UFC 34

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UFC 34: High Voltage
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The poster for UFC 34: High Voltage
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
DateNovember 2, 2001
Venue MGM Grand Garden Arena
City Las Vegas, Nevada
Attendance9,000
Total gate$502,550
Buyrate65,000
Event chronology
UFC 33: Victory in Vegas UFC 34: High Voltage UFC 35: Throwdown

UFC 34: High Voltage was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on November 2, 2001.

Contents

History

The card was headlined by two Championship Bouts, Randy Couture faced Pedro Rizzo for the Heavyweight Title, and Matt Hughes faced Carlos Newton for the Welterweight Title. [1]

UFC 34 marked the first appearance of future Heavyweight Champion Frank Mir. [2]

The broadcast had technical issues, as the commentators could barely be heard, consistently being drowned out by the crowd and ring noise.

During the Matt Hughes and Carlos Newton fight Hughes was clearly heard telling his corner several times that he "was out", after winning the fight by TKO. This conforms to Carlos Newton's assertion that he believed Hughes was "out", thus collapsing and leading to Newtons head colliding with the canvas.

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

Results

Main Card
Weight classMethodRoundTimeNotes
Heavyweight Randy Couture (c)def. Pedro Rizzo TKO (punches)33:22 [a]
Welterweight Matt Hughes def. Carlos Newton (c)KO (slam)21:23 [b]
Heavyweight Ricco Rodriguez def. Pete Williams TKO (punches)24:02
Lightweight B.J. Penn def. Caol Uno KO (punches)10:11
Heavyweight Josh Barnett def. Bobby Hoffman TKO (submission to punches)24:25
Preliminary Card
Middleweight Evan Tanner def. Homer Moore Submission (armbar)20:55
Middleweight Matt Lindland def. Phil Baroni Decision (majority) (29–28, 29–27, 28–28)35:00
Heavyweight Frank Mir def. Roberto Traven Submission (armbar)11:05
  1. ↑ For the UFC Heavyweight Championship.
  2. ↑ For the UFC Welterweight Championship.

Encyclopedia awards

The following fighters were honored in the October 2011 book titled UFC Encyclopedia . [3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Meltzer, Dave. "UFC 34: Hughes is crowned", Yahoo , 6 May 2009. Retrieved on 16 June 2012.
  2. ↑ Wayne, Mark. "UFC 111 Profile: Frank Mir" [ permanent dead link ], FightLine, 11 March 2010. Retrieved on 16 June 2012.
  3. ↑ Gerbasi, Thomas (2011-10-17). UFC Encyclopedia - The Definitive Guide to the Ultimate Fighting Championship. New York: DK. p. 191. ISBN   978-0756683610.
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