UFC: Ultimate Ultimate 96

The event closed the promotion’s run of openweight tournaments with a “champion vs. champion” bracket featuring past winners and finalists. Don Frye submitted Tank Abbott to win the tournament, capping one of the most violent stretches of the early era. The night introduced the no fence-grabbing rule and marked the final UFC appearances of Frye and Ken Shamrock for years, with Shamrock soon leaving to join the WWF.