Read an article earlier saying that Jon Jones will get the winner of Lil Nog/Bader.

As for Nate Diaz getting a top 3 fight. He wont beat GSP, Fitch, or Kos at all.

B.J. Penn looking for quick return to action:

http://mmajunkie.com/news/20500/following-ufc-118-loss-ex-champ-b-j-penn-looking-for-quick-return-to-action.mma

^^^BJ needs a new camp, and not let his "family" interfere with his training. Also, BJ is his biggest enemy. He sometimes doesn't even seem like he wants to fight, rather pick up a pay check.

The_Crosby_Show;468157 wrote:^^^BJ needs a new camp, and not let his "family" interfere with his training. Also, BJ is his biggest enemy. He sometimes doesn't even seem like he wants to fight, rather pick up a pay check.

The sad thing is that BJ Penn's family is quite rich, so he doesn't need the money.

^^^Very true.

Palace of Auburn Hills in Michigan to host UFC 123 on November 20th; Rampage vs. Machida headlines:

http://mmajunkie.com/news/20502/detroit-suburb-to-host-ufc-123-on-nov-20-rampage-vs-machida-headlines.mma

UFC 125 slotted for January 1st in Las Vegas:

http://mmajunkie.com/news/20503/ufc-125-slotted-for-jan-1-at-mgm-grand-garden-arena-in-las-vegas.mma

Upcoming cards with big fights listed:

UFC Fight Night 22 - September 15th on Spike TV from Austin, Texas
Nate Marquardt vs. Rousimar Palhares
Efrain Escudero vs. Charles Oliveira
Jim Miller vs. Gleison Tibau
Ross Pearson vs. Cole Miller

UFC 119 - September 25th on PPV from Indianapolis, Indiana
Frank Mir vs. Mirko Cro Cop
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Ryan Bader
Matt Serra vs. Chris Lytle
Sean Sherk vs. Evan Dunham
Melvin Guillard vs. Jeremy Stephens
C.B. Dollaway vs. Joe Doerksen

WEC 51 - September 30th on Versus from Broomfield, Colorado
Jose Aldo (c) vs. Manny Gamburyan for Featherweight Title
Jamie Varner vs. Donald Cerrone
Miguel Torres vs. Charlie Valencia
George Roop vs. Chan Sung Jung
Mark Hominick vs. Leonard Garcia

UFC 120 - October 16th on PPV/Spike TV from London, England
Michael Bisping vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama
Dan Hardy vs. Carlos Condit
John Hathaway vs. Mike Pyle
Cheick Kongo vs. Travis Browne
James Wilks vs. Claude Patrick

UFC 121 - October 23rd on PPV from Anaheim, California
Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Cain Velasquez for the Heavyweight Title
Jake Shields vs. Martin Kampmann
Diego Sanchez vs. Paulo Thiago
Matt Hamill vs. Tito Ortiz
Brendan Schaub vs. Gabriel Gonzaga
Patrick Cote vs. Tom Lawlor

WEC 52 - November 7th on Versus from Sacramento, California
Urijah Faber vs. Taekya Mizugaki

UFC 122 - November 13th on PPV from Oberhausen, Germany
Vitor Belfort vs. Yushin Okami
Krzysztof Soszynski vs. Goran Reljic
Peter Sobatta vs. Amir Sadollah

UFC 123 - November 20th on PPV from Auburn Hills, Michigan
Lyoto Machida vs. Rampage Jackson
Forrest Griffin vs. Jon Jones

WEC 53 - December 16th on Versus from Glendale, Arizona
Ben Henderson (c) vs. Anthony Pettis for Lightweight Title

The Ultimate Fighter 12 finale - December 4th on Spike TV from Las Vegas, Nevada
Lightweight Finalist #1 vs. Lightweight Finalist #2

UFC 124 - December 11th on PPV from Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Georges St-Pierre (c) vs. Josh Koscheck II for Welterweight Title

UFC 125 - January 1st on PPV from Las Vegas, Nevada

"UFC Primetime" returns to Spike TV for "UFC 121: Lesnar vs. Velasquez"

http://mmajunkie.com/news/20523/ufc-primetime-returns-to-spike-tv-for-ufc-121-lesnar-vs-velasquez.mma

Hamill vs Ortiz. Didn't Ortiz coach him in one of the TUF series.

Could be interesting.

I thought Hammil was on the opposite team. Wasn't he coached by Shamrock that season?

Leonardo;468545 wrote:Palace of Auburn Hills in Michigan to host UFC 123 on November 20th; Rampage vs. Machida headlines:

http://mmajunkie.com/news/20502/detroit-suburb-to-host-ufc-123-on-nov-20-rampage-vs-machida-headlines.mma

i had a dream the other night that a Fighter (maybe in the dream i was the fighter, IDK) came out in auburn hills with "we don't give a damn for the whole state of michigan" as his entrance song.

this is creepy...

Curly J;470712 wrote:Hamill vs Ortiz. Didn't Ortiz coach him in one of the TUF series.

Could be interesting.

Hamill was on Tito's team and really took Hamill under his wing!

Once hyped Heavyweight Prospect Todd Duffee released by the UFC
http://mmajunkie.com/news/20558/ufc-releases-heavyweight-prospect-todd-duffee.mma

Just after Duffee was on the cover of Muscle & Fitness. he got KO'd.

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Upcoming cards with big fights listed:

UFC Fight Night 22 - September 15th on Spike TV from Austin, Texas
Nate Marquardt vs. Rousimar Palhares
Efrain Escudero vs. Charles Oliveira
Jim Miller vs. Gleison Tibau
Ross Pearson vs. Cole Miller

UFC 119 - September 25th on PPV from Indianapolis, Indiana
Frank Mir vs. Mirko Cro Cop
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Ryan Bader
Matt Serra vs. Chris Lytle
Sean Sherk vs. Evan Dunham
Melvin Guillard vs. Jeremy Stephens
C.B. Dollaway vs. Joe Doerksen

WEC 51 - September 30th on Versus from Broomfield, Colorado
Jose Aldo (c) vs. Manny Gamburyan for Featherweight Title
Jamie Varner vs. Donald Cerrone
Miguel Torres vs. Charlie Valencia
Chan Sung Jung vs. George Roop
Leonard Garcia vs. Mark Hominick

Strikeforce: San Jose on Showtime from San Jose, California
Nick Diaz (c) vs. K.J. Noons II for Welterweight Title
Sarah Kaufman (c) vs. Marloes Coenen for Women's Welterweight Title
Matt Lindland vs. Luke Rockhold

UFC 120 - October 16th on PPV/Spike TV from London, England
Michael Bisping vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama
Dan Hardy vs. Carlos Condit
John Hathaway vs. Mike Pyle
Cheick Kongo vs. Travis Browne
James Wilks vs. Claude Patrick

UFC 121 - October 23rd on PPV from Anaheim, California
Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Cain Velasquez for the Heavyweight Title
Jake Shields vs. Martin Kampmann
Diego Sanchez vs. Paulo Thiago
Tito Ortiz vs. Matt Hamill
Brendan Schaub vs. Gabriel Gonzaga
Patrick Cote vs. Tom Lawlor

WEC 52 - November 11th on Versus from Sacramento, California
Urijah Faber vs. Taekya Mizugaki
Brian Bowles vs. Wagnney Fabiano

UFC 122 - November 13th on PPV from Oberhausen, Germany
Vitor Belfort vs. Yushin Okami
Krzysztof Soszynski vs. Goran Reljic
Amir Sadollah vs. Peter Sobatta
Jorge Rivera vs. Alessio Sakara
Jason Brilz vs. Vladimir Matyushenko

UFC 123 - November 20th on PPV from Auburn Hills, Michigan
Lyoto Machida vs. Rampage Jackson
Karo Parisyan vs. Dennis Hallman
Tyson Griffin vs. Nik Lentz
Joe Lauzon vs. George Sotiropoulos

WEC 53 - December 16th on Versus from Glendale, Arizona
Ben Henderson (c) vs. Anthony Pettis for Lightweight Title

The Ultimate Fighter 12 finale - December 4th on Spike TV from Las Vegas, Nevada
Lightweight Finalist #1 vs. Lightweight Finalist #2
Kendall Grove vs. Demian Maia
Stephan Bonnar vs. Igor Pokrajac

UFC 124 - December 11th on PPV from Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Georges St-Pierre (c) vs. Josh Koscheck II for Welterweight Title
Thiago Alves vs. John Howard

UFC 125 - January 1st on PPV from Las Vegas, Nevada
Thiago Silva vs. Brandon Vera

Dont forget this Wed night 9/15 UFN followed by TUF premiere. UFN fight card:
MAIN CARD

Nate Marquardt vs. Rousimar Palhares
Efrain Escudero vs. Charles Oliveira
Jim Miller vs. Gleison Tibau
Cole Miller vs. Ross Pearson
PRELIMINARY CARD
John Gunderson vs. Yves Edwards
Jared Hamman vs. Kyle Kingsbury
Dave Branch vs. Tomasz Drwal
Rich Attonito vs. Rafael Natal
David Mitchell vs. Anthony Waldburger
Brian Foster vs. Forrest Petz

Also Bellator every Thurs night. Did anyone see Joe Warren's fight from Bellator 2 weeks ago?

Strikeforce signs Josh Barnett:
http://mmajunkie.com/news/20622/strikeforce-inks-heavyweight-notable-josh-barnett.mma

Let's see if he can pass drug tests now!

Matt Hughes v BJ Penn III at UFC 123
http://mmajunkie.com/news/20635/matt-hughes-vs-b-j-penn-iii-slotted-for-ufc-123.mma

Even though Hughes looked very good in his last fight, I don't see any way he can beat Penn today even though Penn got destroyed by Frankie.

Fab1b;483595 wrote:Matt Hughes v BJ Penn III at UFC 123
http://mmajunkie.com/news/20635/matt-hughes-vs-b-j-penn-iii-slotted-for-ufc-123.mma

Even though Hughes looked very good in his last fight, I don't see any way he can beat Penn today even though Penn got destroyed by Frankie.

I actually like that fight, 2 legends "settling the score" since they are 1-1 against each other.

Great UFN tonight!!

I think I am going to dig this season of Ultimate Fighter.

With that being said I kind of like Chael Sonnen's style but he went overboard by talking shit about Lesnar. I don't have a problem with him calling out people his own size but to say he would slap Lesnar and get away with it is a little much. I also think he has another thing coming if he believes he will be able to beat Silva down like he did last time in their next fight.

The UFN had some good fights, Palhares has to know you NEVER "stop" in the middle of the fight.

You can complain between rounds or while you have complete control.

I remember when Andrei Arlovski did something similar to Pedapano (sp?). He KO'd him (actual KO, not TKO) on a restart on the ground...

Fab1b;485542 wrote:Great UFN tonight!!

Bruce Leroy is now my new favorite person in the world!