2010 6. def. Jake Shields at UFC 129 on Apr 30, 2011 7. def. interim champion Carlos Condit at UFC 154 on Nov 17, 2012 8. def. Nick Diaz at UFC 158 on Mar 16, 2013 9. def. Johny Hendricks at UFC 167 on Nov 16, 2013 Championship#Title match system In sport ,

675-2340: Was known as the Middleweight Championship prior to UFC 31 (May 4, 2001). The Pride World Middleweight Championship (205.03 lb) was unified with the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship on September 8, 2007, when Quinton Jackson defeated Dan Henderson at UFC 75 . 1. def. Igor Zinoviev at UFC 16 on Mar 13, 1998 2. def. Jeremy Horn at UFC 17 on May 15, 1998 3. def. John Lober at UFC Brazil on Oct 16, 1998 4. def. Tito Ortiz at UFC 22 on Sep 24, 1999 1. def. Yuki Kondo at UFC 29 on Dec 16, 2000 2. def. Evan Tanner at UFC 30 on Feb 23, 2001 3. def. Elvis Sinosic at UFC 32 on Jun 29, 2001 4. def. Vladimir Matyushenko at UFC 33 on Sep 28, 2001 5. def. Ken Shamrock at UFC 40 on Nov 22, 2002 1. def. Jeremy Horn at UFC 54 on Aug 20, 2005 2. def. Randy Couture at UFC 57 on Feb 4, 2006 3. def. Renato Sobral at UFC 62 on Aug 26, 2006 4. def. Tito Ortiz at UFC 66 on Dec 30, 2006 1. def. Dan Henderson at UFC 75 on Sep 8, 2007 1. def. Maurício Rua at UFC 104 on Oct 24, 2009 1. def. Quinton Jackson at UFC 135 on Sep 24, 2011 2. def. Lyoto Machida at UFC 140 on Dec 10, 2011 3. def. Rashad Evans at UFC 145 on Apr 21, 2012 4. def. Vitor Belfort at UFC 152 on Sep 22, 2012 5. def. Chael Sonnen at UFC 159 on Apr 27, 2013 6. def. Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 165 on Sep 21, 2013 7. def. Glover Teixeira at UFC 172 on Apr 26, 2014 8. def. Daniel Cormier at UFC 182 on Jan 3, 2015 1. def. Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 192 on Oct 3, 2015 2. def. Anthony Johnson at UFC 210 on Apr 8, 2017 3. def. Volkan Oezdemir at UFC 220 on Jan 20, 2018 1. def. Anthony Smith at UFC 235 on Mar 2, 2019 2. def. Thiago Santos at UFC 239 on Jul 6, 2019 3. def. Dominick Reyes at UFC 247 on Feb 8, 2020 1. def. Israel Adesanya at UFC 259 on Mar 6, 2021 1. def. Jamahal Hill at UFC 300 on Apr 13, 2024 2. def. Jiří Procházka at UFC 303 on Jun 29, 2024 3. def. Khalil Rountree Jr. at UFC 307 on Oct 5, 2024 171 to 185 lb (78 to 84 kg) The Pride World Welterweight Championship (182.98 lb)

702-1672: Was unified with the UFC 11 Tournament Championship to determine the inaugural UFC Heavyweight Champion on February 7, 1997, when Mark Coleman defeated Dan Severn at UFC 12 . 1. def. Tank Abbott at UFC 15 on Oct 17, 1997 1. def. Pedro Rizzo at UFC 26 on Jun 9, 2000 1. def. Pedro Rizzo at UFC 31 on May 4, 2001 2. def. Pedro Rizzo at UFC 34 on Nov 2, 2001 1. def. Gan McGee at UFC 44 on Sep 26, 2003 1. def. Justin Eilers at UFC 53 on Jun 4, 2005 1. def. Paul Buentello at UFC 55 on Oct 7, 2005 1. def. Andrei Arlovski at UFC 61 on Jul 8, 2006 2. def. Jeff Monson at UFC 65 on Nov 18, 2006 1. def. Gabriel Gonzaga at UFC 74 on Aug 25, 2007 1. def. interim champion Frank Mir at UFC 100 on Jul 11, 2009 2. def. interim champion Shane Carwin at UFC 116 on Jul 3, 2010 1. def. Frank Mir at UFC 146 on May 26, 2012 1. def. Antônio Silva at UFC 160 on May 25, 2013 2. def. Junior dos Santos at UFC 166 on Oct 19, 2013 1. def. Alistair Overeem at UFC 203 on Sep 10, 2016 2. def. Junior dos Santos at UFC 211 on May 13, 2017 3. def. Francis Ngannou at UFC 220 on Jan 20, 2018 1. def. Derrick Lewis at UFC 230 on Nov 3, 2018 1. def. Daniel Cormier at UFC 252 on Aug 15, 2020 1. def. interim champion Ciryl Gane at UFC 270 on Jan 22, 2022 1. def. Stipe Miocic at UFC 309 on Nov 16, 2024 1. def. Curtis Blaydes at UFC 304 on Jul 27, 2024 186 to 205 lb (84 to 93 kg) The Light Heavyweight Championship

729-1624: Was unified with the UFC Middleweight Championship on March 1, 2008, when Anderson Silva defeated Dan Henderson at UFC 82 . 1. def. Matt Lindland at UFC 37 on May 10, 2002 1. def. Nate Quarry at UFC 56 on Nov 19, 2005 2. def. David Loiseau at UFC 58 on Mar 4, 2006 1. def. Nate Marquardt at UFC 73 on Jul 7, 2007 2. def. Rich Franklin at UFC 77 on Oct 20, 2007 3. def. Dan Henderson at UFC 82 on Mar 1, 2008 4. def. Patrick Côté at UFC 90 on Oct 25, 2008 5. def. Thales Leites at UFC 97 on Apr 18, 2009 6. def. Demian Maia at UFC 112 on Apr 10, 2010 7. def. Chael Sonnen at UFC 117 on Aug 7, 2010 8. def. Vitor Belfort at UFC 126 on Feb 5, 2011 9. def. Yushin Okami at UFC 134 on Aug 27, 2011 10. def. Chael Sonnen at UFC 148 on Jul 7, 2012 1. def. Anderson Silva at UFC 168 on Dec 28, 2013 2. def. Lyoto Machida at UFC 175 on Jul 5, 2014 3. def. Vitor Belfort at UFC 187 on May 23, 2015 1. def. Dan Henderson at UFC 204 on Oct 8, 2016 1. def. Yoel Romero at UFC 248 on Mar 7, 2020 2. def. Paulo Costa at UFC 253 on Sep 27, 2020 3. def. Marvin Vettori at UFC 263 on Jun 12, 2021 4. def. Robert Whittaker at UFC 271 on Feb 12, 2022 5. def. Jared Cannonier at UFC 276 on Jul 2, 2022 1. def. Israel Adesanya at UFC 305 on Aug 18, 2024 156 to 170 lb (71 to 77 kg) The Welterweight Championship

#620379