Turk88
11-19-2007, 11:33 AM
March 1 will be the UFC fight in Columbus. The main event....
Dan Henderson (http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?fighterID=195) (Pictures (http://www.sherdog.com/news/picture_gallery.asp?f_id=195@@Dan Henderson)) fell short in his first attempt to unify UFC and PRIDE titles. He'll get a second chance, UFC president Dana White announced Saturday, when the only man to hold the PRIDE 183-pound title fights UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva (http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?fighterID=1356) March 1 in Columbus, Ohio.
Silva, the top pound-for-pound fighter as ranked by Sherdog.com, has dominated since entering the UFC in June 2006. Using what many consider the most dangerous standup game in mixed martial arts, the 32-year-old Silva brutally finished each of his five fights in the Octagon while raising his overall record to 20-4.
Henderson, 37, returned to the UFC in September and put his PRIDE 205-pound title on the line against UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton Jackson (http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?fighterID=348) (Pictures (http://www.sherdog.com/news/picture_gallery.asp?f_id=348@@Quinton Jackson)). After five hard-fought rounds, Jackson walked away a unanimous decision winner.
Though he balked at the idea of dropping weight to fight Silva at 185 pounds, Henderson (22-6) eventually agreed to the bout after signing a contract extension with the UFC, Sherdog.com has learned.
Dan Henderson (http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?fighterID=195) (Pictures (http://www.sherdog.com/news/picture_gallery.asp?f_id=195@@Dan Henderson)) fell short in his first attempt to unify UFC and PRIDE titles. He'll get a second chance, UFC president Dana White announced Saturday, when the only man to hold the PRIDE 183-pound title fights UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva (http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?fighterID=1356) March 1 in Columbus, Ohio.
Silva, the top pound-for-pound fighter as ranked by Sherdog.com, has dominated since entering the UFC in June 2006. Using what many consider the most dangerous standup game in mixed martial arts, the 32-year-old Silva brutally finished each of his five fights in the Octagon while raising his overall record to 20-4.
Henderson, 37, returned to the UFC in September and put his PRIDE 205-pound title on the line against UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton Jackson (http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?fighterID=348) (Pictures (http://www.sherdog.com/news/picture_gallery.asp?f_id=348@@Quinton Jackson)). After five hard-fought rounds, Jackson walked away a unanimous decision winner.
Though he balked at the idea of dropping weight to fight Silva at 185 pounds, Henderson (22-6) eventually agreed to the bout after signing a contract extension with the UFC, Sherdog.com has learned.