UFC 25
UFC mixed martial arts event in 2000
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.
01History
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.
02Results
| Main Card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Light Heavyweight | Tito Ortiz | def. | Wanderlei Silva | Decision (unanimous) | 5 | 5:00 | |
| 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 | |
03Encyclopedia awards
The following fighters were honored in the October 2011 book titled UFC Encyclopedia.
- Fight of the Night: Tito Ortiz vs. Wanderlei Silva
- Knockout of the Night: Ikuhisa Minowa
- Submission of the Night: Murilo Bustamante
Sources and credits
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