UFC 1 to UFC 295 (degrees of separation)

[Skarsgard]

I once did degrees of separation between my first band (a local demo band from FL) to Hatebreed in less than 6. I can do the same with Agnostic Front or Madball.

There was this local-ish black metal band out of Columbia, Mo that was fairly talented. Didn't hear much out of them after their first release, so I looked up their projects. Apparently their lead vocalist is touring with Nile now.

 

[TheTickG]

UFC 1 Royce Gracie vs Ken Shamrock
UFC 40 Ken Shamrock vs Tito Ortiz
UFC 73 Tito Ortiz vs Rashad Evans
UFC on FOX 19 Rashad Evans vs Glover Texeira
UFC 275 Glover Texeira vs Jiri Prochazka
UFC 295 Jiri Prochazka vs Alex Pereira

That's the best I got. 6 degrees. Can you beat it?

Does it have to be UFC only?

Ken vs Royce
Either vs Saku
Saku vs Rampage
Rampage vs King Mo
King Mo vs Jiri

Ken vs Royce
Either vs Saku
Saku vs Crocop
Crocop vs King Mo
King Mo vs Jiri