- UFC 28
Infobox Wrestling event
name = UFC 28: High Stakes
promotion =Ultimate Fighting Championship
date =November 17 ,2000
venue =Trump Taj Mahal
city =Atlantic City, New Jersey
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nextevent ="UFC 28: High Stakes" was a
mixed martial arts event held by theUltimate Fighting Championship onNovember 17 ,2000 at theTrump Taj Mahal inAtlantic City ,New Jersey .History
UFC 28 marked the first UFC event to be sanctioned by the New Jersey State Athletic Control Board, held under the newly formed "Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts". The new rules introduced new strict weight classes, resulting in the first UFC Super Heavyweight bout. The first UFC Bantamweight bout took place at UFC 27 in September 2000.
The event was headlined by the return of former Heavyweight Champion
Randy Couture , who had relinquished his title in 1997 to pursue other interests. UFC 28 also features the first UFC appearances ofAndrei Arlovski , Renato "Babalu" Sobral,Josh Barnett , andGan McGee .UFC 28 was the sixth straight UFC event to never see home video or DVD release, as their parent company SEG was nearing bankruptcy and almost died. UFC 28 was the last UFC event held by SEG in the US, and following
UFC 29 in Japan, SEG sold the UFC to current owners Zuffa LLC.__NOTOC__Results
Preliminary Card
*Lightweight Bout:
Ben Earwood vsChris Lytle :Earwood wins by judges decision after 2 rounds.*Middleweight Bout: Mark Hughes vs
Alex Stiebling :Hughes wins by judges decision after 2 rounds. Hughes is the twin brother of former Welterweight Champion Matt Hughes.Main Card
*Bantamweight Bout: John Lewis vs
Jens Pulver :Pulver wins by knockout at :15 of Round 1.*Heavyweight Bout:
Andrei Arlovski vsAaron Brink :Arlovski wins by submission due to an armbar at :55 of Round 1.*Super Heavyweight Bout:
Josh Barnett vsGan McGee :Barnett wins by technical knockout due to strikes at 4:34 of Round 2. To date, this has been the only Super Heavyweight bout in UFC history since the UFC adopted weight classes.*Heavyweight Bout:
Renato Sobral vsMaurice Smith :Sobral wins by judges decision after 3 rounds.*UFC Heavyweight Championship:
Randy Couture vsKevin Randleman :Couture wins by technical knockout due to strikes at 4:13 of Round 3 to become the first fighter to become UFC Heavyweight Champion a second time.External links
* [http://www.ufc.com Official UFC website]
* [http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?search=yes&EventID=38 Sherdog.com]
* [http://fcfighter.com/news0011.htm Full Contact Fighter News November 2000]
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