UFC 29
| UFC 29: Defense of the Belts | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | December 16, 2000 | |||
| Venue | Differ Ariake Arena | |||
| City |  Tokyo, Japan | |||
| Attendance | 1,414[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 29: Defense of the Belts was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on December 16, 2000 at Differ Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan.
History
The event was the last UFC to be held in Japan, and the last event to be promoted by "UFC-J", the UFC's Japanese counterpart. As the name implies, the card featured two title defenses, featuring Light Heavyweight Champion Tito Ortiz, and Lightweight Champion Pat Miletich.
UFC 29 is notable for featuring one of the few UFC losses by future longtime Welterweight Champion Matt Hughes, who was submitted in just 21 seconds by Dennis Hallman. The event also featured the first televised UFC appearance of Olympic silver medalist Matt Lindland.
UFC 29 was the seventh straight UFC event to have never seen a home video or DVD release, as their parent company SEG was nearing bankruptcy. UFC 29 was the last UFC event held by SEG, and following UFC 29, in January 2001, SEG sold the UFC to current owners Zuffa LLC.
Results
- Middleweight bout:
Chuck Liddell vs. Jeff Monson
- Liddell wins by unanimous decision at 15:00.
- Lightweight bout: Dennis Hallman vs. Matt Hughes
- Hallman wins by submission (armbar) at 0:21 of the first round.
- Middleweight bout: Evan Tanner vs.
Lance Gibson
- Tanner wins by TKO (referee stoppage due to strikes) at 4:58 of the first round.
- Lightweight bout:
Fabiano Iha vs. 
Daiju Takase
- Iha wins by TKO (referee stoppage due to strikes) at 2:25 of the first round.
- Middleweight bout: Matt Lindland vs. Yoji Anjo
- Lindland wins by TKO (referee stoppage due to strikes) at 2:57 of the first round.
- Lightweight Championship bout: Pat Miletich (c) vs. Kenichi Yamamoto
- Miletich wins by submission (guillotine choke) at 1:57 of the second round.
- Preliminary Lightweight bout: Chris Lytle vs. Ben Earwood
- Earwood wins by unanimous decision at 10:00. This bout took place at UFC 28.
- Middleweight Championship bout: Tito Ortiz (c) vs. Yuki Kondo
- Ortiz wins by submission (neck crank) at 1:51 of the first round.
