UFC 23: Ultimate Japan 2 - Randleman Vs Williams - Official Event Program (1999)

Vintage Ultimate fighting Championship Official event Program

UFC 23 - Ultimate Japan 2

Kevin Randleman Vs Pete Williams

Featuring Legends and Pioneers such as Pedro Rizzo, Jason Delucia, Tsuyoshi Kosaka, Kevin Randleman, Eugen Jackson, Pete Williams & more

Good Condition for  its age - minor edge and surface wear - See photos for exact condition

UFC 23 was the second UFC event to take place in Tokyo, Japan, where the newly formed PRIDE Fighting Championships were enjoying massive success. UFC 23 was headlined by a Heavyweight Championship Title bout between Kevin Randleman and Pete Williams, held to determine the champion after Bas Rutten's retirement.

The event also featured a four-man "Japanese" tournament, held to crown the first ever UFC Japan Champion. The tournament was the first in the UFC since UFC 17, and the last one-night tournament held by the UFC (subsequent multiple-night tournaments have since taken place in 2003 at UFC 39 and UFC 41, and in 2012 at UFC on FX 2, UFC on FX 3, and UFC 152). SEG originally intended UFC Japan to be a separate company, run by local promoters, but due to mounting financial problems, a lack of cooperation from Japanese promoters, and the rise of the popular PRIDE and K-1 organizations, the idea was scrapped following UFC 25: Ultimate Japan 3.

UFC 23 was the first UFC event to not see a home video release, as SEG was nearing bankruptcy and struggling to keep the UFC alive through extremely limited pay per view in the US, as well as minor coverage in Brazil and Japan. UFC 23 has now been released as part of a DVD collection (UFC 21–30). It was also the first to feature James Werme who handled backstage interviews.

Bas Rutten announced at UFC 23 that he dropped his heavyweight championship title so he could drop down to middleweight to bring Frank Shamrock out of retirement to fight for the middleweight championship.

Results:
Main Card
Heavyweight     Kevin Randleman     def.     Pete Williams     Decision (unanimous)
Heavyweight     Pedro Rizzo     def.     Tsuyoshi Kosaka     TKO (referee stoppage due to strikes)
Middleweight     Joe Slick     def.     Jason DeLucia     TKO (verbal submission due to knee injury)
Middleweight     Eugene Jackson     def.     Keiichiro Yamamiya     KO (punch)  
UFC Japan Middleweight Tournament Finals
Middleweight     Kenichi Yamamoto     def.     Katsuhisa Fujii     Submission (kneebar) 
UFC Japan Middleweight Tournament Semifinals
Middleweight     Katsuhisa Fujii     def.     Masutatsu Yano     TKO (referee stoppage due to strikes)
Middleweight     Kenichi Yamamoto     def.     Daiju Takase     Decision (unanimous)

Hard to find piece of MMA history