UFC 37: High Impact
Information
Promotion
Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date
May 10, 2002
Venue
City
Attendance
7,200
Buyrate
50,000
Event chronology
UFC 37: High Impact
UFC 37: High Impact was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship at the CenturyTel CenterinBossier 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.
The card was headlined by a Middleweight Title Bout between Murilo Bustamante and Matt Lindland, and 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.
Main Card
Weight class
Method
Round
Time
Notes
Middleweight
def.
Submission (guillotine choke)
3
1:33
Heavyweight
def.
TKO (punches)
2
3:25
Lightweight
def.
TKO (punches)
2
3:23
Middleweight
def.
TKO (punches)
1
2:55
Lightweight
def.
Decision (unanimous)
3
5:00
Preliminary card
Middleweight
def.
TKO (punches)
3
2:27
Welterweight
vs.
No Contest
1
0:27
Welterweight
def.
Decision (unanimous)
3
5:00
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