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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 Spacer02Player Cutout thumbTeam Badge iconTeam equipment thumbnailFlag icon Pat Miletich
Transparent Spacer02Player Cutout thumbTeam Badge iconTeam equipment thumbnailFlag icon Jorge Patino

Transparent Spacer03Player Cutout thumbTeam Badge iconTeam equipment thumbnailFlag icon Pedro Rizzo
Transparent Spacer03Player Cutout thumbTeam Badge iconTeam equipment thumbnailFlag icon Mark Coleman

Transparent Spacer04Player Cutout thumbTeam Badge iconTeam equipment thumbnailFlag icon Tito Ortiz
Transparent Spacer04Player Cutout thumbTeam Badge iconTeam equipment thumbnailFlag icon Jerry Bohlander

Transparent Spacer05Player Cutout thumbTeam Badge iconTeam equipment thumbnailFlag icon Mikey Burnett
Transparent Spacer05Player Cutout thumbTeam Badge iconTeam equipment thumbnailFlag icon Townsend Saunders


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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