Key takeaways
Royce Gracie beat Gerard Gordeau by submission at 1:44 of round one in the main event of UFC 1 at the McNichols Sports Arena in Denver. In the co-main event, Jason DeLucia beat Trent Jenkins by submission after 52 seconds.
Across the eight bouts that produced a result, three ended by knockout and five by submission — eight stoppages in eight fights.
The quickest finish belonged to Gerard Gordeau, who stopped Teila Tuli after 26 seconds, and eight of the eight finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Kevin Rosier's knockout of Zane Frazier, 4 minutes and 20 seconds in. End to end, the eight fights filled 13 minutes of cage time.
