Just two nights before Halloween, the Ultimate Fighting Championship will present the most frightening welterweight matchup in the history of MMA.
Headliners Nick Diaz and B.J Penn don’t have to dress up like vampires or ghosts to scare young children. Just the mere thought of watching these two highly aggressive fighters go to war in the Octagon is enough to make a child wet the bed.
UFC 137 was originally promoted as a champion vs. champion bout between former Strikeforce champ Diaz and UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St-Pierre for the UFC crown.
After Diaz no-showed a prefight press conference, an unusual train of events conspired.
First, UFC President Dana White removed Diaz from the card and bumped Carlos Condit up to face St-Pierre. Then White placed Diaz back on the card to take Condit’s place against Penn in the co-main event.
However, when St-Pierre was forced to withdraw from the fight due to an injury, White had no choice but to promote Diaz vs. Penn as the main event.
With all of the craziness that came to fruition over the past few weeks, fans are eagerly anticipating the fights.
Let’s take a look and predict every fight on the UFC 137 fight card.