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* [[Ultimate Fighting Championship]]
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Revision as of 17:55, 23 October 2013

UFC 21: Return of the Champions
The poster for UFC 21: Return of the Champions
PromotionUltimate Fighting Championship
DateJuly 16, 1999
VenueFive Seasons Events Center
CityCedar Rapids, Iowa
Event chronology
UFC 20: Battle for the Gold UFC 21: Return of the Champions UFC 22: Only One Can Be Champion

UFC 21: Return of the Champions was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on July 16, 1999 at the Five Seasons Events Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The event was seen live on pay per view in the United States, and later released on home video.

History

UFC 21 marked significant rule changes due to the Council of the Mixed Martial Arts Commission: preliminary bouts now consisted of two five minute-rounds, main card bouts were three five-minute rounds and championship bouts were five five-minute rounds (similar to the Unified Rules of Combat used today in the USA). UFC 21 was the first UFC event to adopt the 10-point must system, commonly used in boxing, to judge fights instead of each judge merely stating their choice of fighter. 10 points are awarded for fighters who win the round, 6-9 points for the fighter that loses the round. Points awarded for Octagon control, effective striking, grappling/near submissions, and aggressiveness.

Results

Main Card
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Light Heavyweight Frank Shamrock def. John Lober submission (punches) 7:40 [a]
Welterweight Pat Miletich def. Mikey Burnett decision 21:00 [b]
Light Heavyweight Vitor Belfort def. Wanderlei Silva TKO (punches) 0:44
Heavyweight Pedro Rizzo def. Tank Abbott KO (punch) 8:07
Heavyweight Tsuyoshi Kosaka def. Tim Lajcik decision 15:00
Light Heavyweight Ebenezer Fontes Braga def. Jeremy Horn submission (guillotine choke) 3:27
Alternate Bouts
Lightweight Cesar Marscucci def. Paulo Santos TKO n/a
Middleweight Tulio Palhares def. Adriano Santos TKO 9:00
  1. ^ Shamrock defeated Lober to retain the Light Heavyweight Championship.
  2. ^ Miletich defeated Burnett to become the inaugural UFC Welterweight Champion.

See also