Countdown to UFC 82 Tonight on Spike TV

Tonight is the debut of "UFC 82 Countdown: Silva vs. Henderson". The show will air at 11pm ET/PT on Spike TV.

UFC 82 takes place on Saturday, March 1, at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, OH. For the first time ever you will have two options to watch the event.

UFC 82 will be available as usual live on PPV for $44.95 or you will have the option to watch it live on the internet via Yahoo! Sports for the same price. Viewers that purchase the event online will get the exact same feed as PPV viewers. For more information on the UFC’s new partnership with Yahoo! Sports click here.

The UFC 82 fight card is stacked from top to bottom and features a main event that has the potential to become one of the greatest fights in the history of the UFC. Middleweight champion Anderson "The Spider" Silva will be taking on two division Pride champion Dan "Hollywood" Henderson to see who is the official undisputed king of the middleweight division. Other big names on the card include Andrei Arlovski, Jon Fitch, Yushin Okami, Josh Koscheck and Diego Sanchez. In fact the card is so stacked that the 3 of the 5 names just mentioned didn’t even make the main televised card. To see the full fight card visit the mma events page.

RedSweat.com will be bringing you total coverage of UFC 82 including prelim results, main card play by play commentary, predictions, and highlights following the event.

Don’t miss UFC 82 Countdown tonight at 11pm! If you do happen to miss it you can catch the replay on Wednesday at 11pm ET, Friday at 11pm ET and Saturday at 6pm ET.

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