| UFC 32: Showdown in the Meadowlands | ||||
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![]() The poster for UFC 32: Showdown in the Meadowlands | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | June 29, 2001 | |||
| Venue | Continental Airlines Arena | |||
| City | East Rutherford, New Jersey | |||
| Attendance | 12,500 | |||
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UFC 32: Showdown in the Meadowlands was amixed martial arts event held by theUltimate Fighting Championship at theContinental Airlines Arena inEast Rutherford, New Jersey on June 29, 2001.
The card was headlined by the first Light Heavyweight Championship Bout (previously called "Middleweight") betweenTito Ortiz andElvis Sinosic.
The event also featured the first appearance of future Heavyweight ChampionRicco Rodriguez.
UFC 32 marked the last appearances of long time commentatorJeff Blatnick, who had been with the UFC sinceUFC 4 as well as Frank Shamrock, who had been commentating for the UFC as well after retiring his promotional Light Heavyweight championship.
The event poster shows the towers of theWorld Trade Center in the background. Less than 3 months after the event, they were destroyed in theSeptember 11 attacks.
The event was seen live on pay per view in the United States, and later released onhome video.
| Main Card | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Light Heavyweight | Tito Ortiz (c) | def. | Elvis Sinosic | TKO (punches and elbows) | 1 | 3:32 | [a] |
| Lightweight | B.J. Penn | def. | Din Thomas | TKO (knee) | 1 | 2:42 | |
| Heavyweight | Josh Barnett | def. | Semmy Schilt | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 4:21 | |
| Welterweight | Pat Miletich | def. | Shonie Carter | KO (head kick) | 2 | 2:42 | |
| Lightweight | Caol Uno | def. | Fabiano Iha | KO (punches) | 1 | 1:48 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Vladimir Matyushenko | def. | Yuki Kondo | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–26, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary Card | |||||||
| Heavyweight | Ricco Rodriguez | def. | Andrei Arlovski | TKO (strikes) | 3 | 1:23 | |
| Welterweight | Tony DeSouza | def. | Paul Rodriguez | Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 1:05 | |
The following fighters were honored in the October 2011 book titledUFC Encyclopedia.[1]