Nick Catone had a choice.
Dan Miller, his opponent at UFC 128, was called up to fight Nate
Marquardt after Yoshihiro Akiyama withdrew in the fallout from this past
week’s earthquake in Japan. He was between 205 and 208 pounds and was
just about to start his cut to middleweight. He could hold for another
fight – UFC matchmaker Joe Silva had concerns he couldn’t get another
middleweight approved in time – or he could fight a New Jersey fighter
all cued up and ready to go.
It was an easy choice.