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10 Best Movies Like UFC 1: The Beginning

If you loved UFC 1: The Beginning, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Never Back Down 2: The Beatdown

Never Back Down 2: The Beatdown

2011★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to UFC 1: The Beginning for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Four fighters from different backgrounds come together to train under an ex MMA rising star and then ultimately have to fight each other and the traitor in their midst....

#2
Born a Champion

Born a Champion

2021★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to UFC 1: The Beginning for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

After a blood- soaked jujitsu match in Dubai, fighting legend Mickey Kelley falls to superstar Blaine. But years later, an online video proves that Blaine cheated, and the world de...

#3
Never Back Down: No Surrender

Never Back Down: No Surrender

2016★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to UFC 1: The Beginning for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Picking up after the events of Never Back Down 2, former MMA champion Case Walker is on the comeback trail to become champion once again....

#4
Cagefighter: Worlds Collide

Cagefighter: Worlds Collide

2020★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to UFC 1: The Beginning for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Reiss is the greatest champion to ever fight in a LEGENDS cage. But when promoter Max Black pits him against wrestling superstar Randy Stone, Reiss finds himself in the toughest fi...

#5
Female Fight Squad

Female Fight Squad

2017★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to UFC 1: The Beginning for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A former fighter reluctantly returns to the life she abandoned in order to help her sister survive the sadistic world of illegal fighting and the maniac who runs it....

#6
Shootfighter: Fight to the Death

Shootfighter: Fight to the Death

1993★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to UFC 1: The Beginning for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Nick and Ruben are hoodwinked into a "shootfighter" (no-holds-barred, to the death) martial arts match by the evil Mr. Lee, who has a grudge against world shootfighter champ(and te...

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