UFC 30
| UFC 30: Battle on the Boardwalk | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mark G. Etess Arena at Trump Taj Mahal | ||||
| City | Atlantic City, New Jersey | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 30: Battle on the Boardwalk was a
History
The card was headlined by two title fights, a
UFC Bantamweight Championship bout between Jens Pulver and Caol Uno.[2] After this event, Bantamweight was renamed "Lightweight" under the new Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts, defined by the New Jersey State Athletic Control Board.[3] Bantamweight fighters would not again appear in the UFC until after the UFC–WEC merger in 2011. The event featured the first UFC appearances of Phil Baroni, Sean Sherk and Elvis Sinosic
.
UFC 30 marked a major turning point for the
Zuffa, LLC. Headed by Station Casinos owners Frank and Lorenzo Ferttita, and managed by Dana White, Zuffa acquired the UFC in January 2001[4] from former owners Semaphore Entertainment Group, who were on the brink of bankruptcy.[2][5]
One notable change instituted by Zuffa was allowing the championship bout fighters to choose their own entry music in lieu of the standard fare UFC theme song, but that change was not implemented at UFC 30.
Results
| Main Card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Light Heavyweight | Tito Ortiz (c) | def. | Evan Tanner | KO (slam) | 1 | 0:30 | [a] |
| Lightweight | Jens Pulver | def. | Caol Uno | Decision (unanimous) | 5 | 5:00 | [b] |
| Lightweight | Fabiano Iha | def. | Phil Johns | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 2:05 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Elvis Sinosic | def. | Jeremy Horn | Submission (triangle armbar) | 1 | 2:59 | |
| Heavyweight | Pedro Rizzo | def. | Josh Barnett | KO (punches) | 2 | 4:21 | |
| Heavyweight | Bobby Hoffman | vs. | Mark Robinson | No Contest (overturned) | 1 | 3:27 | [c] |
| Preliminary Card | |||||||
| Middleweight | Phil Baroni | def. | Curtis Stout | Decision (unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Sean Sherk | def. | Tiki Ghosn | Verbal Submission (dislocated shoulder) | 2 | 4:47 | |
- UFC Light Heavyweight Championship.
- UFC Lightweight Championship.
- ^ Originally a KO win for Hoffman; overturned after he tested positive for illegal substances.
See also
References
- ^ "UFC 30: Battle on the Boardwalk | MMA Event".
- ^ a b c Doyle, Dave (May 2, 2009). "UFC 30: Dawn of a new era". Yahoo Sports.
- ^ "Mixed Martial arts Unified Rules of Conduct". New Jersey State Athletic Control Board. 2002-09-05. Retrieved 2018-09-05.
- ^ Morris, Jessy (May 31, 2009). "UFC Timeline: Zuffa's Early Years". Bleacher Report.
- ^ Snowden, Jonathan (May 25, 2011). "Minus 100: On The Eve Of UFC 130, Looking Back At UFC 30". SBNation.com.
