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UFC 18 The Road to the Heavyweight Title



Date
Fri 8th January 1999 (UTC)
Fri 8th January 1999 (Local)

Timestamp
1999-01-08T00:00:00

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League
UFC

Season
1999

Round
1

Status
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Location
Pontchartrain Convention & Civic Center



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UFC 18: The Road to the Heavyweight Title was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on January 8, 1999 in Kenner, Louisiana. The event was seen live on pay per view in the United States, and later released on home video.

History
The event featured a UFC Lightweight Championship (now known as the Welterweight Championship) bout and six other bouts. UFC 18 was technically part two of what the UFC called "The Road To The Heavyweight Title", a tournament, spanning four events, held to crown the new UFC Heavyweight Champion after the title was vacated by Randy Couture (due to contract disputes).

Part one was held at UFC Brazil, with Tsuyoshi Kosaka taking a win to advance to UFC 18. UFC 18 featured the first US appearance of MMA legend Bas Rutten, and the first appearance of the late Evan Tanner, who would go on to become the UFC Middleweight Champion.

UFC 18 marked the first card where the initials "UFC" replaced "The Ultimate Fighting Championship" in the logo and when mentioned by the announcers/commentators. The new logo used the similar character from the old logo (with hands on his hips instead of punching the globe) combined with the letters UFC on the bottom.
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Transparent Spacer02 Player Cutout thumb Team Badge icon Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Pat Miletichwin icon WIN
Transparent Spacer02 Player Cutout thumb Team Badge icon Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Jorge Patinoloss icon LOSS

Transparent Spacer03 Player Cutout thumb Team Badge icon Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Pedro Rizzowin icon WIN
Transparent Spacer03 Player Cutout thumb Team Badge icon Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Mark Colemanloss icon LOSS

Transparent Spacer04 Player Cutout thumb Team Badge icon Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Tito Ortizwin icon WIN
Transparent Spacer04 Player Cutout thumb Team Badge icon Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Jerry Bohlanderloss icon LOSS

Transparent Spacer05 Player Cutout thumb Team Badge icon Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Mikey Burnettwin icon WIN
Transparent Spacer05 Player Cutout thumb Team Badge icon Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Townsend Saundersloss icon LOSS


Result Description
Welterweight Pat Miletich (c) def. Jorge Patino Decision (unanimous) 21:00
Middleweight Evan Tanner def. Darrel Gholar Submission (rear naked choke) 7:57
Lightweight Mikey Burnett def. Townsend Saunders Decision (unanimous) 15:00
Middleweight Tito Ortiz def. Jerry Bohlander TKO (cut) 14:31
Heavyweight Pedro Rizzo def. Mark Coleman Decision (split) 15:00
Heavyweight Bas Rutten def. Tsuyoshi Kosaka TKO (punches) 14:15
Alternate bout
Lightweight Laverne Clark def. Frank Caracci TKO (Submission to strikes) 6:59
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