The year 1997 was the fifth year in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. In 1997, the UFC held five events beginning with UFC 12: Judgement Day.

Title fights

Debut UFC fighters

The following fighters fought their first UFC fight in 1997:

1997 in UFC

Alex Hunter

Brad Kohler

Carlos Barreto

Dan Bobish

Dmitri Stepanov

Donnie Chappell

Dwayne Cason

Enson Inoue

Eric Martin

Frank Shamrock

Greg Stott

Harry Moskowitz

Houston Dorr

Jackie Lee

Jim Mullen

Justin Martin

Yoshiki Takahashi

Kazushi Sakuraba

Kevin Jackson

Marcus Silveira

Mark Kerr

Maurice Smith

Nick Sanzo

Rainy Martinez

Randy Couture

Royce Alger

Saeed Hosseini

Steven Graham

Tito Ortiz

Tony Fryklund

Tony Halme

Tra Telligman

Vitor Belfort

Wallid Ismail

Wes Albritton

Conor Quinn

Yoji Anjo

Yuri Vaulin

Events list

See also

UFC

List of UFC champions

List of UFC events

References

Ultimate Fighting Championship by year

1997 in mixed martial arts

1997 in UFC