Recently we heaped “now that’s what’s up” praise on Rich Franklin, for saying he’s a wee bit curious about testing his skills again Jon “Bones” Jones. Well, Carlos Condit is the latest fighter to get his name on our props list, by stating on Twitter he’s willing to step in for the injured Jon Fitch at UFC 132. (Yeah, if you’ve been offline for a day or so, sorry to break it to you, the Fitch, Penn rematch is postponed…sh-t hurts, but we’ll get through this together).
“It would be an honor to fight a legend like BJ Penn, one of my favorite fighters ever. If the call comes, I would take the fight in a second.”
Nice. Condit has won three bouts in a row and is coming off a ‘holy eff’ KO of Dan Hardy in October, and while he found himself in trouble in his victories over Jake Ellenberger and Rory MacDonald, there’s no denying that the former WEC champ is ridiculously tough. In other words, a bout between him and Penn could be pretty badass.
Will it happen though? It’s hard to say. Coming off what was a pretty memorable and impressive performance against Fitch (yeah, yeah, aside from the third round), Penn might be hesitant about taking on a guy that’s not knocking on the title shot door just yet. If Penn fights Condit and wins, he still needs to get through Fitch, if he loses to Condit, well….things won’t exactly be ‘rosy’ career wise. So does Penn wait for Fitch? Or help us fans out by taking on Condit?
At any rate, here’s hoping Fitch enjoys a speedy recovery.