UFC 82: “The Pride of Champions” scheduled for March 1st in Ohio is set to feature one of the most impressive UFC cards in the history of the organization. Top to bottom this card is filled with “star power” and interesting battles. The main event will be the 2nd Title Unification fight between the UFC champions and their Pride counterparts. It puts current UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva, against the PRIDE middleweight champion Anderson Silva. Not only are both guys champions but both fighters are always mentioned in the best “pound for pound” fighters in the world discussions. It is safe to say that this fight has a chance to become an instant classic.
This card is so great, that the fans will loose out on seeing some great match ups because some pretty big name fighters wont be making the televised portion of the card for the 1st time in their careers.
MAIN CARD
- Anderson Silva vs. Dan Henderson (for middleweight title)
- Andrei Arlovski vs. Jake O’Brien
- Jon Fitch vs. Chris Wilson
- Heath Herring vs. Cheick Kongo
- Evan Tanner vs. Yushin Okami
PRELIMINARY CARD
- Diego Sanchez vs. David Bielkheden
- Josh Koschek vs. Dustin Hazlett
- Luke Cummo vs. Luigi Fioravanti
- Jorge Gurgel vs. John Halverson
The return of Evan Tanner is so anticipated by fans, that it managed to bump Diego and Koschek’s fight off the main card and onto the untelevised card, which is a huge step backwards for both fighters. I am surprised that the greedy “Dr. Evil of mma”, Dana White is wasting these two fights on the undercard. Does the UFC treat Ohio good or what?
My question to the MMACrazies: Which fights would you put on the main card and who would you bump to the under card?
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