UFC 29

History

The event was the last UFC to be held in Japan until the UFC visited the country again during UFC 144, and the last event to be promoted by "UFC-J", the UFC's Japanese counterpart. As the name implies, the card featured two title defenses, featuring Light Heavyweight Champion Tito Ortiz, and Lightweight Champion Pat Miletich.{{cite web | url = http://www.boutreview.com/news/total/0011a.html#14ufc | script-title=ja:ティト×近藤決定。ヤマケン、ミレティッチに一本勝ち宣言 | year = 2000 | publisher = Muscle Brain's BoutReview | location = Tokyo | language = ja |trans-title=Tito vs. Kondo, Yamamoto vs. Miletich: Fight Results | access-date = Sep 19, 2012}}

UFC 29 is notable for featuring one of the few UFC losses by future longtime Welterweight Champion Matt Hughes, who was submitted in just 20 seconds by Dennis Hallman. The event also featured the first televised UFC appearance of Olympic silver medalist Matt Lindland. It was also the first UFC card to have music played in between rounds, and a different theme than the standard UFC entrance theme. A local ring announcer was used instead of the usual Bruce Buffer.

UFC 29 was broadcast in Japan on January 7, 2001, well after the event, by the Japanese satellite television channel Sky Sports, now known as J Sports.

UFC 29 was the seventh straight UFC event to have never seen a home video or DVD release, as their parent company SEG was nearing bankruptcy. UFC 29 was the last UFC event held by SEG; in January 2001, SEG sold the UFC to new owners Zuffa LLC.

Results

| Light Heavyweight | Tito Ortiz (c) | def. | Yuki Kondo | Submission (cobra choke) | 1 | 1:51 | For the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship. | Welterweight | Pat Miletich (c) | def. | Kenichi Yamamoto | Submission (guillotine choke) | 2 | 1:57 | For the UFC Welterweight Championship. | Light Heavyweight | Matt Lindland | def. | Yoji Anjo | TKO (strikes) | 1 | 2:57 | | Welterweight | Fabiano Iha | def. | Daiju Takase | TKO (strikes) | 1 | 2:25 | | Light Heavyweight | Evan Tanner | def. | Lance Gibson | TKO (strikes) | 1 | 4:58 | | Welterweight | Dennis Hallman | def. | Matt Hughes | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 0:20 | | Light Heavyweight | Chuck Liddell | def. | Jeff Monson | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 |

Encyclopedia awards

The following fighters were honored in the October 2011 book titled UFC Encyclopedia.

• Fight of the Night: Tito Ortiz vs. Yuki Kondo
• Knockout of the Night: Fabiano Iha
• Submission of the Night: Dennis Hallman

References

References

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