| UFC 25: Ultimate Japan 3 | ||||
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 The poster for UFC 25: Ultimate Japan 3 | ||||
| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | April 14, 2000 | |||
| Venue | Yoyogi National Gymnasium | |||
| City | Tokyo, Japan | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 25: Ultimate Japan 3 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on April 14, 2000 at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.
The event was the third UFC event to be held in Japan.
UFC 25 was headlined by a fight between Tito Ortiz and Wanderlei Silva, held to determine the new Light Heavyweight Champion following Frank Shamrock's retirement.
The Octagon announcer was local Sanshiro Matuyama instead of the regular Bruce Buffer.
The event featured the first UFC appearance of future UFC Middleweight Champion Murilo Bustamante, as well as future PRIDE fighter Ikuhisa Minowa.
This event also featured an interview with John Perretti, the UFC matchmaker at the time.
UFC 25 was initially seen live on pay-per-view. Spike published a DVD release exclusively in Japan, with a wider video release occurring after UFC was purchased by Zuffa years later as part of a DVD collection covering events initially unreleased by SEG Sports.
| Main Card | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Light Heavyweight | Tito Ortiz | def. | Wanderlei Silva | Decision (unanimous) | 5 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Middleweight | Murilo Bustamante | def. | Yoji Anjo | Submission (arm-triangle choke) | 2 | 0:31 | |
| Middleweight | Sanae Kikuta | def. | Eugene Jackson | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 4:38 | |
| Heavyweight | Ron Waterman | def. | Satoshi Honma | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary Card | |||||||
| Middleweight | Ikuhisa Minowa | def. | Joe Slick | TKO (referee stoppage due to cut) | 3 | 2:02 | |
| Lightweight | LaVerne Clark | def. | Koji Oishi | Decision (majority) | 3 | 5:00 | |
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