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Exclusive: Chris Leben to fight Alessio Sakara at UFC 82 on March 2
Published 1/28/2008 by Sam Caplan at Five Ounces of Pain
... through Leben’s management that a bout between Leben and Sakara is indeed scheduled to take place. “Yes, we fight Sakara in Columbus.” said manager T. Jay Thompson when contacted for comment via e-mail. Thompson, who is also the promoter of the ICON Sport promotion in Hawaii, also added, “Chris has been in training camp for the last four weeks and is excited to test himself against Sakara.” CLICK HERE TO READ THE REMAINDER OF THIS ARTICLE ON SAM CAPLAN’S PROELITE.COM BLOG ...

UFC 82: Chris Leben vs. Alessio Sakara
Published 1/28/2008 by Adrian Tapia at MMA News, Results, UFC blog, Ultimate Fighter, Rumors, Video and Opinion
... According to ProElite, TUF Alumni Chris Leben will take on Alessio “Legionarius” Sakara March 1 at UFC 82 in Columbus, Ohio. Leben will look to stay in the win column, following his miraculous one punch KO of Terry Martin at UFC Fight Night 11. Sakara who trains with American Top Team, is coming of a first round TKO win over James Lee at UFC 80. “Yes, we fight Sakara in Columbus.” said manager T. Jay Thompson when contacted for comment via e-mail. Thompson, who is also the promoter of the ICON Sport ...

UFC 82: Chris Leben vs. Alessio Sakara?
Published 1/28/2008 by MMAmania at UFC blog for UFC news, results, videos, rumors, fights, pics and tickets -- MMAmania.com
Alessio Sakara (12-6) will make his middleweight debut against Chris Leben (17-4) at UFC 82: “Pride of a Champion” on March 1 from the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. Sam Caplan from ProElite.com confirmed the rumored match up earlier this afternoon. The booking is a bit strange for two reasons: Sakara just competed at UFC 80: “Rapid Fire” on January 19, giving him less than six weeks between fights (not unheard of but rare). In addition, UFC 82 looks to already have nine fights lined up and this would make it 10 ...

UFC 82: Chris Leben vs. Alessio Sakara
Published 1/29/2008 by Kris at MMAFrenzy.com
... Jorge Rivera and Luigi Fioravanti. The streak was quickly halted at UFC Fight Night 5 when Leben was knocked out in just 49-seconds by Anderson Silva. After a KO win of Jorge Santiago Leben dropped back-to-back fights to Jason MacDonald and Kalib Starnes putting his UFC future in jeopardy. Leben looked rejuvenated in his last fight, knocking out Terry Martin in September at UFC Fight Night 11. For more on UFC 82 check out the UFC Daily UFC rumors section. Chris Leben vs. Alessio Sakara [ProElite] ...