| UFC 82: Pride of a Champion | ||||
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 The poster for UFC 82: Pride of a Champion | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | March 1, 2008 | |||
| Venue | Nationwide Arena | |||
| City | Columbus, Ohio | |||
| Attendance | 16,431 [1] | |||
| Total gate | $2,200,000 [1] | |||
| Buyrate | 325,000 | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 82: Pride of a Champion was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event that took place on March 1, 2008, at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. [2]
The main event was a UFC & Pride FC middleweight title unification match between UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva and PRIDE FC welterweight champion Dan Henderson. [3]
A welterweight matchup between Jon Fitch and Akihiro Gono was originally scheduled, but Gono was forced to withdraw after suffering a hand injury in training. [4] Gono was replaced by Chris Wilson. [5] The Fitch/Gono match up was eventually rescheduled for UFC 94.
Diego Sanchez was originally scheduled to faced Roan Carneiro but an undisclosed illness forced out Carneiro. [6] David Bielkheden replaced Carneiro.
At the event, former UFC heavyweight champion Mark Coleman was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame. [7]
| Main card (PPV) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Middleweight | Anderson Silva (UFC Champion) | def. | Dan Henderson (Pride Champion) | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 4:52 | [a] |
| Heavyweight | Heath Herring | def. | Cheick Kongo | Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Chris Leben | def. | Alessio Sakara | TKO (punches) | 1 | 3:16 | |
| Middleweight | Yushin Okami | def. | Evan Tanner | KO (knee) | 2 | 3:00 | |
| Welterweight | Jon Fitch | def. | Chris Wilson | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary card | |||||||
| Heavyweight | Andrei Arlovski | def. | Jake O'Brien | TKO (punches) | 2 | 4:17 | |
| Welterweight | Josh Koscheck | def. | Dustin Hazelett | TKO (head kick and punches) | 2 | 1:24 | |
| Welterweight | Diego Sanchez | def. | David Bielkheden | TKO (submission to strikes) | 1 | 4:43 | |
| Welterweight | Luigi Fioravanti | def. | Luke Cummo | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Jorge Gurgel | def. | John Halverson | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
The following fighters received $60,000 bonuses. [8]
