| UFC 13: The Ultimate Force | ||||
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 The poster for UFC 13: The Ultimate Force | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | May 30, 1997 | |||
| Venue | Augusta Civic Center | |||
| City | Augusta, Georgia | |||
| Attendance | 5,100 | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 13: The Ultimate Force was amixed martial arts event held by theUltimate Fighting Championship on May 30, 1997 inAugusta, Georgia. The event was seen live onpay-per-view in the United States, and later released onhome video.
UFC 13 featured two four man tournaments, a heavyweight tournament for fighters 200 lb or more, and a lightweight tournament for fighters under 200 lb, as well as two alternate bouts and a Superfight betweenVitor Belfort andTank Abbott.
This was the first appearance of two futureUFC Champions andUFC Hall of Fame membersRandy Couture[1][2] andTito Ortiz,[3][4] who was an alternate in the lightweight tournament.
The show also featured the first and onlyUFC appearance ofTony Halme who had previously been a professional wrestler withWorld Wrestling Entertainment (then World Wrestling Federation) under the name ofLudvig Borga.
Bruce Buffer returned to announce the fights, after making his initial debut as an announcer atUFC 10.
This was the secondUFC event to have two tournaments instead of one followingUFC 12.
| Lightweight Finals | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight | Guy Mezger | def. | Tito Ortiz | Submission (guillotine choke) | 3:00 | [a] | |
| Lightweight Semifinals | |||||||
| Lightweight | Guy Mezger | def. | Christophe Leininger | Decision (unanimous) | 15:00 | ||
| Lightweight | Enson Inoue | def. | Royce Alger | Submission (armbar) | 1:36 | ||
| Lightweight Alternate bout | |||||||
| Lightweight | Tito Ortiz | def. | Wes Albritton | TKO (corner stoppage) | 0:31 | ||
| Heavyweight Finals | |||||||
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Heavyweight | Randy Couture | def. | Steven Graham | TKO (punches) | 3:13 | ||
| Heavyweight Semifinals | |||||||
| Heavyweight | Steven Graham | def. | Dmitri Stepanov | Submission (armlock) | 1:30 | ||
| Heavyweight | Randy Couture | def. | Tony Halme | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1:00 | ||
| Heavyweight Alternate bout | |||||||
| Heavyweight | Jack Nilson | def. | Saeed Hosseini | TKO (punches) | 1:23 | ||
| Heavyweight bout | |||||||
| Heavyweight | Vitor Belfort | def. | Tank Abbott | TKO (punches) | 0:52 | ||
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| Guy Mezger | DEC | ||||||||
| Christophe Leininger | 15:00 | ||||||||
 Guy Mezger | SUB | ||||||||
| Tito Ortiz1 | 3:00 | ||||||||
| Enson Inoue | SUB | ||||||||
| Royce Alger | 1:36 | ||||||||
1Tito Ortiz replacedEnson Inoue who withdrew due to injury.
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| Steven Graham | SUB | ||||||||
| Dmitri Stepanov | 1:30 | ||||||||
| Steven Graham | 3:13 | ||||||||
| Randy Couture | TKO | ||||||||
| Randy Couture | SUB | ||||||||
| Tony Halme | 0:56 | ||||||||
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