The last time we saw Diego Sanchez compete in the lightweight division, he fought a gutsy twenty plus minutes against then-champion BJ Penn. Sanchez...
Nick Diaz has become the talk of the MMA world after UFC 137. Not only for his incredible performance inside the octagon, where in a fight of the year candidate he decimated the legendary BJ Penn in a fashion that no one ever had before; but for his incendiary comments towards UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre in both his immediate post-fight interview and the following post-event press conference.
A total of ten fighters were suspended following UFC 137 this past Saturday in Las Vegas, Nevada. The suspensions were handed out by the Nevada State Athletic Commission.
You would think that having two of Mixed Martial Art's most respected fighters retire in one night is kind of a big deal. Both Pride FC Grand Prix Champion Mirko "Crocop" Filipović and former lightweight and welterweight champion BJ Penn decided to announce their retirement this past weekend after both had been defeated at UFC 137. On this night however, the magnitude of their decisions had been overshadowed by the excitement caused by newly crowned number one welter weight contender, Nick Diaz. Time to break down what's coming up next for the fighters of UFC 137.
For a card that lost a lot of steam when Georges St-Pierre pulled out due to injury; UFC 137 definitely didn't disappoint. In the main event BJ Penn and Nick Diaz went at each other for three full rounds, with both men looking like battered warriors at the end. Diaz came out on top and called out GSP in his post fight speech, whereas Penn told the fans that he was finished in the octagon in his.
