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How I Started the UFC | DARK SIDE OF THE 90'S

The UFC revolutionized the fight business. Here’s how I started it all.
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Chapters
0.00 Art Davie
1:20 Mixing Styles
2:17 The Gracie Challenge
3:03 Legal Loopholes
4:20 The Birth of a Multi-Billion Dollar Franchise
5:20 Building the Octagon
6:10 Three Fights in One Night
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  • @VICE-TV
    @VICE-TV5 ай бұрын

    In the US? Stream DARK SIDE OF THE 90'S here: bit.ly/DARKSIDEOFTHE90sYT

  • @Duct_Tape_Boyz

    @Duct_Tape_Boyz

    5 ай бұрын

    Love the Dark Side Series 🤙

  • @FRANCESCOBERGOMI

    @FRANCESCOBERGOMI

    4 ай бұрын

    Where can I access this content from the EU? Thanks.

  • @SupremeSanda
    @SupremeSanda5 ай бұрын

    Shark pond and electric fence?? Dude wanted to create the real life mortal kombat 😂😂😂😂

  • @Razear
    @Razear5 ай бұрын

    Imagine if that electric fence idea got greenlit...KOs, submissions, and human toast.

  • @sergios.2276

    @sergios.2276

    5 ай бұрын

    There is, it's name is Herb Dean

  • @nomercyfilms

    @nomercyfilms

    3 ай бұрын

    Or cardiac arrest

  • @taekwondorian
    @taekwondorian5 ай бұрын

    I just wanna say thank you to everyone involved in creating the UFC

  • @DerekJeterrl
    @DerekJeterrl5 ай бұрын

    Legendary Car Salesman Ads!

  • @job7973
    @job79735 ай бұрын

    Good documentary, but you cut it short, could have at least said who won first tournament, and briefly say how UFC progressed from there.

  • @JasonMcGarva

    @JasonMcGarva

    4 ай бұрын

    You can watch the whole episode for free at the link in the first comment. I just watched it.

  • @pabloqp7929

    @pabloqp7929

    4 ай бұрын

    Otherwise take a look at Napoleon Blownapart content

  • @Ben-cl2co
    @Ben-cl2co5 ай бұрын

    The story of how it started to where it is today is amazing. Allthough i really miss the old era. The different styles vs eachother is so cool. Now MMA is pretty much its own style.

  • @lizzkaayako2270
    @lizzkaayako22702 ай бұрын

    6:34 Tuli's a big dude. That split is impressive. RIP Art Jimmerson.

  • @jumpinmnkey
    @jumpinmnkey5 ай бұрын

    How dare you end it that way the moment you guys actually make legit content like days of old 😂😂

  • @EvaFull

    @EvaFull

    5 ай бұрын

    ….Because it is just a clip from the 2-part episode on the UFC from the series The Dark Side of the ‘90’s.

  • @JavierNYC423

    @JavierNYC423

    5 ай бұрын

    @@EvaFullwould you happen to remember what the episode is called ?

  • @EvaFull

    @EvaFull

    5 ай бұрын

    @@JavierNYC423 Dark Side of the ‘90’s : UFC Part 1 & 2

  • @jsbmx2039
    @jsbmx20395 ай бұрын

    I remember that first ufc pay per view. That was so cool to watch

  • @morpheusmedia_au

    @morpheusmedia_au

    5 ай бұрын

    that's cool, do you still watch UFC now?

  • @DagwoodDogwoggle

    @DagwoodDogwoggle

    4 ай бұрын

    I remember too. I had wrestled in high school and thought Royce's takedowns were absolutely horrible. I thought someone with a good clinch or sprawl could also box reasonably well would dominate these guys. A few years later ... Randy Couture and Chuck Liddell were using that exact strategy.

  • @lizzkaayako2270

    @lizzkaayako2270

    2 ай бұрын

    @@DagwoodDogwoggle Absolutely terrible? They worked well enough to take down his opponents.

  • @DagwoodDogwoggle

    @DagwoodDogwoggle

    2 ай бұрын

    @@lizzkaayako2270 My statement stands and history stands with it. Once UFC started bringing in wrestlers who could strike, it was over for the Gracie contingent.

  • @farnstonellerby6539

    @farnstonellerby6539

    2 ай бұрын

    @@DagwoodDogwoggle Whom did Royce try to take down, but couldn't? Your claims about the early UFCs stand factually incorrect.

  • @user-ft6wo8rs5g
    @user-ft6wo8rs5g4 ай бұрын

    Back when UFC was real.

  • @25taylorkw

    @25taylorkw

    4 ай бұрын

    What is that supposed to mean? The UFC fights of today are not scripted ( unless you got some receipts ). Sure you can say that the UFC does favor some fighters in some way like having the judges score the fight that goes the distance in favor for the more favorite fighter ( if the fight was close to call ), and having certain fighters not getting punished for feel drug test ( like Jon Jones with the whole picograms excuse ). But just because some fighters get favoritism based off of popularity, that does not mean the fighters still have a chance to win the fights.

  • @duckmercy11

    @duckmercy11

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@25taylorkw UFC is fake, WWE is real.

  • @quincee3376
    @quincee33765 ай бұрын

    I miss the old school UFC with guys wearing wrestling singlets and judo gi's etc..

  • @indiglo1971

    @indiglo1971

    5 ай бұрын

    Art Jimmerson wore a boxing glove!

  • @MysticMannyMMA

    @MysticMannyMMA

    5 ай бұрын

    no u dont

  • @blastfiend7478

    @blastfiend7478

    5 ай бұрын

    it was stupid, like watching a goofy dragon ball tournament

  • @RyanCoomer
    @RyanCoomer5 ай бұрын

    I sneak my corndogs into a buffet and then watch folks eat my corndogs thinking their from buffet

  • @chris47374

    @chris47374

    5 ай бұрын

    😂😂😂

  • @Adz187

    @Adz187

    5 ай бұрын

    Very American

  • @RyanCoomer

    @RyanCoomer

    5 ай бұрын

    @@Adz187 YASSSSSSS

  • @Rustyshackleford752

    @Rustyshackleford752

    5 ай бұрын

    That is delightfully devious

  • @NazriB

    @NazriB

    5 ай бұрын

    Lies again? Miami Birds Cage Fighter

  • @leonardogranic-flores1860
    @leonardogranic-flores18604 ай бұрын

    That is so insane how this all started in torrance lmao. I grew up here and redondo.

  • @dalegribble60
    @dalegribble604 ай бұрын

    Still have the originals on VHS. The ones when PPV was $29.99

  • @timothyrodriguez881
    @timothyrodriguez8815 ай бұрын

    Need longer video please

  • @powerbomb4833
    @powerbomb48333 ай бұрын

    6:46 and that man ... was Ken Shamrock!

  • @80srocknroller
    @80srocknroller5 ай бұрын

    UFC after 30 years is stronger than ever even though faces tough competition with Bellator MMA/PFL and ONE Championship

  • @HenryHardcore

    @HenryHardcore

    5 ай бұрын

    ONE Championship is so much bigger

  • @chalillo2268

    @chalillo2268

    5 ай бұрын

    ​@@HenryHardcorekinda like nfl, big in the USA barely around the world!😁

  • @DS-cp3fg

    @DS-cp3fg

    5 ай бұрын

    One championship is a better watch

  • @Kxidence

    @Kxidence

    5 ай бұрын

    @@HenryHardcoreno it’s not dude lmao, they bleed money every year

  • @NotUrDJ

    @NotUrDJ

    5 ай бұрын

    UFC is worth 12 billion dollars. Look up what one is worth lol​@@HenryHardcore

  • @lockethomas7165
    @lockethomas71654 ай бұрын

    Where is the rest of this documentary?

  • @T.C.-st8uz
    @T.C.-st8uz5 ай бұрын

    Well done. Hook it up with part two!

  • @ghostwalk2446

    @ghostwalk2446

    5 ай бұрын

    Lol right, "Part - 2 How I failed with the UFC, went broke and had to sell it to Dana White"

  • @EvaFull

    @EvaFull

    5 ай бұрын

    😂😂😂 This is just a clip from the full 2-part episode on the UFC from the series Dark Side of the ‘90’s.

  • @watenallace663

    @watenallace663

    5 ай бұрын

    @@EvaFull lol

  • @miguelbravo1633

    @miguelbravo1633

    5 ай бұрын

    Where can we find the whole thing ? ​@@EvaFull

  • @EvaFull

    @EvaFull

    5 ай бұрын

    @@miguelbravo1633 Vice TV App, Tubi, Hulu or Digital Store of Choice.

  • @LiamNI
    @LiamNI4 ай бұрын

    1:39 - dude, no-one is believing that hair colour... 🤦🏼‍♂️😂😂

  • @user-pv2vp2ud6v
    @user-pv2vp2ud6v4 ай бұрын

    Is there more to this video? It just cuts off right before revealing Royce’s opponent.

  • @David619K
    @David619K4 ай бұрын

    Moat, sharks, and an electric fence. This is amazing 😂

  • @oseqq
    @oseqq4 ай бұрын

    Damn! It's a pitty you're not available in EU. I'd pay to watch you documentaries.

  • @jesusbabi69
    @jesusbabi695 ай бұрын

    This should’ve been longer. I’m ready for the next episode

  • @EvaFull

    @EvaFull

    5 ай бұрын

    It is longer. This is just a small clip from the 2-Part 1hr long episodes on UFC from The Dark Side of the ‘90’s.

  • @whatever_it_takes6691

    @whatever_it_takes6691

    4 ай бұрын

    Art has a bunch of interviews on KZread if you want to look more into it.

  • @Duct_Tape_Boyz
    @Duct_Tape_Boyz5 ай бұрын

    This was amazing. I love seeing a different look like this into the UFC. Great episode 👏

  • @murfiend7165
    @murfiend71655 ай бұрын

    Where’s the full video?

  • @ProfessorMichaelWingert
    @ProfessorMichaelWingert5 ай бұрын

    Nice seeing GF Team make an appearance!

  • @laoaganlester1728
    @laoaganlester17285 ай бұрын

    Bring Back the OG UFC. Now Boxers vs. Wrestlers or Karate vs. Savate are not applicable anymore and it is very confusing!

  • @BostonBoss
    @BostonBoss4 ай бұрын

    This should start in a South Boston gym with Dana White

  • @Thaumic89
    @Thaumic894 ай бұрын

    5:25 pirahnas could've done better,along with making great.Mortal Kombat stage fatalities...TO THE EXTREME 👍

  • @LIIIIIFE
    @LIIIIIFEАй бұрын

    FAST FORWARD TO NOW. TEENAGERS YELLING CHIWIWIS!!

  • @michaelbarakat5700
    @michaelbarakat57004 ай бұрын

    This definitely should have been longer

  • @stover14
    @stover144 ай бұрын

    This guys a great speaker

  • @jonyboyy902
    @jonyboyy9025 ай бұрын

    Amazing love ufc every since day 1

  • @korzard878
    @korzard878Ай бұрын

    Where can we see the rest of the vid?

  • @guilhermeadan2329
    @guilhermeadan23295 ай бұрын

    part 2 coming?

  • @oneidawolf776
    @oneidawolf7765 ай бұрын

    whos the black haired guy fierri? someone tell him the gracies got jiu jitsu from japan.

  • @BobKnight-mm2ze
    @BobKnight-mm2ze5 ай бұрын

    Damn, they got their "hooks" on me with this first episode.

  • @EvaFull

    @EvaFull

    5 ай бұрын

    😂😂 Not a “1st episode”. This is just a clip from the 2-Part episode on the UFC from the series The Dark Side of the ‘90’s.

  • @BobKnight-mm2ze

    @BobKnight-mm2ze

    5 ай бұрын

    @@EvaFullWell the good news is I don't have to wait fora slow season to see the rest, the bad news is I'll need to go out and look for it. Thanks

  • @EvaFull

    @EvaFull

    5 ай бұрын

    @@BobKnight-mm2ze It should be available on either Hulu, Tubi or The Vice App/Website.

  • @ETAisNOW
    @ETAisNOW5 ай бұрын

    Vice is the last people I would listen to talk about the UFC.

  • @duckmercy11

    @duckmercy11

    4 ай бұрын

    They had a lot of success talking about pro wrestling, so why not dig into MMA?

  • @Skazellino
    @Skazellino4 ай бұрын

    UFC was awesome when it was still bareknuckle, no weight class, no rounds.

  • @tommybui3543
    @tommybui35435 ай бұрын

    OSSS!!

  • @taekwondorian

    @taekwondorian

    5 ай бұрын

    Osss!🤜🏾

  • @lawrencedee4304
    @lawrencedee430420 күн бұрын

    He looks like a Vault-tec rep. Hahahaha

  • @adrianberti8342
    @adrianberti83425 ай бұрын

    So good

  • @Moog1337
    @Moog13375 ай бұрын

    Where is part 2?

  • @Juan-tyler69
    @Juan-tyler694 ай бұрын

    Anyone interested in more ufc history should watch “fighting in the age of loneliness”

  • @coryearnest9464

    @coryearnest9464

    4 ай бұрын

    Definitely a must watch

  • @RickyRain-ph8ld

    @RickyRain-ph8ld

    4 ай бұрын

    Little too left leaning for my taste but a good one nonetheless

  • @watkinsjames82
    @watkinsjames825 ай бұрын

    Where is the rest of it?

  • @Patrick4Gooner
    @Patrick4Gooner4 ай бұрын

    It's crazy to think that MMA would be practically nonexistent in the world of sports without the UFC.

  • @duckmercy11

    @duckmercy11

    4 ай бұрын

    Shooto, RINGS, UWFi, Pancrase, PRIDE, and K1 >> UFC

  • @emansfvera
    @emansfvera5 ай бұрын

    I feel so honored to train with 3rd generation gracie lineage

  • @46st
    @46st4 ай бұрын

    Home

  • @owa2533
    @owa25334 ай бұрын

    The 90s were the best.

  • @jesusbabi69
    @jesusbabi695 ай бұрын

    This video was so good

  • @amazon4716
    @amazon47163 ай бұрын

    😂 seriously the UFC is basically thai culture. They had it long before anyone.

  • @i.still.function3463
    @i.still.function34635 ай бұрын

    Is this actually based off a Vice show??

  • @EvaFull

    @EvaFull

    5 ай бұрын

    It’s just a clip from the series The Dark Side of the ‘90’s. This is from the 2-part episode on the UFC.

  • @chrisonuttah7546
    @chrisonuttah75465 ай бұрын

    Great a 3rd of an episode. Click bait Vice again

  • @EvaFull

    @EvaFull

    5 ай бұрын

    That’s what you call a “clip” aka “teaser” to possibly pose your interest on this subject. No different than a movie trailer.

  • @old
    @old5 ай бұрын

    The only time vice has ever been good.

  • @tmnumber1
    @tmnumber15 ай бұрын

    Can we please replace DC with Robin soon?

  • @aliabdelaziz905
    @aliabdelaziz9055 ай бұрын

    Yeah but now it’s figured out BJJ only has 1 champ currently in the UFC

  • @puffdutchtwo

    @puffdutchtwo

    5 ай бұрын

    Wrestling way better base for MMA anyway

  • @silencio5184
    @silencio51845 ай бұрын

    It’s too bad it was all a set up to make bjj look like the most supreme fighting style. All the competitors were no names and even if they knew grappling they weren’t allowed to use it. And a boxer with 1 glove lol. It was all a gimmick

  • @adamgrofik5470
    @adamgrofik54705 ай бұрын

    Kung Fu v. Karate happened LONG before UFC. Tayari Casel v. John Davis

  • @khanofkhans6546

    @khanofkhans6546

    5 ай бұрын

    Ok? That's one style vs style match. The UFC let anyone from any style compete. That's what made it unique.

  • @adamgrofik5470

    @adamgrofik5470

    5 ай бұрын

    @@khanofkhans6546 were they the same “style?”

  • @ronrondrewthat
    @ronrondrewthat5 ай бұрын

    I’m more impressed by Mark’s commercials & stunts…and in a suit 😝 🔥 🫡 💯🥋🤼 🥊 🦵🏼 👊🏼💥

  • @BoondockGore
    @BoondockGore5 ай бұрын

    That's why the gracies were set up to to win ufc #1 lol

  • @RichReportcom
    @RichReportcom4 ай бұрын

    Big mistake selling

  • @SushiTuna635
    @SushiTuna6355 ай бұрын

    I thought the Gracies founded the UFC

  • @Shads187
    @Shads1875 ай бұрын

    And fighters still broke because Dana doesn't pay them enough

  • @andreads502
    @andreads5024 ай бұрын

    Its gonna be part 2???? I want the whole thing.

  • @frank66818
    @frank668184 ай бұрын

    .

  • @zakashi4206
    @zakashi42065 ай бұрын

    Created it almost put ir under the rug within years. 😂

  • @mericanmadesoldier2345
    @mericanmadesoldier23455 ай бұрын

    Started the UFC and this short story is all he got from it. 🙄 Vice used to be worth watching

  • @broolkeez
    @broolkeez4 ай бұрын

    Watching a Gracie fight is crazy boring.

  • @halasterthethrice-fried3610
    @halasterthethrice-fried36105 ай бұрын

    Pay the fighters better ffs

  • @monumentsNmelodies

    @monumentsNmelodies

    5 ай бұрын

    He hasn't been afiliated with the UFC for literally 30 years, you absolute nincompoop.

  • @kingjoseph5901

    @kingjoseph5901

    5 ай бұрын

    Not up to him

  • @Live2die777
    @Live2die7775 ай бұрын

    No Gracie dominates anymore. They forgot to mention how it was scripted

  • @Brando-UK

    @Brando-UK

    5 ай бұрын

    I remember when Royce came back to the UFC and fought Matt Hughes under todays rules and Hughes dog walked Royce. I liked Hughes but it was a sad day for me because I had never seen Royce lose in the UFC. He lost bad that day. It’s a miracle he made it out of the octagon.

  • @JohnnytheTechnician

    @JohnnytheTechnician

    5 ай бұрын

    Mma has evolved.

  • @itheuserfirst3186

    @itheuserfirst3186

    5 ай бұрын

    No, it wasn't. No fighter of the time has claimed that.

  • @ghostwalk2446

    @ghostwalk2446

    5 ай бұрын

    Says who?

  • @bigvanvader3122

    @bigvanvader3122

    5 ай бұрын

    It was never scripted you 💩 🤡

  • @garybitsicas5191
    @garybitsicas51915 ай бұрын

    "How I Started the UFC" but didn't have the vision to make it what it is today.

  • @Adz187

    @Adz187

    5 ай бұрын

    Everything starts from somewhere. No Need to be so arrogant!!

  • @AnyoneCanSee

    @AnyoneCanSee

    5 ай бұрын

    New events, especially a completely new sport, take years to build up an audience. Do you think NBA was as big as it is from day one? No sport was massive from day one. You don't know what you are talking about. He had the "vision" to create it and make it successful. Building on that is more about finance and marketing than "vision". I doubt you have created anything.

  • @josceola8979

    @josceola8979

    5 ай бұрын

    Oh shut up scrub

  • @NotUrDJ

    @NotUrDJ

    5 ай бұрын

    ​@@AnyoneCanSeenope u just don't know the history. Art was persistent on no holds barred fighting. It could never be big with those awful fights, would never get sanctioned. This was why art started another promotion cause he only wanted no holds barred fighting.

  • @khanofkhans6546

    @khanofkhans6546

    5 ай бұрын

    What does that matter? UFC of today is hugely different then the first UFC events. It's almost 2 completely different things. One was single style vs single style. Now it's guys training every element to be more complete as a fighter to have a better chance at winning. Without this original UFC we may not have had the UFC of the last 20 years.

  • @josiericaro3347
    @josiericaro33475 ай бұрын

    Wow such a shame. what a massive L.

  • @binsaucin8223
    @binsaucin82235 ай бұрын

    First

  • @jsilver3142
    @jsilver31425 ай бұрын

    We all know then octagon comes from Conan the Barbarian played by Arnold . Vice this is why I think you suck you guys want to manipulate stories

  • @I_Bully_The_Bullies
    @I_Bully_The_Bullies5 ай бұрын

    YAAAAWWWN 😮