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The Octagon. It's become the home of the
most dramatic martial arts clashes ever.

The home of the most awesome displays of
power, technique, and

heart. This is the ultimate fighting
championship where over the last 24

months, reputations were built and
destroyed.

Fighting Systems Judge.

and found warranty.

Now, after seven grueling tournaments,
eight warriors have passed muster. The

greatest fighters on the planet,
Ultimate Champion, Jenna, Sever, Takara,

and Buas.

Ultimate Challenger, Abbott, Smith,
Hackney, and Benito. All

here tonight, ready to do battle in the
Ultimate Ultimate.

Are you ready?

Let's open up the gate.

We're at the foothills of the Rocky
Mountains in the mile-high city of

Denver, Colorado.

Our setting, the Mammoth Gardens, an
intimate building with a rich history

that dates back to the early 1900s when
it was once the soul of Denver's social

and entertainment life. Tonight, this
arena will be transformed into a martial

arts melting pot as we present the White
Knuckle Event, a bare-knuckle

competition.

The ultimate fighting championship.

Hi, everybody. I'm Bruce Beck. Welcome
to the ultimate ultimate. Twice as fast,

twice as furious, twice as tough.
Tonight, eight fighters, four former UFC

champions, three former UFC runner-ups,
and one man known as the Giant Killer.

It's the largest purse ever in a martial
arts competition, $250,000.

This, the culmination of two years in
the making. One of my broadcast

partners, the former gold medalist at
the Olympics in 1984, Greco-Roman

Wrestling Super Heavyweight Division,
Jeff Blatnik. And Jeff, when we look at

tonight's competition, you've got to be
excited.

Oh, I certainly am. And when I take a
look at that field, Bruce, unbelievable.

I see three key points with this field.
The first being experience.

Everyone here has experience.

They have multiple fights inside the
octagon.

They've had time to go back, digest the
lessons, and that brings me to my second

point, preparedness.

How well have they trained? Have they
taken those lessons, put them to use,

learned new tactics, new skills to bring
them in against the best field ever to

enter the octagon?

And my last point, Bruce, incentive.

$150,000 goes to the man who's standing
up.

last in that octagon.

And that's certainly a lot of incentive.
One, to train hard, be prepared, and to

go out there and lay it on the line.
What about the mental approach of these

fighters in the Ultimate Ultimate?

Well, without a doubt, all of our
interviews with these fighters, Bruce,

you've seen it. They're all very, very
focused.

They all seem to be very, very calm.

Don, you hit it on the head. That's what
experience does for you. You don't waste

energy with nerves, and you don't suffer
from anxiety.

Thus, you focus.

on what you want to do, and that's your
goal, to be successful once you enter

that octagon.

Well, the other member of our broadcast
team has captured ten world titles in

four different weight classes in
kickboxing. Three times he was named

Fighter of the Year. He's also been in
20 movies, from Blood Fist to Batman

Forever. And now he's got a new tape out
there, Night Hunter.

It's coming out soon. It's where a
vampire and a dragon fight to the end.

And I'm talking, of course, about the
dragon, Don the Dragon Wilson. And, Don,

what does the ultimate, ultimate mean to
the martial arts community?

Well, I've been a martial artist for 23
years, and I think I can speak for all

the rest of the martial artists
worldwide.

This is the most exciting martial art
competition that has ever happened in

modern times. I mean, this is the first
time that kickboxers, boxers, wrestlers,

jiu-jitsu, aikido, judo, we all can meet
under one banner, which is the UFC.

What is the question you've been asked
most often when cruising around Denver

the last two or three days?

Well, oddly enough, since the first
broadcast that I worked on, I've been

asked, is this real?

And having been a choreographer and an
actor in 20 films, I've seen the fake

stuff, and I've been a fighter for 17
years. I've seen the real. This is as

real as it gets.

There will be some blood spilled
tonight. This is not for the faint of

heart. Right now, let's take a look at
the draw for the Ultimate Ultimate,

which took place several months ago.

First of all, we've got Big Tank Abbott
in the opening round matchup. UFC 6

runner-up against UFC 3 champion Steve
Jenim. Then UFC 5 titleist Dan Severin

meets the polar bear Paul Varland, who
got into the main draw yesterday when

Patrick Smith was medically disqualified
from the event. Then it's a rematch of

the UFC 6 quarterfinal. Oleg Tektarov,
the Russian bear, against dangerous Dave

Beneteau. And then we conclude the
quarterfinals with the defending UFC

champion... Marco Huas, the king of the
streets, against the giant killer, Keith

Hacking, a classic grappler versus
striker confrontation.

Here is the referee for the UFC, Big
John McCarthy from Corona, California,

working his seventh UFC.

He is a tactical instructor at the Los
Angeles Police Academy. He has

officiated 55 no-rules fights.

The chief medical advisor, Dr. Richard
Istrico of Howard Beach, New York, a

panel physician for the New York State
Athletic Commission.

medical director for the New York Golden
Gloves, team physician for USA Boxing.

The sanctioning body for the event is
the IFC, the International Fighting

Council. The commissioner is Art Davey
from Las Vegas, Nevada, longtime UFC

matchmaker and fight consultant, a
former sergeant in the U.S. Marine

Corps.

Well, as you diehard fans already know,
during the tournament, the UFC is live

online on CompuServe. All you CompuServe
members log on.

and go e-forum to Conference Room 2
Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Here are the laws of the octagon. No
biting, no eye gouging, no fish hooking,

reaching fingers into the mouth. The
referee has the authority to restart the

bout if there is a lack of action. No
rounds, but a 15-minute time limit in

the quarters, 18-minute time limit in
the semis, 27-minute time limit in the

finals with a three-minute overtime if
necessary.

Now, if time expires... Three judges
decide the winner based on the following

criteria, aggressiveness, effectiveness
of strikes, and effectiveness of ground

techniques.

Here are the ways to win a fight.

First of all, by knockout.

Second of all, by submission, which is
tapping the mat with your hand or your

foot. Also, number three, if the corner
throws in the towel. If the referee

stops the contest because the fighter
cannot intelligently defend himself.

by disqualification.

Now, for the first time in the UFC,
there will be three judges outside the

octagon who will render a decision if a
bout reaches the time limit.

Ernest Hart Jr., four-time PKA
kickboxing welterweight champion.

John Little, associate publisher of
Inside Karate, Inside Kung Fu, and

Inside Taekwondo magazine.

And Michael DiPasquale Jr., the editor
and publisher of Karate International

magazine and a highly ranked...

Jiu-Jitsu instructor.

So we open things up with our first
quarterfinal match.

The street fighter, Tank Abbott. The
police officer, Steve Jenim. Right now,

let's go up to our announcer in the
octagon, the G-Man, Rich Goins. Ladies

and gentlemen, SEG Sports Corporation
welcomes the world to

Denver, Colorado in the Mammoth Events
Center.

For the greatest martial arts
competition in the world.

The ultimate fighting championship.

Ultimate. Ultimate.

Tonight, eight of the world's greatest
fighters will fight in the

octagon. Four former champions. Four
competitors. Only one will emerge

victorious.

and $150,000 richer.

Only one will come out. No rounds, no
timeouts, no weight classes. Are you

ready to rock and roll?

Let me introduce our fighters for the
first round matches.

He's 30 years old.

6'2", 250 pounds, a pit fighter with a
bare-knuckle record of 7-0.

2-1 in the octagon, the runner-up in
Ultimate Fight Championship 6, fighting

out of Huntington Beach, California,
David Tank Abbott!

Abbott!

And his opponent, a police officer from
Omaha, Nebraska, a practitioner in the

art of taijutsu, a third-degree black
belt in ninjutsu, 32 years

old, 5'10", 195 pounds, 2-0 in the
octagon. Please

welcome the Ultimate Fight Championships
3 Ultimate Fighting Champion, Steve

Jenner!

And our referee is John McCarthy.

Let's get it on.

Here's a look at the tail of the tank.

Ninjutsu. It's actually now Taijutsu
against pit fighting.

Age, not much difference.

Height, not much either. But the big
story is in the weight.

55 pounds per tank. Is it too much?

We'll find out.

Quarterfinals about to begin in the
ultimate ultimate.

Big John McCarthy.

He's on top.

He's looking now to take his time.

We'll see how much he's learned now
about the guard since he's gone to Utah.

And you see him take Jenham right to the
fence. He's going to try to crowd him,

get his head up tight against that.

and then possibly open up some channels
for some strikes.

Well, this looks to be a pretty good
strategy for Tank. Having the size, the

strength, grappling should be where he
would have an advantage over Jenim. If

he was to sit outside and just duke it
out, he's probably quite a bit slower.

Jenim repelling Tank, trying to use the
fence, and trying to break clear.

Tank wants to unload that right hand.

He did in that last second, now he does.

And you can see Jenim is schooled in the
guard. You saw when Tank tried to raise

up to throw down punches, Jenim went
right up on the points of his shoulders,

thus putting Tank out of reach.

Tank couldn't hit him there. And then he
was able to push Tank away.

Didn't panic. He's right back in the
guard again.

15-minute time limit.

Tank on top working against Steve Jenim.

It's a very bad position for Jenim. He
taps out.

Jenim taps out. He had nowhere to go.
His head was crowded again.

And Tank Abbott wins the first bout of
the ultimate ultimate.

And he did not use that much energy.

Which is a big thing, guys.

Hardly used any.

In this style of competition, that can
make a big difference in the outcome.

Tank used very little energy for that
bout.

A minute and 14 seconds.

Abbott was unable to really throw that
blistering right hand.

Chatham did a good job, Jeff, of just
trying to stay alert against the fence

and not get reamed.

Well, he didn't get struck in any way,
but unfortunately he was driven into

that chain link fence so hard it
appeared that his neck was bent at a

severe angle.

Obviously the metal on the skin and the
skull probably was highly uncomfortable.

He probably didn't feel he had a way
out. He might have panicked a little bit

there, but felt as though he was going
to be in some more desperate trouble.

And before he took any attriting kind of
strikes.

He tapped out. I think the term highly
uncomfortable is pretty conservative.

You can see here right away the
grappling skill of Tank Abbott knocking

him right down. But Jenim held his own
in the guard position.

But you'll see Tank drive him. Here is
where Jenim did a nice job of keeping

Tank from striking him. That's what you
use the guard for, using your feet to

keep distance.

But Tank closes in again and this time
drives him into the fence.

And there's a real good look at it. You
can see Jenim's head bulging that chain

link fence. He's caught there. Nothing
to do. And you'll see him now tap out.

Looks very painful.

Very painful. All the weight of Tank
Abbott against your head in the fence.

Particularly with Tank's skull driving
into your chin. Right. So Steve Jenim's

first loss in the octagon.

Tank Abbott advances to the semifinals
to take on the winner.

of Dan Severins and Paul Varlins.

All right, here's a look at our next
matchup in the quarterfinals. Paul

Varlins against Dan Severins. Right now,
we're set for the introduction. Let's go

up to Go Go Goins.

Ladies and gentlemen, our second battle
of the evening. Please welcome the

competitors. First, a black belt in the
art of trap fighting and a practitioner

of free-form freestyle fighting.

He's 25 years old.

6'8", 300 pounds.

The runner-up in Ultimate Fight 7, a
record of 3-2 in the octagon, out of

Sunnyvale, California, from the icy
north of Fairbanks, Alaska, please

welcome the polar bear, Paul Barland.

Barland.

Please welcome back his opponent from
Coldwater, Michigan, 37 years old, 6

'2", 250, a National Wrestling Alliance
heavyweight champion, the

94 AAU Greco-Roman Masters champion,
Sambo champion, and freestyle champion.

He's 5'2 in the octagon, UFC 4
runner-up, UFC 5 ultimate

fighting champion.

The beast is back.

Daniel Severn.

Severn.

Let's rock and roll.

And here's the last number.

Three south, three foreign versus
Rustling.

Severn 12 years older than Barlitz.

6'8 is the polar bear. He also has 50
plus.

Barlins is still down. He's got a small
cut on him. He's okay. It's not as

though he's not breathing or anything
like that. He's just a little bit out of

air. Severin goes over to console him,
see how he is.

Dr. Richard Istrigo there quickly,
bringing over the towel. Barlins said to

Doc Istrigo, he is okay.

Here's another look at it. Severin
closed the distance. There's the kick.

Severin uses his wrestling skills to
immediately take the big guy down.

Once he gets him down, he clears the
legs. Barlin doesn't have a guard.

and he eventually took Varlin's right
arm, folded it over his own face, and

then clamped on that lock, and it was a
chokehold all the way.

The beast is back.

Here we go, folks. We move on to the
bottom half of the draw in the

quarterfinals, and this one on paper is
the best quarterfinal matchup.

Dangerous. Dave Beneteau against the
Russian bear, Oleg Tektarov. All right,

we're set for the introduction of the
fighters right now. Let's go up into the

octagon. to Rich Goines.

Ladies and gentlemen, our third match of
the evening pits two great warriors.

First, a super heavyweight wrestler, 28
years old, 6'2", 235

pounds, a four-time CAWA wrestling
champion with a record of 2-2 in the

octagon, fighting out of Windsor,
Ontario, Canada, the UFC 5 runner-up,

Dangerous. David Benetton.

And his opponent holds a fourth-degree
black belt in the art of jiu-jitsu, four

-time European and Asian jiu-jitsu
champion, Russian national judo

champion, world sambo champion, a record
of 4-1-1 in the octagon, 27 years

old, 6'225",

From Gorky, Russia, the UFC 6 Ultimate
Fighting Champion, the Russian Bear,

Oleg Taktarov.

What a matchup this one is. Taktarov, by
the way, has an

unbelievable threshold of pain. Benito
is one year older than Taktarov.

As far as height is concerned, Beneteau
is two inches taller.

The weight, one went down, one went up.
Beneteau went down, Taktarov went up. It

is an international fighting match,
Ontario-Canada against Russia.

I think this is going to be a great
fight.

And it's this time, it's Taktarov
closing the distance, not giving

Beneteau a chance to throw any punches
at all.

Both are superb grapplers, the edge in
wrestling. The Beneteau, definitely the

edge in submission to Tektara.

There's Beneteau trying to use that left
hand that he picked up from working with

Emmanuel Stewart.

Well, you can't learn very much when it
comes to boxing or kickboxing or

striking in a short period of time, so I
would guess he's going to stick with his

wrestling technique.

There's the wrestling technique, single
leg.

Let me ask you, Don, I saw Beneteau do
it twice now. When he's tied up, he's

put the head under Taktarov's chin.
Would that open a knee to Beneteau's

face? Absolutely, absolutely. Right
there. What he should be doing if he

wants to get that knee in is bring his
hand around Taktarov's head. And

actually, there's a Thai boxing move
that he could use to get that knee in.

Oh, he could have a leg lock here.

Tartaro's got the leg lock on Beneteau.
Not yet. He's going to try to bring the

big guy down. There it is. Now, if he
can keep the pressure and keep Beneteau

from sitting up, he's going to be okay.

Right, he's got him in it.

Beneteau kicks to the face and taps out.

Couldn't do it. He tried one valiant
kick, and he tapped out, and you are not

allowed to kick with the shoes on.

It was an illegal strike.

So it's the Russian bear with the leg
submission.

Beneteau did not want to give up, but he
had no choice done.

No, the only choice you have is to have
your joint dislocated or bone broken,

which is no choice at all.

I am just so impressed that technique
has been the deciding factor.

Each of these are over quick. As soon as
one of the grapplers gets a hold against

the other one, it's over.

And I'm not sure what happened there,
but you are not allowed to kick if you

use shoes.

No, he can push, but he can't kick.
That's correct. I don't know if that was

an illegal or legal blow, but after he
made that effort with the kick, he

tapped out. Don, let's take a look back.
I think what we're going to see is we're

going to see a takedown.

They lock up.

He goes down, and Oleg goes right for
the leg immediately.

Now from here, it's a matter of Oleg
taking him down.

Here he goes. He's going to get him
down, break him down, get him on the

ground, get him on his back.

As we said, he was the master finisher.

Here he's going against the knee. You
can see that.

At this point, there's nothing that
Beneteau can do. That's illegal.

I think it was an act of desperation.
There goes the tap.

Our final quarterfinal matchup.

The giant killer, Keith Hackney, against
the man of the street.

The favorite in the ultimate, ultimate,
unofficially, Marco Huas. Go, go, Goins,

to tell us more about these two master
martial artists.

Ladies and gentlemen, our fourth and
final match of the first round.

Two great fighters. Please welcome, from
Medina, Illinois, he's the practitioner

of White Tiger, Kenpo Karate.

A second-degree black belt in Kenpo.

a second-degree black belt in Tang Soo
Do, and a second-degree black belt in

Taekwondo with a record of 12-0 in
amateur boxing, 11 by knockout, 2-1 in

the octagon, 37 years old, 5'11", 200.

You know him as the giant killer, Keith
Hackney!

Hackney!

And his opponent,

6'1", 218 pounds, four-time Brazilian
Muay Thai champion,

state heavyweight boxing champion,
Brazilian belly-to-toe champion,

undefeated in bare-knuckle matches, 3-0
in the octagon from

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the king of the
streets and reigning ultimate fighting

champion, Marco.

Hoorah!

Hooah!

Hackney came in at 200 pounds.

Here's a look at the discipline
description.

Tempo Karate Valley 2-0. In terms of
age, Hackney is 37.

Huas is somewhere in his 30s. He says
Brazilian men are like American women.

They don't like to tell their ages.

The height differential, Huas with a
slight advantage. As far as weight is

concerned, Huas has 18 pounds.

It is Rio de Janeiro, Brazil against
Roselle, Illinois.

Both look well-conditioned. Hackney
looks like he's put on some upper body

power. I'm not sure if that helps hand
speed or not. Don, you'd know more about

that. Well, actually, it doesn't have
much to do with it. It's all technique.

In boxing, and it's looking to me like
it's technique at the UFC also.

Hua says he's got a great right hand.
He's not just a guy who wants to end up

on the mat. Let's see if we'll see it
tonight.

And he had a broken finger, which we
didn't know about. I did make that

comment when I saw him looking and
flexing his fingers during one of his

fights at UFC 7. But he did not punch
very much with that right hand at all.

He tried another leg kick, which was
successful before.

And Hackney counters with a leg kick.

This is turning into more of a
Hackney-type fight. He wants to stay in

there. and duke it out with a striker.
And oftentimes Hackney comes racing

across the octagon to try to make a big
first move.

He didn't get caught out trying to do
that against Houas, Don.

No, I think these guys, you know,
they're getting more and more cautious

in the beginning, which is the sign of a
professional.

They don't just come out right off the
bat and throw their best arsenal.

They set things up.

Remember that Houas went after Big Paul
Barlins with those leg kicks in the last

UFC and eventually wore down the polar
bear.

Right, well, he's got some Thai boxing
experience, and that leg kick, hitting

with the shin to the thigh is one of
their best techniques.

A long feeling out process here.

Few leg kicks from each guy.

And there's no real aggression. No one
fighter here wants to take too many

steps towards the other. They're
circling. That's what we do in wrestling

to obliterate a head-on charge is to
counter by getting angled.

And here you don't see any one of these
two fighters chasing the other, thus

setting up.

A strike coming back the other way.
Hackney missing with the wild right

hand.

And now Huas goes after Hackney. Gets
him up against the fence.

Trying to take him down.

Behind him now.

Huas trying to get a choke.

Anytime they get behind.

An opponent, Valetudo, says go for the
choke. Great strength by Hapty, bending

him off on the tower.

Well, from here, I think it's Huas'
advantage on the ground like this. I

think it's going to be over here. I
think he's going to eventually work that

choke in.

And he punches to the back of the head a
couple times.

Huas landing a big left hand.

He used his left hand to do it. He
didn't use his right.

And I think that might have been just to
get Hackney to try to move and thus open

up the area around the neck for that
choke. Don, it may look effective, but

it could really hurt the hand, can't it?

Well, if he punches his skull, but if he
hits the back of the neck, which I think

that's where Huas is going, there's a
muscle back there, and if he causes

damage there, I think Hackney will
release and let him get the choke. He's

working it in now.

He's working it in now. It's going to be
a... There it is.

That's it.

Anytime in Valley Trudeau, they go for
the choke when they're on their

opponent's back.

Beautifully done by Marco Huas.

And he bows to the crowd.

Hackney with a big hug, a great sign of
respect.

Hackney looked really tough.

Came out amazingly cut up.

But when it came down to the ground...

It was Huas' advantage.

That's right. Versatility is where it's
at.

And Marcos Huas is well-versed in all
aspects of fighting. And I think for the

uninformed or uneducated public, there's
great honor between great martial

artists. And you saw it there at the end
of the fight. I think we've been seeing

it all night. I think each fighter has
shown concern for his opponent and

respect after each bout.

These guys are not brutes.

Marcos Huas wins this one.

Two minutes and 39 seconds. You know, it
seemed like a lot longer than that.

Didn't it, Donovan? They were around the
ring for the octagon for quite a while.

Well, that, I think, was the nervous
anticipation.

We were waiting for something to happen.

Here's a look at some of the action.

Well, here, once Huas has got Keith on
the ground, and he's behind him, he's in

control. He uses his legs to basically
neutralize Keith's legs, and he just

works that choke in.

Here he softens him up with a few solid
shots to the same spot and gets that arm

under Keith's neck.

And here's the tap out.

There it is.

There's nothing Keith can do from there.

With the leverage that he's using.

Here you can see there's no way he can
strike.

He can't roll.

He's basically helpless here. Look at
the grapevine on Hackney's legs. His

knees are above the ground. He cannot
crawl.

Ruas just totally paralyzed him. Kept
working around that neck. And I have

trained a little bit of ballet to go
since I've been out here in Denver. And

I picked up that cardinal rule that any
time they get on an opponent's back.

they immediately look to choke. It is
the most advantageous position to be in.

And, Jeff, you trained against a guy who
was well older than you, wasn't he?

Well, he was 65 years old, and he opened
my eyes that wrestling is not an end in

itself. All right, the bracket unfolds
this way right now.

Tank Abbott with a tap out, a minute 14.
Steve Jenham taps out, Abbott advanced.

And Dan Severin with a choke.

Marlins tapped out at 1-0-1. He
advances, so it's Abbott against Severin

in one semifinal.

Oleg Tatarov, leg lock submission at
1-22.

Moves to the semis to meet Marco Huas,
the master of the streets.

Two minutes and 39 seconds to choke the
measure of success for Huas. So it is

a Final Four that's very, very
impressive.

Well, all you hardcore fans always
looking ahead will be glad to hear.

That UFC 8 is coming up live Friday,
February 16th here on Pay-Per-View.

Eight fighters, seven fights, one
champion, plus the super fight

everyone's been waiting for.

World super fight champion Ken Shamrock
versus the Hawaiian fighting legend. He

made quite a name for himself here in
the octagon, Kimo. That's right,

Shamrock versus Kimo.

It's UFC 8's David and Goliath
tournament, tonnage.

Versus Technique, don't miss it, live
Friday, February 16th, only on Pay-Per

-View. And here's Jeff Platnick.

I'm here with the man who broke UFC wide
open, giving Hoist Gracie the fight of

his life. He goes by one name, Kimo.
Welcome to the Ultimate Ultimate.

Thanks a lot. Before I answer any
questions, the first thing I want to say

is praise to my Lord Jesus Christ.

Are you looking forward to coming back
to the UFC?

I'm very much so.

I've been training hard, and I think the
folks are going to see a different Kimo

this time.

Got a little haircut also.

How has your fighting changed since the
last time you set foot in the octagon?

I've been working on techniques.

Instead of just straight-up street
brawler, I started actually doing a

little technical workouts now.

What did you learn from your bout with
Gracie?

I learned you've got to be in a little
bit better condition than I thought, and

I learned it's more a sport than just a
brawl, which I thought it was before.

How about the hair?

The hair was definitely a big deal in
that fight. He used it as a handle and

he took advantage of it. Would you want
a rematch?

I don't look too far ahead. I'm just
looking at this fight right now.

Tell us about the tournament you just
fought in in Hawaii.

I just fought in this thing,
Pancreation, which is actually, if you

look back to the first and second
Olympics, it's a sport back then, but

they don't have it anymore. It's similar
to Ultimate, except you wear little

gloves and basically the same rules,
which is no rules.

And what are your thoughts here about
the fighters in the Ultimate Ultimate?

I mean, what can I say? If you guys are
watching these fights, these are

probably the best fights I've seen in
the Ultimate.

How has martial arts...

How has martial arts changed since the
UFC has come about?

I think martial arts now is going
towards a sport where before it was just

people looked at it as just straight
ahead and doing little exercises. Now

people are training at it as a sport,
well-rounded. As you know, you've got to

have stand-up and ground fighting,
whereas before people just concentrated

on blocks and different things.

Well, we look forward to you joining us
at UFC at Kimo. Welcome back. Thanks a

lot. We're back to you, Bruce.

All right, thank you very much, Jeff.

Kimo looks ready. A little bit humble
tonight.

It will be him against Shamrock in Super
Fight 8.

This is our first semifinal battle.

Oh, what a battle it is. The tank
against Dan Severin.

This is one that the people were talking
about on their way in tonight. If it

would unfold, the beast and the tank.
Two guys with a very ferocious approach.

to fight it. We are getting set for the
formal introduction of the fighters.

Severn against Tank Abbott. Let's go up
to the G-Man, Rich Gorns.

Ladies and gentlemen, our first
semi-final match of the evening in the

Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Ultimate, ultimate.

Please welcome back six-foot, 280
pounds, an

expert in pit fighting.

He's 2-1 in the octagon, 7-0 in
bare-knuckle pit fights. The UFC

6 finalist, Tank Abbott.

Abbott.

And his opponent, a specialist in
Greco-Roman wrestling, a finalist in UFC

4, super fight combatant in UFC 6.

And UFC 5 champion, 5-2 in the octagon,
6'2", 260,

from Coldwater, Michigan, Daniel The
Beast Severn.

Severn.

So it is pit fighting, whatever that is,
against wrestling.

Well, you know, I'm from California
myself.

Now, you know, Orange County, Huntington
Beach, that's a pretty nice little area.

I've never heard of pit fighting down
there, so I'm not sure how much validity

there is to that.

Severin has seven years on the Tankman.

Height, not much of a difference there.

Weight, Severin's listed at 250.

He's really down to about 238. Tank came
down in his last bout from 265 to 250.

That's my final. It'll be ultimate,
ultimate.

$150,000 for the winner.

$25,000 to the runner-up. The winner of
this bout is guaranteed $25,000.

You're right.

You're right. I'll tell you what, this
is going to come down to the grappling

skills of both those. If Severn can
dominate, he won't have to deal with

those punches of Dave Abbott.

But Abbott has been doing a lot of
grappling.

There you can see it. He was prepared
for a shot from Severn's sprawl

position.

Tank trying to get that left hand free.

Oh, knee to the head.

And it works him back up against the
octagon fence.

This might be the most powerful,
talented individual that the tank has

gone up against.

Absolutely. I don't think he's faced
someone with this much technique and

experience because those titles are
separate.

They're legit.

He's looking for some kind of submission
move instead. Now he needs him.

Now the right hand begins to land.

And the elbow to the back attack.

You know, Dave would be ill-advised

not to do that punching. He's going to
break a knuckle, break his hand. He's

going to limit him.

Elbow to the head of Abbott again.

The elbow is a much better bet.

He should be using the knees again.

He's hitting that glove, though. He's
hitting that glove, it seems.

Tank absorbing punishment.

Stuck on the ground.

The wrestler keeping the brawler down
right now.

Tank showing a tremendous chin.

Well, Dan, looks like he's going under
that chin with a hold here, a choke

hold.

He's under the arm.

Knee to the head by Severn.

Let's see if he goes to the choke now.

I'm impressed with Severn striking.

Striking with the knees and the elbows.
He's really come a long way for a

traditional wrestler.

Severin pushes Tank up against the chain
link fence.

Can Severin punch himself out going
after him so hard right now?

That'll be a big question.

You see it in boxing here. You have no
rounds to catch your breath. Once you

get tired, it's all over. But it just
doesn't seem that Tank can get off his

side. I feel like an experienced
grappler.

An experienced scrapper can pace himself
and go as long as he needs to. A man

like Dan Pepper is not going to wear
himself out.

Tank Abbott continues to absorb
punishment and continues to show his

mettle. He's working it. Severed elbow
again.

Oh, that one had a bounce.

That was clean to the back of the head.
That was clean to the back of the head.

And Tank's still fighting, but he's in a
bad position here for trying to get off

his stomach. He's not going to the guard
position, which is really surprising.

That allows all these unanswered blows
to take place.

Severin is really punishing Abbott.

This could be a submission right here.
Oh, no, no, no.

That was a good thought there, Don. It's
exactly what he was looking for. He was

looking for the choke.

Just like ballet can go once you have a
man.

Back to you. It's very easy to work for
the throat.

Severin did not punch in UFC 5. He came
back to win the next one. We're actually

4-5.

Trying to unleash the beast again
tonight.

Abbott hanging on and getting hammered
again to the back of the head.

I think Severin might have punched
himself out a little bit here.

He's reluctant to throw blows. He's not
a powerful striker.

It looks like he's learning his lesson
not to punch the skull. You're just

going to break your knuckles.

And the slaps are not going to cause a
submission of any kind. There, the elbow

and the forearm, that might have its
effect.

Another elbow.

Another elbow.

The tank is helpless. He can't get off
his base. He's stuck on his knees.

Severn, using wrestling skills, is
keeping him there.

You can see Severn hanging on.

To the fence. The reason he's doing that
is to not let Abbott out in the open.

He's keeping him pinned and punched up.

But if Abbott is not being hurt by these
strikes... I feel Dan should be going

for a choke. This is counterproductive.
Well, not counterproductive, but it's

not really producing the result that he
wants. It's inefficient, isn't it? Lots

of energy, not a lot of effect.

Can Tank work himself out of this? Can
he continue to absorb the punishment and

still have something left, guys?

We don't know how badly he's hurt. He's
not trying to move. We've seen people

lay there, but you can see him. That
bothers him, catching those strikes to

the back of the neck. That one got
through.

Severed again with the elbow.

Punching to the head.

Let's just say this goes to a draw.

Certainly, Dan Severn has a lot of
points in his favor. He'll win. He'll

win with a draw because he's definitely
taking the fight to Tank. I mean, Tank

is just staying in one spot. He's not
really, it doesn't appear that he's

actually trying to get out of it. He's
just content to absorb punishment.

Five minutes in. This is an 18-minute
time limit. And then it would go to the

judges. Oh, that was a good elbow.

Stretching his body that way is
preventing those ribs from out and

torquing. Elbow has to be doing some
damage. It is, but not the kind of

damage you could do if you get your body
behind it. These are what you would call

arm punches and arm strikes. They're not
with the weight of the body and the

torque of the hips and the shoulders.

These have a cumulative effect, but
there's not going to be a punch knockout

from this distance.

Tank on his side, not going to any kind
of a guard, leaving his back turned to

the opponent, and you would think Severn
would want to choke, but perhaps he

feels that if he goes for the head, it
might allow Abbott to get up off his

belly, and obviously Abbott on his feet
is a lot more dangerous.

Tank continues to hang in.

I think he needs to get that arm around,
get it around there, get the other arm

out, get it under his chin, and force a
submission.

He's doing his best to defend that
choke.

Severn, on the other hand, now after
expending an enormous amount of energy

with all these strikes, he's still
trying to do it, but he's got to be

tired. I would tend to think, use your
wrestling skills, continue to keep the

weight on Abbott, making him have to
work harder to carry away. Oh, a good

right hand there.

And another pounce to the head. Now the
choke.

Severn couldn't get it.

He's just not a good finisher when it
comes to the choke.

There's the corner, and that is R.T.
Hamilton, who is a professor at Grand

Canyon University where Dan Severin
trained the past several months. The

only program in America, martial arts
degree, either as a major or a minor.

He's an ordained minister.

It's at Grand Canyon University in
Phoenix, Arizona, where Severin spent a

lot of his time training.

Tank Abbott was up in Utah. Let's see
now if Tank's going to make a move to

try to come up.

Severn, smart as he is, uses wrestling
skill to keep him pinned up against the

fence.

He is not going to let Abbott off of his
side.

He sees this as an advantage position.

He'd rather keep him down. Sort of like
keeping Joe Montana off the field. Don't

let him on the field to win.

Don't let Abbott up off the ground.

Severance, you're in position.

There's a saying, you live by the sword,
you die by the sword. Now, I believe it

was Tank that had Jemim up against these
ropes the same way.

And now he's pinned up against the
ropes. Or, excuse me, the fence.

It's kind of like deja vu.

Severin talking to his corner as he
works.

Kneeing Abbott.

Kneeing him again to the head.

Those are effective strikes, Barrett.
Those are effective.

Severin continue to work on the tank.

They're effective, but I don't think any
of them were really clean. Yes, they had

some impact to them. Now, those are
good.

Those sharp forearms.

They'll take their toll. There are no
cuts.

There is no blood.

But it seems as though Severn's a little
befuddled. The only thing that's working

for him is keeping him down. He's going
for what we call a power Nelson there.

He's lifting on the elbow, torquing on
Abbott's left shoulder. He needs to

continue to watch his back, not giving
up position, broke the hold.

Tank hanging in there. We can see his
eyes looking up, perhaps frustrated, but

not giving up.

Well, the blows he has received,
although they look vicious, have not

been with the weight of the body behind
them.

Therefore, they're causing superficial
damage, but not the brain damage that

you get from a boxing punch. A boxing or
a kickboxing punch causes tremendous

brain damage. But Tank is basically just
suffering superficial damage.

But Tank said he could wrestle with
anyone in the world. He was a world

-class wrestler.

Thus far, he has not been able to show
us.

That level of skill.

Don, it's not the superficial type
treatment that I'd like to take.

I didn't say it wasn't painful or
effective.

I just meant it wasn't the concussion
that you get from a boxing punch.

Would you go ahead and leave the thigh
here, Don? He's protecting his upper

half. Would you go to the legs, hit the
legs to open up the upper half? Very

good point, because as you remember,
Huas won his fight by kicking to

Varlin's thigh. That thigh is a very
big... a meaty part of the body that you

can cause a lot of pain to.

Certainly it would limit Abbott's
mobility, putting in a big charley

horse, a hematoma somewhere just above
the knee.

Well, I tell you, for the past ten
minutes, Abbott has not been very mobile

regardless. Under eight minutes to go,
and if it ends up with no time remaining

for the first time in the UFC, we have
three judges who will render a decision.

Well, I would call this the reverse
guard.

I mean, he is just not turning to face
Severn at all.

And Dan Severn, unable to apply a choke
of any kind, is a little bit frustrated,

continues to range strikes, mainly
elbows and open palm slaps. Is Dan

better off here just trying to ride out
to Tank? Exactly. Rather than use up his

strength and also possibly hurt his
hand. I think that's what he's trying to

do. Tank is just not well enough versed
on how to get off that base and get to

his standing position.

The best thing he could do would be to
try to turn Dan.

and face him, thus Dan's weight now is
up on his hips. He might be able to roll

him to the side, clear a walk with him
long enough to turn and face him. Jeff,

does it expend more energy just riding
him out or trying to keep punching away

and trying to finish?

I would say throwing these kinds of
strikes that he's doing is spending much

more energy than it would take Dan to
just use wrestling skills to keep Tank

Abbott down. But without a doubt...
Abbott's got to get off his belly. To do

so, he has to not only pick up his own
weight, but Dan Severn's as well.

I can see right now that if this fight
continues this way, Tank Abbott will

lose a decision by the judges because he
is not making a legitimate attempt to

escape. He is just laying on his stomach
with his hands on the back of his head

trying to protect himself, but not
really making an effort to escape.

6.20 to go, and then it will go to the
judges.

And this is the one question we had
about Tank Abbott. He hadn't gone up

against a real skilled fighter yet. Dan
Severn, his very first using wrestling

skills, got the tank down. The Beast in
control.

And at this point, I would say my
strategy, if I were in Severn's shoes,

would be to keep Tank down.

Never mind these strikes. Wait.

Gather energy, and if an opening
presents itself, then hit him with a

good strike. Right. I think we're seeing
the strengths and weaknesses of both

fighters. Obviously, Dan Severin's not
mastered the finishing moves that he

needs in grappling to get that choke in
there, lock it in there, and get that

submission.

Because he's got Tank in a very
vulnerable position, but he's just not

able to finish him. There's Dan
Severin's corner.

And, you know, the one thing that Dan
does not want to do is...

Get caught up in a situation here where
he's not working enough, where there's a

restart. And John McCartney puts him
back on their feet.

That would give Tank a chance.

He's got to still work. I thought the
first offensive technique by Tank, he

tried to sneak in a little reverse
headbutt there.

He did snap that head up well. Right,
that's the first offensive technique

I've seen.

Elbow got through, was affected by
Severin.

Dan trying to open up Tank for a choke.

but not much doing, and Tank using those
gloves to defend his head.

I actually think Dan could spin to the
front so that his body isn't laying

across Abbott. He could get more into
those strikes. That headbutt caught Dan.

That headbutt caught Dan.

In fact, Dan might have a welt on his
forehead there. I see a red spot on his

forehead.

Don, in boxing, we call it the chin.
What about Tank's chin in the octagon?

Well, his chin hasn't been tempted yet
in the octagon.

I think Dan has hit everything but his
chin. But I'm talking more about a chin

being a term that we use in boxing to
describe a fighter's ability to absorb.

Well, he's proven himself able to absorb
punishment.

You know, as a fighter, I wouldn't call
that a good thing. I never wanted to say

about me, wow, that Wilson could take a
punch.

Coming up on four minutes left of the
semifinal match.

I think Severn has settled for that
first strategy.

He's going to be the wrestler, keep
Abbott down at this point. In this

respect, knowing that there's three
judges, it's a big advantage for Dan

Severn. He knows all he has to do is
stalemate out now. Keep it a draw.

Don't let Abbott up. He doesn't have to
finish Abbott. He's got enough points

now in the judges' eyes.

To win, I shouldn't say points, enough
aggressive tactics and striking, ground

attack, and aggressiveness that he
should win this. He's got it all. He's

won in all three categories.

Aggressiveness, best strikes, and ground
techniques, the three categories, and

the three guys that are the judges are
all guys who know the martial arts game.

And if he is now knowing he's going to
win it that way, I would tend to want to

save my energy for the finals, thus stop
striking.

Let's go ahead, just ride him out. Tie
him up.

Immobilize him. Don't allow the tank to
move. He won't attrit any more energy.

That's the best tactic for performing
well in the final. Absolutely.

Jeff, as a grappler, being on the bottom
and not being able to do something, what

about the frustration?

Right there, this one-on-one now.

I thought he might just lay on it to
keep the tank down.

Tank gets himself to his feet.

Under three minutes left, he grips on to
the chain.

Reverse headbutt by Tank.

Gannon's too close to him yet to have
any effect for those strikes.

Abbott's got something left in his tank.

The Beast hanging on. The Tank trying to
get going.

And now the crowd begins to chant Tank.

the ground.

The fact that he's putting his head
against that post, I'm wondering, is

Tank really fatigued at this point?

Carrying all that weight for that amount
of time, that's going to really drain

your batteries.

We've seen fighters use defense before,
but not in an offensive way, just as a

stalling tactic, and that seems to be
what Tank is doing now.

Under two minutes to go.

It's clear at this point, I don't think
Tank has it left, as long as Severn does

not leave his head.

open for one of those elbows to come
flying around from the tank.

He should do all right. Right.

It looks as though, looking at Tank's
face, you can see his eyes are a little

bit glassy.

He is tired.

And he's absorbed a lot of punishment.
Again, he tries to throw that elbow, but

Severin counters with the knee.

To the back of the thigh.

This was right when we said Seven should
just stay behind him and immobilize him.

He did that one-on-one, a wrestling
move, trying to isolate Tank's arm.

And that allowed Tank the opportunity to
get up off of his stomach to his knees.

He did a quick stand-up, but he's been
unable to improve position from here.

This is mile-high altitude here in
Denver.

And when this fight is over, Tank is
going to just collapse.

He may collapse before the end.

Looks like Severin's looking at a full
house in there for a second.

Severin cannot afford to make an error
now.

If it goes to the cards, the judges will
render a decision not based on points,

just on a win.

Abbott trying to do something with 30
seconds to go.

He's doing his best just to stay on his
feet.

Severin though.

Excellent grappling skills, not allowing
the tank to be able to pivot in any way

to bring any of those big weapons to
bear.

Can't get three, but time is running
out.

Devin's just got to be careful not to
get hit by one big right hand.

He should circle which way, Don, to keep
from that right hand.

That is it. Block is over.

Semifinals will go to the judges' cards.

Look at this crowd.

Determination of Severin, heart of
Abbott.

Well, I don't know what's louder, either
the boos for Tank or the cheers for

Severin.

Three judges will render the decision.

Ernest Hart, former four-time TKA
welterweight kickboxing champion.

John Little.

associate publisher of Inside Karate,
Inside Kung Fu, Inside Taekwondo

magazine, and Michael DePasquale, editor
and publisher.

And there's the decision.

It's unanimous for Severin.

DePasquale, the editor and publisher of
International Karate Magazine.

And all three give the decision, and I
would think you would think the same way

at home, to Dan Severin. Well, I think
we saw the strength of Dan Severin, but

we've also seen the weakness.

His inability to finish. And I like the
way he continually was looking for an

opening for a strike. But there again, I
think he needs a little more experience

of which strike to use when.

And one thing I'm impressed with is he
kept it going the whole time. He didn't

slow down.

Severn is in great shape.

Absolutely. The beast is back.

Oh, he trained and trained hard at Grand
Canyon University. He said, I had to

separate from my family. I had to put
business first. I don't have much time

left. My opportunity is waning. Well,
guys, our next fight is another one on

paper that could go the limit.

Marco Huas and Oleg Tektarov.

Tektarov just does not understand the
word quit. At least he hasn't in any way

in the UFC.

He's been in serious shape, and the only
time that he was ever stopped was John

McCarthy stepping in once against Dan
Severin and saying that he was too

bloody, but Oleg would never have
submitted. That's not his style.

It's Huas against Taktarov.

And so it is Valetudo and Sambo.

Taktarov is 28 years of age. Huas is
somewhere in his 30s. We would educated

guess would say under 35. Look at these
two athletes. They're not about jumping

around. They're not moving around.

They're sitting there. They understand
what they have to do. Two composed

fighters.

There's Oleg's fan club.

We're set for the introduction of the
fighters. Here's Rich Go-Go Goins.

Ladies and gentlemen, let's get ready
for our second semifinal match of the

evening. Welcome back a specialist in
the grappling style known as Sambo, a

fourth-degree black belt in jiu-jitsu,
Russian national Sambo champion,

semifinalist from UFC 5, and the
ultimate fighting champion of UFC

6. Four, one, and one in the octagon.

Six foot, 210 pounds from Gorky, Russia.
The Russian bear,

Oleg Toktorov.

Toktorov.

And his opponent, 6'2", 220 pounds.

His specialty is Brazilian valetudo.

a Brazilian Valley Tudor champion,
Brazilian heavyweight boxing champion,

and the reigning UFC champion, Marco

Huas.

Huas.

At the Mammoth Gardens in the altitude
of Denver,

Colorado, it is Huas against Taktar up
in the semis.

Are you ready?

Get it on!

Get it on.

The winner to take on Severn.

This will be a chess match.

It'll be interesting to see Oleg
sometimes will go toe-to-toe even with

the likes of Tank Abbott.

And at the same time...

Marco Huas has some good boxing skills,
but I believe their strengths lie in

their ground attacks, and I think that's
eventually where this fight will end up.

I don't think the bear better stay on
his feet, because I don't think he can

match Huas' striking techniques, boxing
or kicking.

Once again, the two fighters circling,
looking for an opportunity, feeling out

process.

Kick by Huas, momentarily sacked off,
shot away.

Oh, a little bit of a...

Marco shaking his head saying, no way,
not going to take me down.

Nice double leg attempt there.

But certainly faking the shoot and then
coming up top with strikes.

Great tactic, mixing levels.

We do that in wrestling all the time.
Change levels to unbalance your

opponent, create openings. And
certainly, Don, hitting from different

levels will open that up as well. One
thing I like about these two fighters,

this is the first time I've seen some
fainting going on.

These guys are fainting each other to
get him off guard. They're not just

going all out with the technique.

A kick by Huas. It's certainly not a
wild brawl by any means. These two are

calculators. It's a chess match.

Two of the best tacticians in the UFC.

There's the kick from Huas.

But as effective blows.

Oleg was looking to grab it. He does
want to bring it down to the ground.

I can see some damage on Oleg's left leg
already from that roundhouse kick.

Juhasz is the only one that really can
throw a decent roundhouse kick to the

leg. And that's not a safe bet because
he can go to the head just as easily.

While you're reaching down there to grab
it, he can go right to the back of the

head.

These are Thai boxing techniques.

Seems Oleg's trying to crowd him up near
the fence.

Keeping his back to the center of the
octagon.

There it is. You see he's tired of
chasing him. Right. That's the mistake,

if you remember, Varlin's made against
Juhasz.

And that front leg, if you look, there's
discoloration already on Oleg's left

leg. Two minutes, 15 seconds in.

And Oleg looks like he messed up his
brace there momentarily.

Reset that right knee brace.

No braces are allowed, just those
knee-free sleeves.

Come on, let's go, let's get it going.

Come on.

Oleg coming in. Gets two outs up against
the back of the fence.

Now it'll be close in fighting. Elbows,
knees, headbutts. And possibly foot

stomps. Remember, Huas has those 13,
size 13 feet, and he used those foot

stomps in the last UFC.

Here's the chest match.

Little side shot there to the head by
Takara.

They both know to stay very tight on
each other to keep those strikes from

being effective.

There's the foot stomping.

Oleg looking down, trying to see where
his feet are now.

We saw this in UFC 7. He got his
attention in a hurry.

And there's a cut now over Tukhtarov's
right eye.

And it's just to the, it's around the
bridge of the nose, closer to the right

eye. And Huwak lands a left and it got
the spot.

And that means more blood. And Oleg has
been cut before.

And, you know, cuts tend to open more
frequently.

He went for the leg. He went for Huwak's
leg.

Who else knows this?

Who else knows all about this?

The key will be now the better
ground-to-catch specialist, Valetito,

against Sambo.

A classic matchup of grappling skills.

That guard is cut.

And that one will start to squeeze a
little bit.

I would give the advantage here to Huas
simply because...

He is in the mounting position, and I
don't think Tatarov on his back against

a person well-versed in ground attack
will be as effective.

Chopping shots to the midsection by
Huas.

And he's not just more versed, he's more
experienced, he's stronger.

Well, he's definitely got the advantage
here.

Tatarov gets to the seat.

Magnificent. Absolutely magnificent.

Using the fence to bring himself up.

He took punishment to get to his feet.
That's something Tank was not able to do

in 15 minutes.

Dakar took two shots to the belly,
accepted it, grabbed the fence and

pulled himself up, and now they're in a
restart position.

Marco wants Dakar off the following.

Marco is not going to chase him. Look at
him. He's circling.

Neither fighter is taking a step forward
now.

Marco's breathing a little heavily.

He seemed to breathe hard at UFC 7 as
well.

Now, Steve, this shows the inexperience
of dealing with the leg kick.

All he needs to do is lift his knee up
on the inside of Marco's leg, and he can

actually do damage to Marco if he tries
that leg kick. But Oleg is a grappler.

He's not experienced at blocking that
Thai leg kick.

And it was a question, a rumor.

Was his knee okay? We have seen no
problem with his mobility.

Must have just been what I said it was,
a real one. Another kick by Huas.

And this is the white knuckle event of
bare knuckle competition, the ultimate

ultimate. The winner guaranteed $25,000.

The winner tonight gets $150,000. That
was a very ineffective strike because

he's right.

When you hit with the foot, it does no
damage to the thigh. You've got to hit

with the shin.

Huas again, effective double A counter.

Katara trying to shoot.

Huas with the sprawl. Huas is content to
stay on the feet.

Oleg missed.

He knows he's a better striker. He knows
he will take that leg out eventually.

And Oleg is waiting for it now.

Oh, Oleg landed a thunderous left.

Another right.

Huas checked his mouthpiece and got
nailed.

And this is Tatar's favorite position.

It's the choke.

He's got him in it. It could be a tap
out pretty soon.

Taktara working the choke.

Huas experienced.

Look at how calm Huas is. Right. He's
not thrashing, which only sinks the

choke tighter.

Eventually, Taktara's hold will be
broken.

He's going to get tired. That's a lot of
arm power. A lot of energy being

expended.

Keep this lock on.

Just trying to be calm.

That's exactly what you have to be.

They say take your time.

And they said he had a neck of rubber.
They said you can put him in a chokehold

and it doesn't go.

But obviously Tukhtarov is a master
choker.

But it seems Uras here is able to solve
that. See how he's twisting the wrist,

creating that gap. You can see a little
bit of dark space near his chin.

That's enough room for him to breathe.

Jeff, if you pull away, you only
intensify the choke. Exactly. You want

to drive towards the head. Keep your
body low. The more you raise yourself

up, the more angle he has to sink that
choke in.

Ten minutes plus to go in his 18-minute
round.

And unlike wrestling, Huas can attack a
finger. He can rip on one finger to go

ahead and break the lock. And there's
the toe that's being used by Marco Huas

on the side of 13 feet.

And instead of stopping, he's using it
as an ally. That is Tartara's foot on

the fence.

He's using it trying to keep his
balance, keep Marco Uas from being able

to go ahead and improve his position.

But they've moved away from the fence
now, but Tartara relentless with that

choke. I think he's going to have to
release that. I don't think he's going

to be able to hang on.

Even no matter how much endurance he
has, he can't keep it indefinitely.

That is correct, and there he broke the
lock.

But he still has that arm sunk in there.
What he's trying to get Huas to do is to

move, to try to improve his position.

And he'll bring that right arm right
back in there to try to sink the choke

even more.

Nine minutes, 15 seconds left. Marco
Huas, Oleg Tektarov.

Tektarov trying to move the choke. And
now, referee John McCartney will restart

the action.

He has the prerogative to do that. Bad
break for Oleg. Bad break for Oleg. And

now he wants the doctor, referee John
McCarthy wants Dr. Richard Istrigo, the

medical advisor, to take a look at the
cut.

Doesn't look bad.

Doesn't look bad. Well, the bad break
for me was when they forced Oleg to

release that hold. I mean, you know, I
don't know if he's going to be able to

get that back in on block.

Cup man Leon Temp tries to clean away,
and he has been given the green light to

continue.

You saw that against Renfield Pardue.

Something was thrown in the ring into
the octagon. I don't know if the

fighters see it.

But John McCarthy clears out one piece.

And now we are back in action with a 40
left.

Referee is the authority to stop the
fight with the advice of the ringside

position. It's the first time we ever
saw debris thrown into the octagon.

That's very unfortunate.

Two class athletes laying it on the line
for the Sprouse. They really shouldn't

be throwing stuff in there. Now, as a
striker, I can see right now that not

only are these guys relatively open to
the legs, they're very open to the body.

But no one has gone to the body with a
punch or a kick since I've been watching

tonight.

I'm not really sure why that is, but...
Well, it's a lack of boxing skills, Don.

Well, he's not even barking. I mean, you
can throw a foot to the body, bring the

hand down, you can land the punch to the
face.

But the fighters are not thinking in
twos and threes.

They're thinking in one move at a time,
one punch, one strike.

And the beauty about going to the body
is the accumulation of blows. If you can

score off, it really works in a guy.

Absolutely. If you want to knock a guy
out, you hit the body. You kill the

body, the head will fall.

And again, the chest match.

Huas circling left.

Taktarov circling with him.

tatara's waiting for that kick every
time marco picks up that right leg oleg

is waiting for it well he's not properly
blocking it because what he needs to do

is lift his knee up and move forward
inside hooah and then his knee will

actually strike off his thigh and cause
him damage that's how you stop the leg

kick not by just coming forward and
absorbing it a little blood underneath

the lip of hooah not a bad cut tatara
much more

bloody

At some point here, one of these two,
we're going to have to ask ourselves,

who would be ahead by the judges? And
the person that feels he isn't ahead is

going to have to become a little bit
more desperate in their aggressiveness.

You know, I would say at this point, the
strike, it would be Hua and grappling.

Believe it or not, I think Oleg having
that choke in as close as he did would

be ahead on the grappling end.

Taktaro's trying to put together a
one-two. Right, he faked a little left

hook, came in with a right hand. And
that's what these guys need to do. If

you want to strike, you need to put some
combinations together, not one touch at

a time.

Oleg said, no, no.

In the middle of this fierce battle, a
cute little antidote.

It almost seems that Marcos' disposition
never changes.

The expression on his face remains
constant, never letting his opponent see

whether or not he's hurt.

anxious and frustrated.

Come on, Joe. Let's work. Let's go.

Get it moving.

What are the judges thinking, guys,
right now?

This is a big mistake by Oleg to bend
over and try to grab that leg after the

fact. I mean, I've seen fighters do that
a million times in kickboxing matches,

and it always ends up bad.

If Klaus has a roundhouse kick to the
head, he could take Tatarov out right

now. Fake to the leg, go right up to the
head.

Oh, an exchange there.

And Oleg looking to counter with the
right hand.

And here Oleg wants to be the puncher.

He's giving up on those leg shots,
trying to take Duas down.

It doesn't seem that he wants to rush
Marco and try to close the distance,

thus to force a grappling game.

It's very interesting here. Where is
Oleg's tactic coming from? What is his

strategy? Team Duas here just wants to
sit and kick away.

Five minutes, ten seconds left in this
18-minute time limit.

If we end up with no time on the clock,
three judges render a decision.

And the winner takes on Dan Severin for
the ultimate, ultimate title.

You know, it takes about five minutes to
teach a fighter how to block a leg kick.

And I can't understand why, after
watching Fuat win with a leg kick, that

Oleg had not prepared for it a little
better.

He has not blocked one properly yet.

Actually, when a man goes to your leg,
that's the time he should throw a punch

because who else will be on one foot?
And at that point, they can't do

anything. So if he throws a kick, you
block it, come in with a punch.

That's what Oling should be doing.

They've been on their feet circling now
for three or four minutes.

They seem at a loss as to how to really
launch an effective offense from this

position.

Jeff, does it behoove either fighter
here to make a move based on where he

thinks he might stand with the judges?

I think that's really right now where
the fight stands is how they interpret

it and who's going to be desperate
feeling they're behind.

How do you interpret it?

It's too close to call. I think the
aggressiveness factor is the one thing

we don't know. You have leg strikes and
some punches from Ross, but I really

don't know. There's an attack now. I say
the aggressor is Oleg. Those leg kicks

are counters to Oleg.

Trying to corner Huas. I would give the
aggressiveness to Oleg right now at this

point. And Oleg also had the choke move.

He had the choke. It was an effective
grappling technique that the referee

ended up breaking.

In the old rules, that would not have
happened.

I question how effective that choke was.
It was not a choke. It was a hold close

to a choke. Does that count as a choke?

Huas was never threatened.

He breathed the whole time. He was in a
guard position, which we've seen many

times. And the guard is what determines
whether or not there's no action. And

ground techniques are being judged on
both defensive as well as offensive.

You can't win a fight the way Hua is
fighting right now. Just moving around,

basically just avoiding a conflict. He's
just avoiding the fight. He's not using

techniques to set something up that
could do damage. He's just countering

with a leg kick and avoiding.

Oleg has shot the takedown.

He's come in with some big punches.

Here he tries to get a very risky move,
very risky. And look, Huas still does

not want to fight.

Who would have ever thought this fight
would be on its feet for this long?

I'm really shocked.

The question will be, do the judges see
Huas as being the non

-aggressor? And certainly whether or not
that choke hold, which has really been

the only ground attack that Tukhtarov
has had, is being effective.

Well, if nothing else, Jeff, it did have
the potential for damage. I agree. Even

though it was not locked in yet, but it
looked like something might have

happened. A good leg kick by Houla.

He set it up by faking the right hand,
and when Tukhtarov backed his body away,

Went ahead and took the shot.

But look who brings the fight to who.
Look who's bringing the fight. It's Oleg

now. At this point, the aggressive,
there's no doubt. Oleg is now chasing

him. He's shooting for tape guns. He's
throwing left hook. He's trying to

fight.

If Oleg started backing out the way Huas
is fighting, what would we be watching?

Two men avoiding each other.

I'm not a judge, but my unofficial, up
to this point.

Oh, nice attempt.

My unofficial decision is.

It's Oleg's fight.

I don't know what Ross is thinking. I
don't know what his strategy is at this

point.

But he's not taking the fight to Oleg.

Absolutely.

A little over a minute to go. If Oleg
starts doing what he does, we're going

to be having an audience fall asleep out
here.

Oleg has taken the fight. He's taken
chances. He's shot with a leg takedown.

He's shot almost with a football
takedown.

And as usual, he's bloody in the face
area.

Very dangerous move by Oleg, and who
lost too does not want to mix it up. He

must have felt something on the inside
there grappling that he didn't like.

Well, it's interesting. If a person
wants to go to the ground and the other

chooses not to, is that a sign of
non-aggression?

These are the questions that having
judges will bring to bear. Well, not if

that person wants to stand up and
strike, but Klaus isn't doing that

either.

If you don't want to go to the ground
and grapple, and you don't want to duke

it out, what do you want to do out
there?

Right hand by Ole. I would say there are
some strikes there.

Taktara's face bears that measure.

That's right.

Taktara, his French, his face, and his
own blood.

Huas' body drenched in his own sweat.
Final seconds.

It's over.

And it will go to the judges.

The scar tissue on Tartaro, I think I
can slap him in the face and cause him

to bleed. I don't take that as damage.

He's been cut so many times before in
the UFC.

And so it will go to the judges for a
second time tonight.

Ernest Hart, John Little, Michael
DeFosqually. I'm not a judge, but you

know what my opinion is.

I've seen a thousand fights.

We will wait for the official decision.

You can't win a fight. You don't want an
ultimate champion who doesn't come to

fight. You can't have that. And Oleg
came to fight. And I did not see that

tonight. And who else?

There's Leon Tabbs, the well-known cut
man who's worked for so many world

champions.

Leon does a marvelous job in the UFC. 30
years in the fight game in Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania. And there is a unanimous
call from the judges.

Taktara, Taktara, Taktara.

He's in tears, I believe.

Now, once again, we want to talk about
UFC 8.

It's coming up on Friday, February 16th.
Please join us on pay-per-view. Eight

fighters, seven fights.

One champion plus a super fight. People
are talking about Shamrock versus Kimo.

That's right, Shamrock versus Kimo. It's
UFC 8, David and Goliath tournament.

Tonnage versus technique. Don't miss it
live. Friday, February 16th. Only on...

pay-per-view.

And Ken Shamrock, the Superfight
Champion, joins me now, and it's Kimo

against Shamrock. What are your early
thoughts?

Well, you know, Kimo's big and strong,
and he's dangerous, so it's just like

these rest of these guys. You know,
you've got to go in here mentally and

physically prepared to fight, because
none of these guys are easy. None of

them. And when you step into that
octagon, you better have your thinking

cap on, and you better have your
physical shape in top condition.

These guys are tough.

Do you like the Superfight format?

Yes, I do.

I fought in many, many tournaments
earlier in my career, and I earned the

right to be in a super fight.

And I fought Hoyes to a draw, and the
title was pushed over into, the title

was unheld. So I fought Dan Severin, and
I beat Dan Severin. So I won the title,

and I fought Oleg and went to a draw. I
still had the title, so I kept the

title. So, you know, I've earned that
spot, and until I lose it, I'm staying.

Ken, what about tonight? What are your
thoughts, first of all, on how quickly

the quarterfinals went?

Well, you know, I kind of expected that,
except for one of them.

But, you know, these guys are so good
when they step into the ring that at any

given moment, anybody makes a mistake,
the fight could be over. If you notice,

all the preliminary fights were won by
submission except for Dan Severance, and

that went to a draw. But all the other
ones were hooked.

All right, what about the second round?
As we advance to the finals, both had to

go to the judges, which is a new concept
for the UFC.

Number one, do you like the judges'
format? Number two, what did you think

of the fight?

Yeah, I like the judges' format because
it's not fair when someone really fights

hard and another person kind of backs
off and backs off and just basically

wastes his time and gets a draw, then
basically both lose.

I don't think that's right, especially
in this format when your time limit is

pushed on you and you have to fight to a
time limit. So I think the judges,

you've got to go with it. It creates
controversy. It's good for it.

You know, I didn't see any controversy
in the fight tonight. They were all

talking. Well, Huas complained and said
that he got a bad deal. Do you agree or

disagree? No, I think what they were
looking at is what Oleg looked like and

what Huas looked like. And if you were
going to go by what someone looked like,

of course, Huas would have won the
fight. But if you're going by strategy,

aggressiveness, the man that was pushing
the fight, the man that went to the

ground, did have two submission holds on
him, could have ended the fight at any

time except Huas got out. Just because
he gets out of a hold doesn't mean that

he wins the fight. It just means the
other guy should have two points.

and the other guy doesn't have any, and
as far as standing up, I think I gave

who is just the edge, but not enough to
win the fight.

Shamrock, we're not going to the
octagon. I got you right where I want

you. The broadcast booth, pal.

Ken Shamrock will join us for the
championship fight.

I know I got the advantage over you
there, but we look forward to hearing

your comments, so stay around. Thank
you, thank you. So the championship

fight is coming up in the Ultimate
Ultimate.

It will be a rematch between Daniel the
Beat Severin and Oleg Tektarov.

Here's Rich. Go, go, goins.

Ladies and gentlemen, this is the match
you've been waiting for. The final of

the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Ultimate, ultimate.

Brought to you by SDG Sports
Corporation. And it pits two former

champions of Ultimate Fight
Championships.

Our first fighter.

Out of Coldwater, Michigan, 37 years
old, 6'2", 250 pounds,

a champion in Sambo, freestyle, and a
Greco-Roman master UFC 4

runner-up and the UFC 5 champion. Please
welcome back the beast, Daniel

Severn.

Severn.

And his opponent, from Gorky, Russia,
fighting out of California, a fourth

-degree black belt in jiu-jitsu,
four-time European and Asian jiu-jitsu

champion, Russian national judo
champion, UFC 6 ultimate fighting

champion, the Russian bear, Oleg
Tokturov.

Tokturov.

Well, Taktar said it's easier to fight a
guy with technique.

And he's fighting another guy with
technique right now. He proved he could

do it against Tuash. Now can he do it
against Severin? Two guys who love to be

on the mat.

Severin, 10 years the senior of Oleg.

Severin with a two-inch height advantage
outweighs Taktar by probably only 13

pounds considering he came in at 238.
It's the U.S. against Russia.

Here we go. Finals of the ultimate
ultimate.

Dan the speech is waiting the time is
now

It looks like

dance trying to slap those wounds And
open them up he sees

it he knows it he understands it

Do you think Oleg's going to pull him to
the ground, Ken? Do you think he wants

to go to his back? Oh, absolutely.

A wrestler wants to get him down there,
but it's a whole different world when

you get down there. I think what Dan
wants to do is take him down into his

advantage and not into Oleg's advantage.

So Dan's going to wait, flap him around
a little bit, and I think he's going to

shoot on him and try and scoot to the
side and then drop some knees on him and

some punches.

Do you think the guard is Tukhtarov's
advantage, being in the guard, or do you

think Severn, even if he's in the top
position?

Being in the guard, do you think he can
handle that and solve it?

I don't think Dan is going to be able to
solve the guard, only because he really

doesn't understand what Oleg does with
legs, because Oleg really hasn't showed

anything. Well, there's a kick by Oleg
Tektarov. Nice pop, huh?

Not bad.

We saw what Huas could do with the leg
kicks. Finally, Tektarov explodes with a

leg kick. And Dan's right thigh, you can
see, Dan, is pretty red already.

That's from the slapping I think he does
to himself at the beginning of the

fight.

It seems to me, looking at Tukhtarov, he
doesn't seem phased or fatigued.

Okay. And there's the difference between
Huas and Severin.

Severin sees Tukhtarov down and goes for
him. Watch the knee bar.

That's the aggression. Watch the knee
bar. Here it is right there. It's over.

He's got him. He's finishing him right
here.

He's done.

Dan's trying to work himself out of it.

Oh, it's got him. He's got to kill his
hold right now. Dan needs to pull his

hand down.

Otherwise, Oleg will bring it up and
he'll put severe pain on him.

Dan needs to break his arms and get his
legs straight. Dan's flopping away at

the face of Tektara.

Dan needs to be really careful where
he's at because he's in several

positions where he can be submitted.

He can do a knee block from there.

He'll roll over it, and he's got it in a
knee block.

This is dangerous.

He's done. He's done.

Oh, Dan, nice move.

Whoa, whoa. How'd he get out of that?

He's got to keep rolling. He's got to
keep rolling with it. Every time he

tries to put the pressure, he's rolling.
Now he's in a position.

Very nice. Dan's out of it.

Good job by Severn. Absolutely. He went
the direction that he was trying to

force, and he just went with it. And we
got the blood going now. The blood is

flowing. And that's what was the factor
in the last time these two guys fought.

It doesn't take a hard shot to open the
skin. The skin is a quarter of an inch

thick, soft material.

particularly when it's already been
opened from the previous fight. Should

Dan go for headbutts here and try to
make those wounds open more?

I think his best bet was the open palm
because he's going to break his knuckles

if he punches, but that open palm could
just open that wound up. Oh, that cut is

bad right there. John's going to be
looking very closely at Oleg.

Yes, he is.

I think it's still the same cut. It's
just that it's opened up now and it's

bleeding. Right. I don't think it has
really opened up to any great extent

like that first cut we saw when these
two fought. I think Ken called it right,

though. If he opens that up, it may be
stopped on that again. Exactly.

And rightfully so. That's a good tactic
for Severn to look at if it presents

itself. Rightfully so. I mean, you don't
want a man out there bleeding because

obviously it's not good for him. Well,
you can't see.

Exactly. That boy gets in your eyes and
you can't see. You'd be a blind fighter.

How well can...

And look at the mass of the forehead of
Coctaro.

It's rising.

They're the headbutts. Yeah, he's
bleeding really heavily.

John's looking real close at him right
now. He's going to have, if they stand

back up, Coctaro is going to be blind
out there. Oleg's moving in for a knee

bar right now. The only reason he can
feel confidently fighting is he can feel

where Dan is. Exactly. You see what Dan
did? He's putting his arm around Oleg's

head because he sees Oleg tucking
between his legs and he's going to try

and go for a knee bar again.

What Oleg will do is slide his head
between Dan's leg. Dan blocks his head

so he can't get between his legs.

And it keeps him from dropping for a
knee bar.

We have seen Taktara so many times
before. Keep working. Keep working.

In this position and just work. He's so
dangerous. He's so dangerous. He's

always thinking.

He's got such tenacity. Yeah, but at
this point in time, Oleg Taktara has to

finish the fight. Right. Because of the
blood. He's not going to go 15 minutes

like that. Well, there doesn't seem to
be that much blood right now. Look at

his face.

If anything, it's running off the side
of his eye there. But it doesn't seem to

be as bad as huddling in the eye socket
at all.

It's on the canvas of the Octagon. It's
covering.

It's going to be stopped.

It's going to be stopped. Now it will
be.

It's going to be stopped. Right. It's
going to be stopped.

You know,

John might let this go a little while
because of what happened last time they

fought. Ole wasn't happy with the stop
into the fight, but it was stopped

likely so.

He's confidently defending himself, so
should it be stopped? No fighter ever

wants to stop it on the cut. I had 22
stitches in my face. I didn't want to

stop it. It was squirting out with my
pulse.

I don't see it squirted out with his
post, so I would think that they can

keep it going.

It's John's judgment. John's got the
best view in there, and if he keeps it

going, I've been in there, and I think
he's a real professional. He knows when

the guy's had enough or it's bleeding
too much. So, I mean, John's looking at

it close, and he understands what's
going on there.

Well, as long as they're wrestling, I
think Oleg can deal with not seeing

clearly. Here are those headbutts by Dan
Severin to the face of Tatara.

If they get back on their feet, Oleg
will be blind.

He's going for a knee bar. If he breaks
that arm off, if Oleg moves his arm off

his head, Oleg will slip between his
legs and go for a knee bar.

He's doing it. He's going. He's in a
position right now. He'll do a knee bar.

Nope, Dan scooted the leg out. Very
good.

Dan moving very well.

Here comes the knees.

He's gotten the guard. He's outside the
legs now. He has an opportunity to

really go after Tatarov now.

What Dan keeps wanting to do is pin him.
But he does do the strikes. He'll use

his knees. He'll use his elbows.

Still 21 minutes left in this
championship bout. Then there would be a

three-minute overtime if there was still
about to continue.

Yeah, this won't go to a draw. I believe
that, especially with Oleg's technique,

if Dan doesn't get the fight stopped
with the blood.

And it goes into the later round. Oleg
has a really good chance of finishing.

Because he can finish the fight. And Dan
is a pounder. And if he keeps doing what

he's doing, there he goes. He has to do
that. He's got to rain punches. He's got

to get after him.

Oleg has a bloody mess on the bottom.

And Severin continues to headbutt him.

And Severin works.

Can you train with Taktara at times?
Tell me, do you feel something for him

right now?

Yeah, I do.

You know, he's...

He right now is exhausted.

He got beat up. He got punched on in the
last fight.

He came back in. He didn't have the rest
that he needed.

But, hey, you know, this is what this is
all about. You know, the champion's got

to step up, and I think Oleg's going to
be all right. I think he's going to make

it. The only way he's going to lose is
if John stops the fight because of the

blood. And if it was me at this point in
time, I would be looking very close at

Oleg. What about his will, Ken? What
about Taktarov's will? He won't quit.

No, I fully agree, you know. I don't
even know the guy, and I feel for him.

I do realize that in a fight, this is
still superficial bone. This is skin.

That's the damage that he's suffering.
His head is not getting jarred around

like boxers do. Show for a choke. He
missed it.

Oleg is dangerous from this point. If
Dan gets too high, Oleg, if he has the

energy, could turn him. There's the
roll. He's trying to roll him.

He got his legs inside there, Kenny. He
tried to plop him to the side. Right.

Oleg's in a serious situation here, and
he needs to...

He's just laying there. I don't know if
he has anything left.

And don't forget the altitude.

Yes, it's a big, it's a big, the
altitude is really big, and it's hard to

understand until you actually fight in
it.

You know, it's even bigger, Ken, when
you only get 15 minutes off after going

18.

That's the biggest factor here. He's
taken from knees and from body shots,

and he's got a big man on him.

Yeah, this here is going to be really
interesting to see.

If Ole's going to be able to keep Dan
off him long enough to where his cuts

will stop.

If Dan keeps hitting him, you know,
they're going to keep opening up. And,

of course, the blood will keep coming
out. Well, Severin has not stopped

working in any bout tonight. He's in
tremendous shape for a guy who's 37.

You know, at this point now, if Dan
would just open his hand and rub on the

face, I think he's going to split that
skin wide open. It's not even a matter

of strike. He's already open. All he
needs to do is just rub it.

You know, boxers do that with them.

Got a tilt going.

Dan is just so strong.

He's strong, he's big, he's got
leverage.

So strong.

Dan's going for a side choke there, but
Oleg defended it.

Can Oleg be choked out, Ken?

You know, I've tried several times, man.
He's got no neck.

I think he breathes with gills.

18 minutes to go.

Championship of the ultimate, ultimate.

Bruce Beck down to Dragon Wolfen.

Jeff Blatnick and Super Fight Champion
Ken Shamrock with you.

All kinds of time left. It doesn't seem
like the bleeding now has picked up any.

His face is marred. I know when I fought
Ole before, he started bleeding quite a

bit, and then after the fight wore on,
the bleeding just stopped.

It seems like it's doing that. Yes, that
wound is still open, and it will have

blood coming out of it, but it is not
profuse. It is not fuddling in for a

second. It's not puddling in that eye
socket. And as long as it's not doing

that, Oleg can still get glimpses. And
without a doubt, he's an expert in this

guard. He knows where Severn is.

The blood doesn't look pretty, guys.

Never looks pretty.

You know, the thing about this and
Oleg's advantage is that because he's

rubbing on Dan also, he's got his face
up there, and he's rubbing the sweat in

there, and that helps dilute the blood.
So there's probably blood coming out,

but you've got sweat and blood mixed
together, and you can't see it.

With the camera because there's so much
sweat in there. You can see it on the

canvas. It could look worse than what it
really is. You can see it on the canvas.

And Severn now getting a little bit of a
breather.

He's got a tilt.

Oleg needs to get out of there.

He's going to get damaged. Dan needs to
drive him to the fence and start raining

some knees here.

Oleg hanging on.

He's tearing the chain link fence.

He's actually bent the chain link fence
with the force trying to hold himself

up. That was almost a choke there. Yes,
it was.

I think he learned, huh?

Severn has shown that he can come back.
Absolutely.

The same with Tartaro.

The big advantage here has been the fact
that Tartaro had that fight after

Severn. He got in there with a good 25
minutes of rest. Watch this knee.

If Dan throws it, Oleg's in trouble.

He's working.

It looks like he's scooting around
trying to get him there in that knee

position.

Are you referring to his left knee
coming to the head there? Left knee.

He's spinning around. He's got Oleg's
head pinned against the fence.

He's trying to get his far leg, his
right leg free.

Watch the knee bar. If Oleg talks, he's
got his... Devereux now wants to grab

onto the fence just to keep him here.

It's not a bad decision either. I think
if he can pin Oleg up against the fence,

you know, that's where Dan is strongest
right there. He pins the guy up and he

just starts raining knees and punches.
He could be dangerous.

Does Oleg have the strength to possibly
try some type of countermaneuver here?

Yeah, no, that's one thing with Oleg is
he'll lay there, he'll store it up,

he'll store it up, and then one big
burst, he'll go for something. And a

burst can do it when you can always come
up with a choke, right?

He almost caught him off. He almost
caught him off.

Oh, here's the knee of separate.

Dakhtara works his way to his feet.

And now I think John McCarthy will take
Oleg over to the doctor, Richard

Istrigo, to take a look at him.

This could be a decision right here.

It doesn't look too bad there. It
doesn't look bad at all. One of them's

under the eye, that's fine.

One above the eye.

That's not the one that's bleeding. It's
the one on the cheek, and it don't look

bad. No, I think he's going to be all
right. I think he's going to finish. Oh,

he's going to be able to go.

Cup man Leon Taft takes a good look at
him. And that's not to say we're medical

people. This is just from the experience
we've seen in fighting.

We obviously leave it up to the doctors.

Absolutely. It looks really bad for him,
but, you know, his head has not been

shook up over and over. It's all this
superficial cut. Look at his eyes. Look

at his eyes.

He does not want to lose this fight.
Look at Dan Seven.

Dan Seven does not want to lose this
fight. You've got two outstanding

warriors in there, and they're going to
go at him. Look at him. They're ready to

go. They're both ultimate champions.

Absolutely.

That's a very good compliment. Coming
from a super fight champion, that's a

very good compliment.

Thank you. I think that they're both
champions right out there. They're

giving it their all.

Taktarov won UFC 6.

Severin won UFC 5.

Inside of 15 minutes in the
championship.

Of the ultimate ultimate.

The largest martial arts purse ever.
$150,000 to the winner of this bout.

$25,000 to the runner-up. I don't think
you can say loser, Ken. Oh, he landed a

punch right there. Oh, he landed another
uppercut, too.

There's no quitting, Oli. No, he's the
best puncher, too, in these two.

Severin can't go with him on the feet
like this.

Although seven is big and strong. He hit
me with a straight right hand when I was

fighting him and it shook my world. So
he doesn't need a lot of snapper power

just to wait. If he throws it forward
and he hits, he can knock him down. Good

punch by Shepard there.

He's going for a knee bar.

I think Dan's wise to this. He's been
doing his studying. He understands.

The last time he took on Tektar, he
studied tapes from 1976. He dug out the

archives from when he went across.

Oleg's bleeding quite a bit again.

Oh, yes. Now Oleg's face is a bloody
mess. Yeah, it's worse than it was.

Yes, I think Oleg needs to move right
now because if he lays there, John has

every right to stop this fight.

He needs to move. If he moves and John
knows he's okay, he'll continue to

fight. But if he lays there, continues
to get punched, you know, John has no

option but to stop the fight.

Severin's face is filled with Oleg's
blood as well.

Still plenty of time here.

The only question is the condition of
Oleg Tukhtarov.

Well, you've got to look at Dan. Dan
looks a little gassed there, too.

This is going to be interesting.

On points, who would you have ahead,
Kenshi? Oh, definitely Dan Severin. He's

dominated the fight. Would you start to
shut her down a little bit,

conservative, control Tukhtarov so he
cannot score?

I would definitely keep punching and
keep being aggressive.

But I wouldn't take any chances because
Oleg is dangerous with submissions.

All it takes is one mistake.

Right. You know, I always believed it
was a game out there. I had no animosity

towards my opponent. Right now, if I
were Dan, I'd be looking for that $150

,000.

You've got to look at the feet, how he's
trapping Dan's legs. If Dan can't scoot

to the side and start dropping knees and
punches on him, he's got him what we

call in a half guard.

He controls that leg there. Dan can't
scoot around. He really can't get no

brace to throw any punches.

And that controls Dan from actually
getting off on Oleg with punches and

knees. Isn't this similar to your fight
with Tukhtarov at this point where it's

turning into more of a defensive guard
than looking at offense?

Yes, it is.

I think at this point in time that Oleg
right now is just... I know if I was in

his position, I'd be thinking, patience,
patience.

I'm going to wait for him to make a
mistake.

You know, I'm bleeding. I need to make
him do something. He needs to rotate his

hips, make Dan move a little bit, make
Dan think he's got something, and then

go for a hold because if Oleg waits too
long and he's too patient, he's going to

start bleeding.

When does patience, though, become
urgency?

Well, I think if Dan starts throwing
knees and kicks and really starts really

trying to get out of that half guard,
then you'll see Oleg really start to

move. He'll have to move. Right now,
Oleg's content being right there.

because he's in really no danger for any
power to come and hurt him.

11 minutes and 30 seconds just went by
in terms of time remaining and

regulation time.

And I'll tell you, it looks as though
Severn's holding onto Takara's head like

he's holding onto $150,000. Right, what
I'm saying is that Severn is up. He's

up on the judges' decision, I'm sure.

And this is a restart for John McCarthy.
All to watch Takara to be looked at

again.

It's leaned up.

If there's a lack of action, the ref can
restart the duo.

And watch these guys' two eyes when they
step in there. I mean, neither one of

them even see the end. They just see
what's in front of them.

I asked Takara earlier this week if all
the accumulation of punishment in the

last four UFCs might catch up to him. He
said no.

I disagree with Takara. The skin can
only take so much. The skin is beyond

your... I mean, he's got the will, but
he's

right now.

Oli's going to push him a little bit. He
has to.

He's losing on points right now.

And he really, if he wants to win this
thing, he's going to have to go over

Dan. And he knows that. I think he
really knows that. And so you'll see Oli

keep coming after him until Dan takes
him down. Then he'll put him in the

guard again and wait for him to stand
him up again.

Look at these two guys. I mean, look at
them. They are not going to stop. These

guys are two warriors out there, and
they see no way that they're going to

give up. They're going to fight to the
end.

As much as you people know I like Seven
with grappling, I just cannot fathom and

understand the heart of Taktara to take
18 minutes, only get a 20-minute break,

and come back, and he's already gone
just about another 20 minutes here.

Incredible. And he's still going. And I
said earlier tonight, guys, that his

threshold of pain is incomprehensible.

Yep. I don't know if there's a lot of
pain. It's just bleeding.

Yeah, you're right, you know and you
being an expert at kicking a punch and

understand when you throw a punch how
that snap it Hits you you're gonna drop

them, but there's really been no you
don't feel it No, no, you know, you

wouldn't feel it even if it does. I
mean, you know knockout is the Painless

thing you've ever had happen.

I just heard your ego ride. You never
know what hit you.

I Don't know what dance doing but he
needs to get after him He's got this

fight one if he needs he just needs to
go after only Right, if he keeps doing

this, he's going to end up like, you
know, he's losing points by backing off.

Under eight minutes to go in regulation.

Three-minute OT to follow if needed.

Ultimate, ultimate championship.

Severin and Tektar.

Oleg and Dan, man, these guys, you know,
you can tell how much better that both

of them have gotten since the last
ultimate. They're snappier, they're

quicker. Oleg's a little better moving
on his feet.

You know, you saw that fight with Huas.
He was moving well. Huas is a good

boxer.

Severed content now to train punches.

Something we didn't think would be in
his arsenal is good striking, but he's

able to throw some punches.

I don't know. Maybe fatigue has to be
affecting Pacquiao.

It has to be. I have not seen any body
punches thrown.

Good point.

And really, that's the way you punch.
You can't punch a guy in the head with

your knuckles, but you can dig to the
body. I mean, you can blast the body,

double up on the body, and get out of
there.

At this point, it's the same thing when
you guys get tired.

See how quick Oleg moved into that? Very
gutsy move.

That's what he's like.

I mean, Dan Seven is strong, big. He
comes in after you. Oleg is basically

slow, sloppy.

But when he hits a move, man, he's
snappy. And that's what makes him

dangerous. What makes Dan Seven so
dangerous is that if he does get into a

position, he's going to hurt you.

Looking at the guard, Tukhtarov on the
bottom, Severn on top.

Severn thus far, I would say he's the
aggressor. Certainly he's done better on

the ground. Certainly he's struck more
than Tukhtarov. So I would give him an

edge in all three categories at this
point.

And if you are Severn then, and you know
you have a commanding lead, the one

thing you don't want to do is make a
mistake.

Absolutely. Start shutting it down, be a
little bit more conservative, continue

to attack. But as Ken said, you cannot
make a mistake. And you make mistakes

when you get overly aggressive.

When you let your ego take over instead
of your thought process. You also get it

when you're overconfident. Yeah,
exactly.

Exactly. And Dan's actually fighting a
pretty smart fight other than I think

he's taking too much time when he had
Oleg into defense. You know, he probably

could have unloaded some good shots
there.

Those knees that he was using, you know,
he should have backed off a little bit.

Maybe he used the knees because Oleg
looked a little.

too winded and tired to really launch an
attack himself.

Yes, and now, you know, in a thing like
that, it's easy to stand out. You're

looking at it and say, they should have
did this and they should have did that,

you know.

But these two guys in there are really
fighting hard. They both have great

technique. You know, I've fought them
both. They're both outstanding.

And Oleg is dangerous in his way and Dan
is dangerous in his way. And this makes

for a great finish.

Right, this is the best fight of the
evening and rightfully so. It's the main

event actually. You think Seven has
improved since when you fought him in

the super fight?

Dan is smarter.

You know, he's not coming in with his
head down.

Oleg tried to choke him one time. He put
his chin down. Oleg couldn't get the

hand in to choke him.

Dan is coming in a little higher.

He's throwing punches, more punches, and
he's shooting off those punches.

Under five minutes to go.

Dan Severn fighting like it's his last
fight. You know, I'm amazed at this. You

know, before the event started, people
come up and ask me if it was going to be

a draw, and I said, no way.

And I'm amazed at how long this fight
has gone with these two guys. And, you

know, it has been no rest. These guys
have been going at it the whole time.

Early on, it looked like it might end
quickly.

Absolutely, with Oleg bleeding and Dan
actually being stronger and obviously in

better shape at that point in time. And
Oleg has basically fought a smart fight

by just waiting and waiting until he
gets Dan in.

His position is being tired. And right
now, I think they're both equally as

tired.

Right now, with four minutes and 17
seconds, we remind you that is

regulation. If there is no finish here,
in other words, a submission or a

knockout or a doctor stopping the fight,
we will do the three minutes overtime.

Well, Dan Severin went to the finals of
UFC 4.

He lost to Hoyce Gracie, a triangle
choke. He came back in UFC 5. He won the

championship. Then he lost to Ken
Shamrock in the super fight at six.

And now trying to come back in the
ultimate ultimate and atone for that

loss.

I'm just totally amazed.

You know, all these fighters are just,
you know, they're incredibly, they're

all getting so much better.

Do you think that's partly due to their
training or partly understanding their

opponents? Well, you know, I think it's
both because if you can end a fight with

a submission hold.

then it ends quickly. But if you get a
guy that's in not so good shape, it

don't matter whether you finish with a
finishing hold or not. Kenny, there's

also the vehicle now to improve, and
that is competing in the UFC.

Yeah, absolutely.

And these, I mean, you've seen the fight
tonight, and these guys are raring to

go. These guys are all champions, and
they're going for it. And the crowd, you

can hear that they're not booing. That
shows their respect for these two

fighters. And respect, Don, is what the
fight game's all about. Three minutes

left in regulation.

Look at all this space.

He's got Wells all over the top of his
forehead and cheek.

He's holding on to Dan's neck, trying to
keep Dan from raising up and actually

landing any headbutts to open up any
more cuts.

Right at this point, it's a safe bet
they're not going to stop it on a cut.

If I was Dan, I'd go.

I'm sure there must be...

There's some finishing moves that he
could be trying, but maybe he just feels

Oleg's too dangerous to even try one.
But, you know, with Oleg Taktarov, he is

so good at defending from submission. He
knows, like, when a body moves a certain

way or he shifts his weight a certain
way, he knows what's coming, and he's

able to defend that. And that's what
makes Oleg so tough is that he knows how

to block. When you shift your weight, he
knows what's coming.

So Dan knows that, and he's just using
these just to be doing something

aggressive and hopefully get some
points.

Well, Dan, like he's picking his leg up,
and he'll scoot to one side. You'll

watch how Oleg maneuvers his way when
Dan maneuvers his.

Oleg will slip a leg out. You'll see
here in a minute, if one of them move,

you'll see how the other one on the
bottom counteracts that move.

Under two minutes to go. There goes Dan.
He slides over. Oleg puts his leg up

higher and drops the other one down on
the other side. If Dan moves too far

over, he'll flip the leg under and tilt
him.

See how his leg's sliding down on the
far side?

He's going to look to tilt Dan. He'll
slide the leg inside if Dan moves too

far to the left.

Dan does not want to make the mistake he
did with Hoyce Gracie. There he goes.

He didn't catch it just right. He's
trying to slip it under there and make

the turn. He lost to the guillotine
choke in that one after controlling much

of the action, we thought.

Very much like an elevator in wrestling.
Just flip that leg. Watch how he slides

it down. See how sneaky he is? He's
sliding it down.

He's sliding it down, and he'll stick it
under when he feels Dan is not ready or

off balance, and he'll try and tilt him.

Severin being very smart, has Oleg
Tukhtarov's upper body in hand, under

lock. He's not allowing Tukhtarov really
to do anything. He knows he's ahead,

probably by the judges and his efforts,
and he is trying to stay a little bit

conservative to prevent Tukhtarov from
getting an opening.

50 seconds to go in regulation.

Well, let's see what happens here that
would do that wonder if they know how

much time is left The referee doesn't
start Can you ever hear it? It's kind of

tough in there when you're in there in
this situation You're so concentrated on

what's going on in there that you don't
make a mistake or fall asleep Let the

guy catch you with something. So yeah,
sometimes you hear it Sometimes you just

your thought is on what's going on
there. There goes all over the leg

inside slip it inside

He needs to go for the tilt now. I think
Dan feels it, though. So he's posting

with that close to the left knee. He's
posting with his elbow behind Ola's

head.

Final seconds of regulation. A
three-minute overtime to follow.

Finals of the ultimate ultimate.

And they will get the restart in just a
second.

Three-minute overtime, yeah?

Yes. Three-minute OT.

I think you'll see Dan coming out and
being a beast for this next three

minutes.

Well, he's got three minutes, and he
knows whoever finishes strong is likely

to win this thing.

I think I got Dan way ahead on points.

Oleg needs to win with his mission.

I think Dan is not going to settle for a
draw. I think he wants to come out and

get it done.

Here we go. Three-minute overtime.

Jeff, what's the one thing Dan doesn't
want to get caught with here? He wants

to stay in control and not flurry.

Flurry is an advantage for Tuttara
because of his skill in submission

locks. Plus, when you get in a flurry,
it's an all-out goal. You're kind of

sprinting. You can't control everything
that happens.

Sever wants to measure Tuttara and keep
him in front of him and not make any big

mistakes, particularly just on flurry.
But if you have to, go under him, try to

knock him down to the mat, kill time in
the guard position.

Ole's coming after him. Dan needs to
throw some back.

There he goes. There it is. Dan needs to
be careful with his front leg. He's

leaving it out there. Ole's going to try
and tuck for the knee bar.

He'll get inside on him.

Dan needs to watch that front leg.

I think Ole's kind of content with 12
punches here. What do you think?

Oh, there's no doubt. I think he's
looking to try to hit him. Oh, whoa.

He might also know that he can wait for
the last minute to go for an all-out

lock. Maybe set seven up by.

Thinking he wants to get into a pounding
battle.

Well, Severin is not much of a puncher.
And, you know, as tired as Ola gets, you

know, it doesn't take much to take a guy
out. If he can land something, maybe he

thinks he can actually hurt Dan standing
up. Dan throws a straight jab here.

He'll hit him.

It just seems Tatarov has to be fat,
fatigued beyond belief. He's just got to

be exhausted.

And yet he still steps forward.

He's got his hands up at least to his
waist.

Severin's are up by his hands, which is
obviously good for protecting himself.

But Taktara up here is going to have to
make a move. Does Taktara have one big

move left?

I think so. I think he does, and I think
he'll use it. You'll see him. Odom won't

settle for it. Dan won't settle for it.
These guys are going to go after each

other. They know it. They're waiting for
that one minute probably, and it's a

full flurry.

I think Dan, though, if he was smart,
you know, I think he's fighting a smart

fight right now because he is a head
right. He's got that purse.

Oh, right hand by Severn.

That was a good shot there.

But he was smart. He backed off. He knew
he had it. He landed the punch and

backed out. He doesn't want to engage in
battle now, does he? No. He's got

everything to lose.

He said Dan would jump down on top of
him, and he had a chance to try for a

submission. Dan backed off. It's
Severin's fight to lose, Jeff. At this

point, it is. At this point, it is.

Unless the judges are watching a
different fight.

You know, it's happened before.

But not in the UFC.

I think this is totally wrong
combinations now.

Severin actually putting together
multiple punches.

25 seconds.

He's going to stay outside the range.
He's sticking to the move. He looks like

Ali. He's sticking to the move. And now
a mouse underneath Takhtara's left eye.

The clock is going to run down on
Takhtara.

Oh, he made one move and Severin just
alertly backed away with 10 seconds to

go. That's smart.

He doesn't need to engage at this point.

And this one will be in the hands of the
judges Yeah, but I just don't doubt he

won the fight Dance ever dominated the
mat and by right, you know who won the

fight The beast rejoicing before the
announcement

The largest person in history of martial
arts and somebody's gonna get it a few

minutes

150,000 to the winner, 25,000 to the
runner-up. Dan Severin earned that

fight. He was definitely stronger.

It was his night. Yes, it was.

And the paddles are up from the judges.

The paddles are up.

The winner of the ultimate, ultimate,
unanimous decision, Dan Severin. Yes, by

right.

Looks as though Dan's having a hard time
reading the placards.

150,000 reasons to be happy right now.

150,000 and a lot of pride.

Absolutely.

And we've got to give Oleg a big, big,
big hand because for what he did, you

know. You see when he fought Dan last
time, and Dan basically pummeled him,

caught him, and they had to stop the
fight.

This time, Dan just went in there, and
he dominated him, but both these guys

were prepared for this fight.

So that is it for the ultimate,
ultimate.

Dan Shepard wins the championship, and
he wins the final over Oleg Tektarov.

For Jeff Flatnick, Don the Dragon,
Wilson, and Ken Shamrock, I'm Bruce

Beck. Thanks for joining us. Don't
forget, the UFC 8 coming up.