2000 in UFC

The year 2000 was the 8th year in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. In 2000 the UFC held 6 events beginning with, UFC 24: First Defense.

Debut UFC fighters
The following fighters fought their first UFC fight in 2000:


 * Aaron Brink
 * Adrian Serrano
 * Alex Stiebling
 * Alexandre Dantas
 * Andrei Arlovski
 * Ben Earwood
 * Bob Cook
 * Bobby Hoffman
 * Brad Gumm
 * Chris Lytle
 * CJ Fernandes
 * Dave Menne
 * David Dodd


 * David Velasquez
 * Dennis Hallman
 * Gan McGee
 * Ian Freeman
 * Ikuhisa Minowa
 * Jeff Monson
 * Jermaine Andre
 * Joao Roque
 * John Alessio
 * Josh Barnett
 * Koji Oishi
 * Lance Gibson
 * Marcelo Aguiar
 * Mark Hughes


 * Matt Lindland
 * Murilo Bustamante
 * Nate Schroeder
 * Renato Sobral
 * Sanae Kikuta
 * Satoshi Honma
 * Scott Adams
 * Shonie Carter
 * Tedd Williams
 * Tiki Ghosn
 * Tyrone Roberts
 * Yuki Kondo

UFC 27: Ultimate Bad Boyz
UFC 27 was an event held in New Orleans, Louisiana, and the last event held by the UFC before its adoption of the new "Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts".