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Who won UFC 1 in Denver in 1993?

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Royce Gracie won the first Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC 1) held in Denver in 1993. A practitioner of Brazilian jujitsu, Gracie defeated all of his opponents in the tournament, helping to bring mixed martial arts to the forefront of the sporting world.12