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Event
UFC 3 The American Dream

Date
Fri 9th September 1994 (UTC)
Fri 9th September 1994 (Local)

Timestamp
1994-09-09T00:00:00

Time
00:00:00 UTC

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League
UFC

Season
1994

Round
2

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Location
Grady Cole Center

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Description
The Ultimate Fighting Championship III (later renamed UFC 3: The American Dream) was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on September 9, 1994, at Grady Cole Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. The event was seen live on pay-per-view in the United States, and was later released on home video.

History
UFC 3 used an eight-man tournament format, with the winner receiving $60,000. The tournament had no weight classes or weight limits. Each match had no time limit or rounds; therefore no judges were used for the night. Competitors could only win a match by submission, throwing in the towel, knockout, or referee stoppage. This event marked the first time the referee was given the authority to stop the contest. The referee for the night was once again "Big" John McCarthy.

Replacement fighter Steve Jennum won the tournament by defeating Harold Howard via submission due to strikes, despite only fighting in the finals. Jennum was a replacement for Ken Shamrock, who made it to the finals but withdrew due to injury. This was the first UFC tournament that was not won by Royce Gracie, who won his quarterfinal fight but withdrew as the semifinal fight was about to start, likely due to fatigue from the previous round. After Jennum won UFC 3 as an alternate, UFC instituted alternate qualifying bouts to balance out fatigue, and to lessen the advantage that alternates previously had entering the tournament without fighting quarterfinal bouts.


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05				Ken Shamrock	WIN

Result Description
Final
Steve Jennum def. Harold Howard Submission (punches) 1:27

Semifinals
Ken Shamrock def. Felix Mitchell Submission (rear-naked choke) 4:34

Quarterfinals
Keith Hackney def. Emmanuel Yarborough TKO (punches) 1:59
Ken Shamrock def. Christophe Leininger Submission (punches) 4:49
Harold Howard def. Roland Payne KO (punch) 0:46
Royce Gracie def. Kimo Leopoldo Submission (armlock) 4:40


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