UFC 82 - Pride of a Champion - 03/01/2008 7pm PT / 10pm ET

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Date Time: 03/01/2008 7pm PT / 10pm ET
Event Type: PPV Live
Location: Nationwide Arena, OH

Description:

On Saturday, March 1, one of the biggest questions in all of mixed martial arts will be answered - who is the greatest middleweight fighter in the world? UFC® Middleweight Champion Anderson "The Spider" Silva will take on PRIDE 185 lb. champion Dan Henderson in a pivotal battle to determine the undisputed king of the middleweights.

UFC® 82: PRIDE OF A CHAMPION - Saturday, March 1, live on Pay-Per-View from Columbus, OH.


Anderson Silva Vs. Dan Henderson - Middleweight title. 185 lbs.
Heath Herring Vs. Cheick Kongo
Alessio Sakara Vs. Chris Leben
Yushin Okami Vs. Evan Tanner
Chris Wilson Vs. Jon Fitch
Jake O'Brien Vs. Andrei Arlovski
Luigi Fioravanti Vs. Luke Cummo
Dustin Hazelett Vs. Josh Koscheck
David Bielkheden Vs. Diego Sanchez
John Halverson Vs. Jorge Gurgel


Picks thread! GO!

[Vince Tortelli]

Evan Tanner.
Heath Herring.
Arlovski.
Hazelett.
Gurgel.
Leben.
Main Fight: Too close to call.

[UpaLumpa]

Anderson Silva
Heath Herring
Alessio Sakara
Yushin Okami
Jon Fitch
Andrei Arlovski
Luigi Fioravanti
Josh Koscheck
Diego Sanchez
John Halverson

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[Roidie McDouchebag]

Dan Henderson has the wrestling and the sub defence to do it, IMO

Heath Herring I'm hoping

Alessio Sakara Vs. Chris Leben I hate them both, if one of them could be crippled for life and the other concussed so badly he had to retire, that would be ideal

Yushin Okami Vs. Evan Tanner I want Tanner to win, but I don't think he will

Jon Fitch dominantly

Andrei Arlovski by KO or GTFO

David Bielkheden by sub

[Jadonblade]

I am saddened and confused why AA is fighting so low down..., but yes:

AA by hulk smash.
Anderson Silva by laser guided knee. Been really really looking forward to this fight, I will be genuinly upset if silva loses.

[Kentucky Fried Chokin]

I always wondered how Anderson Silva can be so dominate in the UFC, yet not very high up in Pride? Was Pride really that much better than UFC? Does the cage make such a difference that all rankings are inverted and the worst become the best? Or do I just not follow Pride very closely and Anderson Silva was a top contender until Pride was liquidated?

Oh and,
Herring (although I hate his "rasslin iz ghey" attitude)
Arlovski
Tanner (welcome back!)
Sakara
Fitch
and whocares about the rest

[Fighting Cephalopod]

I always wondered how Anderson Silva can be so dominate in the UFC, yet not very high up in Pride? Was Pride really that much better than UFC? Does the cage make such a difference that all rankings are inverted and the worst become the best? Or do I just not follow Pride very closely and Anderson Silva was a top contender until Pride was liquidated?

Or in the three years between when he fought in Pride and when he started fighting in the UFC, he got... better? I DON'T KNOW IT IS A MYSTERY

[Kentucky Fried Chokin]

Or in the three years between when he fought in Pride and when he started fighting in the UFC, he got... better? I DON'T KNOW IT IS A MYSTERY

Ah, It's all coming into focus now. I didn't realize that there was a three year gap between when he fought in Pride and the UFC.

[selfcritical]

How the **** are Fitch and Arlovski below fucking Leben on the card? Aren't they legitimate title contenders and he.......not?

[JMass]

I would love to see Henderson win.

Fitch and AA will dominate.