UFC 155 Ultimate Japan 1 (1997)

UFC Japan Ultimate Japan aka UFC 155 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on December 21 1997 in Yokohama Japan The event was seen on pay per view in the United States on cable TV in Japan and was later released on home video It featured a fourman heavyweight tournament the first ever UFC Middleweight Championship bout a Heavyweight Championship bout a Superfight and was the first UFC appearance of MMA legends Kazushi Sakuraba and Frank Shamrock It was the first event to be located in a country other than the United States or its territories