The 5 heaviest fighters in UFC history

#2 Teila Tuli – 414lbs

The second-heaviest man in UFC history only competed inside the Octagon once, but it was a pretty famous fight. A former sumo wrestler who reached the level of makushita – the third-highest ranking in the sport – Tuli entered into the inaugural UFC tournament and took part in the first televised fight in UFC history, where he faced off with Dutch savateur Gerard Gordeau. Amongst his fellow combatants, though, Tuli had already gained some fame.

Not for his size, either. Although he was by far the biggest man in the initial line-up of eight fighters, he gained notoriety amongst them by being the one to stop a pre-event meeting with the attitude of a true fighter. When the other fighters were quibbling over the rules – or lack thereof – of the first UFC, it was Tuli who stood up and apparently said he didn’t know about any of the others, but he was here to fight tomorrow.

The fight, of course, didn’t go his way. He was stopped when Gordeau landed a head kick that knocked a number of his teeth out. Some of them remained embedded in the Dutchman’s shin and stayed there for the rest of the tournament, even. It was the first sign that size wasn’t everything in a “real fight”.

Tuli never fought again, but ended up going into acting. He had a cameo in the movie Forgetting Sarah Marshall which starred Jason Segel and Mila Kunis, and currently has a reoccurring role in the hit TV series Hawaii Five-O. And in the world of MMA, thanks to his role in the UFC’s first fight, he’ll never be forgotten.