- Friday 11.17.2000
- U.S. Broadcast: Pay Per View
- Promotion: Ultimate Fighting Championship
- Ownership: Semaphore Entertainment Group (SEG)
- Venue: Trump Taj Mahal
- Location: Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
- Enclosure: Octagon
- TV Announcers: Mike Goldberg, Jeff Blatnick
- Ring Announcer: Bruce Buffer
- Post-Fight Interviews: James Werme
- MMA Bouts: 7
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UFC Heavyweight Championship
KO/TKO, Strikes
4:13 Round 3 of 5, 14:13 Total7Main Event
265
5 x 5 | Pro
Cancelled & Fizzled Bouts
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John McCarthy
Couture vs. Randleman (7), Sobral vs. Smith (6), Barnett vs. McGee (5), Arlovski vs. Brink (4) -
Mario Yamasaki
Pulver vs. Lewis (3), Hughes vs. Stiebling (2), Earwood vs. Lytle (1)
Wiki
UFC 28 Wiki
The title of UFC 28 was oddly fitting, as it adequately portrayed not only the risk/reward aspect of some of the card's stellar fights, but also the precarious financial situation of parent company SEG, which would go on to sell the UFC a few months later to Zuffa, LLC. UFC 28 would be the last event held by SEG in the United States.
The event featured the promotional debuts of some of the sport's future stars, including Andrei Arlovski, Renato "Babalu" Sobral, and Josh Barnett, and it also marked the UFC return of former Heavyweight Champion Randy Couture. In an important change, the event was also the first to be sanctioned by the New Jersey State Athletic Control Board and was held under the newly formed "Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts," which introduced stricter weight classes.