UFC MMA events in 1998
1998 in UFC First date March 13, 1998 Last date October 16, 1998 Total events 3 UFC 2 Total fights 25 Title fights 4
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 (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
split decision
21:00
UFC Ultimate Brazil
[c]
Light Heavyweight
Frank Shamrock (c)
def.
John Lober
submission (punches)
7:40
UFC Ultimate Brazil
[d]
^ Shamrock defeated Zinoviev to retain the Light Heavyweight Championship .
^ Shamrock defeated Horn to retain the Light Heavyweight Championship .
^ Miletich defeated Burnett to become the inaugural UFC Welterweight Champion .
^ 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
Events List [ ]
Main article: List of UFC events
See also [ ]
UFC
List of UFC champions
List of UFC events
References [ ]
Ultimate Fighting Championship
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Upcoming events are in italics
Flagship events Fight Nights (on Spike TV) UFC on Versus/UFC Live
Vera vs. Jones
Jones vs. Matyushenko
Sanchez vs. Kampmann
Kongo vs. Barry
Hardy vs. Lytle
Cruz vs. Johnson
UFC on Fox
Velasquez vs. dos Santos
Evans vs. Davis
Diaz vs. Miller
Shogun vs. Vera
Henderson vs. Diaz
Johnson vs. Dodson
Henderson vs. Melendez
Johnson vs. Moraga
Johnson vs. Benavidez 2
Henderson vs. Thomson
Werdum vs. Browne
Lawler vs. Brown
dos Santos vs. Miocic
Gustafsson vs. Johnson
Machida vs. Rockhold
Dillashaw vs. Barão 2
dos Anjos vs. Cowboy 2
Johnson vs. Bader
Teixeira vs. Evans
Holm vs. Shevchenko
Maia vs. Condit
VanZant vs. Waterson
Shevchenko vs. Peña
Johnson vs. Reis
Weidman vs. Gastelum
Lawler vs. dos Anjos
Jacaré vs. Brunson 2
Emmett vs. Stephens
Poirier vs. Gaethje
Alvarez vs. Poirier 2
Lee vs. Iaquinta 2
UFC on FX
Guillard vs. Miller
Alves vs. Kampmann
Johnson vs. McCall
Maynard vs. Guida
Browne vs. Bigfoot
Sotiropoulos vs. Pearson
Belfort vs. Bisping
Belfort vs. Rockhold
UFC on Fuel TV Fight Nights (on FS1, FS2, FXX, or UFC Fight Pass) UFC on ESPN (or ESPN2) Fight Nights (on ESPN+) UFC on ABC
Holloway vs. Kattar
Vettori vs. Holland
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