UFC 34
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| UFC 34: High Voltage | ||||
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| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | November 2, 2001 | |||
| Venue | MGM Grand Arena | |||
| City |  Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
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| Attendance | 9,000 | |||
| Total gate | $502,550 | |||
| Buyrate | 65,000 | |||
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UFC 34: High Voltage was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship at the MGM Grand Arena on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada on November 2, 2001. The event was seen live on pay per view in the United States, and later released on home video.
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[edit] History
The card was headlined by two Championship Bouts, Randy Couture faced Pedro Rizzo for the Heavyweight Title, and Matt Hughes faced Carlos Newton for the Welterweight Title. UFC 34 marked the first appearance of future Heavyweight Champion Frank Mir. It should also be noted, this may have been one of the worst technical broadcasts for the UFC as the commentators could barely be heard, consistently being drowned out by the crowd and ring noise.
[edit] Results
[edit] Preliminary card
- Heavyweight bout:
Frank Mir vs. 
Roberto Traven
- Mir wins by submission (armbar) at 1:02 of the first round.
- Middleweight bout: Matt Lindland vs. Phil Baroni
- Lindland wins by majority decision at 15:00.
- Light Heavyweight bout: Evan Tanner vs. Homer Moore
- Tanner wins by submission (armbar) at :55 of the second round.
[edit] Main card
- Heavyweight bout: Josh Barnett vs. Bobby Hoffman
- Barnett wins by submission (punches) at 4:25 of the second round.
- Penn wins by KO (punches) at 0:11 of the first round.
- Welterweight Championship Bout:
Carlos Newton (c) vs. Matt Hughes
- Matt Hughes wins by KO (slam) at 1:23 of the second round to become the new UFC Welterweight champion.
- Heavyweight bout: Ricco Rodriguez vs. Pete Williams
- Rodriguez wins by TKO (punches) at 4:02 of the second round.
- Heavyweight Championship Bout: Randy Couture (c) vs. Pedro Rizzo
- Couture wins by TKO (referee stoppage due to punches) at 3:22 of the third round to retain his title.
