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Uesugi clan
The Uesugi clan (上杉氏) was a Japanese warrior family that served the Ashikaga shoguns as hereditary deputies over the Kantō region, later led by Uesugi Kenshin and based at Yonezawa.
Uesugi Kagekatsu
Uesugi Kagekatsu (上杉景勝) was a Japanese daimyō, nephew and adopted son of Uesugi Kenshin, who led the Uesugi clan from 1578 until his death in 1623.
Uesugi Kagetora
Uesugi Kagetora (上杉景虎) was a Sengoku-period Japanese warlord, a son of Hōjō Ujiyasu adopted by Uesugi Kenshin, who killed himself in 1579 after losing the Ōtate succession war to Uesugi Kagekatsu.
Uesugi Kenshin (上杉謙信)
Uesugi Kenshin (上杉謙信, 1530–1578), born Nagao Kagetora, was a Sengoku daimyō of Echigo, Kantō kanrei from 1561, devotee of Bishamonten, and rival of Takeda Shingen in the Kawanakajima battles; he died suddenly in 1578 before marching on the capital.
Uesugi Norizane
Uesugi Norizane (上杉憲実, 1410–1466) was a Japanese warlord of the Muromachi period who served as Kantō kanrei, helped end the Eikyō War of 1439, and revived the Ashikaga Gakkō academy.
Uesugi Yōzan
Uesugi Yōzan (上杉鷹山), formally Uesugi Harunori (1751–1822), was the ninth lord of Yonezawa Domain in Japan, remembered as a model Edo-period ruler whose reforms restored the domain's finances.
Ufa (Уфа)
Ufa (Уфа) is the capital of Bashkortostan, Russia, founded as a fortress in 1574, a city of 1.19 million known for oil refining, machine building, and chemicals.
Ufa Directory
The Ufa Directory (Уфимская директория), formally the Provisional All-Russian Government, was a five-member anti-Bolshevik government created at Ufa in September 1918 and overthrown by Admiral Kolchak's coup at Omsk in November 1918.
UFA GmbH
UFA GmbH is a Berlin-based German film and TV production company under Fremantle (RTL Group/Bertelsmann), carrying the brand of the 1917 Universum-Film AG; its units include UFA Fiction, Serial Drama, Show & Factual, Documentary, and Mitte.
UFC 1
UFC 1 (UFC 1: The Beginning), the first Ultimate Fighting Championship event, held November 12, 1993 in Denver; an eight-man, near-ruleless tournament won by Royce Gracie, founding modern MMA.
UFC 100
UFC 100 (Lesnar vs. Mir II) was a UFC pay-per-view held July 11, 2009 at Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas; Lesnar TKO'd Frank Mir, St-Pierre beat Alves, Henderson KO'd Bisping, gate $5.1 million, about 1.2 million US buys.
UFC 178
UFC 178: Johnson vs. Cariaso, a UFC event on September 27, 2014 at MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas; Demetrious Johnson's fifth flyweight title defense, Cerrone-Alvarez, McGregor-Poirier, and Cruz's 61-second return.
UFC 182
UFC 182: Jones vs. Cormier, January 3, 2015, MGM Grand Garden Arena; Jon Jones beat Daniel Cormier by unanimous decision (49-46 x3) for his eighth light heavyweight title defense; 11,575 attendance, $3.7 million gate, 740,000-820,000 PPV buys.
UFC 189
UFC 189: Mendes vs. McGregor, July 11, 2015, MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas. McGregor TKO'd short-notice replacement Chad Mendes for the interim featherweight title; Lawler retained welterweight gold against MacDonald.
UFC 190
UFC 190 (Rousey vs. Correia), August 1, 2015, HSBC Arena, Rio de Janeiro: Ronda Rousey defended the women's bantamweight title by knocking out Bethe Correia in 34 seconds, her sixth defense, before 900,000-plus pay-per-view buys.
UFC 191
UFC 191: Johnson vs. Dodson 2 was a UFC pay-per-view on September 5, 2015 in Las Vegas, where Demetrious Johnson defended the flyweight title against John Dodson, with Arlovski-Mir as co-main.
UFC 192
UFC 192 was a 2015 mixed martial arts event by the Ultimate Fighting Championship at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, headlined by Daniel Cormier versus Alexander Gustafsson.
UFC 193
UFC 193 (Rousey vs. Holm) was a UFC pay-per-view held November 14, 2015 at Etihad Stadium, Melbourne, before a record 56,214 fans. Holly Holm knocked out favored Ronda Rousey in round two; Jędrzejczyk retained her strawweight title.
UFC 194
UFC 194: Aldo vs. McGregor, a UFC pay-per-view on December 12, 2015 at MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, where Conor McGregor knocked out Jose Aldo in 13 seconds to unify the featherweight title, the fastest finish in UFC title-bout history, with Luke Rockhold winning the middleweight belt in the co-main.
UFC 195
UFC 195: Lawler vs. Condit, UFC pay-per-view, January 2, 2016, MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas. Robbie Lawler retained the welterweight title by split decision over Carlos Condit despite Condit landing 176 significant strikes to Lawler's 92; Stipe Miocic knocked out Andrei Arlovski in 54 seconds.
UFC 196
UFC 196: McGregor vs. Diaz, UFC pay-per-view, March 5, 2016, MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas. Nate Diaz submitted Conor McGregor at 170 lb after dos Anjos withdrew; Miesha Tate dethroned Holly Holm.
UFC 197
UFC 197: Jones vs. Saint Preux, UFC event, April 23, 2016, MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas; Jon Jones won the interim light heavyweight title over Ovince Saint Preux, and Demetrious Johnson TKO'd Henry Cejudo for his eighth flyweight title defense.
UFC 198
UFC 198: Werdum vs. Miocic, a UFC pay-per-view on May 14, 2016 at Arena da Baixada, Curitiba, Brazil, before about 45,000 fans; Stipe Miocic knocked out champion Fabricio Werdum at 2:47 of round 1 to win the heavyweight title.
UFC 199
UFC 199: Rockhold vs. Bisping 2, UFC pay-per-view event, June 4, 2016, The Forum, Inglewood, California. Michael Bisping KO'd Luke Rockhold in round 1 (3:36) on 17 days' notice to win the middleweight title; Cruz defended against Faber.
UFC 2
UFC 2 (No Way Out), held March 11, 1994 at Mammoth Gardens, Denver, was the UFC's only 16-man one-night openweight tournament; Royce Gracie won four fights in about nine minutes for his second title.
UFC 200
UFC 200, also billed Tate vs. Nunes, was a UFC mixed martial arts event on July 9, 2016 at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas. Amanda Nunes won the women's bantamweight title; Brock Lesnar returned to beat Mark Hunt by decision.
UFC 201
UFC 201: Lawler vs. Woodley, a UFC pay-per-view held July 30, 2016 at Philips Arena, Atlanta; Tyron Woodley knocked out Robbie Lawler in 2:12 of round 1 to win the welterweight title, with Kowalkiewicz beating Namajunas by split decision.
UFC 202
UFC 202: Diaz vs. McGregor 2, a UFC pay-per-view held August 20, 2016 at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, where Conor McGregor beat Nate Diaz by majority decision to even their rivalry 1-1; co-main Anthony Johnson 13-second KO.
UFC 203
UFC 203: Miocic vs. Overeem, a UFC pay-per-view held September 10, 2016 in Cleveland; Stipe Miocic TKO'd Alistair Overeem to defend the heavyweight title, and CM Punk lost his UFC debut to Mickey Gall.
UFC 204
UFC 204: Bisping vs. Henderson 2, a UFC pay-per-view on October 8, 2016 at Manchester Arena, England, where Michael Bisping retained the middleweight title against Dan Henderson by unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 49-46) in Henderson's retirement fight.