UFC 34

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title: "UFC 34" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["ultimate-fighting-championship-flagship-events", "2001-in-mixed-martial-arts", "2001-in-sports-in-nevada", "ultimate-fighting-championship-events-at-mgm-grand-garden-arena", "november-2001-sports-events-in-the-united-states"] description: "UFC mixed martial arts event in 2001" topic_path: "sports" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_34" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary UFC mixed martial arts event in 2001 ::

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Field	Value
name	UFC 34: High Voltage
image	UFC_34_poster_art.jpg
promotion	Ultimate Fighting Championship
date	November 2, 2001
venue	MGM Grand Garden Arena
city	Las Vegas, Nevada
attendance	9,000
gate	$502,550
buyrate	65,000
previousevent	UFC 33: Victory in Vegas
followingevent	UFC 35: Throwdown
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| name = UFC 34: High Voltage | image = UFC_34_poster_art.jpg | promotion = Ultimate Fighting Championship | date = November 2, 2001 | venue = MGM Grand Garden Arena | city = Las Vegas, Nevada | attendance = 9,000 | gate = $502,550 | buyrate = 65,000 | purse = | previousevent = UFC 33: Victory in Vegas | followingevent = UFC 35: Throwdown UFC 34: High Voltage was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on November 2, 2001.

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.

The broadcast had technical issues, as the commentators could barely be heard, consistently being drowned out by the crowd and ring noise.

During the Matt Hughes and Carlos Newton fight Hughes was clearly heard telling his corner several times that he "was out", after winning the fight by TKO. This conforms to Carlos Newton's assertion that he believed Hughes was "out", thus collapsing and leading to Newtons head colliding with the canvas.

The event was seen live on pay-per-view in the United States, and later released on home video.

Results

| Heavyweight | Randy Couture (c) | def. | Pedro Rizzo | TKO (punches) | 3 | 3:22 | For the UFC Heavyweight Championship. | Welterweight | Matt Hughes | def. | Carlos Newton (c) | KO (slam) | 2 | 1:23 | For the UFC Welterweight Championship. | Heavyweight | Ricco Rodriguez | def. | Pete Williams | TKO (punches) | 2 | 4:02 | | Lightweight | B.J. Penn | def. | Caol Uno | KO (punches) | 1 | 0:11 | | Heavyweight | Josh Barnett | def. | Bobby Hoffman | TKO (submission to punches) | 2 | 4:25 | | Middleweight | Evan Tanner | def. | Homer Moore | Submission (armbar) | 2 | 0:55 | | Middleweight | Matt Lindland | def. | Phil Baroni | Decision (majority) (29–28, 29–27, 28–28) | 3 | 5:00 | | Heavyweight | Frank Mir | def. | Roberto Traven | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 1:05 |

Encyclopedia awards

The following fighters were honored in the October 2011 book titled UFC Encyclopedia.

• Fight of the Night: Matt Lindland vs. Phil Baroni
• Knockout of the Night: Matt Hughes and B.J. Penn
• Submission of the Night: Frank Mir

References

References

1. Meltzer, Dave. [https://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news?slug=dm-ufcthirtyfour050609 "UFC 34: Hughes is crowned"], ''[[Yahoo]]'', 6 May 2009. Retrieved on 16 June 2012.
2. Wayne, Mark. [http://www.fightline.com/fl/news/2010/0311/486052/frank-mir/ "UFC 111 Profile: Frank Mir"]{{Dead link. (August 2025)
3. Gerbasi, Thomas. (2011-10-17). "UFC Encyclopedia - The Definitive Guide to the Ultimate Fighting Championship". DK.

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