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Ultimate Fighting Championship 17 - Redemption [VHS]

5 star:		(7)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

John Peretti was brought into the UFC for one reason and one reason only; to provide the fans with competetive bouts. UFC XVII. was his second as the matchmaker, to me his best.

The night started with a 4-man middleweight tournament. It consisted of 4 very qualified fighters, who were eager to show they were worthy of a future fight against Frank Shamrock. Names like Dan Henderson, Alan Goes, Bob Gilstrap, and Carlos Newton were as good as they came. Each fight, (except for one) was close and could have gone to any of the participants. The best middleweight tournament.

The rest of the card consisted of 3 heavyweight showdowns. Each fight was an interesting matchup. The first fight between Mike Van Arsdale and Joe Pardo was explosive. Van Arsdale's wrestling skills were pitted against Pardo's Jiu-Jitsu. Fight number 2 had Brazilian fighting legend Hugo Duarte pitted against "Tank" Abbott. Duarte's reputation was on the line, and Tank was expected to be another fallen foe. It was an intriguing fight because of Duarte's questionable background(beating Harold Howard, whoa!), and Tank's not-so good record. The bout lasted only about a minute or so, and we found who was the real joke. The final fight was originally supposed to pit Heavyweight champion Randy Couture against former champ Mark Coleman. Randy Couture for some reason could not defend his title, so a replacement, Pete Williams was inserted as the challenger. This looked like the biggest Superfight mismatch ever, and it was up until they begen the fight. William's was a Lion's Den fighter, but with no real experience. His chances of even surviving were slim. The result was the best KO in UFC history, a great fight that will wear out your slow-motion on your VCR.

Tank is a beast in this UFC his experience shows through in his fight against Hugo Duarte. This is a must get for UFC fans and if not is a great video to get you hooked for life. Pete Williams finsh on Mark Coleman was amazing. The new middle weight Carlos Newton shows a strong showing but falls to Dan Henderson. One of the best UFC's I have seen.

One reviewer made an error here, in describing UFC 18, as this event. Rutten, Kohsaka, Ortiz and others were all in UFC 18, not here.

UFC 17 on the other hand, marks the return of former champ Mark Coleman, who seemed to lack the spark he had during his championship reign. This fight was against Ken Shamrock trained fighter Pete Willliams, and ends with a surprising result. Other fights on the card keep matters interesting as well as the skill level has grown immensely over the years, developing the UFC into a growing true sport of mixed martial arts.

This vhs is worth it if you can find it for like 5 bucks. It's worth it for the Frank Shamrock fight in my opinion, I've always been a huge Frank Shamrock fan, and to see his battle with Jeremy Horn is great! This has some other good fights on it like Don Frye vs Mark Coleman, Mark Coleman vs Maurice Smith, Randy Couture vs Vitor Belfort etc etc but you can get a UFC 11-21 dvd box set off of ebay too so I really only bought this for the Frank Shamorck fight because that fight isn't on the UFC 17 dvd in the box set.

Great Fight Card for this event Williams and the HAMMERS bout is as we all know by now is something to see.
To leave off Shamrock V Horn & Liddell V Hernandez even though chucks bout was an alternate, still would have been nice to see both there debuts {horn & chucks} over say, two newton bouts or Tanks one dimensional bout.
At least that's what my copy from trimark has left off
come to think of it Andre Roberts Ain't On It As Well.
Because the first time i seen him fight was when he dogged it against Big Daddy In UFC19 Young Guns.
Other Than Key Battles left off Pretty good entry in the volumes of UFC. If anyone else has these key fights left off and know why please let me know.
arran28@hotmail.com

Pete Williams makes a sensational debut. His head kick KO of coleman ranks alongside Tank's Steve Nelmark KO, Harold Howard's victory over Roland Payne, And Frank's demolition of Zinoviev. The last bout of the night a Shamrock title defense being left out cost the event it's fifth star.

This was an above average UFC. The first three fights were pretty boring. The fourth fight was very exciting but very short. The last two fights were some of the best around. Especially the last fight ( Frank Shamrock VS. John Lober )_

The previous review was is in regards to UFC 18 not UFC 17. I made a mistake in reading the roman numerals. I did not see UFC 17 but I know that it had some great matches. I will review it properly later. Sorry...

Carlos Newton, the smallest and lightest competitor, was fabulous, and should have won. The Tank Abbott destruction of Hugh Duarte was a wonderful 60 seconds.

Tank makes this video great with his brutal victory over Hugo Duarte. Also, Pete Williams dishes out one of the best knockouts ever in the UFC. In the tourney, Carlos Newton shows us some impressive moves, even though Henderson came out on top. The Tank fight and the Williams fight steal the show, though.