It started out as a typical day for Carlos Condit until he got a certain call. "It was going a pretty normal day," said Condit. "I got up, went to the gym, was training as usual. I was having lunch, getting ready for my next training session and I got the call."
With all of the fight announcements this past week, this one has to be on top of most peoples wishlists. The UFC has not yet officially announced the fight, but both Vitor Belfort and Cung Le have spoken about the fact that they will be facing eachother at UFC 139 in San Jose in November.
It was February when we last saw Jon Fitch fight in the octagon. He fought BJ Penn to a draw at UFC 127 and was expected to fight him again in a rematch, but that bout did not happen due to his shoulder injury.
Las Vegas, Nevada – The Ultimate Fighting Championship® announced that tickets to UFC® 137 at Mandalay Bay Events Center on Oct. 29 sold out within a few hours of being made available to the public today. Headlined by a welterweight title fight between champion Georges St-Pierre and the surging Carlos Condit, UFC 137 will also feature an outstanding co-main event between former two-division champion BJ Penn and the fiery, and definitely unpredictable Nick Diaz in 170-pound action.
Vitor Belfort has been fighting in MMA professionally since 1996. During the years he has had his fair share of rivalries, but recently Chael Sonnen has opened up a can of worms and Vitor is not too happy about it.
This week we have changed the name of this piece from 'Fatlip' to 'Sucka' as Fatlip is on a tad bit of a hiatus. This week has been a week of craziness.
(Cincinnati, Ohio) - Former UFC Middleweight Champion Rich "Ace" Franklin today announced that he incurred a torn labrum (shoulder injury) in training 10 days ago, and after consulting with specialists, will undergo minor surgery next Tuesday, September 13.
For 24 hours Nick Diaz was out of UFC 137.
Now, he is back on the card, but not with his original opponent.
UFC President Dana White announced via Twitter that Diaz (25-7, 1 NC) will be facing former UFC Lightweight and Welterweight Champion BJ Penn (16-7-2) at UFC 137 in Las Vegas.
When fighters are given the opportunity to fight for a world championship, 99.9 percent of them would do everything above and beyond to maximize the chance they were given. When you say 99.9%, who would the .1% be? That would be Nick Diaz.
Dana White had no other option than to pull Nick Diaz from his championship fight with Georges St-Pierre at UFC 137 when he decided not to show up for the press tour. His replacement was none other than Carlos Condit. The fans immediate reaction was very negative towards Nick not showing up, but from this video that Nick released yesterday you can see that they should not be judging too soon.
