| UFC 14: Showdown | ||||
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 The poster for UFC 14: Showdown | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | July 27, 1997 | |||
| Venue | Boutwell Auditorium | |||
| City | Birmingham,Alabama | |||
| Attendance | 5,000 | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 14: Showdown was amixed martial arts event held by theUltimate Fighting Championship on July 27, 1997 inBirmingham, Alabama. The event was seen live onpay-per-view in theUnited States, and later released onhome video.
UFC 14 featured two separate tournaments: a heavyweight tournament for fighters 200 lb or more, and a middleweight (formerly lightweight) tournament for fighters under 200 lb. The event also featured aUFC Heavyweight Championship "Superfight" betweenMark Coleman andMaurice Smith, as well as two alternate bouts in case of tournament injury.
Showdown was the firstUFC event to require all fighters to wear padded gloves, weighing between four and six ounces.[1] Up until then, it was the fighter's option - Melton Bowen was the first UFC fighter to choose to wear UFC gloves, back inUFC 4. It was also the first UFC appearance of World champion kickboxer Maurice Smith and champion collegiate wrestlerMark Kerr, who was encouraged to trymixed martial arts competition by his friend and training partner, Mark Coleman.
| Heavyweight Championship | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Heavyweight | Maurice Smith | def. | Mark Coleman (c) | Decision (unanimous) | 21:00 | [a] | |
| Middleweight Finals | |||||||
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Middleweight | Kevin Jackson | def. | Tony Fryklund | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 0:44 | [b] | |
| Middleweight Semifinals | |||||||
| Middleweight | Joe Moreira | def. | Yuri Vaulin | Decision (unanimous) | 15:00 | [c] | |
| Middleweight | Kevin Jackson | def. | Todd Butler | Submission (punches) | 1:27 | ||
| Middleweight Alternate bout | |||||||
| Middleweight | Tony Fryklund | def. | Donnie Chappell | Submission (choke) | 1:31 | [d] | |
| Heavyweight Finals | |||||||
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Heavyweight | Mark Kerr | def. | Dan Bobish | Submission (chin to the eye) | 1:38 | ||
| Heavyweight Semifinals | |||||||
| Heavyweight | Mark Kerr | def. | Moti Horenstein | TKO (punches) | 2:22 | ||
| Heavyweight | Dan Bobish | def. | Brian Johnston | Submission (forearm choke) | 2:10 | ||
| Heavyweight Alternate bout | |||||||
| Heavyweight | Alex Hunter | def. | Sam Fulton | TKO (punches) | 2:22 | ||
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
 Joe Moreira | DEC | ||||||||
 Yuri Vaulin | 15:00 | ||||||||
 Tony Fryklund1 | 0:44 | ||||||||
| Kevin Jackson | SUB | ||||||||
| Kevin Jackson | SUB | ||||||||
| Todd Butler | 1:27 | ||||||||
1Tony Fryklund replacedJoe Moreira who was not medically permitted to continue.
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| Mark Kerr | TKO | ||||||||
 Moti Horenstein | 2:22 | ||||||||
| Mark Kerr | SUB | ||||||||
| Dan Bobish | 1:38 | ||||||||
| Dan Bobish | TKO | ||||||||
| Brian Johnston | 2:10 | ||||||||
The following fighters were honored in the October 2011 book titledUFC Encyclopedia.[2]
source number 1 no longer exists
