UFC 13: Ultimate Force

UFC 13: Ultimate Force was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on May 30, 1997 in Augusta, Georgia. The event was seen live on pay per view in the United States, and later released on home video.

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• Previous Event: UFC 12: Judgement Day

History

UFC 13 featured two four man tournaments, a lightweight and a heavyweight tournament, as well as two alternate bouts and a Superfight between Vitor Belfort and Tank Abbott.

UFC 13 marked the first appearance of MMA legends and future UFC Champions Randy Couture and Tito Ortiz, who was an alternate in the lightweight tournament.

Results

Weight Class	Winner	Loser	Method	Round	Time	Notes
Lightweight (199 lbs. and under)	Tito Ortiz	Wes Albritton	TKO (Strikes)	1	0:31	Lightweight Tournament Alternative bout
Heavyweight (200 lbs. and over)	Jack Nilson	Saeed Hosseini	TKO (Strikes)	1	1:23	Heavyweight Tournament Alternative bout
Lightweight	Guy Mezger	Christophe Leninger	Decision	1	15:00	Lightweight Semi-finals bout
Lightweight	Enson Inoue	Royce Alger	Submission (Armlock)	1	1:36	Lightweight Semi-finals bout
Heavyweight	Steven Graham	Dmitri Stepanov	Submission (Armlock)	1	1:30	Heavyweight Semi-finals bout
Heavyweight	Randy Couture	Tony Haime	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	1	0:56	Heavyweight Semi-finals bout
Lightweight	Guy Mezger	Tito Ortiz	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	1	3:00	Mezger won UFC 13 Lightweight Tournament; Ortiz replaced an injured Inoue
Heavyweight	Randy Couture	Steven Graham	TKO (Strikes)	1	3:13	Couture won UFC 13 Heavyweight Tournament
Heavyweight	Vitor Belfort	David Abbott	TKO (Punches)	1	0:52	Superfight