UFC 18 The Road to the Heavyweight Title

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Date & Time
Fri 8th January 1999 12:00am Local
Fri 8th January 1999 12:00am UTC

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League
UFC

Season
1999

Round
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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Result List

02	Pat Miletich	UFC Welterweight	WIN
02	Jorge Patino	UFC Lightweight	LOSS
03	Pedro Rizzo	UFC Heavyweight	WIN
03	Mark Coleman	UFC Light Heavyweight	LOSS
04	Tito Ortiz	UFC Light Heavyweight	WIN
04	Jerry Bohlander	UFC Light Heavyweight	LOSS
05	Mikey Burnett	UFC Welterweight	WIN
05	Townsend Saunders	UFC Welterweight	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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