Denny Burkholder

Next up is Yushin Okami vs. Evan Tanner. Okami is in the cage, and here comes Tanner to the tune of Hendrix' "All Along the Watchtower."

Round 1: They circle for the first minute or so, throwing cautious strikes. Tanner landed a couple, but nothing damaging. Okami knocked Tanner down with a punch and Okami rushed in to try and finish. Tanner powered into a takedown attempt and wound up standing and forcing Okami against the fence. Tanner is bleeding. Tanner tries to dirty box against the cage. Okami gets Tanner in a clinch and tries knees, but Tanner blocks and then pushes off the clinch. They're striking again with neither guy getting a clear edge before the round ends. 10-9 Okami based on the knockdown and doing more visible damage.

Round 2: They opt to trade more with Okami landing a lot more really solid strikes this time. Tanner looks frustrated and backed off and shook his head more than once. Okami goes back to the clinch. Tanner punches Okami in the ribs and Okami answers with a left knee to the chin that puts Tanner on his back. Okami punches Tanner once more on the ground as the referee steps in to stop the fight.

Winner: Yushin Okami defeated Evan Tanner via KO due to a knee strike at 3:00 of Round 2.

Tanner looked pretty rusty, but it's honestly just as likely to be age catching up with Tanner as it is to be cage rust. Probably a combo of both.

They just interviewed Mark Coleman at cageside, talking about his Hall of Fame induction earlier this evening.

Coleman emphasized that he is not retired and said Dana White just found him an opponent with five months' notice to prepare.

Get ready for Mark Coleman vs. Brock Lesnar this summer. That ought to be fun to watch.

The first fight of the main PPV is Chris Wilson vs. Jon Fitch. Wilson is making his UFC debut, while Fitch is undefeated in 7 UFC fights and barring a loss here, should be the No. 1 contender at welterweight after tonight.

Round 1: Wilson came out getting the better of standup, connecting on more than a few punches and some body kicks and knees. He succeeded in stuffing Fitch's takedowns for a while but did end up on his back to end the round. 10-9 Wilson based on better striking and Fitch having some difficulty imposing his game plan.

Round 2: Fitch definitely settled into his groove here. Wilson couldn't keep Fitch from taking him down this time. Fitch worked the ground and pound with side control before powering into a mount. Fitch is just grinding away here with consistent, small strikes to the head and face. Wilson scrambled out from under Fitch briefly before finding himself right back in Fitch's control. Solid round for Fitch, 10-9. Once this thing goes to the ground, Fitch is clearly the better man.

Round 3: They stand for the first few minutes with Fitch actually landing more punches than Wilson this time around. Wilson mixed in some kicks and even a throw attempt. With two minutes left, Fitch takes Wilson down again. He's got him backed against the cage on the ground and is going to work with fists to the head and ribs. With 30 seconds left, Wilson trapped Fitch in a triangle choke that Fitch couldn't get out of, but he didn't submit before the round ended. A strong submission attempt at the end there, but it wasn't enough to offset Fitch's dominance in the first four and a half minutes of the round. I'd call it 10-9 Fitch, for the win.

Winner: Jon Fitch defeated Chris Wilson via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 30-27) after three rounds.

• Andrei Arlovski defeated Jake O'Brien via TKO due to strikes at 4:17 of Round 2.

That'll be a big help to Andrei in contract negotiations, I bet.

Back in a few with detailed blogging of the main card...

We're going to have live round-by-round coverage of UFC 82 tonight starting shortly after 10 p.m. ET. Right now, four of the undercard bouts are over with. Here are the results:

• Luigi Fioravanti defeated Luke Cummo via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) after three rounds.
• Josh Koscheck defeated Dustin Hazelett via TKO due to strikes at 1:24 of Round 2.
• Diego Sanchez defeated David Bielkheden via submission to strikes at 4:43 of Round 1.
• Jorge Gurgel defeated John Halverson via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28) after three rounds.

Also during the undercard, Mark Coleman was inducted as the fifth member of the UFC Hall of Fame and gave a tearful speech. Coleman joins Ken Shamrock, Royce Gracie, Dan Severn and Randy Couture in the UFC's Hall of Fame.

We'll be back with the last of the undercard results and round-by-round coverage of the five main broadcast fights soon. (Each fight will have its own entry, so be sure to refresh the link to the actual blog and not the link to any one entry, or you may miss the updates.)