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
Debut UFC fighters
The following fighters fought their first UFC fight in 1998: 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
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
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 Attendance021UFC Ultimate BrazilGinásio da PortuguesaSão Paulo, Brazil rowspan="1 020Mobile Civic CenterMobile, Alabama, U.S. rowspan="1 019Pontchartrain CenterNew Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
See also UFC List of UFC champions List of UFC events
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