Product Details

• Format: Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 4
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Lions Gate
• DVD Release Date: August 7, 2007
• Run Time: 367 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000QUEQ3Q
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #42,370 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

UFC Classics take you ringside to the original battles – before there were rules. Masters in the skills of boxing, jiu-jitsu, karate, tae kwon do and more, the original warriors battled it out to the bloody end.

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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars UFC in the 1990's, May 8, 2008

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SpiritChild "spiritchild" (Amherst, MA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ultimate Fighting Championship Classics Collection, Vol. 1-4 (DVD)

I still remember when I first purchased UFC 3 on VHS in the 90's. It was so fresh, underground, and controversial. There were allot fewer rules and no weight classes, and the fighters were masters of their own disciplines. I liked seeing a master of jiu jitsu face off against a master of kickboxing. Today nobody really has a single discipline (they are all mixed martial artist). That is really the huge difference that you will see. The old tournaments featured men, who had dedicated their life to their craft and were true masters of their discipline. Case in point, Royce Gracie is better at Jiu Jitsu than any current MMA fighter, but he also isn't as well rounded as todays fighters, who are well versed in multiple fighting styles.

I also liked how these original tournaments addressed age old questions, such as which fighting discipline is the best, or can a David really beat a Goliath? I also like the classic way the tournament was run. 8 fighters began and winning fighters would advance to the next round to face each other until only one man was left standing as champion.

Yes, I agree that today's fighters are probably better than the ones you will see in these old tournaments, but these guys laid the ground work.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Royce Gracie.......Gracie, February 15, 2008

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Mike B. Bligh "ChessBuddha" (Indianapolis) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Ultimate Fighting Championship Classics Collection, Vol. 1-4 (DVD)

By todays standard, these guys will all seem pretty primative. But, back in the day, everyone thought that karate chop man would take down the world. So now we have a better understanding of fighting and it is much more evolved, thanks to the Gracie family who started the UFC to share their fighting style with the world. Buy this, enjoy it, and in turn, you will appreciate the skill of the fighters today.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars there are no rules, January 28, 2008

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Nick "nick" - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Ultimate Fighting Championship Classics Collection, Vol. 1-4 (DVD)

If you are reading this it means you are probably a hardcore UFC fan. You will enjoy the fights I am not going to spoil it for you by telling you who wins. Its great to get this because you get to see how the sport evovles over time, for the better or for the worse, it is up to you to decide. I would recommend going to ebay to buy UFC 1-30, that is what I did becasue UFC only released 1-8 of the UFC classics series.