UFC 2

E578703

Ultimate Fighting Championship event mixed martial arts event

UFC 2 was an early Ultimate Fighting Championship event in 1994 that helped popularize mixed martial arts, notably showcasing Royce Gracie’s dominance in no-holds-barred tournament competition.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
UFC 2 canonical	3
UFC 2: No Way Out	1
UFC 3	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6219672 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: UFC 2
Context triple: [Royce Gracie, wonTournament, UFC 2]

A. UFC 1
UFC 1 was the first-ever Ultimate Fighting Championship event, a 1993 mixed martial arts tournament that introduced the UFC to the world and helped popularize modern MMA.
B. UFC 46
UFC 46 was a 2004 Ultimate Fighting Championship event notable for featuring the promotional debut of future welterweight legend Georges St-Pierre.
C. UFC 100
UFC 100 was a landmark mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship, widely remembered for its blockbuster card featuring stars like Brock Lesnar and its record-breaking popularity.
D. UFC 91
UFC 91 was a 2008 mixed martial arts event headlined by Brock Lesnar’s championship-winning performance in the UFC heavyweight division.
E. UFC 81
UFC 81 was a mixed martial arts pay-per-view event headlined by former WWE star Brock Lesnar’s highly anticipated early-career fight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: UFC 2
Target entity description: UFC 2 was an early Ultimate Fighting Championship event in 1994 that helped popularize mixed martial arts, notably showcasing Royce Gracie’s dominance in no-holds-barred tournament competition.

A. UFC 1
UFC 1 was the first-ever Ultimate Fighting Championship event, a 1993 mixed martial arts tournament that introduced the UFC to the world and helped popularize modern MMA.
B. UFC 46
UFC 46 was a 2004 Ultimate Fighting Championship event notable for featuring the promotional debut of future welterweight legend Georges St-Pierre.
C. UFC 100
UFC 100 was a landmark mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship, widely remembered for its blockbuster card featuring stars like Brock Lesnar and its record-breaking popularity.
D. UFC 91
UFC 91 was a 2008 mixed martial arts event headlined by Brock Lesnar’s championship-winning performance in the UFC heavyweight division.
E. UFC 81
UFC 81 was a mixed martial arts pay-per-view event headlined by former WWE star Brock Lesnar’s highly anticipated early-career fight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Ultimate Fighting Championship event ⓘ mixed martial arts event ⓘ
broadcastOn	pay-per-view ⓘ
city	Denver ⓘ linked to: Denver, Colorado
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
date	1994-03-11 ⓘ
era	early no-holds-barred period of UFC ⓘ
eventNumber	2 ⓘ
followedBy	UFC 3 ⓘ
format	single-night tournament ⓘ
headliner	Royce Gracie ⓘ
matchmaker	Art Davie ⓘ
methodOfVictoryOptions	corner stoppage ⓘ fighter quitting ⓘ knockout ⓘ referee stoppage ⓘ submission ⓘ
notableFighter	Albert Tuli ⓘ Andre Van Den Oetelaar ⓘ Fred Ettish ⓘ Jason DeLucia ⓘ Johnny Rhodes ⓘ Minoki Ichihara ⓘ Orlando Wiet ⓘ Patrick Smith ⓘ Ray Wizard ⓘ Remco Pardoel ⓘ Robert Lucarelli ⓘ Royce Gracie ⓘ Scott Morris ⓘ
numberOfFights	15 ⓘ
organizer	Art Davie ⓘ
precededBy	UFC 1 ⓘ
promotion	Ultimate Fighting Championship ⓘ
referee	John McCarthy ⓘ
rules	no biting or eye-gouging ⓘ no judges ⓘ no rounds ⓘ no time limits ⓘ no weight classes ⓘ
shortName	UFC 2: No Way Out ⓘ linked to: UFC 2
significance	demonstrated effectiveness of Brazilian jiu-jitsu in MMA ⓘ early showcase of no-holds-barred mixed martial arts ⓘ helped popularize the Ultimate Fighting Championship ⓘ
state	Colorado ⓘ
tournamentFinalBout	Royce Gracie vs Patrick Smith ⓘ
tournamentFinalResult	Royce Gracie defeated Patrick Smith by submission ⓘ
tournamentSize	16-man tournament ⓘ
tournamentWinner	Royce Gracie ⓘ
venue	Mammoth Gardens ⓘ
year	1994 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Royce Gracie → wonTournament → UFC 2 ⓘ

Kimo Leopoldo → competedIn → UFC 3 ⓘ

linked to: UFC 2

Patrick Smith → competedIn → UFC 2 ⓘ

Royce Gracie → competedIn → UFC 2 ⓘ

subject linked to: Royce

UFC 2 → shortName → UFC 2: No Way Out ⓘ