UFC 33: Victory in Vegas was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada on September 28, 2001.
The event was seen live on pay per view in the United States, and later released on home video.
[2] UFC 33 was the first mixed martial arts event sanctioned by the Nevada State Athletic Commission,[3] under the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts, which were first established by the New Jersey State Athletic Control Board in April 2001.
[6] Additionally, the broadcast ran over and cut out early on many cable systems (in the middle of the Ortiz-Matyushenko fight).
[11] In 2024, at the post-fight press conference following Power Slap 6, Dana White again remarked "I don't know if you remember UFC 33 when we came to Vegas for the first time, the worst