| UFC 36: Worlds Collide | ||||
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 The poster for UFC 36: Worlds Collide | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | March 22, 2002 | |||
| Venue | MGM Grand Arena | |||
| City | Las Vegas, Nevada | |||
| Attendance | 10,000[1] | |||
| Total gate | $898,850[1] | |||
| Buyrate | 55,000[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 36: Worlds Collide was amixed martial arts event held by theUltimate Fighting Championship at theMGM Grand Arena inLas Vegas, Nevada on March 22, 2002.[2] The event was seen live on pay per view in the United States, and later released onhome video.
The card was headlined by two title bouts, a Heavyweight Championship bout betweenRandy Couture andJosh Barnett and a Welterweight title bout betweenMatt Hughes andHayato Sakurai. UFC 36 marked the last UFC appearance of former 170 lb ChampionPat Miletich, and the last appearance ofPete Williams. Miletich decided to concentrate on training his fighters, including Matt Hughes who was now the UFC champion in Pat's preferred weight class.
Hughes was originally supposed to fight then-currentShooto welterweight champion, and futureUFC Middleweight ChampionAnderson Silva.[3] However, Silva had signed a contract withPRIDE Fighting Championships.[3]
Barnett defeated Couture via TKO (strikes) at 4:32 of the second round to become the new UFC Heavyweight Champion. Afterwards, Barnett was stripped of the title when he tested positive for steroids during a mandatory post-fight drug test.[4]
Nine past or future UFC champions competed on this card (including at least one in each bout), more than any other event in UFC history.
| Main Card | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Heavyweight | Josh Barnett | def. | Randy Couture (c) | TKO (punches) | 2 | 4:35 | [a] |
| Heavyweight | Pedro Rizzo | def. | Andrei Arlovski | KO (punches) | 3 | 1:45 | |
| Welterweight | Matt Hughes (c) | def. | Hayato Sakurai | TKO (punches) | 4 | 3:01 | [b] |
| Middleweight | Matt Lindland | def. | Pat Miletich | TKO (punches) | 1 | 3:09 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Evan Tanner | def. | Elvis Sinosic | TKO (cut) | 1 | 2:06 | |
| Heavyweight | Frank Mir | def. | Pete Williams | Submission (inside shoulder lock) | 1 | 0:46 | |
| Lightweight | Matt Serra | def. | Kelly Dullanty | Submission (triangle choke) | 1 | 2:58 | |
| Welterweight | Sean Sherk | def. | Jutaro Nakao | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
The following fighters were honored in the October 2011 book titledUFC Encyclopedia.[5]
