UFC 1 to UFC 300

[cws80us]

Haven't done this in a while, but since it's a momentous event, I'll give it a try again. The goal is to connect UFC 1 to UFC 300 by common opponents with the least steps possible. Best I was able to come up with was 6:

UFC 1 - Ken Shamrock vs Royce Gracie
UFC 60 - Royce Gracie vs Matt Hughes
UFC 63 - Matt Hughes vs BJ Penn
UFC 107 - BJ Penn vs Diego Sanchez
UFC 196 - Diego Sanchez vs Jim Miller
UFC 300 - Jim Miller vs Bobby Green

 

[Ares Black]

UFC 1 - Ken Shamrock vs Royce Gracie
UFC 60 - Royce Gracie vs Matt Hughes
UFC 85 - Matt Hughes vs Thiago Alves
UFC 205 - Thiago Alves vs Jim Miller
UFC 300 - Jim Miller vs Bobby Green

 

[Get To Da Choppa]

UFC 1 - Ken Shamrock vs Royce Gracie
UFC 40 - Ken Shamrock vs Tito Ortiz
UFC 132 - Tito vs Bader
UFC Fight Night 28 - Bader vs Glover
UFC 275 - Glover vs Jiri

Or UFC 283 - Glover vs Hill to connect the main events

 

[Koala]

UFC 1: Gracie vs Shamrock
UFC 40: Shamrock vs Tito
UFC 133 : Rashad vs Tito
UFC 225: Rashad vs Smith
UFC 301: Smith vs Petrino

 

[sadoquera]

UFC 1: Gracie vs Shamrock
UFC The Ultimate Fighter: Team Couture vs. Team Liddell Finale : Shamrock vs Franklin
UFC 88: Franklin vs Hammil
UFC 133: Hammil vs Gustaffson
UFC Fight Night: Arlovski vs. Barnett: Gustaffson vs Jan
UFC 295: Jan vs Poatã
UFC300: Poatã vs Hill

 

[Psychojoe86]

I don't remember who it was^^ But last time we did this - we found that one fighter was connected to everything @HI SCOTT NEWMAN

Travis Fulton

 

[cws80us]

UFC 1: Gracie vs Shamrock
UFC The Ultimate Fighter: Team Couture vs. Team Liddell Finale : Shamrock vs Franklin
UFC 88: Franklin vs Hammil
UFC 133: Hammil vs Gustaffson
UFC Fight Night: Arlovski vs. Barnett: Gustaffson vs Jan
UFC 295: Jan vs Poatã
UFC300: Poatã vs Hill

You could go Franklin - Silva, Silva - Izzy, Izzy - Pereria.

 

[Nintendo 64]

What's the longest chain though, that's the NP-hard question.

 

[sadoquera]

You could go Franklin - Silva, Silva - Izzy, Izzy - Pereria.

makes sense. i will look later, but I believe that might have a shortcut in hammil.

 

[nonoob]

I don't remember who it was^^ But last time we did this - we found that one fighter was connected to everything @HI SCOTT NEWMAN

@Slobodan, tell me if this is Isa's info-kitty...

 

[Pequeño Corey]

Royce vs Pat Smith
Pat Smith vs Ruas
Ruas vs Lambert
Lambert vs Shad
Shad vs Glover
Glover vs Hill

 

[Pequeño Corey]

Gracie vs Shamrock
Shamrock vs Mo Smith
Mo Smith vs Sobral
Sobral vs Shogun (Not UFC…)
Shogun vs OSP
OSP vs Hill

 

[Bullitt68]

Do all of the fights have to have happened in the UFC? If not, here's the shortest path that I could think of:

UFC 1 - Royce Gracie/Ken Shamrock
PRIDE 10 - Ken Shamrock/Kazuyuki Fujita
RIZIN 1 - Kazuyuki Fujita/Jiří Procházka
UFC 300 - Jiří Procházka/Aleksandar Rakić

 

[cws80us]

Do all of the fights have to have happened in the UFC? If not, here's the shortest path that I could think of:

UFC 1 - Royce Gracie/Ken Shamrock
PRIDE 10 - Ken Shamrock/Kazuyuki Fujita
RIZIN 1 - Kazuyuki Fujita/Jiří Procházka
UFC 300 - Jiří Procházka/Aleksandar Rakić

No hard rules. Very impressive!

 

[cws80us]

Royce vs Pat Smith
Pat Smith vs Ruas
Ruas vs Lambert
Lambert vs Shad
Shad vs Glover
Glover vs Hill

Using something other than Gracie vs Shamrock = bonus points!

 

[Bullitt68]

No hard rules. Very impressive!

Using something other than Gracie vs Shamrock = bonus points!

Six is the best that I could do:

UFC 1 - Ken Shamrock/Pat Smith
TITAN FC 13 - Pat Smith/Brad Imes
TUF 2 Finale - Brad Imes/Rashad Evans
UFC on Fox: Teixeira vs. Evans - Rashad Evans/Glover Teixeira
UFC 275 - Glover Texeira/Jiří Procházka
UFC 300 - Jiří Procházka/Aleksandar Rakić