Relive the first UFC fight in history 28 years ago at UFC 1 in Denver, Colorado, featuring savate fighter Gerard Gordeau vs sumo wrestler Teila Tuli in the opening bout of the eight-man...

Taylor Tuli Wily (June 14, 1968 – June 20, 2024) was an American actor, sumo wrestler and mixed martial artist. [1] He competed in UFC where he was billed as Teila Tuli and also competed in sumo wrestling .

The Ultimate Fighting Championship (later renamed UFC 1: The Beginning) was the first mixed martial arts event by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), held at the McNichols Sports Arena in Denver, Colorado, United States, on November 12, 1993. The event was broadcast live on pay-per-view and later released on home video. [3][4]

Our first competitor is an American Sumo Wonder, the largest professional athlete in the world. He is from Raleigh, New Jersey, second in the 1992 World Sumo Championships and third place at the 1990 US Judo Nationals. Please welcome six foot 8 618-pound Emmanuel Yarbrough. And his opponent from Roselle, Illinois.

UFC 1, held on November 12, 1993, was a groundbreaking event that brought fighters from diverse martial arts styles into a single tournament. The eight participants represented disciplines like Brazilian jiu-jitsu, kickboxing, karate, sumo wrestling, and boxing, showcasing a clash of techniques and philosophies.

2016年11月10日 · Gerard Gordeau was not a big man, certainly nowhere near the 410 pounds his opponent, sumo wrestler Teila Tuli, was packing when they entered the octagon at McNichols Sports Arena on November 12, 1993. What Gordeau, an accomplished Dutch kick boxer, did have was a devastating roundhouse kick, which he delivered directly to the big man's mouth.

2015年12月24日 · Lyoto Machida ironically remains to be the only current UFC fighter who’s practiced the art of sumo as a regional champion — despite what Roy Nelson may tell you. There are, however, two sumo wrestlers outside of Tuli who took a chance on crossing over into MMA.

Born Taylor Wiley, Teila Tuli had a short lived MMA career as the first fighter knocked out of the UFC 1 tournament. He was born in Hawaii, of Samoan descent, and as a sumo wrestler he...

2018年11月10日 · “There was a different feeling when you walked through that octagon,” Wily, the 49-year-old actor, former sumo wrestler and the first knockout victim in UFC history, told The Post last week. “I...

2020年11月16日 · UFC 1 took place at the now-demolished McNichols Sports Arena in Denver, Colorado 27 years ago. Originally an eight-man tournament, with the winner walking away with a $50,000 (£38,000) paycheck. And with no weight class introduced, organisers initially pitted men of all shapes and sizes together in the Octagon, even a sumo wrestler.