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Ultimate Fighting Championship Vol. 1 - UFC Hits

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I loved the DVD, but it was definitely packaged for the bloodthirsty fans. I am a practitioner of martial arts and while some of the more technical groundfights may be boring for tourists and WWF fans who want to see a brawl, there is a lot of strategy and technique involved. Hits offers little of the technical fights and provides a ton of the nastiest, bloodiest fights the UFC has to offer.

While most of the fights are just big brawls, they are still entertaining to watch. Some of the later fights featuring Belfort, Frye and Abbott show the values of cross training. One trick ponies don't get very far in the UFC.

One big complaint is that the DVD advertises "multiple angle's", which isn't particularly accurate. There is one multiple angle fight in the special feature's from UFC 2, so don't expect to be able to switch the angle's around while you watch all those old fights. Won't happen.

The one thing the UFC taught us is there aren't really superior martial arts so much as superior martial artists, and this DVD proves it.

You will see.... A guy get kicked in the face when he's down on all fours.... A guy get punched in the noots 10 times by a Kung Fu Master.... A guy get punched square in the face while he is on the ground spazzing out after being knocked out.... And you'll also learn to never be excited watching Boxing again.... This is the most brutal UFC tape you can buy...it's a little on the extra brutal side as their are only about 5 submission victories on their....this isn't generally how matches go but it does show you why developing an effecting ground game will save you in any street fight. This tape features fights from the old days of UFC when their weren't many cross training fighters and we got to see how the different martial arts stacked up against each other...and how quickly it became apparent that Jiu Jitsu was the Kryptonite to the other fighting arts. This tape features tons of great KOs and is packed with fearless fighters. VITOR BELFORT's vs TRE TELLIGNAN and VITOR vs TANK are the two most spectacular fights I've ver seen. Enjoy

This is a great, value-for-money purchase for the specific market niche UFC attracts, or martial artists and fight afficionados in particular. Featuring several of the best (but not necessarily the "top" best) fights in UFC history, UFC Hits 1 includes interviews with Frank Shamrock and Tito Ortiz as well as a multi-camera fight section. Included in this collection are fan-fave confrontations between the legendary Royce Gracie & Kimo, Dan Severn & Mad Dog Macias, Tank Abbot & Don Frye, Vitor Belfort & Scott Ferrozo, and Belfort & Abbot.

From what originally seemed to be a showcase of Brazilian / Gracie jujitsu, the UFC has slowly evolved into a forum which proves that the "best" martial art is really, truly eclectic, and one needs the right combination of punching, kicking, trapping and grappling skills - along with luck and, of course, a fighting heart - to emerge victorious. And that no matter how well one performs, there will always be someone better.

I highly recommend this DVD not only to the UFC fan but also to anyone interested in gaining even a superficial knowledge in realistic combat and in defending oneself - using the martial arts - under life-threatening conditions.

UFC Hits Vol 1
Gerard Gordeau vs Teila Tuli - UFC 1, Pat Smith vs Scott Morris - UFC 2, Remco Pardoel vs Orlando Weit - UFC 2, Keith Hackney vs Emmanuel Yarborough - UFC 3, Harold Howard vs Roland Payne - UFC 3, Royce Gracie vs Kimo Leopoldo - UFC 3, Keith Hackney vs Joe Son - UFC 4, Dan Severn vs Anthony Macias - UFC 4, Dave Beneteau vs Asbel Cancio - UFC 5, John Hess vs Andy Anderson - UFC 5, David 'Tank' Abbott vs John Matua - UFC 6, Paul Varelans vs Cal Worsham - UFC 6, Marco Ruas vs Paul Varelans (clip) - UFC 7, Gary Goodridge vs Paul Herrara - UFC 8, Mark Hall vs Koji Kitao - UFC 9, Don Frye vs Amaury Bitetti (clip) - UFC 9, Mark Coleman vs Don Frye (clip) - UFC 10, Brian Johnston vs Resa Nazri - UFC 11, Scott Ferrozzo vs David 'Tank' Abbott (clip) - UFC 11, David 'Tank' Abbott vs Cal Worsham - UFC - Ultimate Ultimate 96, David 'Tank' Abbott vs Steve Nelmark - UFC - Ultimate Ultimate 96, Don Frye vs David 'Tank' Abbott - UFC - Ultimate Ultimate 96, Vitor Belfort vs Tra Telligman - UFC 12, Vitor Belfort vs Scott Ferrozzo - UFC 12, Guy Mezger vs Tito Ortiz - UFC 13, Vitor Belfort vs David 'Tank' Abbott - UFC 13, Maurice Smith vs Mark Coleman (clip) - UFC 14, Mark Kerr vs Greg Stott - UFC 15, Randy Couture vs Vitor Belfort - UFC 15, Frank Shamrock vs Kevin Jackson - UFC - Ultimate Japan 1, Mikey Burnett vs Eugenio Tadeu (clip) - UFC 16, Frank Shamrock vs Igor Zinoviev - UFC 16

This edition of UFC Hits takes us from UFC 1 all the way through to UFC 16, selecting choice fights from these events.

Royce Gracie is dominant in the earliest events, employing tactics that people simply weren't prepared to defend against. Gracie then slowly gives way to new talent as it emerges. There are quite a few Tank Abbott fights included, also. We get to see some of his most memorable fights and knockouts - but we then get to see the "end" of the Tank Abbott era when he meets young Vitor Belfort. Belfort thrashes Abbott very easily, utilizing his amazing hand speed and power. With Belfort came a new, higher level of talent into the UFC.

The Belfort/Couture fight is one of the best fights on the DVD (if not the very best). You will appreciate the fight regardless, but even moreso if you've seen their two more recent fights. These are two truly amazing mixed martial artists early in their UFC careers.

We then see Frank Shamrock emerge toward the end of this DVD edition, at about the same time Tito Ortiz makes his debut (still a college student at the time). There is a bonus interview conducted inside the octagon with Shamrock and Ortiz, as they were soon to face-off. This fight is included on UFC Hits 2.

This is a great collection of fights - there are about 40 fights totaling 2 hours of action. Classic knockouts, submissions and all-out battles... Highly recommended!

Excellent DVD...highlights UFC fights from its debut to UFC 16 and it does a great job of showing the evolution of the UFC and fight styles. Shows how their was at a time, just about no rules, the referee's were poor and missed tapouts and waited too long to stop fights. Groin shots, headbutts, Hair pulling all legal, and over time, they slowly evolved into more of a sport. I like MMA, I like old and new UFC. But I think this is a great introduction to fans of the sport of MMA plain and simple. Many of the fights are short and complete...some of the longer ones are either clipped or are shown in progress. But by doing that it can give people a more complete scope of what UFC was and what it was turning into. From a very dangerous tough man contest to a sweet science style combat sport. A+ Check it out

We do some Gracie Jiu Jitsu at work, and I've boxed and wrestled in the past - these are some tough sons of guns here! This is a fantastic compilation of some of the finest moments out of UFC history. I've seen a number of individual UFC tapes that cover single championships, and this does a great job of compiling them. I would have loved to see some of the Royce Gracie/Dan Severn fight, as it was amazing to see Gracie take 17 minutes of abuse from Severn and still get Severn to tap. This is the real deal and I recommend it to any martial arts or boxing fan who wants to see what happens when there are virtually no limitations set on what the fighters can do.

This is cheap as DVDs go but it is packed full of great scenes. If i remember this is 120 minutes and there isn't a lot of talking between matches. It just goes from one match to another. I don't follow UFC at all and i love this DVD.

This DVD has many fights from the early UFC bouts. Some of these fights ended very fast because the fighters weren't very experienced at that time. I'm giving it 5 stars because of the devastating scenes, not because of the quality of the fights. These days, we can see that mixed-martial-artists have evolved to become well rounded with abilities to strike standing up and work submissions and strikes on the ground regardless of which discipline they came from. But the fighters in this DVD weren't well rounded. They stuck to their principles and got whooped for it! If you prefer watching seasoned fighters, I recommend Pride FC DVD's. The only disadvantage of watching seasoned fighters is that the bouts often become a chess match on the ground.

"So far this event has been fast and furious. I did not see any discipline at work, i just saw swinging". These are the words you hear when you start watching this DVD. They very well stress the character of this DVD. On this DVD you can watch the most brutal and toughest fights from the first events of the UFC. If you like wrestling or becomes enthousiatic when a fighter wins by a leg/arm lock or like chokes, you won't like a lot of the fights on this DVD. There is some action of that kind, but most of the fights show great knockouts, (with bare knuckle fist and in later events with gloves with open fingers), elbows to the back of the head (for example Paul Varelans vs. Cal Worsham) and the most effective low kicking (watch Marco Ruas vs Paul Varelans). You wil also get familiair with 'Tank' Abbott. Telling that he is not really a nice guy is a very big understatement.
The only thing that i regret with respect to this DVD, is the fact that from a few fight only the 'action' in overtime is shown. For example, the Maurice Smith versus Marc Coleman fight is historical in UFC history, but in overtime almost nothing happened. You can see that Coleman is 'out of gas' but how Smith puts Coleman in that position is not shown. They should have shown the action in this fight and from the end of the fight just the judges decision.
If you are an MMA fan and you have missed a lot of action of the first 16 UFC events, i would recommend this DVD to you.