The event was the third UFC event to be held in Japan. UFC 25 was headlined by a fight between
Tito Ortiz and
Wanderlei Silva, held to determine the new Light Heavyweight Champion following
Frank Shamrock's retirement. The Octagon announcer was local Sanshiro Matuyama instead of the regular
Bruce Buffer. The event featured the first UFC appearance of future UFC Middleweight Champion
Murilo Bustamante, as well as future
PRIDE fighter
Ikuhisa Minowa. This event also featured an interview with John Perretti, the UFC matchmaker at the time. UFC 25 was initially seen live on pay-per-view.
Spike published a DVD release exclusively in Japan, with a wider video release occurring after UFC was purchased by
Zuffa years later as part of a DVD collection covering events initially unreleased by SEG Sports. ==Results==