UFC 4

Background

As usual, virtually all martial artists of any significance were contacted by the promoters of the event. The other way they recruited was what later became known as the "Royce's challenge letters." Even Mike Tyson was "challenged" by Royce Gracie while in jail.

History

UFC 4 used an eight-man tournament format, with the winner receiving $64,000. The event also featured three alternate fights. All seven tournament fights were shown on the live pay-per-view broadcast, as well as the Jason Fairn vs. Guy Mezger alternate fight.

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. The referee for the night was "Big" John McCarthy. Royce Gracie won the event by defeating Dan Severn with a triangle choke. The card also featured the notorious fight between Keith Hackney and Joe Son; Hackney won via submission after landing a series of unanswered strikes to the groin of Joe Son.

Play-by-play announcer Bruce Beck and color commentator Jeff Blatnick were paired together for the first time on the pay-per-view and became the regular commentary team on UFC broadcasts up to and including UFC 15. They were joined by regular contributor Jim Brown.

Results

| N/A | Royce Gracie | def. | Dan Severn | Submission (triangle choke) | | 15:49 | | N/A | Royce Gracie | def. | Keith Hackney | Submission (armbar) | | 5:32 | | N/A | Dan Severn | def. | Marcus Bossett | Submission (arm-triangle choke) | | 0:52 | Steve Jennum was forced to withdraw due to injury. He was replaced by Marcus Bossett. | N/A | Royce Gracie | def. | Ron van Clief | Submission (rear-naked choke) | | 3:49 | | N/A | Keith Hackney | def. | Joe Son | Submission (blood choke) | | 2:44 | | N/A | Steve Jennum | def. | Melton Bowen | Submission (armbar) | | 4:47 | | N/A | Dan Severn | def. | Anthony Macias | Submission (rear-naked choke) | | 1:45 | | N/A | Joe Charles | def. | Kevin Rosier | Submission (armbar) | | 0:14 | | N/A | Marcus Bossett | def. | Eldo Dias Xavier | KO (strikes) | | 4:55 | | N/A | Guy Mezger | def. | Jason Fairn | TKO (corner stoppage) | | 2:13 |

''UFC 4'' bracket

| RD1-seed1= | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team1=BRA Royce Gracie (Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu) | RD1-team2=USA Ron van Clief (Karate) | RD1-score1=SUB | RD1-score2=3:59 | RD1-seed3= | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team3=USA Keith Hackney (Kenpo) | RD1-team4=USA Joe Son (Taekwondo) | RD1-score3=SUB | RD1-score4=2:44 | RD1-seed5= | RD1-seed6= | RD1-team5=USA Steve Jennum (Ninjutsu) | RD1-team6=USA Melton Bowen (Boxing) | RD1-score5=SUB | RD1-score6=4:47 | RD1-seed7= | RD1-seed8= | RD1-team7=USA Dan Severn (Wrestling) | RD1-team8=USA Anthony Macias (Muay Thai) | RD1-score7=SUB | RD1-score8=1:45 | RD2-seed1= | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team1=BRA Royce Gracie | RD2-team2=USA Keith Hackney | RD2-score1=SUB | RD2-score2=5:32 | RD2-seed3= | RD2-seed4= | RD2-team3=USA Marcus Bossett 1 | RD2-team4=USA Dan Severn | RD2-score3=0:52 | RD2-score4=SUB | RD3-seed1= | RD3-seed2= | RD3-team1=BRA Royce Gracie | RD3-team2=USA Dan Severn | RD3-score1=SUB | RD3-score2=15:49 1Steve Jennum was forced to withdraw due to injury. He was replaced by Marcus Bossett.

Encyclopedia awards

The following fighters were honored in the October 2011 book titled UFC Encyclopedia.

• Fight of the Night: Royce Gracie vs. Dan Severn
• Knockout of the Night: Marcus Bossett def. Eldo Dias Xavier
• Submission of the Night: Royce Gracie def. Dan Severn

References

References

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