Date: March 13, 1998
Venue: Pontchartrain Center
City: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

  • Lightweight Tournament Alternate bout:  Laverne Clark vs.  Josh Stewart
Clark wins by TKO (referee stoppage due to strikes) at 1:15.
  • Lightweight Tournament Alternate bout:  Chris Brennan vs.  Courtney Turner
Brennan wins by submission (armbar) at 1:20.
  • Lightweight Tournament Semifinals:  Mikey Burnett vs.  Eugenio Tadeu
Burnett wins by TKO (referee stoppage due to strikes) at 9:46.
  • Lightweight Tournament Semifinals:  Pat Miletich vs.  Townsend Saunders
Miletich wins by split decision at 15:00.
  • Middleweight Superfight:  Jerry Bohlander vs.  Kevin Jackson
Bohlander wins by technical submission (armbar) at 10:21. (Jackson refused to tap, Big John stopped the fight)
  • Lightweight Tournament Finals:  Pat Miletich vs.  Chris Brennan
Miletich wins the first UFC Lightweight Tournament by submission (choke) at 9:01. (Mikey Burnett withdrew from the tournament due to a broken finger and was replaced by Brennan.)
  • Heavyweight Superfight:  Tsuyoshi Kosaka vs.  Kimo Leopoldo
Kosaka wins by unanimous decision at 15:00.
  • Middleweight Championship bout:  Frank Shamrock (c) vs.  Igor Zinoviev
Shamrock wins by KO (slam) at 0:22 to retain the UFC Middleweight Championship.

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