Ultimate Japan 3 Friday 14th April 2000 @ 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 from the UFC. 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 contained 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 of UFC 25 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 due to their financial difficulties leading to the sale. Results Main Card Weight class Method Round Time Notes Light Heavyweight Tito Ortiz def. Wanderlei Silva Decision (unanimous) 5 5:00 [a] 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
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Also Featuring Ron Waterman, Minowaman, Yoji Anjo, Murilo Bustamante & more
