UFC 32

UFC 32: Showdown in the Meadowlands
Information
Promotion	Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date	June 29, 2001
Venue	Continental Airlines Arena
City	East Rutherford, New Jersey
Attendance	12,500
Event chronology
UFC 31: Locked and Loaded UFC 32: Showdown in the Meadowlands UFC 33: Victory in Vegas

UFC 32: Showdown in the Meadowlands was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship at the Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey on June 29, 2001.

History

The card was headlined by the first Light Heavyweight Championship Bout (previously called "Middleweight") between Tito Ortiz and Elvis Sinosic.

The event also featured the first appearance of future Heavyweight Champion Ricco Rodriguez.

UFC 32 marked the last appearance of longtime commentator Jeff Blatnick, who had been with the UFC since UFC 4.

The event poster shows the towers of the World Trade Center in the background. Less than 3 months after the event, they were destroyed in the September 11 attacks.

The event was seen live on pay per view in the United States, and later released on home video.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Light Heavyweight	Tito Ortiz (c)	def.	Elvis Sinosic	TKO (punches and elbows)	1	3:32	[lower-alpha 1]
Lightweight	B.J. Penn	def.	Din Thomas	TKO (strikes)	1	2:42
Heavyweight	Josh Barnett	def.	Semmy Schilt	Submission (armbar)	1	4:21
Welterweight	Pat Miletich	def.	Shonie Carter	KO (head kick)	2	2:42
Lightweight	Caol Uno	def.	Fabiano Iha	KO (punches)	1	1:48
Light Heavyweight	Vladimir Matyushenko	def.	Yuki Kondo	Unanimous decision	3	5:00
Preliminary Card
Heavyweight	Ricco Rodriguez	def.	Andrei Arlovski	TKO (strikes)	3	1:23
Lightweight	Tony DeSouza	def.	Paul Rodriguez	Submission (choke)	1	1:05

1. For the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship.

See also

• Ultimate Fighting Championship
• List of UFC champions
• List of UFC events
• 2001 in UFC

External links

• UFC32 results at Sherdog.com
• Official UFC website
• UFC32 fights review