1998 in Sports - Mixed Martial Arts

Mixed Martial Arts

The following is a list of major noteworthy MMA events during 1998 in chronological order.

Date Event Alternate Name/s Location Attendance PPV Buyrate Notes
March 13 UFC 16: Battle in the Bayou New Orleans, Louisiana, US 4,600 This event featured the first ever UFC lightweight tournament. As well as a middleweight championship bout. And a heavyweight and middleweight superfights.
March 15 Pride 2 Yokohama, Japan Event featured six MMA bouts and two kickboxing bouts.
May 15 UFC 17: Redemption Mobile, Alabama, US This event was the last UFC event aside from UFC 23, to feature the "tournament" style format.

This event featured a four-man middleweight tournament. As well as three heavyweight superfights.

June 24 Pride 3 Tokyo, Japan
October 11 Pride 4 Tokyo, Japan
October 16 UFC Brazil: Ultimate Brazil UFC 17.5 São Paulo, Brazil This event caused controversy due to the fact that the Brazilian flag was wrongly represented on the promotional material.

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