This set features many classic fights and is a worthy addition to any fight fans library, but is mainly targeted for the casual fan.With that said, the set is missing many important, or otherwise, some of their greatest fights. When the concept of this set was created, SpikeTV listed X number of fights on their website and the fans voted the order. The top 100 from the poll were included in this set, in the order which they were voted. This created much controversy within the MMA community, when some of their biggest stars from the past and several key fights were nowhere found on the list of fights that the UFC allowed the fans to vote for.
Zuffa/UFC/Dana White decided to re-write history, by not including fights from fighters who were on bad terms with them or left to compete in rival promotions. Instead they only included bouts which shows their former draws lose to their current fighters (Tito Ortiz, Tim Sylvia, Nick Diaz, Josh Barnett, Ken Shamrock, and Vitor Belfort) or just pretend that others don't exist (Frank Shamrock & Andrei Arlovski). By them doing that, they ruined the credibility of a release that truly could have been something special.
Most notably are the lack of any Frank Shamrock fights (the UFC's first ever 5X MW/LHW Champ and their poster boy of the late 90's). Where's his stunning debut against the undefeated 2X Pan Ams champ Kevin Jackson? Where's his first title defense that ended with an absolutely brutal career ending KO? Where's the exciting grudge match against John Lober? Most importantly, where is his title defense against Tito Ortiz? It's a travesty that his title defense against Tito Ortiz is not included. The fight alone is widely regarded as the greatest fight of the UFC's pre-Zuffa era and is still regarded as not only one of the UFC's greatest fights, but as one of the greatest title fights in the short history of this sport we call MMA.
Shame on you Zuffa, UFC, and Dana White for trying to bury the past and re-write history to satisfy self-promotion, while giving the fighters, who made the UFC what it is today, a slap on the face.
A list of key fights that you won't find on this release and may want to look somewhere else, if you're expecting to find them here.
Frank Shamrock vs. Tito Ortiz, Igor Zinoviev, Kevin Jackson, and John Lober
Ken Shamrock vs. Tito Ortiz 1, Dan Severn 1, Kimo 1 & 2
Nick Diaz vs. Robbie Lawler
Tito Ortiz vs. Wanderlei Silva, Evan Tanner, Vitor Belfort, Guy Mezger 1 & 2, Ken Shamrock 1-3, Forrest Griffin
Yves Edwards vs. Josh Thomson
Marco Ruas vs. Paul Varelens
Vitor Belfort vs. Tank Abbott, Marvin Eastman, Wanderlei Silva, Tito Ortiz
Josh Barnett vs. Randy Couture
Ricco Rodriguez vs. Randy Couture, Andrei Arlovski, Tim Sylvia
Andrei Arlovski vs. Pedro Rizzo, Matyushenko, Tim Sylvia 1 & 2, Marcio Cruz, Cabbage
Mark Coleman vs. Mo Smith, Don Frye
With the exception of the Don Frye fight, all of Tank Abbott's infamous early fights, including the Oleg fight are missing.
If you're new to the sport and want to see a little history of the UFC first hand and watch some of their best fights that were omitted from this release because of politics, the list I provided should be a good start for you.
***The Blu-Ray version includes all 5 episodes of The Ultimate 100 Countdown Show, which is Blu-Ray exclusive and not included on the standard DVD version***
There is also a production mishap, where discs 5 and 6 are labeled incorrectly. Disc 5 is actually disc 6 and vice versa.
Ultimate 100 Countdown Show is on disc six. A 5 part documentary of highlights and short talks about the 100 fights. Nothing special, but a nice way to recap the fights. Dont watch it if you havent seen the full fights cuz it contains spoilers!
If there are complains I have in this set, its that they should have included the entrance of the fighters, because it adds to the excitement, and some of them are just entertaining to look at! Also, it would have been nice if they added a way to view the fights chronological order, especially when there are rematches involved, cuz the announcers will talk of the previous fights during a rematch, thus spoiling it to newcomer fans. But these complains are just minor, and doesnt really affect the overall experience, so its not worth deducting a point.
NOTE: Previous complains that Disc 5 and 6 are mislabelled/switched, this new set corrected it. And to those wondering why there are 2 of the same item in Amazon, but with different price this newer and cheaper one uses a regular Blu-ray case, while the expensive one is a digibook version with a booklet of some stuffs. But other than that, the video contents are EXACTLY the same, nothing was remastered or changed.
Heres the list of the fights per disc.
Disc One
100. UFC 80: Kelly vs. Taylor
99. UFC 31: Newton vs. Miletich
98. UFC Fight Night: Florian vs. Lauzon
97. UFC Fight Night: Evans vs. Salmon
96. UFC 60: Hughes vs. Gracie
95. UFC 90: Sherk vs. Griffin
94. UFC 32: Penn vs. Thomas
93. UFC 78: Alves vs. Lytle
92. UFC 39: Penn vs. Serra
91. The Ultimate Fighter: Franklin vs. Shamrock
90. UFC 41: Penn vs. Uno
89. UFC 66: Jardine vs. Griffin
88. UFC 67: Edgar vs. Griffin
87. UFC 54: Liddell vs. Horn
86. UFC 45: Tanner vs. Baroni
85. UFC 49: Parisyan vs. Diaz
84. UFC 30: Rizzo vs. Barnett
83. UFC 49: Liddell vs. White
82. UFC 54: St-Pierre vs. Trigg
81. The Ultimate Fighter: Koppenhaver vs. Rollins
Disc Two
80. UFC 42: Franklin vs. Tanner
79. UFC 69: Serra vs. St-Pierre
78. UFC 76: Jardine vs. Liddell
77. UFC Fight Night: Silva vs. Irvin
76. UFC 42: Hughes vs. Sherk
75. UFC 1: Gracie vs. Gordeau
74. UFC 58: Franklin vs. Loiseau
73. UFC 52: St-Pierre vs. Miller
72. UFC 92: Mir vs. Nogueira
71. Ultimate Ultimate 96: Frye vs. Abbott
70. UFC 17: Williams vs. Coleman
69. UFC 34: Penn vs. Uno
68. UFC 84: Machida vs. Ortiz
67. UFC 31: Carter vs. Serra
66. UFC 94: St-Pierre vs. Penn
65. UFC Fight Night: Fisher vs. Stout
64. UFC 62: Liddell vs. Sobral
63. UFC 50: Hughes vs. St-Pierre
62. UFC 72: Griffin vs. Guida
Disc Three
61. UFC 80: Penn vs. Stevenson
60. UFC 46: St-Pierre vs. Parisyan
59. UFC 91: Lesnar vs. Couture
58. UFC 38: Hughes vs. Newton
57. UFC 69: Huerta vs. Garcia
56. UFC 53: Franklin vs. Tanner
55. UFC 92: Evans vs. Griffin
54. UFC Fight Night: Silva vs. Leben
53. UFC 64: Sherk vs. Florian
52. UFC 40: Liddell vs. Sorbal
51. UFC 88: Evans vs. Liddell
50. UFC 92: Jackson vs. Silva
49. UFC 71: Alexander vs. Jardine
48. UFC 35: Pulver vs. Penn
47. UFC 31: Liddell vs. Randleman
46. UFC 71: Jackson vs. Liddell
45. The Ultimate Fighter: Smith vs. Sell
44. UFC 83: St-Pierre vs. Serra
43. UFC 45: Hughes vs. Trigg
42. UFC 56: St-Pierre vs. Sherk
Disc Four
41. UFC 81: Nogueira vs. Sylvia
40. UFC 15: Couture vs. Belfort
39. UFC 84: Silva vs. Jardine
38. UFC 31: Couture vs. Rizzo
37. UFC 3: Gracie vs. Leopoldo
36. UFC 52: Liddell vs. Couture
35. UFC 48: Mir vs. Sylvia
34. UFC 84: Penn vs. Sherk
33. UFC 63: Hughes vs. Penn
32. UFC 74: Couture vs. Gonzaga
31. UFC 75: Jackson vs. Henderson
30. UFC 46: Penn vs. Hughes
29. UFC 98: Machida vs. Evans
28. UFC 66: Liddell vs. Ortiz
27. UFC 44: Couture vs. Ortiz
26. UFC 87: St-Pierre vs. Fitch
25. UFC 57: Liddell vs. Couture
Disc Five
24. UFC 1: Gracie vs. Shamrock
23. UFC 65: St-Pierre vs. Hughes
22. The Ultimate Fighter: Huerta vs. Guida
21. UFC 43: Couture vs. Liddell
20. UFC 79: St-Pierre vs. Hughes
19. UFC 82: Silva vs. Henderson
18. UFC 47: Liddell vs. Ortiz
17. UFC 68: Couture vs. Sylvia
16. UFC 58: Stout vs. Fisher
15. UFC 85: Alves vs. Hughes
14. UFC 34: Hughes vs. Newton
13. The Ultimate Fighter: Sanchez vs. Guida
12. The Ultimate Fighter: Sanchez vs. Diaz
11. UFC 86: Griffin vs. Jackson
10. UFC 76: Griffin vs. Rua
9. UFC 70: Gonzaga vs. Cro Cop
8. UFC Fight Night: Sanchez vs. Parisyan
7. UFC 77: Silva vs. Franklin
Disc Six
6. UFC 64: Silva vs. Franklin
5. UFC 81: Mir vs. Lesnar
4. UFC 58: St-Pierre vs. Penn
3. UFC 52: Hughes vs. Trigg
2. UFC 79: Liddell vs. Silva
1. The Ultimate Fighter: Griffin vs. Bonnar
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This set features many classic fights and is a worthy addition to any fight fans library, but is mainly targeted for the casual fan.With that said, the set is missing many important, or otherwise, some of their greatest fights. When the concept of this set was created, SpikeTV listed X number of fights on their website and the fans voted the order. The top 100 from the poll were included in this set, in the order which they were voted. This created much controversy within the MMA community, when some of their biggest stars from the past and several key fights were nowhere found on the list of fights that the UFC allowed the fans to vote for.
Zuffa/UFC/Dana White decided to re-write history, by not including fights from fighters who were on bad terms with them or left to compete in rival promotions. Instead they only included bouts which shows their former draws lose to their current fighters (Tito Ortiz, Tim Sylvia, Nick Diaz, Josh Barnett, Ken Shamrock, and Vitor Belfort) or just pretend that others don't exist (Frank Shamrock & Andrei Arlovski). By them doing that, they ruined the credibility of a release that truly could have been something special.
Most notably are the lack of any Frank Shamrock fights (the UFC's first ever 5X MW/LHW Champ and their poster boy of the late 90's). Where's his stunning debut against the undefeated 2X Pan Ams champ Kevin Jackson? Where's his first title defense that ended with an absolutely brutal career ending KO? Where's the exciting grudge match against John Lober? Most importantly, where is his title defense against Tito Ortiz? It's a travesty that his title defense against Tito Ortiz is not included. The fight alone is widely regarded as the greatest fight of the UFC's pre-Zuffa era and is still regarded as not only one of the UFC's greatest fights, but as one of the greatest title fights in the short history of this sport we call MMA.
Shame on you Zuffa, UFC, and Dana White for trying to bury the past and re-write history to satisfy self-promotion, while giving the fighters who made the UFC what it is today a slap on the face.
A list of key fights that you won't find on this release and may want to look somewhere else, if you're expecting to find them here.
Frank Shamrock vs. Tito Ortiz, Igor Zinoviev, Kevin Jackson, and John Lober
Ken Shamrock vs. Tito Ortiz 1, Dan Severn 1, Kimo 1 & 2
Nick Diaz vs. Robbie Lawler
Tito Ortiz vs. Evan Tanner, Vitor Belfort, Guy Mezger 1 & 2, Ken Shamrock 1-3, Forrest Griffin
Yves Edwards vs. Josh Thomson
Marco Ruas vs. Paul Varelens
Vitor Belfort vs. Tank Abbott, Marvin Eastman, Wanderlei Silva, Tito Ortiz
Josh Barnett vs. Randy Couture
Ricco Rodriguez vs. Randy Couture, Andrei Arlovski, Tim Sylvia
Andrei Arlovski vs. Pedro Rizzo, Matyushenko, Tim Sylvia 1 & 2, Marcio Cruz, Cabbage
Mark Coleman vs. Mo Smith, Don Frye
With the exception of the Don Frye fight, all of Tank Abbott's infamous early fights, including the Oleg fight are missing.
If you're new to the sport and want to see a little history of the UFC first hand and watch some of their best fights that were omitted from this release because of politics, the list I provided should be a good start for you.
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All of these posts have NOTHING to do with this DVD, The product on this page is the ULTIMATE 100 GREATEST FIGHTS... Not UFC 100 which all of you are ranting and raving about... UFC 100 would never sell for $90... you are all tools.... this is a recap of the top 100 fights in the UFC, Fans voted for their favorite fights of all time, they had a series on Spike that lasted about 5 episodes briefly covering all 100 bouts, this DVD *probably* has the entire length of the 100 fights on it, instead of just the Highlights like the show. Ha, even the front of this DVD has Chuck Liddell and Wanderlei Silva on it, which was one of the most exciting fights of all time at UFC 79:Nemesis... Far from UFC 100, Next time you write a review and start telling everyone how great it is, make sure your writing a review on the correct product, in this case, the correct DVD. I do not own this DVD, and Im not saying what this DVD is or is not, but it is obviously not what the other posts are referring to. So Buyers beware, this product is not even for sale until November 2009, and the people below that are "Reviewing" this product, are sadly mistaken.Want UFC: Ultimate 100 Greatest Fights (2010) Discount?
The first and oft addressed issue with this set is that the list lacks some credibility. Certain fights weren't eligible to make the list because the winning fighters were on the outs with Dana White at the time. While Dana has done great things for the sport, this kind of manipulation is eventually going to be the thing that keeps this sport from becoming truly mainstream, the NFL wouldn't get away with that.That said, the fights that are included are for the most part great fights, the audio and video are the best available for each fight. Keep in mind a number of the early fights were shot in 4:3 format and in a quality only slightly better than VHS.
My biggest complaints about the set are in the actual quality of the DVD production. The menus are incredibly basic with a painful lack of useful information in them. Just seems lazy.
Even worse, though kind of funny, the discs themselves are mislabeled "Disc 6" is in fact Disc 5! Zuffa really aught to be able to hire a production team that can avoid silly mistakes like that!
Overall, it's a satisfactory product with a lot of great fights for the price! But it is a little lacking in polish.
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