Scott Ferrozzo is a retired American

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 mixed martial artist. He is perhaps best known for his fights in the early days of the Ultimate Fighting Championship

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.

UFC career

Ferrozzo first participated in the Ultimate Fighting Championship

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 at its UFC 8

UFC 8

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 event in 1996. He was defeated by Jerry Bohlander

Jerry Bohlander

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 via submission in the first round of the UFC 8 tournament.

Ferrozo returned to the UFC seven months later at UFC 11

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, defeating Sam Fulton in an alternate bout prior to the start of the pay-per-view

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 broadcast. By doing so, Ferrozzo secured a spot as an alternate on the card, which meant that if a fighter on the main card was unable to continue to the next round, Ferrozzo would be used as a substitute. He ended up replacing the man who defeated him at UFC 8, Jerry Bohlander, who was removed from the tournament due to injury. Ferrozzo stepped in and replaced him against Tank Abbott

Tank Abbott

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 in the semi-finals. Ferrozzo was able to score a unanimous decision victory over Abbott to advance to the final round against the reigning UFC Champion Mark Coleman

Mark Coleman

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. However, Ferrozzo was unable to continue after defeating Abbott due to fatigue as well as a cut sustained in his previous bout. Coleman was declared the UFC 11 champion by way of forfeit.

Ferrozzo's last UFC appearance came at UFC 12

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 in 1997, participating in the heavyweight tournament. He defeated Jim Mullen in his first match of the night before losing to Vitor Belfort

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 in the heavyweight finals. Following the loss to Belfort, Ferrozzo retired from MMA competition. Scott came out of retirement and lost a backyard match to Tank Abbott that went eighteen minutes. Much of the match was contested with Tank mounting and back mounting Ferrozzo, but unable to do major damage.

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| TKO (punches)
| UFC 12

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|Dothan, Alabama

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|   Jim Mullen
| TKO (punches)
| UFC 12

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|Dothan, Alabama

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|Win
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|   Tank Abbott

Tank Abbott

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| Decision (unanimous)
| UFC 11

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|Augusta, Georgia

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| Withdrew from tournament due to fatigue
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|   Sam Fulton
| Submission (strikes)
| UFC 11

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|Augusta, Georgia

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|   Steve Grinnow
| KO
| Atlanta Fights
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|Atlanta, Georgia

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|Loss
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|   Jerry Bohlander

Jerry Bohlander

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| Submission (guillotine choke)
| UFC 8

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|San Juan, Puerto Rico

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