UFC 82

Infobox MMA event
name=UFC 82: Pride of a Champion


promotion=Ultimate Fighting Championship
date=March 1, 2008
venue=Nationwide Arena
city=Columbus, Ohio
attendance=16,431 cite web
url=http://mmajunkie.com/2008/03/03/ufc-82-salaries-paydays-for-anderson-silva-dan-henderson-heath-herring-and-more/
title=UFC 82 Salaries: Paydays for Anderson Silva, Dan Henderson, Heath Herring, and More
last=Stupp
first=Dan
publisher=mmajunkie.com
date=March 3, 2008
accessdate=2008-03-03]
gate= $2,200,000
buyrate= 325,000
previousevent=
followingevent=

"UFC 82: Pride of a Champion" was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event that took place on 1st March, 2008 at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. cite web
url=http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=EventDetail.FightCard&eid=1056|title=EVAN
title=UFC 82: Pride of a Champion
publisher=UFC.com
accessdate=2007-11-18]

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.

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. cite web
url=http://mmajunkie.com/2008/01/18/akihiro-gono-im-out-of-ufc-82-with-hand-injury/
title= Akihiro Gono: I’m out of UFC 82 with Hand Injury
publisher=MMA Junkie
last=Stupp
first=Dann
date=January 18, 2008
accessdate=2008-01-18] Gono was replaced by Chris Wilson.cite web
url=http://www.sherdog.com/news/news.asp?n_id=10914
title=Fitch to Face Chris Wilson at UFC 82
last=Savage
first=Greg
publisher=Sherdog.com
date=January 22, 2008
accessdate=2008-01-22]

At the event, former UFC heavyweight champion Mark Coleman was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame.cite web
url=http://mmajunkie.com/2008/02/20/mark-coleman-set-for-ufc-hall-of-fame-induction-at-ufc-82/
title=Mark Coleman Set for UFC Hall of Fame Induction at UFC 82
publisher=MMA Junkie
last=Stupp
first=Dann
publisher=MMAjunkie.com
date=February 20, 2008
accessdate=2008-02-25] .

Results

Preliminary card

*Lightweight bout: flagicon|BRA Jorge Gurgel vs. flagicon|USA John Halverson:Gurgel wins by unanimous decision.

*Welterweight bout: flagicon|USA Diego Sanchez vs. flagicon|SWE David Bielkheden:Sanchez wins by submission (strikes) at 4:43 of Round 1.

*Welterweight bout: flagicon|USA Josh Koscheck vs. flagicon|USA Dustin Hazelett:Koscheck wins by TKO (strikes) at 1:24 of Round 2. This was the only preliminary fight that was aired on the broadcast.

*Welterweight bout: flagicon|USA Luke Cummo vs. flagicon|USA Luigi Fioravanti:Fioravanti wins by unanimous decision.

*Heavyweight bout: flagicon|Belarus Andrei Arlovski vs. flagicon|USA Jake O'Brien:Arlovski wins by TKO (Punches) at 4:17 of Round 2.

Main card

*Welterweight bout: flagicon|USA Chris Wilson vs. flagicon|USA Jon Fitch:Fitch wins by unanimous decision. The judges scored the fight 30-27, 29-28, and 30-27.

*Middleweight bout: flagicon|USA Evan Tanner vs. flagicon|JPN Yushin Okami:Okami wins by KO (knee) at 3:00 of Round 2.

*Middleweight bout: flagicon|USA Chris Leben vs. flagicon|ITA Alessio Sakara:Leben wins by TKO (punches) at 3:16 of Round 1.

*Heavyweight bout: flagicon|USA Heath Herring vs. flagicon|FRA Cheick Kongo:Herring wins by split decision. Two judges had the fight 29-28 for Herring & one judge had it 29-28 for Kongo.

* UFC & Pride FC Middleweight unification bout: flagicon|BRA Anderson Silva vs. flagicon|USA Dan Henderson:Silva wins by submission (rear naked choke) at 4:52 of Round 2. [ cite web|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/pramit_mohapatra/03/03/ufc.82.recap/index.html |title=After winning at UFC 82, Silva joins an elite class |accessdate=2008-06-22 |last=Mohapatra |first=Pramit |date=2008-03-03 |work=SI.com |publisher=SI.com ]

Bonus awards

At the end of this event, $60,000 was awarded to each of the fighters who received one of these three awards.cite web
url=http://mmajunkie.com/2008/03/02/silva-henderson-and-leben-earn-fight-night-bonuses/
title=Silva, Henderson and Leben Earn “Fight Night” Bonuses
last= Foster
first= Eric
publisher=mmajunkie.com
date=March 2, 2008
accessdate=03-02-2008]

*Fight of the Night: flagicon|BRA Anderson Silva vs. flagicon|USA Dan Henderson

*Submission of the Night: flagicon|BRA Anderson Silva

*Knockout of the Night: flagicon|USA Chris Leben

Fighter Payouts

Anderson Silva def. Dan Henderson
*Silva - $260,000 ($70,000 to show, $70,000 to win, $120,000 bonus )
*Henderson - $160,000 ($100,000 to show, 60,000 bonus)

Heath Herring def. Cheick Kongo
*Herring - $140,000 ($70,000 to show, $70,000 to win)
*Kongo - $30,000

Chris Leben def. Alessio Sakara
*Leben - $110,000 ( $25,000 to show, $25,000 to win, $60,000 bonus)
*Sakara - $17,000

Yushin Okami def. Evan Tanner
*Okami - $28,000 ($14,000 to show, $14,000 to win)
*Tanner - $25,000

Jon Fitch def. Chris Wilson
*Fitch - $60,000 ($30,000 to show, $30,000 to win)
*Wilson - $12,000

Andrei Arlovski def. Jake O’Brien
*Arlovski - $170,000 ($105,000 to show, $65,000 to win)
*O'Brien - $11,000

Luigi Fioravanti def. Luke Cummo
*Fioravanti - $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 to win)
*Cummo - $16,000

Josh Koscheck def. Dustin Hazelett
*Koscheck - $20,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 to win)
*Hazelett - $12,000

Diego Sanchez def. David Bielkheden
*Sanchez - $60,000 ($30,000 to show, $30,000 to win)
*Bielkheden - $8,000

Jorge Gurgel def. John Halverson
*Gurgel - $14,000 ($7,000 to show, $7,000 to win)
*Halverson - $3,000

References

External links

* [http://82.ufc.com UFC 82 Website]
* [http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=eventDetail.FightCard&eid=1056 UFC 82 Fight Card]