I am a kickboxer who won the first ever UFC fight but never returned when legend killed my dream [Video]

Gerard Gordeau’s UFC career could’ve looked far different if he escaped the clinch of Royce Gracie 31 years ago.

The Dutch kickboxer won the first-ever bout in the Ultimate Fighting Championship but later tapped to Brazil’s Gracie and never fought for the promotion again.

The month of November is a significant period for Dana White and the UFC every calendar year.

November 12, 1993, witnessed the UFC’s first-ever MMA event and this year marks its 31st anniversary.

Held live in Denver, Colorado, eight of the deadliest fighters in the world came face-to-face for the first time.

The reason was simple – could a boxer beat a jiu-jitsu guy? Debates in the MMA community at the time often involved conversations regarding the superior fighting technique.

On that night in November, MMA fans finally started to construct an answer for the first time to those debates.

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