2000 in UFC

The year 2000 was the 8th year in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. In 2000 the UFC held 6 events beginning with, UFC 24: First Defense.

2000 in UFC
Information
First date	March 10, 2000
Last date	December 16, 2000
Events
Total events	6
UFC	6
Fights
Total fights	44
Title fights	6
Chronology
1999 in UFC 2000 in UFC 2001 in UFC

Title fights

Title fights in 2000
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Event	Notes
Light Heavyweight	Tito Ortiz	def.	Wanderlei Silva	Decision (unanimous)	5	5:00	UFC 25	[a]
Welterweight	Pat Miletich (c)	def.	John Alessio	Submission (armbar)	2	1:43	UFC 26	[b]
Heavyweight	Kevin Randleman (c)	def.	Pedro Rizzo	Decision (unanimous)	5	5:00	UFC 26	[c]
Heavyweight	Randy Couture	def.	Kevin Randleman (c)	TKO (punches)	3	4:13	UFC 28	[d]
Welterweight	Pat Miletich (c)	def.	Kenichi Yamamoto	Submission (guillotine choke)	2	1:57	UFC 29	[e]
Light Heavyweight	Tito Ortiz (c)	def.	Yuki Kondo	Submission (cobra choke)	1	1:51	UFC 29	[f]

1. For the vacant UFC Light Heavyweight Championship.
2. For the UFC Welterweight Championship.
3. For the UFC Heavyweight Championship.
4. For the UFC Heavyweight Championship.
5. For the UFC Welterweight Championship.
6. For the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship.

Debut UFC fighters

The following fighters fought their first UFC fight in 2000:

Aaron Brink Adrian Serrano Alex Stiebling Alexandre Dantas Andrei Arlovski Ben Earwood Bob Cook Bobby Hoffman Brad Gumm Chris Lytle CJ Fernandes Dave Menne David Dodd

David Velasquez Dennis Hallman Gan McGee Ian Freeman Ikuhisa Minowa Jeff Monson Jermaine Andre Joao Roque John Alessio Josh Barnett Koji Oishi Lance Gibson Marcelo Aguiar Mark Hughes

Matt Lindland Murilo Bustamante Nate Schroeder Renato Sobral Sanae Kikuta Satoshi Honma Scott Adams Shonie Carter Tedd Williams Tiki Ghosn Tyrone Roberts Yuki Kondo

Events list

Main article: List of UFC events

#	Event	Date	Venue	Location	Attendance
033	UFC 29: Defense of the Belts	Dec 16, 2000	Differ Ariake Arena	Tokyo, Japan	1,414[1]
032	UFC 28: High Stakes	Nov 17, 2000	Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort	Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.	—
031	UFC 27: Ultimate Bad Boyz	Sep 22, 2000	Lakefront Arena	New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.	—
030	UFC 26: Ultimate Field Of Dreams	Jun 9, 2000	Five Seasons Events Center	Cedar Rapids, Iowa, U.S.	1,100[2]
029	UFC 25: Ultimate Japan 3	Apr 14, 2000	Yoyogi National Gymnasium	Tokyo, Japan	—
028	UFC 24: First Defense	Mar 10, 2000	Lake Charles Civic Center	Lake Charles, Louisiana, U.S.	—

UFC 27: Ultimate Bad Boyz

UFC 27 was an event held in New Orleans, Louisiana, on September 22, 2000, and the last event held by the UFC before its adoption of the new "Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts".

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Heavyweight	Pedro Rizzo	def.	Dan Severn	TKO (leg kicks)	1	1:33
Heavyweight	Maurice Smith	def.	Bobby Hoffman	Decision (Majority)	3	5:00
Middleweight	Jeremy Horn	def.	Eugene Jackson	Submission (armbar)	1	4:32	[a]
Lightweight	Fabiano Iha	def.	LaVerne Clark	Submission (armbar)	1	1:10	[b]
Middleweight	Yuki Kondo	def.	Alexandre Dantas	TKO (Punches)	3	2:28	[c]
Heavyweight	Ian Freeman	def.	Tedd Williams	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Preliminary Card
Heavyweight	Jeff Monson	def.	Tim Lajcik	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Lightweight	Brad Gumm	vs	CJ Fernandes	Draw	3	5:00	[d]

1. Light Heavyweight under modern classification
2. Welterweight under modern classification
3. Light Heavyweight under modern classification
4. Welterweight under modern classification

See also

• UFC
• List of UFC champions
• List of UFC events