Eventually, Bustamante submitted Lindland in the third round and successfully defended his title. Bustamante was offered a new contract by the UFC, with a permission to entertain other offers as a free agent. However, when finding out UFC had the best offer on the market and returned to negotiations with them, the organization had lowered their offer to a level preceding the Lindland fight. Post-UFC career Bustamante ended up signing with PRIDE in 2003. He was a finalist of the PRIDE Welterweight Tournament 2005 on 31 December. After two impressive victories via an armbar and a TKO, defeating Ikuhisa Minowa and Masanori Suda respectively, Bustamante entered the finals against Dan Henderson. In the finals, Bustamante dropped an extremely close split decision to the two-time PRIDE champion. Murilo dedicates his time to teach Brazilian jiu-jitsu, submission grappling and MMA to his students for all levels at Brazilian Top Team training camps, as well as seminars all over the world. Murilo was scheduled to fight at Superior Challenge 6 and would have faced Tor Troeng. Bustamante was scheduled to face Yuya Shirai at Clube da Luta on 20 July 2011 but had to pull out of the fight due to an unspecified injury. Grappling credentials ADCC World Submission Wrestling Championships ADCC 2000 88–98 kg: 1st round ADCC 1999 88–98 kg: Semi finals. (Note: Murilo defeated Ricardo Almeida by points, but was unable to continue the tournament.) Absolute: Quarter finals. Record of opponents: Won:, Dexter Casey (sub), Ivan Salaverry (pts), Ricardo Almeida (pts), Lost: Mike Van Arsdale (pts), Ricco Rodriguez (pts) CBJJ World Championships 1999 Black Belt Pesado: 1st Place 1998 Black Belt Pesado: 3rd Place Black Belt Absolute: 3rd Place 1996 Black Belt Pesado: 2nd Place Championships and accomplishments MMAFighting 2002 Middleweight Fighter of the Year PRIDE Fighting Championships 2005 PRIDE Welterweight Grand Prix Runner Up Ultimate Fighting Championship UFC Middleweight Championship (1 Time) One successful title defense First ever Brazilian titleholder in UFC history Mixed martial arts record |- | Win | align=center| 15–8–1 | Dave Menne | Decision (Unanimous) | AFC - Amazon Forest Combat 2 | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 5:00 | Manaus, Brazil | |- | Loss | align=center| 14–8–1 | Jesse Taylor | TKO (Retirement) | Impact FC 2 - The Uprising: Sydney | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 2:10 | Sydney, Australia | |- | Loss | align=center| 14–7–1 | Makoto Takimoto | Decision (split)