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.
road, heavyweight, title, mixed, martial, arts, event, held, ultimate, fighting, championship, january, 1999, orleans, louisiana, event, seen, live, view, united, states, later, released, home, video, road, heavyweight, titlethe, poster, road, heavyweight, tit. 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 New Orleans Louisiana The event was seen live on pay per view in the United States and later released on home video 1 2 UFC 18 The Road to the Heavyweight TitleThe poster for UFC 18 The Road to the Heavyweight Title InformationPromotionUltimate Fighting ChampionshipDateJanuary 8 1999VenuePontchartrain CenterCityNew Orleans LouisianaEvent chronologyUFC Brazil Ultimate Brazil UFC 18 The Road to the Heavyweight Title UFC 19 Ultimate Young Guns Contents 1 History 2 Results 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory EditThe 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 Results EditMain CardWeight class Method Round Time NotesLightweight Pat Miletich c def Jorge Patino Decision unanimous 21 00 a Middleweight Evan Tanner def Darrel Gholar Submission rear naked choke 7 57Lightweight Mikey Burnett def Townsend Saunders Decision unanimous 15 00Middleweight Tito Ortiz def Jerry Bohlander TKO cut 14 31Heavyweight Pedro Rizzo def Mark Coleman Decision split 15 00Heavyweight Bas Rutten def Tsuyoshi Kosaka TKO punches 14 15Alternate boutLightweight Laverne Clark def Frank Caracci TKO Submission to strikes 6 59 For the UFC Welterweight Championship 3 See also EditUltimate Fighting Championship List of UFC champions List of UFC events 1999 in UFCReferences Edit UFC 18 Ufc com 2014 08 08 Retrieved 2014 08 12 UFC 18 The Road to the Heavyweight Title MMA Event Page Tapology 2012 09 26 Retrieved 2014 08 12 Meltzer Dave 2009 04 20 UFC 18 Rutten rules Yahoo Sports Sports yahoo com Retrieved 2014 08 12 External links EditUFC 18 results at Sherdog com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title UFC 18 amp oldid 1073822180, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
