4 Diaz pulled from GSP fight, now fighting BJ Penn Posted by Zach | at 11:29 PM

Shortly after he booted Nick Diaz from a title fight with UFC welterweight champ Georges St-Pierre, UFC president Dana White told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) that reporters would "flip out" if they knew whom he was putting opposite B.J. Penn, whose original opponent Carlos Condit was promoted to meet St-Pierre.

And considering the past 48 hours, White is not too far off the mark.

The UFC president today tweeted that Diaz (25-7 MMA, 6-4 UFC) has been re-booked to meet Penn (16-7-2 MMA, 12-6-2 UFC) in the co-main event of UFC 137, which takes place on Oct. 29 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.

It was a very bizarre turn of events, Diaz failed to show up to the 1st UFC 137 press conference and refused to show up for the 2nd one, leaving an angry Dana White to remove Nick Diaz off the card. Well it turns out now Diaz is back on the same card.... just fighting a different opponent. I have no idea why he's back on the main card but I guess its a good match-up.

Carlos Condit is now slated to fight GSP, which I'm looking forward to. GSP is very boring to me, and Condit on the other hand could bring a tough fight to him. Still, I have GSP winning by a 5 round decision.

4 Brock Lesnar vs Alistair Overeem confirmed for Dec 30 Posted by Zach | at 3:41 PM

In a big reveal today, Dana White has announced that former UFC HW Champion Brock Lesnar will be set to fight K-1 Kickboxing Champion, Dream HW Champion, and Strikeforce HW Champion Alistair Overeem.

Overeem is coming off the win of Fabricio Wedrum and Lesnar off a loss of current UFC HW champion Cain Velasquez.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2011/09/brock-lesnar-vs-alistair-overeem-ufc.html

Brock Lesnar will return to the UFC octagon in a five-round main event Dec. 30 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, facing newly signed former Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem.

"Brock is a big name, a dangerous guy, and this is a dream matchup," Overeem told The Times on Tuesday, just after signing a standard UFC fight contract in the office of Chairman Lorenzo Fertitta. "Brock's a big guy, an exciting wrestler with his takedowns.
"I want to see this fight myself. Overall, I'm a different fighter. A striker, athletic, big. These are going to be two big trucks going at it on a collision course."
The 6-foot-5, 260-pound Overeem, 31, is a former K-1 kickboxing champion too, He most recently defended his Strikeforce belt in June with a unanimous decision over takedown specialist Fabrio Werdum, who had previously defeated Fedor Emelianenko.

Lesnar has been out of action since losing his UFC heavyweight belt to Cain Velasquez in October at Anaheim's Honda Center, suffering a return episode of the intestinal ailment diverticulitis. The Dec. 30 winner will be first in line to fight the winner of a Nov. 12 fight between Velasquez and Junior Dos Santos.
"This is the fight the fans want," UFC President Dana White said. "Both of these guys are monsters. Can Lesnar take Overeem down?"
Fertitta said the Strikeforce belt won't be part of the promotion. The UFC has purchased Strikeforce.

"Our thinking when we bought Strikeforce was to give fans the fights they want," Fertitta said. "Obviously, Alistair's one of the best heavyweights in the world, but he also has that 'it' factor -- the tremendous look, he's huge. It's a star factor."
Overeem said he's exploring setting up training headquarters in Los Angeles

If you think about, Overeem really deserves a higher ranking fighter but I'm positive this fight will have some massive PPV numbers.

2 ONE Fighting Championship - Results and GIFs Posted by Zach | at 1:28 PM

So the OneFC had it's first MMA promotion with some big names on the card, and man was it great. The card didn't disappoint at all.... and it was free! Needless to say, I will be watching again.

Main Card:
Eduard Folayang beats A Sol Kwon by Unanimous Decision

2 Dana White announces Velasquez vs Dos Santos for UFC on FOX Posted by Zach | at 4:23 PM

As if having the UFC on FOX isn't a big deal in itself, Dana White alluded to a big announcement yesterday, to be shown at 1PM EST detailing the fighters for FOX's first card. It will be headlined by none other than current UFC HW champion Cain Velasquez, who will be fighting top ranked contender Junior Dos Santos.

The fight will be shown during a one hour special with FOX, the event being called UFC on FOX 1.

1 Bellator announces upcoming HW tournament Posted by Zach | at 10:07 AM

Bellator is planning to kick off season 5 Heavy Weight tournament at the L’Auberge Du Lac Casino in Louisiana, and it should be a good one. The total record for all HW involved is 73-15-2, which includes a combined 41 knockouts. 

Bellator Season 5 Heavyweight Tournament Quarterfinals (September 10, 2011 Lake Charles, La.)

Ron Sparks (7-0) vs. Mark Holata (11-2)

Neil Grove (11-3-1) vs. Mike "300" Hayes (15-4-1)

Thiago "Big Monster" Santos (8-1) vs. Blagoi Ivanov (4-0)

Eric Prindle (7-1) vs. Abe Wagner (10-4)