Product Details

• Format: Box set, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 5
• Studio: Lions Gate
• VHS Release Date: January 11, 2000
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00003E471
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #187,432 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bloody, gory, and tells a story!, February 10, 2002

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Eric Yeager (Hammonton, NJ United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ultimate Fighting Championship Action-Pack [VHS] (VHS Tape)

If you watch the whole series, it tells a real story. In UFC 1: The Beginning, Ken Shamrock fights Gracie. Ken Shamrock was viewed as a punk kid, and not much was known about him. The ref was an unskilled moron, and the commentators weren't very good, either.

In UFC 2, we see a vengeful Pat Smith send a few people to the hospital. The fights are fast, furious, and action-packed. This one is the fiercest UFC's to date, and I would recommend it to anyone who is seeking brutality on videotape. John McCarthy takes over for that moron from UFC 1.

In 3-4, we see the UFC change to allow more challenging alternates, closer matches, and last, but not least, the permanent induction of Big John McCarthy into the UFC. Ken Shamrock and Royce Gracie are looking for a rematch, but it never happens for one reason or another.

In UFC 5, Ken Shamrock's popularity is peaking, and we have really gotten to know him. Royce Gracie bows out of the competition in exchange for a rematch with Ken Shamrock, creating the first superfight in UFC history. Without the worry of having fought earlier opponents, Ken and Royce face off in the best of conditions. Also, on this one, you will see Dan Severn earn his title as "The Beast", and Guy Mezger enter the UFC for the first time in his first qualifying match.

All in all, this boxed set is great. You get some hard hits with an interesting true life story to boot. Most importantly, you will see what the UFC was like before censorship intervened and removed some of its early greatness.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Enter the Gracies, February 9, 2000

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A Customer - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ultimate Fighting Championship Action-Pack [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Remember when Royce Gracie turned the martial arts world upside down? Back then, the question was who would win, the karate fighter or the judo/jiu jitsu fighter, the Asian equivalent of the boxer vs. wrestler question. Royce Gracie gave us the answer - the grappler will win even if he is outweighed. Years later, now that the Gracie style of fighting has been exposed to the world, it has become necessary to be exposed to every kind of fighting in order to be world class. But these old UFC flicks take us back to a time when Gracie Jiu Jitsu was something new, just taking over the world. Obviously, someone who doesn't know to watch for a triangle choke or an arm bar doesn't have a chance in hell against a Gracie. Back then, Royce Gracie could have choked out Superman. Now we know that Superman is taking lessons from one of the Gracie clan members.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Blistering Bash Pack, July 14, 2000

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"timihealy" (San Francisco, Ca United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ultimate Fighting Championship Action-Pack [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is definately the best representation of what The Ultimate Fighting Championship is all about! Before all the rules, the judges, and the time limits, here you will find none of those! All you have is non stop no holds barred raw fighting with the cream of the crop. Words cannot do it justice so just take a minute and order these tapes for pure Ultimate Fighting Enjoyment ! You will not be sorry you did!