1998 in UFC

1998 in UFC
Information
First date March 13, 1998
Last date October 16, 1998
Events
Total events 3
UFC 2
Fights
Total fights 25
Title fights 4
Chronology

1997 in UFC 1998 in UFC 1999 in UFC

The year 1998 is the 6th year in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. In 1998 the UFC held 3 events beginning with, UFC 16: Battle in the Bayou.

Title fights

Title fights in 1998
Weight class Method Round Time Event Notes
Light Heavyweight Frank Shamrock def. Igor Zinoviev KO (slam) 0:22 UFC 16: Battle in the Bayou [lower-alpha 1]
Light Heavyweight Frank Shamrock def. Jeremy Horn submission (kneebar) 16:28 UFC 17: Redemption [lower-alpha 2]
Welterweight Pat Miletich def. Mikey Burnett decision 21:00 UFC Ultimate Brazil [lower-alpha 3]
Light Heavyweight Frank Shamrock def. John Lober submission (punches) 7:40 UFC Ultimate Brazil [lower-alpha 4]
  1. ↑ Shamrock defeated Zinoviev to retain the Light Heavyweight Championship.
  2. ↑ Shamrock defeated Horn to retain the Light Heavyweight Championship.
  3. ↑ Miletich defeated Burnett to become the inaugural UFC Welterweight Champion.
  4. ↑ Shamrock defeated Lober to retain the Light Heavyweight Championship.

Debut UFC fighters

The following fighters fought their first UFC fight in 1998:

Events List

Main article: List of UFC events
# Event Date Venue Location Attendance
021 UFC Ultimate Brazil Oct 16, 1998 Ginásio da Portuguesa São Paulo, Brazil N/A
020 UFC 17: Redemption May 15, 1998 Mobile Civic Center Mobile, Alabama, U.S. N/A
019 UFC 16: Battle in the Bayou Mar 13, 1998 Pontchartrain Center New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. 4,600[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "UFC 16: Frank's house". sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved Oct 19, 2010.
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