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ALL-NEW ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP
Presents UFC 32:
Showdown In The Meadowlands

UFC World Light Heavyweight Champion
Tito Ortiz
vs.
World Light Heavyweight Contender
Elvis Sinosic

Friday, June 29, 2001, At 9 PM ET/6 PM PT
From Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford, New Jersey

Showdown In The Meadowlands will be broadcast live on DirecTV pay per view, Dish On Demand, Bell ExpressVU, Viewers Choice Canada, as well as select cable outlets, including Cox Cable in Las Vegas. The suggested retail price for the UFC event is $29.95.

Highlighting the undercard will be a light heavyweight bout featuring Japanese sensation Yuki Kondo (1-1), of Tokyo against Vladimir Matyushenko (UFC Debut) of Los Angeles, as well as two welterweight showdowns pitting former UFC world middleweight champion Pat Miletich (7-1), of Bettendorf, Iowa, against unbeaten Shonie Carter (3-0), of Chicago, and Tony DeSouza (1-0) of Las Vegas, Nev. battling UFC rookie Paul Rodriguez of Orlando, Fla.

Also featured at Showdown In The Meadowlands will be two heavyweight battles pitting Josh Barnett (1-1), of Seattle, against undefeated Semmy Schilt (1-0), of Zuidlaren, Holland, and Andrei Arlovski of Minsk, Belarus, taking on Ricco Rodriguez of Phoenix, Ariz., in the UFC debuts for both. Completing the card will be a middleweight special attraction pitting Phil Baroni (1-0), of Long Island, N.Y., against Eugene Jackson (2-2), of East Palo Alto, Calif., as well as two lightweight bouts featuring Caol Uno (1-0), of Kanagawa, Japan, battling Fabiano Iha (3-2), of Huntington Beach, Calif., and B.J. Penn (1-0), of Wainaku, Hilo, Hawaii, against Din Thomas (UFC debut), of Orlando.

Tito Ortiz is one of the UFC’s most recognizable athletes. The 6’2", 200-pound "Huntington Beach Bad Boy" progressed through the ranks as a junior college wrestler and has overcome many obstacles, including getting hit by a bus while riding a moped on his honeymoon.

A two-time California State wrestling champion in junior college, Ortiz got his first taste of the UFC thanks to his high school wrestling coach, Paul Herrera. Herrera introduced Ortiz to Tank Abbott, who needed a sparring partner. The rest is history.

On April 14, 2000, in Tokyo, Japan, Ortiz faced the highly regarded Brazilian fighter, Vanderlei Silva, for the vacant UFC world middleweight championship. The UFC 25: Ultimate Fighting Japan 3 match featured several heated exchanges. Ortiz’s takedown and ground control earned him a unanimous decision and the middleweight title after 25 minutes of intense action.

In his most recent fight at UFC 30: The Battle On The Boardwalk on Feb. 23, 2001, Ortiz battled Evan Tanner at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, N.J. The two combatants tied up immediately in the biggest fight of the evening. Ortiz got inside on Tanner, wrapped him up, elevated him and slammed him to the floor. The impact was enough to knock Tanner out, but Ortiz made sure his opponent was finished. He landed two solid punches to the head before referee Joe McCarthy flew in and stopped the fight just 30 seconds in. Ortiz remained the UFC middleweight champion. Tanner went from undefeated to unconscious.

Following UFC 30, Ortiz became the UFC light heavyweight champion due to the institution of new weight divisions.

Known as "The King of Rock ‘n’ Rumble," Sinosic’s only UFC appearance came at UFC 30 against highly-ranked Miletich Martial Arts fighter Jeremy Horn.

In an impressive display, Sinosic dispatched Horn quickly and forced his opponent to tap out at 2:59 of the first round due to armbar. "Horn is a great fighter," Sinosic said. "It was an honor to fight him. Beating him was a fantastic feeling."

Sinosic says that fighting in the UFC is fulfilling a dream. "My motto is to live life each day, so one day you can live your dream. I am living my dream now." The Sydney, Australia, resident knows that the UFC is the pinnacle of the MMA and realizes the impact a championship can have on his career. "The UFC title is the MMA championship everyone wants. It has both the prestige and name fans and fighters respect."

The UFC’s Jeff Blatnick and Mike Goldberg will call the action from the Octagon. Blatnick, who has commentated NCAA and Olympic wrestling events since he won Olympic wrestling gold in the super heavyweight division at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, has been with the organization since UFC 4 in December 1994. Goldberg, whose primary occupation is television play-by-play announcer for the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League, has been with UFC since Ultimate Japan in December 1997.
Continental Airlines Arena will be hosting its first UFC event. Tickets, priced at $200, $100, $60, $30 and $15, can be purchased at TicketMaster.com, all TicketMaster outlets, or by calling 201-507-8900 (CALL-FOR-TIX).