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Overview of the events of 2000 in sports
2000 in sports
describes the year's events in world sport.
- June 26 ? Bangladesh becomes the tenth
Test cricket
playing nation.
Road bicycle racing
Cyclo-cross
Men's professional
Men's amateur
Women's professional
Steeplechases
Flat races
The following is a list of major noteworthy MMA events during 2000 in chronological order.
Date
|
Event
|
Alternate Name/s
|
Location
|
Attendance
|
PPV Buyrate
|
Notes
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January 30
|
Pride Grand Prix 2000 Opening Round
|
?
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Tokyo, Japan
|
48,316
|
?
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Opening Round to Pride GP 2000 openweight tournament.
The event featured
Royce Gracie
in his first fight since April 1995.
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March 10
|
UFC 24: First Defense
|
?
|
Lake Charles, Louisiana
, United States
|
?
|
?
|
The event was originally scheduled to have a title fight between
Kevin Randleman
and
Pedro Rizzo
.
However this postponed due to a concussion Randleman suffered before the fight.
This event featured,
Dan Severn
as a referee for the preliminary bouts.
|
April 14
|
UFC 25: Ultimate Japan 3
|
?
|
Tokyo, Japan
|
?
|
?
|
This event was held to determine the new light heavyweight champion following
Frank Shamrock
's retirement from the UFC.
|
May 1
|
Pride Grand Prix 2000 Finals
|
?
|
Tokyo, Japan
|
38,429
|
?
|
Mark Coleman
becomes the Pride 2000 openweight Grand Prix champion.
The event featured a highly anticipated match between
Royce Gracie
against
Kazushi Sakuraba
.
|
June 4
|
Pride 9: New Blood
|
?
|
Nagoya
, Japan
|
?
|
?
|
Matt Serra
was to fight on this card, but his opponent, Johil de Oliveira, was injured by a pyrotechnics explosion at the event.
|
June 9
|
UFC 26: Ultimate Field Of Dreams
|
?
|
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
, United States
|
?
|
?
|
This event featured the first UFC "bantamweight" bout as defined as 155lbs.
|
August 27
|
Pride 10 ? Return of the Warriors
|
?
|
Tokorozawa, Saitama
, Japan
|
35,000
|
?
|
?
|
September 22
|
UFC 27: Ultimate Bad Boyz
|
?
|
New Orleans
, United States
|
?
|
?
|
UFC veteran
Frank Shamrock
replaced
Jeff Blatnick
in the announcers booth for this event.
|
October 31
|
Pride 11 ? Battle of the Rising Sun
|
?
|
Osaka
, Japan
|
13,500
|
?
|
?
|
November 17
|
UFC 28: High Stakes
|
?
|
Atlantic City, New Jersey
, United States
|
?
|
?
|
UFC rule change,
New Jersey SACB
becomes the first state to regulate MMA in the USA. Uses newly written
Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts
.
This event held the first and only UFC super heavyweight bout.
|
December 9
|
Pride 12 ? Cold Fury
|
?
|
Saitama
, Japan
|
26,882
|
?
|
?
|
December 16
|
UFC 29: Defense of the Belts
|
?
|
Tokyo, Japan
|
1,414
|
?
|
This was the last UFC event held by SEG. Because in January 2001, SEG sold the UFC to current owners
Zuffa LLC
.
|
- January 22,
Wigan
, England ?
2000 World Club Challenge
is won by the
Melbourne Storm
who defeat
St. Helens
44 ? 6 at
JJB Stadium
before 13,394.
- April 21,
Sydney
, Australia ?
2000 ANZAC test
match is won by
Australia
52?0 against
New Zealand
at
Stadium Australia
before 26,023.
- April 29,
Murrayfield Stadium
?
2000 Challenge Cup
tournament culminates in the
Bradford Bulls
' 24 ? 18 win in the final against the
Leeds Rhinos
.
- June 5,
Suncorp Stadium
?
2000 State of Origin series
is wrapped up by
New South Wales
in game two of the series against
Queensland
.
- August 27,
Stadium Australia
?
2000 NRL season
culminates in the
Brisbane Broncos
' 14-6 win in the
grand final
against the
Sydney Roosters
.
- October 14,
Old Trafford
?
Super League V
culminates in
St. Helens
' 29-16 win in the
grand final
against
Wigan Warriors
.
- November 20,
Crown Flatt
?
2000 Emerging Nations Tournament
is won by the
British Amateur Rugby League Association
who defeated
Italy
20-14 in the final.
- November 25,
Old Trafford
?
2000 World Cup
tournament culminates in
Australia
's 40-12 win in the
final
against
New Zealand
.
- Fifth
World Short Course Championships
, held in
Athens
, Greece (March 16 ? March 19)
- United States wins the most medals (25), and the most gold medals (9)
- 25th
European LC Championships
, held in
Helsinki
, Finland (July 3 ? August 9)
- Romania wins the most medals (14), Sweden and Russia the most gold medals (6)
- XXVII Olympic Games
, held in
Sydney
, Australia (September 16 ? September 23)
- Fourth
European SC Championships
, held in
Valencia
, Spain (December 14 ? December 17)
- Great Britain wins the most medals (19), Sweden the most gold medals (10)
- January 18 ? Australia's
Susie O'Neill
breaks her own
world record
in the
200 m butterfly
(short course) again, this time at a meet in
Sydney
, Australia, clocking 2:04.16.
- February 12 ? In
Paris
, France, US?swimmer
Jenny Thompson
betters her own world record in the
women's 100 m butterfly
(short course), from 56:90 to 56:80.
- March 18 ? Jenny Thompson again betters her own world record in the women's 100 m butterfly (short course), this time in
Athens
, Greece, from 56:80 to 56:56.
- March 23 ?
Anthony Ervin
breaks the
world record
in the
men's 50 m freestyle
(short course) at a swimming meet in
Minneapolis
, clocking 21.21.
- June 16 ? At the Russian National Swimming Championships in Moscow,
Alexander Popov
betters the ten-year-old world record (21.81) in the
50m freestyle
(long course), swam by USA's
Tom Jager
in 1990 ? 21.64.
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