Ohio-native and former UFC Middleweight Champion Rich Franklin will take on The Ultimate Fighter 4 winner Travis Lutter at UFC 82 in Columbus, Ohio. The bout was first reported by MMA Junkie earlier this month.
Franklin (22-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC) will be looking to rebound in the main card fight following another disappointing loss to current [...]

Former Middleweight Champion Evan Tanner, who recently inked a new 4-fight deal with the UFC, will be returning to the octagon in March at UFC 82 in Columbus, Ohio to take on a yet-to-be-named opponent according to MMA Mania.
Tanner has a 32-6 MMA record including an 11-4 mark in the UFC. His record includes wins [...]

Over the weekend I noticed that Jorge Gurgel (11-3 MMA, 2-2 UFC) was announced to be taking on John Halverson (16-5 MMA, 0-1 UFC) at UFC 82 in Columbus, Ohio. Next on the plate for mixed martial arts fans was more rambling about how much Jorge Gurgel’s performance against Alvin Robinson proved that he does [...]

In an update to the report from last week that Josh Koscheck would likely be added to the UFC 82 card, MMA Mania is reporting that Koscheck is likely to face Dustin Hazelett at the March event in Columbu, Ohio.
Koscheck (9-2 MMA, 7-2 UFC) appeared on the first season of The Ultimate Fighter losing in [...]

Welterweights Josh Koscheck and Jon Fitch will both return at UFC 82 in Columbus, Ohio according to MMA Junkie.
Both fighters train with the American Kickboxing Academy in San Jose, California but have strong ties to the Ohio Valley region. Koscheck was born in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania before venturing to northern Pennsylvania to wrestle at Division I [...]

At the post-UFC 78 press conference it was announced that Dan Henderson will return to the octagon in March to take on middleweight champion Anderson Silva at UFC 82 in Columbus, Ohio.
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