The rapidly growing official fight card for UFC 132 has added a welterweight bout with major title implications.
Carlos Condit and Dong Hyun Kim will meet inside the Octagon at UFC 132, the promotion announced Friday. The fight has been added to a card that includes a main event of Dominick Cruz vs. Urijah Faber and undercard fights including Wanderlei Silva vs. Chris Leben and Tito Ortiz vs. Ryan Bader.
Although most people probably don’t think of Condit or Kim as one win away from a title shot, this fight could determine the next No. 1 contender in the welterweight division. If Georges St. Pierre beats Jake Shields later this month, and if he doesn’t want to move up to middleweight to fight Anderson Silva after that, the UFC will be desperately seeking new challengers for St. Pierre’s belt.
Recently we gave Carlos Condit a cyberspace, double thumbs up for quickly doing the ‘pick, pick me’ when word came down that Jon Fitch was bowing out of his rematch with BJ Penn due to an injury. Nothing came out of it immediately, leading us to speculate that fight wasn’t happening, and now Penn has […]
Recently we gave Carlos Condit a cyberspace, double thumbs up for quickly doing the ‘pick, pick me’ when word came down that Jon Fitch was bowing out of his rematch with BJ Penn due to an injury. Nothing came out of it immediately, leading us to speculate that fight wasn’t happening, and now Penn has announced that he too is injured.
Who is Condit going to fight? Today the UFC has announced that the former WEC champ will take on Dong Hyun Kim on July 2nd…yup, not exactly a guy that’s been blowing dudes out of the water in the first round, but still a reedonkously tough fighter nonetheless. Big, strong, judo black belts just seem to have a way of taking the fight right out of you; just ask Matt Brown, TJGrant, Amir Sadollah and Nate Diaz.
So, while this fight may not produce the kind of fireworks that a Condit, Penn match-up would have, it’s still an intriguing bout. A win for either guy will say a lot about where they stand in the welterweight division, just as UFC boss man Dana White stated in the official announcement:
“A win over Condit would break Kim into the top ten and a win over Kim would bring Condit another step closer to a world title shot,” said UFC President Dana White.
Anyone else thinking Condit needs to keep this fight standing and then some? UFC 132’s shaping up nicely; Dominick Cruz vs. Urijah Faber, Chris Leben vs. Wanderlei Silva, Evan Dunham vs. George Sotiroupolus and more.
Any regular reader of MMA Fix knows that we’ve been on board the Wanderlei Silva vs. Chris Leben train for some time, so now that the UFC has officially confirmed the bout for July 2nd, we’re pretty stoked. Yes, yes, a rematch between Vitor Belfort and Wandy would be amazing, but it seems pretty clear […]
Any regular reader of MMA Fix knows that we’ve been on board the Wanderlei Silva vs. Chris Leben train for some time, so now that the UFC has officially confirmed the bout for July 2nd, we’re pretty stoked. Yes, yes, a rematch between Vitor Belfort and Wandy would be amazing, but it seems pretty clear that because Silva’s coming off a lengthy layoff due to knee surgery, he’d like to fight once before facing his Brazilian foe. Not sure if fighting a guy like Leben constitutes as a warm-up though, considering his left hand could double as a sledgehammer when he’s doing odd and ends around the yard.
Last week we credited Carlos Condit for stepping up to the plate and offering to fight BJ Penn, in response to the news that Jon Fitch is injured and will no longer face Penn as scheduled. It was a ballsy move by Condit, and although most fans should be down with that fight, questions remain as to whether BJ is interested. Condit’s manager Malki Kawainformed MMA Weekly that they’ve formally approached the UFC about the fight, however, they’re still waiting to hear back.
“I’m not really sure what’s holding it up right now. Hopefully Condit’s the guy they call to do it,” Kawa stated. “I don’t know if there’s a better fight than Condit for him, but we’re excited about the opportunity and hopefully, if Joe Silva, B.J. Penn, and the UFC feel like it’s something they want to do, Carlos is itching. He texts me every day ‘any word on B.J.?’ I’m hoping that’s what happens for him.”
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 […]
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.
Filed under: UFCAll 24 fighters stepping into the Octagon for Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 24 will first step on the scale Friday for the Fight Night weigh-ins, and we’ll carry the live video here at MMAFighting.com.
All 24 fighters stepping into the Octagon for Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 24 will first step on the scale Friday for the Fight Night weigh-ins, and we’ll carry the live video here at MMAFighting.com.
In the main event, Antonio Rogerio Nogueira and Phil Davis will have to make the light heavyweight limit of 206 pounds. The co-main event features Dan Hardy and Anthony Johnson, who will have to make the welterweight limit of 171 pounds. Johnson has had trouble making weight in the past, and he’ll be fighting for the first time since 2009.
The weigh-in starts at 7 PM ET and is preceded by a Fight Club Q&A featuring Carlos Condit at 5 PM ET. The video is below.
Fans who look forward to Dan Hardy’s pre-fight trash talk will have to get used to disappointment as he prepares to face Anthony Johnson at UFC Fight Night 24 in Seattle this Saturday night.
As Hardy told Ariel Helwani on Monday’s edition of The MMA …
Fans who look forward to Dan Hardy‘s pre-fight trash talk will have to get used to disappointment as he prepares to face Anthony Johnson at UFC Fight Night 24 in Seattle this Saturday night.
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The rapidly growing official fight card for UFC 132 has added a welterweight bout with major title implications.
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