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UFC 20: Battle for the Gold
UFC 20: Battle for the Gold
	The poster for UFC 20: Battle for the Gold
Promotion	Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date	May 7, 1999
Venue	Boutwell Auditorium
City	Birmingham, Alabama
Event chronology

UFC 20: Battle for the Gold was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on May 7, 1999 at the Boutwell Auditorium in Birmingham, Alabama. The event was seen live on pay per view in the United States, and later released on home video.

History

UFC 20 was the final event of what the UFC called "The Road to the Heavyweight Title", a tournament of sorts spanning four events, held to determine the Heavyweight Champion after Randy Couture vacated the title (due to contract disputes with the UFC). Bas Rutten defeated Kevin Randleman to become the new Heavyweight Champion in a controversial split decision.

Referees for the event were Mario Yamasaki (first time for UFC pay-per-view) and John McCarthy.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Heavyweight	Bas Rutten	def.	Kevin Randleman	Decision (split)		21:00	^[a]
Heavyweight	Pedro Rizzo	def.	Tra Telligman	KO (punch)		4:30
Heavyweight	Pete Williams	def.	Travis Fulton	Submission (armlock)		6:28
Middleweight	Wanderlei Silva	def.	Tony Petarra	KO (knee)		2:53
Lightweight	Marcelo Mello	def.	Dave Roberts	TKO (punches)		1:23
Lightweight	LaVerne Clark	def.	Fabiano Iha	TKO (doctor stoppage)		1:33
Preliminary Card
Heavyweight	Ron Waterman	def.	Chris Condo	TKO (punches)		0:28