UFC

UFC 7: The Brawl in Buffalo

Completed Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, United States 11 bouts

Key takeaways

  • Marco Ruas beat Paul Varelans by knockout in the main event.
  • Ken Shamrock v Oleg Taktarov in the co-main event.
  • Eleven of the eleven results came early: five knockouts and five submissions.
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Main card

MR ✓

Marco Ruas vs Paul Varelans

Knockout R1 13:17
PV
KS

Ken Shamrock vs Oleg Taktarov

Other R2 3:00
OT
MR ✓

Marco Ruas vs Remco Pardoel

Submission R1 12:27
RP
PV ✓

Paul Varelans vs Mark Hall

Submission R1 1:01
MH
LC

Larry Cureton vs Marco Ruas

Submission R1 3:23
MR ✓
RP ✓

Remco Pardoel vs Ryan Parker

Submission R1 3:05
RP
HH

Harold Howard vs Mark Hall

Knockout R1 1:41
MH ✓
GH

Gerry Harris vs Paul Varelans

Knockout R1 1:05
PV ✓
SB ✓

Scott Bessac vs David Hood

Submission R1 0:31
DH
FM

Francesco Maturi vs Onassis Parungao

Knockout R1 5:26
OP ✓
GK

Geza Kalman vs Joel Sutton

Knockout R1 0:48
JS ✓
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Results

Main and co-main events

Marco Ruas beat Paul Varelans by knockout at 13:17 of round one in the main event of UFC 7 at the Buffalo Memorial Auditorium in Buffalo. In the co-main event, Marco Ruas beat Remco Pardoel by submission at 12:27 of round one.

How the card was decided

Across the ten bouts that produced a result, five ended by knockout and five by submission — ten stoppages in ten fights.

Finishes and fight times

The quickest finish belonged to Scott Bessac, who stopped David Hood after 31 seconds, and ten of the ten finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Marco Ruas's knockout of Paul Varelans, 13 minutes and 17 seconds in. End to end, the ten fights filled 43 minutes of cage time.