Mixed Martial Arts
The following is a list of major noteworthy MMA events during 2002 in chronological order.
| Date | Event | Alternate Name/s | Location | Attendance | PPV Buyrate | Notes |
| January 11 | UFC 35: Throwdown | Uncasville, Connecticut, US | 9,600 | 35,000 | ||
| February 22 | Pride The Best Vol. 1 | Tokyo, Japan | ||||
| February 24 | Pride 19: Bad Blood | Saitama, Japan | ||||
| March 22 | UFC 36: Worlds Collide | Las Vegas, Nevada, US | 10,000 | 55,000 | This event featured the last UFC appearance's from Pat Miletich and Pete Williams. | |
| April 28 | Pride 20: Armed and Ready | Yokohama, Japan | ||||
| May 10 | UFC 37: High Impact | Bossier City, Louisiana, US | 7,200 | 50,000 | ||
| June 22 | UFC 37.5: As Real As It Gets | Las Vegas, Nevada, US | 3,700 | This event featured the first appearance of longtime UFC announcer Joe Rogan. | ||
| June 23 | Pride 21: Demolition | Saitama, Japan | ||||
| July 13 | UFC 38: Brawl at the Hall | Saitama, Japan | 3,800 | 45,000 | ||
| July 20 | Pride The Best Vol. 2 | Tokyo, Japan | ||||
| August 28 | Pride Shockwave | Dynamite! | Tokyo, Japan | 91,108 | Event featured a Royce Gracie vs. Hidehiko Yoshida Jujutsu match and two K-1 kickboxing matches. This event holds the highest attendance for a predominately MMA event. | |
| September 27 | UFC 39: The Warriors Return | Uncasville, Connecticut, US | 7,800 | 45,000 | ||
| September 29 | Pride 22: Beasts From The East 2 | Nagoya, Japan | ||||
| October 20 | Pride The Best Vol. 3 | Tokyo, Japan | ||||
| November 22 | UFC 40: Vendetta | Las Vegas, Nevada, US | 13,265 | 150,000 | This event was the first to gain mainstream converge for a MMA event in the USA. The event also was noted as an important fiscal milestone for Zuffa and the UFC. | |
| November 24 | Pride 23: Championship Chaos 2 | Tokyo, Japan | ||||
| December 23 | Pride 24: Cold Fury 3 | Fukuoka, Japan |
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Famous quotes containing the words mixed, martial and/or arts:
“When truth is nothing but the truth, it’s unnatural, it’s an abstraction that resembles nothing in the real world. In nature there are always so many other irrelevant things mixed up with the essential truth. That’s why art moves you—precisely because it’s unadulterated with all the irrelevancies of real life.”
—Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)
“Strike the concertina’s melancholy string!
Blow the spirit-stirring harp like any thing!
Let the piano’s martial blast
Rouse the Echoes of the Past,”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)
“When tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of human civilization.”
—Daniel Webster (1782–1852)