Dan Severn was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame during UFC 52.

He has an official UFC Record of 70-13-7 (W-L-D) and a professional MMA Record of 101-19-7. Along with being a UFC Hall of Famer, he is also a former UFC Superfight Champion!

In 1994, Dan started competing in the Ultimate Fighting Championships.

He was the first world-class wrestler to enter the UFC, foreshadowing the period of dominance by wrestlers such as Don Frye in UFC 8 and 9 and Mark Coleman in UFC 10 and 11. Dan entered the UFC in 1994 at UFC 4: Revenge of the Warriors, where he impressed many UFC fans by executing two impressive back suplexs on Anthony Macias.