| UFC 34: High Voltage | ||||
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 The poster for UFC 34: High Voltage | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | November 2, 2001 | |||
| Venue | MGM Grand Garden Arena | |||
| City | Las Vegas, Nevada | |||
| Attendance | 9,000 | |||
| Total gate | $502,550 | |||
| Buyrate | 65,000 | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 34: High Voltage was amixed martial arts event held by theUltimate Fighting Championship at theMGM Grand Garden Arena inLas Vegas, Nevada on November 2, 2001.
The card was headlined by two Championship Bouts,Randy Couture facedPedro Rizzo for theHeavyweight Title, andMatt Hughes facedCarlos Newton for theWelterweight Title.[1]
UFC 34 marked the first appearance of futureHeavyweight ChampionFrank 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 onpay-per-view in theUnited States, and later released onhome video.
| Main Card | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Heavyweight | Randy Couture (c) | def. | Pedro Rizzo | TKO (punches) | 3 | 3:22 | [a] |
| Welterweight | Matt Hughes | def. | Carlos Newton (c) | KO (slam) | 2 | 1:23 | [b] |
| Heavyweight | Ricco Rodriguez | def. | Pete Williams | TKO (punches) | 2 | 4:02 | |
| Lightweight | B.J. Penn | def. | Caol Uno | KO (punches) | 1 | 0:11 | |
| Heavyweight | Josh Barnett | def. | Bobby Hoffman | TKO (Submission to punches) | 2 | 4:25 | |
| Preliminary Card | |||||||
| Middleweight | Evan Tanner | def. | Homer Moore | Submission (armbar) | 2 | 0:55 | |
| Middleweight | Matt Lindland | def. | Phil Baroni | Decision (majority) (29–28, 29–27, 28–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Heavyweight | Frank Mir | def. | Roberto Traven | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 1:05 | |
