UFC 8

UFC 8: David vs. Goliath
A poster or logo for UFC 8: David vs. Goliath.
Information
Promotion	Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date	February 16, 1996
Venue	Ruben Rodriguez Coliseum
City	Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Attendance	13,000
Buyrate	300,000
Event chronology
Ultimate Ultimate 1995 UFC 8: David vs. Goliath UFC 9: Motor City Madness

UFC 8: David vs. Goliath was a mixed martial arts (MMA) pay-per-view event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on February 16, 1996, at Ruben Rodriguez Coliseum in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. It was the first and only UFC event in Puerto Rico to date, and was later released on home video.

UFC 8 featured an eight-man tournament, and a UFC Superfight Championship fight between reigning UFC champion Ken Shamrock and Kimo Leopoldo. The event also featured one alternate fight, which was not shown on the live pay-per-view broadcast. The tournament had no weight classes, or weight limits. A 10-minute time limit was imposed for all matches in the tournament except Superfight and final (15 minutes).

The event's matchups pitted larger fighters against smaller fighters, hence the term "David vs. Goliath". Local promoter for the historical first and only professional mixed martial arts event was Richy Miranda-Cortese, whose company Sports & Entertainment Ltd had to take local Government officials to Federal Court in order to avoid cancellation of the event by the Government. Among those government officials was Governor Pedro Rosselló and Sports and Recreation Director Erick Labrador. The presentation of the event developed into a new boxing commission rules and regulations and Imposition of a banning Law that was later overturned after Miranda-Cortese fought it in court.

The tournament championship fight featured Don Frye against Gary Goodridge, with Frye taking the victory when Goodridge tapped out.