| UFC 20: Battle for the Gold | ||||
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 The poster for UFC 20: Battle for the Gold | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | May 7, 1999 | |||
| Venue | Boutwell Auditorium | |||
| City | Birmingham,Alabama | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 20: Battle for the Gold was amixed martial arts event held by theUltimate Fighting Championship on May 7, 1999 at theBoutwell Auditorium inBirmingham, Alabama. The event was seen live on pay per view in theUnited States, and later released onhome video.
UFC 20 was the final event of what the UFC called "The Road to the Heavyweight Title", a tournament of sorts spanning four events, held to determine the Heavyweight Champion afterRandy Couture vacated the title (due to contract disputes with the UFC).Bas Rutten defeatedKevin Randleman to become the new Heavyweight Champion in a controversial split decision.
Referees for the event wereMario Yamasaki (first time for UFC pay-per-view) andJohn McCarthy.
| Main Card | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Heavyweight | Bas Rutten | def. | Kevin Randleman | Decision (split) | 21:00 | [a] | |
| Heavyweight | Pedro Rizzo | def. | Tra Telligman | KO (punch) | 4:30 | ||
| Heavyweight | Pete Williams | def. | Travis Fulton | Submission (armlock) | 6:28 | ||
| Middleweight | Wanderlei Silva | def. | Tony Petarra | KO (knee) | 2:53 | ||
| Lightweight | Marcelo Mello | def. | Dave Roberts | TKO (punches) | 1:23 | ||
| Lightweight | LaVerne Clark | def. | Fabiano Iha | TKO (doctor stoppage) | 1:33 | ||
| Preliminary Card | |||||||
| Heavyweight | Ron Waterman | def. | Chris Condo | TKO (punches) | 0:28 | ||
