Date Sat 1st March 2008 (UTC) Sat 1st March 2008 (Local)
Timestamp 2008-03-01T00:00:00
Time 00:00:00 UTC (00:00:00 Local)
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Description UFC 82 Pride of a Champion was a mixed martial arts event that took place on March 1, 2008, at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio.
The main event was a UFC & Pride FC middleweight title unification match between UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva and PRIDE FC welterweight champion Dan Henderson.
A welterweight matchup between Jon Fitch and Akihiro Gono was originally scheduled, but Gono was forced to withdraw after suffering a hand injury in training. Gono was replaced by Chris Wilson. The Fitch/Gono match up was eventually rescheduled for UFC 94.
Diego Sanchez was originally scheduled to faced Roan Carneiro but an undisclosed illness forced out Carneiro. David Bielkheden replaced Carneiro.
At the event, former UFC heavyweight champion Mark Coleman was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame.
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02
Cheick Kongo
LOSS
02
Heath Herring
WIN
03
Chris Leben
WIN
03
Alessio Sakara
LOSS
04
Yushin Okami
WIN
04
Evan Tanner
LOSS
05
Chris Wilson
LOSS
05
Jon Fitch
WIN
07
Luke Cummo
LOSS
07
Luigi Fioravanti
WIN
08
Josh Koscheck
WIN
08
Dustin Hazelett
LOSS
09
David Bielkheden
LOSS
09
Diego Sanchez
WIN
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