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UFC 23: Ultimate Japan 2

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The poster for UFC 23: Ultimate Japan 2.

Information
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date November 19, 1999
Venue Tokyo Bay NK Hall
City
Tokyo, Japan
Event chronology







UFC 22: Only One Can Be Champion
 UFC 23: Ultimate Japan 2
UFC 24: First Defense


UFC 23: Ultimate Japan 2 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on November 19, 1999 at Tokyo Bay NK Hall in Tokyo, Japan.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Results


  • 3 UFC Japan Tournament


  • 4 See also


  • 5 External links





History[edit]


UFC 23 was the second UFC event to take place in Tokyo, Japan, where the newly formed PRIDE Fighting Championships were enjoying massive success. UFC 23 was headlined by a Heavyweight Championship Title bout between Kevin Randleman and Pete Williams (mixed martial artist), held to determine the champion after Bas Rutten's retirement.


The event also featured a four-man "Japanese" tournament, held to crown the first ever UFC Japan Champion. The tournament was the first in the UFC since UFC 17, and the last ever tournament held by the UFC. SEG originally intended UFC Japan to be a separate company, run by local promoters, but due to mounting financial problems, a lack of cooperation from Japanese promoters, and the rise of the popular PRIDE and K-1 organizations, the idea was scrapped following UFC 25: Ultimate Japan 3.


UFC 23 was the first UFC event to not see a home video release, as SEG was nearing bankruptcy and struggling to keep the UFC alive through extremely limited pay per view in the US, as well as minor coverage in Brazil and Japan. UFC 23 has now been released as part of a DVD collection (UFC 21–30). It was also the first to feature James Werme who handled backstage interviews.


Bas Rutten announced on UFC 23 that he dropped his heavyweight championship title so he could drop down to middleweight to bring Frank Shamrock out of retirement to fight for the middleweight championship.



Results[edit]























































































Main Card
Weight class


Method
 Round
 Time
 Notes
Heavyweight
Kevin Randleman
 def.
Pete Williams
 Unanimous decision
 5
 5:00
 [a]
Heavyweight
Pedro Rizzo
 def.
Tsuyoshi Kosaka
 TKO (referee stoppage due to strikes)
 3
 1:17
Middleweight
Joe Slick
 def.
Jason DeLucia
 TKO (verbal submission due to knee injury)
 1
 1:28
Middleweight
 Eugene Jackson
 def.
Keiichiro Yamamiya
 KO
 3
 3:12

UFC Japan Middleweight Tournament Finals
Middleweight
Kenichi Yamamoto
 def.
Katsuhisa Fujii
 Submission (kneebar)
 2
 4:15

UFC Japan Middleweight Tournament Semifinals
Middleweight
Katsuhisa Fujii
 def.
 Masutatsu Yano
 TKO (referee stoppage due to strikes)
 2
 3:14
Middleweight
Kenichi Yamamoto
 def.
Daiju Takase
 Unanimous decision
 3
 5:00




  1. ^ Randleman defeated Williams to claim the vacant UFC Heavyweight Championship.






UFC Japan Tournament[edit]












































































Semi-finals
 Finals
           

Katsuhisa Fujii
 TKO
Masutatsu Yano
 RD2 3:12

Kenichi Yamamoto
 SUB


Katsuhisa Fujii
 RD1 4:15

Kenichi Yamamoto
 DEC

Daiju Takase
 RD3 5:00


See also[edit]




  • Ultimate Fighting Championship

  • List of UFC champions

  • List of UFC events

  • 1999 in UFC



External links[edit]


  • Official UFC website










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