1998 in UFC explained

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.

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

See main article: List of UFC events.

	Event	Date	Venue	Location	Attendance
021	UFC Ultimate Brazil		Ginásio da Portuguesa	São Paulo, Brazil	rowspan="1
020			Mobile Civic Center	Mobile, Alabama, U.S.	rowspan="1
019			Pontchartrain Center	New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.	^[1]

See also

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: UFC 16: Frank's house. 18 April 2009 . sports.yahoo.com. Oct 19, 2010.