UFC 37.5

The fight card was headlined by a bout between top contenders Vitor Belfort and Chuck Liddell. UFC 37.5 was the first UFC event to feature Joe Rogan as a color commentator but he would leave again to host Fear Factor, and return at UFC 40. Joe made several UFC appearances prior to UFC 37.5 as the behind-the-scenes interviewer starting at UFC 12.

UFC 37.5 was a last-minute event specifically held to promote the UFC on Fox Sports Net's The Best Damn Sports Show Period, where the "best fight" of the night was to air during the BDSSP's "All Star Summer" celebration in June 2002.^[1] The fight aired was Steve Berger vs Robbie Lawler, which has the distinction of being the first mixed martial arts fight to be aired on US cable television.^[2]

The event featured only six fights, which is a much smaller card than others under the UFC banner at the time, and was the first event since UFC Japan not to be broadcast live on pay-per-view. The event was later broadcast on pay-per-view in its entirety. The number 37.5 was used because UFC 38 had already been announced and marketed in England, where the UFC was making their debut just three weeks later.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Light Heavyweight	Chuck Liddell	def.	Vitor Belfort	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28)	3	5:00
Welterweight	Benji Radach	def.	Nick Serra	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 30–27)	3	5:00
Welterweight	Pete Spratt	def.	Zach Light	Submission (armbar)	1	2:25
Welterweight	Robbie Lawler	def.	Steve Berger	TKO (punches)	2	0:27
Middleweight	Tony Fryklund	def.	Rodrigo Ruas	TKO (punches)	2	3:34
Lightweight	Yves Edwards	def.	Joao Marcos Pierini	TKO (injury)	1	1:19	^{[lower-alpha 1]}

↑ Pierini injured his shoulder falling to the mat after a high kick from Edwards.

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Fight Nights (on Spike TV)	UFN 1 UFN 2 UFN 3 UFN 4 UFN 5 UFN 6 Ortiz vs. Shamrock III Sanchez vs. Riggs Evans vs. Salmon Stevenson vs Guillard Stout vs. Fisher Thomas vs. Florian Swick vs. Burkman Florian vs. Lauzon Silva vs. Irvin Diaz vs. Neer Fight for the Troops Lauzon vs. Stephens Condit vs. Kampmann Diaz vs. Guillard Maynard vs. Diaz Florian vs. Gomi Marquardt vs. Palhares Fight for the Troops 2 Nogueira vs. Davis Shields vs. Ellenberger

UFC on Versus	Vera vs. Jones Jones vs. Matyushenko Sanchez vs. Kampmann Kongo vs. Barry Hardy vs. Lytle Cruz vs. Johnson

UFC on Fox	Velasquez vs. dos Santos Evans vs. Davis Diaz vs. Miller Shogun vs. Vera Henderson vs. Diaz Johnson vs. Dodson Henderson vs. Melendez Johnson vs. Moraga Johnson vs. Benavidez 2 Henderson vs. Thomson Werdum vs. Browne Lawler vs. Brown dos Santos vs. Miocic Gustafsson vs. Johnson Machida vs. Rockhold Dillashaw vs. Barão 2 dos Anjos vs. Cerrone 2 Johnson vs. Bader Nurmagomedov vs. Ferguson

UFC on FX	Guillard vs. Miller Alves vs. Kampmann Johnson vs. McCall Maynard vs. Guida Browne vs. Bigfoot Sotiropoulos vs. Pearson Belfort vs. Bisping Belfort vs. Rockhold

UFC on Fuel TV	Sanchez vs. Ellenberger Gustafsson vs. Silva Korean Zombie vs. Poirier Munoz vs. Weidman Struve vs. Miocic Franklin vs. Le Barão vs. McDonald Silva vs. Stann Mousasi vs. Latifi Nogueira vs. Werdum

Fight Nights (on Fox Sports 1, Fox Sports 2 or UFC Fight Pass)	Shogun vs. Sonnen Condit vs. Kampmann 2 Teixeira vs. Bader Maia vs. Shields Machida vs. Munoz Fight for the Troops 3 Belfort vs. Henderson Hunt vs. Bigfoot Saffiedine vs. Lim Rockhold vs. Philippou Machida vs. Mousasi Kim vs. Hathaway Gustafsson vs. Manuwa Shogun vs. Henderson 2 Nogueira vs. Nelson Bisping vs. Kennedy Brown vs. Silva Munoz vs. Mousasi Miocic vs. Maldonado Henderson vs. Khabilov Te Huna vs. Marquardt Swanson vs. Stephens Cerrone vs. Miller McGregor vs. Brandao Bader vs. Saint Preux Bisping vs. Le Henderson vs. dos Anjos Jacaré vs. Mousasi Bigfoot vs. Arlovski Hunt vs. Nelson Nelson vs. Story MacDonald vs. Saffiedine Rockhold vs. Bisping Shogun vs. Saint Preux Edgar vs. Swanson Machida vs. Dollaway McGregor vs. Siver Henderson vs. Thatch Bigfoot vs. Mir Maia vs. LaFlare Mendes vs. Lamas Gonzaga vs. Cro Cop 2 Miocic vs. Hunt Edgar vs. Faber Condit vs. Alves Boetsch vs. Henderson Jędrzejczyk vs. Penne Machida vs. Romero Mir vs. Duffee Bisping vs. Leites Teixeira vs. Saint Preux Holloway vs. Oliveira Barnett vs. Nelson Holohan vs. Smolka Belfort vs. Henderson 3 Magny vs. Gastelum Henderson vs. Masvidal Namajunas vs. VanZant Dillashaw vs. Cruz Hendricks vs. Thompson Cowboy vs. Cowboy Silva vs. Bisping Hunt vs. Mir Rothwell vs. dos Santos Overeem vs. Arlovski

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UFC 37.5

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