1998 in UFC

The year 1998 was 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.

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

Title fights

Title fights in 1998
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Event	Notes
Light Heavyweight	Frank Shamrock (c)	def.	Igor Zinoviev	KO (slam)		0:22	UFC 16: Battle in the Bayou	[a]
Light Heavyweight	Frank Shamrock (c)	def.	Jeremy Horn	Submission (kneebar)		16:28	UFC 17: Redemption	[b]
Welterweight	Pat Miletich	def.	Mikey Burnett	Decision (split)		21:00	UFC Ultimate Brazil	[c]
Light Heavyweight	Frank Shamrock (c)	def.	John Lober	Submission (punches)		7:40	UFC Ultimate Brazil	[d]

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:

Adriano Santos Allan Goes Andre Roberts Bob Gilstrap Carlos Newton Cesar Marscucci Chris Brennan Chuck Liddell Courtney Turner Dan Henderson

Ebenezer Fontes Braga Eugenio Tadeu Hugo Duarte Igor Zinoviev Jeremy Horn Joe Pardo John Lober Josh Stuart Laverne Clark Mike Van Arsdale

Mikey Burnett Noe Hernandez Pat Miletich Paulo Santos Pedro Rizzo Pete Williams Townsend Saunders Tsuyoshi Kosaka Tulio Palhares Wanderlei Silva

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	—
020	UFC 17: Redemption	May 15, 1998	Mobile Civic Center	Mobile, Alabama, U.S.	—
019	UFC 16: Battle in the Bayou	Mar 13, 1998	Pontchartrain Center	New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.	4,600[1]

See also

• UFC
• List of UFC champions
• List of UFC events