UFC 37
| UFC 37: High Impact | ||||
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 The poster for UFC 37: High Impact | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | May 10, 2002 | |||
| Venue | CenturyTel Center | |||
| City | Bossier City, Louisiana | |||
| Attendance | 7,200 | |||
| Buyrate | 50,000 | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 37: High Impact was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship at the CenturyTel Center in Bossier City, Louisiana on May 10, 2002. The event was seen live on pay per view in the United States, and was later released on home video.
History
[edit]The card was headlined by a Middleweight Title Bout between Murilo Bustamante and Matt Lindland. It featured the first UFC appearances of Robbie Lawler and Ivan Salaverry.
The fight between Bustamante and Lindland has led to the contest being known as the infamous "double tap" fight. Bustamante had Lindland hooked cleanly in an armbar early in the fight, then released it after what seemed to be a tap, followed by a shout to stop the action by John McCarthy. Lindland claimed it wasn't a tap, which controversially led McCarthy to restart the fight. Many thought that this was a mistake by McCarthy to stop the fight considering it was probably the only way for Lindland to escape the armbar.
Bustamante was stripped of the title in October 5, 2002 after signing with PRIDE, thereby vacating the UFC Middleweight Championship belt.
Results
[edit]| Main Card | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Middleweight | Murilo Bustamante (c) | def. | Matt Lindland | Submission (guillotine choke) | 3 | 1:33 | [a] |
| Heavyweight | Ricco Rodriguez | def. | Tsuyoshi Kosaka | TKO (punches) | 2 | 3:25 | |
| Lightweight | B.J. Penn | def. | Paul Creighton | TKO (punches) | 2 | 3:23 | |
| Middleweight | Phil Baroni | def. | Amar Suloev | TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:55 | |
| Lightweight | Caol Uno | def. | Yves Edwards | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary card | |||||||
| Middleweight | Ivan Salaverry | def. | Andrei Semenov | TKO (punches) | 3 | 2:27 | |
| Welterweight | Benji Radach | vs. | Steve Berger | No Contest | 1 | 0:27 | [b] |
| Welterweight | Robbie Lawler | def. | Aaron Riley | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
- ^ For the UFC Middleweight Championship. Bustamante had Lindland in an armbar early in the fight, then released it after what seemed to be a tap, followed by a shout to stop the action by John McCarthy. Lindland claimed it wasn't a tap, which controversially led McCarthy to restart the fight. This has led to the contest being known as the infamous "double tap" fight.
- ^ Radach was declared the winner by TKO at 0:27 of the first round, but the fight was later ruled a No Contest by the Louisiana State Athletic Commission.
