List of UFC champions
Superfight Championship (defunct)
An openweight title used before the introduction of weight classes in 1997. It was designed to create a reigning UFC Champion for the UFC tournament winners to challenge.

List of UFC champions

Section Title: Superfight Championship (defunct)
Table Section Text: An openweight title used before the introduction of weight classes in 1997. It was designed to create a reigning UFC Champion for the UFC tournament winners to challenge.

No.	Name	Event	Date	Reign	Defenses

Ken Shamrock and Royce Gracie fought to a draw on April 7, 1995 at UFC 5 in Charlotte, NC, US for the inaugural Superfight title.

1	United States Ken Shamrock def. Dan Severn	UFC 6 Casper, WY, US	Jul 14, 1995	308 days	1. drew with Oleg Taktarov at UFC 7 on Sep 8, 1995 2.

2	United States Dan Severn	UFC 9 Detroit, MI, US	May 17, 1996	266 days

Mark Coleman defeated Severn on February 7, 1997 at UFC 12 in Dothan, AL, US. This bout unified the UFC Superfight Championship with the UFC Tournament Championship to determine the inaugural UFC Heavyweight Champion.

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Taktarov fought with Ken Shamrock in UFC 7 for the UFC Superfight Championship.

final_sentence: Taktarov fought with Ken Shamrock in UFC 7 for the UFC Superfight Championship.