Flashback Friday: UFC 32: Showdown in the Meadowlands

After a few events at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA for their past few shows, UFC travelled to East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA for UFC 32. Headlining the show, one of UFC's most dominant fighters at the time, Tito Ortiz, returned to fight rising light heavyweight Elvis Sinosic. Here's how … Continue reading Flashback Friday: UFC 32: Showdown in the Meadowlands →

Flashback Friday: UFC 32: Showdown in the Meadowlands Play-by-Play

This is the play-by-play to accompany this week's Flashback Friday article. The main article can be viewed here. Quick Results: Prelims: Bout 1: Tony DeSouza def. Paul Rodriguez via Submission, Guillotine Choke Bout 2: Ricco Rodriguez def. Andrei Arlovski via TKO, Punches (RD 3, 1:23) Main Card: Bout 3: Vladimir Matyushenko def. Yuki Kondo via … Continue reading Flashback Friday: UFC 32: Showdown in the Meadowlands Play-by-Play →

Flashback Friday: UFC 30: Battle on the Boardwalk

The year is 2001, and big changes are coming to the UFC. Their former owners SEG are now out of the picture, and Zuffa has taken their place. Kicking off their ownership, Zuffa held UFC 30: Battle on the Boardwalk from the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA. Printed on the cover … Continue reading Flashback Friday: UFC 30: Battle on the Boardwalk →

Flashback Friday: UFC 29: Defense of the Belts

To finish off their 2000 year, UFC went to Japan once again. Actually in retrospect it’s better put that UFC came to Japan for the last time in the 00’s, as the promotion returned again in 2012. This card, which was stacked for 2000’s UFC standards, was headlined by Yuki Kondo challenging for Tito Ortiz’s … Continue reading Flashback Friday: UFC 29: Defense of the Belts →

Flashback Friday: UFC 27: Ultimate Bad Boyz

In September of 2000, UFC returned with UFC 27: Ultimate Bad Boyz. In the main event of the show, Pedro Rizzo came back from a loss to fight Dan Severn in the main event. Severn was fighting in the promotion since his early run. Let’s look at the entire UFC 27 card from the Lake … Continue reading Flashback Friday: UFC 27: Ultimate Bad Boyz →

Flashback Friday: UFC 24: First Defense

Today, we take a look at the first UFC event of the year 2000. The event saw the first win in Jens Pulver’s UFC career, previously going to a draw. This show was a great example of the weird things that made MMA what it is. The main event was meant to be the UFC … Continue reading Flashback Friday: UFC 24: First Defense →