UFC 82 Pride of a Champion Fight Card

Main Event:

• UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva (20-4) vs. Dan Henderson (22-6)

Main card (televised):

• 265 lbs.: Cheick Kongo (11-3-1) vs. Heath Herring (27-13)
• 185 lbs.: Alessio Sakara (12-6) vs. Chris Leben (17-4)
• 185 lbs.: Evan Tanner (32-6) vs. Yushin Okami (21-4)
• 170 lbs.: Jon Fitch (15-2) vs. Chris Wilson (13-3)

Under card (may not be broadcast):

• 265 lbs.: Andrei Arlovski (11-5) vs. Jake O’Brien (10-0)
• 170 lbs.: Luke Cummo (6-4) vs. Luigi Fioravanti (11-3)
• 170 lbs.: Josh Koscheck (9-2) vs. Dustin Hazelett (10-3)
• 170 lbs.: Diego Sanchez (17-2) vs. David Bielkheden (12-5)
• 155 lbs.: Jorge Gurgel (11-3) vs. John Halverson (16-5)

Lots of good fights here, even on the under card. What's everybody's take on these? Leave some comments and let us know...

Kimbo Slice Beats Tank Abbott

The EliteXC bout between Kimbo Slice and Tank Abbott ended the way many though it would and not without controversy. Action was stopped early in th first round and Kimbo was warned about strikes to the back of the head and then stopped again for something being thrown into the cage from the crowd. This seemed to energize Kimbo even more, and it wasn't long after the fight was under way again that Kimbo got the knockout.

Also, Antonio "Big Foot" Silva defeated Ricco "Suave (Seriously)" Rodriguez in a split decision, Scott Smith defeated Kyle Noke and Brett Rogers Defeated James Thompson.

So what's next for Kimbo? Is he going to be taken seriously as a professional MMA fighter? It's difficult to say because this fight was anything but traditional MMA and while Tank Abbott may have been his most formidable professional opponent thus far there are certainly more difficult challenges ahead for Slice.