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 [...]

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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