Welterweight-contender Jon Fitch will take on UFC newcomer Chris Wilson when the UFC visits Columbus, Ohio in March according to a report by Sherdog.
Fitch (15-2 MMA, 7-0 UFC), a winner of 14-straight fights including 7-straight in the UFC, has defeated Brock Larson, Josh Burkman, Thiago Alves, Kuniyoshi Hironaka, Luigi Fioravanti, Roan Carneiro, and Diego Sanchez [...]

Today the UFC updated their official card for UFC 82 which previously included only the main event matchup between UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva and Dan Henderson. Heath Herring versus Cheick Kongo, Yushin Okami versus Evan Tanner, and Josh Koscheck versus Dustin Hazelett were all added to the official fight card.
Herring-Kongo and Okami-Tanner will both [...]

Following his impressive KO win against Jess Liaudin at UFC 80 Marcus Davis revealed that he’s interested in a fight against former PRIDE Lightweight Champ Takanori Gomi.
The UFC will stage its next European in June at the O2 Arena in London, England. The event, tentatively UFC 86, is the first of many upcoming events the [...]

Diego Sanchez will take on Roan Carneiro when the UFC comes to Columbus, Ohio on March 1st for UFC 82. Sanchez announced the bout over MySpace earlier this week.
Sanchez (17-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC) was a participant on the first season of The Ultimate Fighter defeating Kenny Florian on the finale of the show to win [...]

Akihiro Gono announced Friday on his personal blog that he has been forced to withdraw from his scheduled bout against Jon Fitch at UFC 82 in Columbus, Ohio in March.
According to the entry Gono suffered an injury to his right hand during his UFC debut win against Tamdan McCrory in November. A doctor later checked [...]

Andrei “The Pitbull” Arlovski may be making his long awaited return to the octagon on March 1 in Columbus, Ohio at UFC 82 “Pride Of A Champion” according to Roman Modrowski of the Chicago Sun-Times,
Toward the bottom of Modrowski’s article, which begins by discussing some issues Don King apparently has with the UFC, it reads:
“Arlovski’s [...]

MMAWeekly is reporting that UFC welterweight Jon Fitch has signed a bout agreement to take on Akihiro Gono at UFC 82, which will be taking place on March 1st in Columbus, Ohio. Although Gono has not officially signed his fight contract, it is reported that he has verbally accepted the match after originally [...]

“The Silent Assasin” Luke Cummo will take on Luigi Fioravanti on the undercard of UFC 82: Pride of a Champion. Cummo confirmed the bout on his official website, LukeCummo.com.The event takes place March 1st in Columbus, Ohio and will air on pay-per-view. In the main event UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva takes on PRIDE champion [...]

Tickets for UFC 82: Pride of a Champion are now on-sale to UFC Fight Club Members. UFC 82 will take place on March 1st at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio.
The event will be the second event held in Columbus and the third Ohio UFC event in less than a year. In March the UFC [...]

Tickets for UFC 82: “Pride of a Champion” will go on-sale to UFC Fight Club Members Thursday December 27th according to MMA News. UFC 82 will take place on March 1st at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio.
The event will be the second event held in Columbus and the third Ohio UFC event in less [...]

According to MMAjunkie.com, former UFC Middleweight Champion Rich Franklin has suffered a torn meniscus in his right knee, and will not be able to compete until June of 2008 at the earliest. This obviously means that Franklin will not be facing off against Travis Lutter at UFC 82, a match which was [...]

Rich Franklin has posted the following on his official website, RichFranklin.com, disputing reports that he will be fighting in March at UFC 82 in Columbus, Ohio:
I am told there are rumors of me fighting multiple people in March. I have not signed for a fight in March. I don’t believe that I am allowed to [...]