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12-15-2007, 05:47 PM
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|  UFC 82: Evan Tanner to fight in Columbus, Ohio
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MMAmania.com (www.mmamania.com) recently learned that former middleweight champion Evan Tanner (32-6) will return to the Octagon at UFC 82 in Columbus, Ohio, at the Nationwide Arena on March 2.
No opponent has been named.
Tanner — who will be 37 years old on fight night — has not competed since a submission win (triangle choke) over Justin Levens at UFC 59: “Reality Check” in April 2006. He recently signed a four-fight contract extension to return to action and provide some much-needed depth and experience to a relatively talent-shallow 185-pound division.
It’s been a long strange trip for Tanner outside the cage during his almost two-year self-imposed fight hiatus.There’s no telling if he can recapture his old form and become a middleweight contender.
Either way it’s going to be fun to watch — Tanner fights rarely go the distance. In fact, he has only been in involved in three decisions in nearly 40 professional mixed martial arts bouts.
It’s important to note that Tanner will fight on the same card as current UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva. Tanner has mentioned numerous times that he feels he matches up well with “The Spider” and is eager to give it a shot.
Two things would more than likely have to happen for that to occur: Silva needs to defeat — or lose to — Dan Henderson (no sure thing) and Tanner would have to rattle off at least two wins (no sure thing, either.)
Again, it should be fun to watch regardless of the results.
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12-15-2007, 05:48 PM
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glad to see hes coming back.after seeing that bisping is dropping down.do you think this could be bispings first fight?
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12-15-2007, 05:52 PM
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Originally Posted by 2mcgrath glad to see hes coming back.after seeing that bisping is dropping down.do you think this could be bispings first fight? | No opponent has been named yet but i hope so, or maybe a rematch w/ Franklin so his hometown crowd would see him again.
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12-15-2007, 05:57 PM
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i got a feeling it maybe bisping.if so i would take bisping.and the reason for that is tanners long lay off.
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12-15-2007, 06:01 PM
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Originally Posted by 2mcgrath i got a feeling it maybe bisping.if so i would take bisping.and the reason for that is tanners long lay off. | Regardless of the layoff, I'd take Tanner in this fight. He seems like the kind of guy who can do whatever the hell he wants, and if he takes the training seriously, he could come back and do some damage. Don't see him beating Silva, though.
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12-15-2007, 06:04 PM
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Originally Posted by 2mcgrath i got a feeling it maybe bisping.if so i would take bisping.and the reason for that is tanners long lay off. | And Tanner is also getting older, that would be a factor if he lose againts Bisping.
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12-15-2007, 06:22 PM
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Glad he is back but he does not match up well with Anderson that is for sure.
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12-15-2007, 06:35 PM
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This is great news. Tanner is a warrior and one of my favorite fighters. Tanner has a chance to be great if he trains properly and leaves the alcohol alone. I hope they dont have him fight Franklin in Ohio though. Franklin is just a bad match up for him. I think he would give Bisping a beat down. I would really like to see him fight Alan Belcher or Chris Leben.
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12-15-2007, 06:40 PM
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I thought they were trying for Franklin/Lutter if Franklin gets done making his movie? Tanner > Bisping regardless of Tanner's layoff. Bisping's tenure in UFC is going to be short. WEC bound baby.
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12-15-2007, 06:44 PM
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Originally Posted by foutch550 I thought they were trying for Franklin/Lutter if Franklin gets done making his movie? Tanner > Bisping regardless of Tanner's layoff. Bisping's tenure in UFC is going to be short. WEC bound baby. | They will never do that too much of a Cash cow in England. If anything the will string him a bunch of Tweeners to make him look good to the UK fans.
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