UFC 137 will take place on Saturday, October 29 from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, NV. The card will be headlined by a welterweight contest between BJ Penn and Nick Diaz.
Star-crossed would be a good way to describe the UFC 137 fight card as Penn versus Diaz is the third try at the night’s main event. The UFC’s first attempt at getting a fight booked to headline the event was a title bout between Georges St-Pierre and Diaz, but when Diaz no showed two press conferences to promote the fight he found himself replaced by Carlos Condit.
Condit had originally been booked to face Penn in the night’s main event. After some negotiations Diaz was then moved to the co-main event against Penn. That fight was then scrapped when St-Pierre pulled up lame, injuring his knee during training. Diaz vs Penn was then moved to the main event.
The UFC then updated the fight card poster (again) to include the new main event, with the tagline, “Expect the Unexpected.”
With that phrase hanging over the event, below is the (hopefully) final iteration of the UFC 137 fight card:
Pay Per View:
Nick Diaz vs. B.J. Penn
Cheick Kongo vs. Matt Mitrione
Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic vs. Roy Nelson
Hatsu Hioki vs. George Roop
Jeff Curran vs. Scott Jorgensen
Spike TV:
Donald Cerrone vs. Dennis Siver
Tyson Griffin vs. Bart Palaszewski
Facebok stream:
Eliot Marshall vs. Brandon Vera
Danny Downes vs. Ramsey Nijem
Chris Camozzi vs. Francis Carmont
Dustin Jacoby vs. Clifford Starks
If any changes occur of the next few days, Bleacher Report MMA will provide updates