Photo: Dan Henderson (mmamania.com)
UFC 82: Pride of a
Champion – Columbus, OH – Nationwide Arena – March 1, 2008
Dan Henderson’s second PRIDE-UFC title unification fight
didn’t go any better than the first.
Six months after losing his PRIDE middleweight title to UFC
light heavyweight champ Rampage Jackson, Henderson dropped the PRIDE
welterweight title to UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva.
Silva used a rear naked choke to win the fight late in Round
2.
“The Texas Crazy Horse” Heath Herring beat fellow rising
heavyweight Cheick Kongo by split decision.
Yushin Okami knocked out Evan Tanner with a knee strike in
Round 2. Chris Leben beat Alessio Sakara by TKO at the 3:16 mark.
In the pay-per-view opener, Jon Fitch improved to 9-0 in the
UFC with a unanimous decision over Chris “The Professor” Wilson.
Poor Andrei Arlovski, a former UFC heavyweight champion, was
relegated to the pre-show. He beat Jake O’Brien by TKO in Round 2.
Josh Koscheck used a head kick a flurry of punches to beat
Dustin Hazelett by TKO in Round 2.
Diego Sanchez, who invented the “YES!” chant, made David
Bielkheden of Sweden tap out to strikes late in the first round.
Other pre-show results included Luigi FIoravanti over Luke
Cummo by unanimous decision; and Jorge Gurgel over John Halverson by unanimous
decision.
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