Completed Event
UFC 33: Victory in Vegas
- Friday 09.28.2001 at 11:00 PM ET
- U.S. Broadcast: Pay Per View
- Promotion: Ultimate Fighting Championship
- Ownership: Zuffa, LLC
- Venue: Mandalay Bay Events Center
- Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
- Enclosure: Octagon
- TV Announcers: Mike Goldberg, Jeff Osborne, Elvis Sinosic
- Ring Announcer: Bruce Buffer
- Post-Fight Interviews: Ryan Bennett
- Ticket Revenue (live gate): $816,660
- Attendance: 9,500
- PPV Buys / Buyrate: 75,000 | TV Ratings:
- Number of Bouts: 8
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Panned by fans for ages, UFC 33 represents quite possibly the worst Pay Per View effort of the promotion since its inception in 1993. Most of the fights on the card were boring, uneventful decisions that failed to captivate its new Pay Per View audience, and all three title fights on the card ran for their entirety, leading many viewers to experience broadcast blackouts during the Ortiz vs. Matyushenko Light Heavyweight Championship fight once the Pay Per View time slot had expired.
Following UFC 33, which was the first UFC event to be sanctioned under the Nevada State Athletic Commission, the promotion refused to schedule any more than five fights for the main card of a Pay Per View. In 2010, responding to criticism of the five-round fight between Georges St-Pierre and Dan Hardy, UFC President Dana White said, "UFC 33 is the only one I can remember where every fight sucked."
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UFC 33 Fight Card
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Tito Ortiz
defeats
Vladimir Matyushenko
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Decision, Unanimous
Main Event | Title Fight | Light Heavyweight | 205 lbs (93.0 kg) |
5 Rounds, 25:00 Total
Bout Page
Referee: John McCarthy |
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Jens Pulver
defeats
Dennis Hallman
via
Decision, Unanimous
Co-Main Event | Title Fight | Lightweight | 155 lbs (70.3 kg) |
5 Rounds, 25:00 Total
Bout Page
Referee: Mario Yamasaki |
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Dave Menne
defeats
Gil Castillo
via
Decision, Unanimous
Main Card | Title Fight | Middleweight | 185 lbs (83.9 kg) |
5 Rounds, 25:00 Total
Bout Page
Referee: John McCarthy |
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Chuck Liddell
defeats
Murilo Bustamante
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Decision, Unanimous
Main Card | Light Heavyweight | 205 lbs (93.0 kg) |
3 Rounds, 15:00 Total
Bout Page
Referee: John McCarthy |
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Matt Serra
defeats
Yves Edwards
via
Decision, Majority
Main Card | Welterweight | 170 lbs (77.1 kg) |
3 Rounds, 15:00 Total
Bout Page
Referee: Mario Yamasaki |
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Jutaro Nakao
defeats
Tony DeSouza
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KO/TKO, Punch
Main Card | Welterweight | 170 lbs (77.1 kg) |
0:15 Round 2 of 3, 5:15 Total
Bout Page
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Ricardo Almeida
defeats
Eugene Jackson
via
Submission, Triangle Choke
Main Card | Middleweight | 185 lbs (83.9 kg) |
4:06 Round 1 of 3
Bout Page
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Din Thomas
defeats
Fabiano Iha
via
Decision, Unanimous
Main Card | Lightweight | 155 lbs (70.3 kg) |
3 Rounds, 15:00 Total
Bout Page
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