With Jon Fitch hurt, Carlos Condit may step in to face PJ Penn....

After Penn drew against Fitch I had no desire to see these guys try to hump each other to death again. Instead of a rematch I suggested here on the site a couple more exciting and interesting match ups. One of those was Penn vs Condit, and now it looks like that wish might come true.

After hearing of Fitch's withdraw from his second crack at The Prodigy, Condit said this:

"It would be an honor to fight a legend like BJ Penn, one of my favorite fighters ever. If the call comes, I would take the fight in a second."


Granted it's the bog standard "calling out" that any fighter in the UFC could have said, but this is potentially a fucking barn burner of a fight! Condit has lost only 1 of his last 12 fights, and other than his loss to Kampmann he hasn't lost since 2006! I also doubt he'll try to hump BJ into a submission. His knockout of Dan Hardy was nothing short of spectacular and proved he was ready for the next step, and this is the perfect opportunity. 


The UFC has been pretty good at putting these kind of match ups together lately. With Dan Hardy calling out Lytle, and the acceptance of that challenge, and now Condit gunning for Penn.... these guys are making Joe Silvas job a little easier! 


Both of these fights (should they happen) could prove to be two of this years best...

The Next Generation....

I haven't done well with my picks lately. I picked Vitor over Anderson, Hughes over Penn, Penn over Edgar the 2nd time, and yes you guessed it.... I picked Shogun over Bones. It's another reason I love MMA because you never know what the fuck is going to happen!!

When Jones suplexed Stephan Bonar I shot Swayze a puzzled look and said "who the fuck is this guy?!" Well now we know exactly how he is. He's the UFC Light Heavyweight Champion. He's the guy that just destroyed Mauricio "Shogun" Rua in a brutally lop sided fight, something I thought I'd never say.

Almost every website is a little reluctant to start speculating just how long Jones will be champ, we've made that mistake before when Machida won the belt, but one controversial decision and one KTFO later and the Machida Era was over. We don't want to make the same mistake with Bones, but can he really be put into the same context as Machida? Personally I don't think he should, this man is something else and I truly believe that he will be the champ for a while. I don't see Rashad being able to work his game plan against Jones, but these two have trained together for a long time and they know each other very well, but will it make any difference? We'll find out soon enough.

Jones is the start of a new breed, something Joe Rogan talks about a lot. These athletes with amazing ability to learn and move forward at a phenomenal rate. Have we reached the "Jones Era"?? We'll wait till he's defended his title a few times against some top contenders and then we'll decide that. But it's probably a safe bet....

Kiss this....

Posting this to win a bet, and because it's one of the best KTFO moments in MMA.....

Eat it Swayze....

Vitor Belfort vs Wanderlei Silva 2? Maybe....

Hmm Dana White just announced that this is in the works. Anyone who isn't salivating right now can leave the blog. Go on, you can go read another page....

OK, for those of us wiping our chins let's carry on. The last time these 2 met was in 1998 in a fight that lasted 44 seconds and introduced the world to Vitor "The Phenom" Belfort. The stunning finish has been the highlight of his highlight reel ever since. Everyone remembers the fight, the lightening fast hands, and of course they remember Vitor but naturally his opponent wouldn't be remembered, he was another young Brazilian, Wanderlei "The Axe Murderer" Silva. His time for being remembered was still to come.

Now all these years later these two men have left a legacy of MMA behind them and neither show signs of stopping anytime soon. There were a lot of people (especially me) that picked Vitor, who hadn't lost since 2006, to finally dethrone Anderson. That didn't go down quite as anyone was expecting. Damn you Steven Seagal.....

After the loss, Wanderlei became one of the most exciting and beloved fighters in the history of MMA. And he still is. Despite more losses than wins lately he's still one of the biggest draws in the UFC because The Axe Murderer is always in there to KTFO some poor fuck. He looked sharp at middleweight against Bisping and a chance to avenge this loss to Vitor will get him fired up!

Bare in mind this isn't a done deal yet, but that's why we need to talk, tweet, blog, text and whatever else you kids do nowadays to let Dana know we think this is a fucking great idea.....

UFC purchases Strikeforce!! But don't get too excited just yet....

Holy fucking shit!! Who saw that one coming??

It was Ariel Helwani that broke the news during an interview with UFC President Dana White on Friday, leaving the MMA world to ponder the purchase over the weekend. Before we get too excited, don't expect a WEC/Pride type merger. As stated by White numerous times during his interview it's "business as usual", so before we all start creating our dream match ups and getting wet at the thought of Overeem vs Velasquez, or even Fedor finally making his octagon debut, it ain't gonna happen..... for now.

Strikeforce and Coker will continue to run as a separate entity from the UFC. Sure we'll see advertisements for Strikeforce at UFC events and visa versa, but that might be all. I'm sure the future will hold something different. Dana still stands by his "no co-promoting" but now that he and the Fertitta's own Strikeforce that's something that might be a little easier to do and maybe at least tempt Dana a little more!?

As big news as this is, nothing is really going to change. All we can do right now is hope that we might get the odd superfight between the organizations in the very near future.