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First UFC fight
founded by Art Davie, Rorion Gracie and John Milius -
More Strict rules
The sport was considered to violent so the owners and founder added more rules -
Banning
Senator john mcain tried to ban ufc and succeeded in 36 states forcing ufc 12 to move from New York to Alabama -
Zuffa purchase
Zuffa llc Purchased UFC for 2 million dollars -
struggle and turnaround
ufc slowly gained popularity after the Zuffa purchase until ufc 40 which proved to be the most crucial fight in ufc history. the event sold out the MGM grand arena and sold over 150 000 pay per views 3 times larger than any other previous event -
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Popularity Growth
through out this time growth and popularity was booming for the ufc with memorable fights such as liddell vs ortiz, Hughes vs. Gracie and Shamrock vs. Ortiz -
The Ultimate Fighter
Spike tv offered to pay 10 million in production costs for reality tv show The ultimate fighter and ufc gladly accepted -
WEC purchase
ufc purchases wec -
purchased pride fighting championships
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purchased stikeforce
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Fox partnership
fox and ufc have a seven year contract including 32 friday night fights 4 events on the main network and 24 ultimate fighter events
