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 three 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 | ||
| Light Heavyweight | Frank Shamrock (c) | def. | Jeremy Horn | Submission (kneebar) | 16:28 | UFC 17: Redemption | ||
| Welterweight | Pat Miletich | def. | Mikey Burnett | Decision (split) | 21:00 | UFC Ultimate Brazil | ||
| Light Heavyweight | Frank Shamrock (c) | def. | John Lober | Submission (punches) | 7:40 | UFC Ultimate Brazil | ||
Debut UFC fighters
The following fighters fought their first UFC fight in 1998:
| ISO | Fighter | Division |
|---|---|---|
| Adriano Santos | Middleweight | |
| Allan Goes | Light Heavyweight | |
| Andre Roberts | Heavyweight | |
| Bob Gilstrap | Heavyweight | |
| Carlos Newton | Welterweight | |
| Cesar Marscucci | Lightweight | |
| Chris Brennan | Welterweight | |
| Chuck Liddell | Light Heavyweight | |
| Courtney Turner | Welterweight | |
| Dan Henderson | Middleweight |
| ISO | Fighter | Division |
|---|---|---|
| Ebenezer Fontes Braga | Light Heavyweight | |
| Eugenio Tadeu | Welterweight | |
| Hugo Duarte | Heavyweight | |
| Igor Zinoviev | Middleweight | |
| Jeremy Horn | Middleweight | |
| Joe Pardo | Heavyweight | |
| John Lober | Middleweight | |
| Josh Stuart | Welterweight | |
| Laverne Clark | Lightweight | |
| Mike Van Arsdale | Heavyweight |
| ISO | Fighter | Division |
|---|---|---|
| Mikey Burnett | Welterweight | |
| Noe Hernandez | Middleweight | |
| Pat Miletich | Welterweight | |
| Paulo Santos | Lightweight | |
| Pedro Rizzo | Heavyweight | |
| Pete Williams | Heavyweight | |
| Townsend Saunders | Welterweight | |
| Tsuyoshi Kosaka | Heavyweight | |
| Tulio Palhares | Middleweight | |
| Wanderlei Silva | Light Heavyweight |
Events list
| # | 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 |
