UFC 3: The American Dream
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UFC 3: The American Dream was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on September 9, 1994, at Grady Cole Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. The event was seen live on pay-per-view in the United States, and was later released on home video. The event saw the exchange of the Lineal Mixed Martial Arts Championship twice in the same night.[1]
History
UFC 3 used an eight-man tournament format, with the winner receiving $60,000. The tournament had no weight classes or weight limits. Each match had no time limit or rounds; therefore no judges were used for the night. Competitors could only win a match by submission, throwing in the towel, knockout, or referee stoppage. This event marked the first time the referee was given the authority to stop the contest. The referee for the night was once again "Big" John McCarthy.
Replacement fighter Steve Jennum won the tournament by defeating Harold Howard via submission due to strikes, despite only fighting in the finals. Jennum was a replacement for Ken Shamrock, who made it to the finals but withdrew due to injury. This was the first UFC tournament that was not won by Royce Gracie (who could not continue due to fatigue). After Jennum won the UFC 3 tournament as an alternate, the UFC instituted alternate qualifying bouts to balance out fatigue, and lessen the advantage that alternates previously had entering the tournament without fighting quarterfinal bouts. UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre mentioned that watching Jennum win UFC 3 contributed to his decision to compete in mixed martial arts.[3]
Results
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| Vorlage:Flagicon Steve Jennum
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| Vorlage:Flagicon Harold Howard
| submission (punches)
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| Vorlage:Flagicon Ken Shamrock
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| Vorlage:Flagicon Felix Lee Mitchell
| submission (rear-naked choke)
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| align=center| 4:34
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| Vorlage:Flagicon Harold Howard
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| Vorlage:Flagicon Royce Gracie
| forfeit (exhaustion)
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| Vorlage:Flagicon Keith Hackney
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| Vorlage:Flagicon Emmanuel Yarborough
| TKO (punches)
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| align=center| 1:59
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| Vorlage:Flagicon Ken Shamrock
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| Vorlage:Flagicon Christophe Leninger
| submission (punches)
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| align=center| 4:49
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| Vorlage:Flagicon Harold Howard
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| Vorlage:Flagicon Roland Payne
| KO (punch)
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| align=center| 0:46
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| Vorlage:Flagicon Royce Gracie
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| Vorlage:Flagicon Kimo Leopoldo
| submission (armlock)
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| align=center| 4:40
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UFC 3 bracket
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1Keith Hackney was forced to withdraw due to injury. He was replaced by Felix Lee Mitchell.
2Royce Gracie's corner threw in the towel before the fight. Harold Howard then advanced to the finals of the tournament, since there were no other opponents for Howard to face (the two alternate competitors for the card were already being utilized to replace the injured Ken Shamrock and Keith Hackney).
3It was announced that Ken Shamrock was injured at the event and could not continue, so he was replaced with Steve Jennum.
References
External links
- ↑ The Underground Overeem the Lineal Champion of MMA www.mixedmartialarts.com. Retrieved October 26, 2012.