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Lytle vs. Condit in the Works for UFC 126

(He may be a nice guy who doesn’t mean-mug, but Lytle’s no slouch.)Chris Lytle (30-17-5) could take a dramatic jump up the UFC’s 170-pound ladder if he gets past his next rumored opponent.
According Sportsnet.ca, to the Indianapolis fighter could take …

(He may be a nice guy who doesn’t mean-mug, but Lytle’s no slouch.)

Chris Lytle (30-17-5) could take a dramatic jump up the UFC’s 170-pound ladder if he gets past his next rumored opponent.

According Sportsnet.ca, to the Indianapolis fighter could take on welterweight contender Carlos Condit (26-5) February 5 at UFC 126, which is surprising, considering that the Albuquerque, NM fighter turned down a fight with Jon Fitch on the same card because he felt he didn’t have enough time to prepare for the fight.

Reps from Lytle’s camp informed us this afternoon that they have yet to be contacted by the UFC, but they aren’t completely surprised that the fight is being considered as they requested the bout after Condit mentioned earlier this week that he would love to face "Lights Out."

When you think about it, Carlos has much more to lose by taking a fight with Lytle over one with Fitch, so he may regret the decision after February 5.

Carlos Condit Turned Down Fight With Jon Fitch And May Have Screwed Himself Out of a Title Shot Next Year

("Fitch in February for a shot at St-Pierre? Nah, I think I’ll wait for GSP clear out the division and move up to middleweight.")
Carlos Condit may have cost himself a huge opportunity.
The UFC welterweight reveals that he turned down a Super…

("Fitch in February for a shot at St-Pierre? Nah, I think I’ll wait for GSP clear out the division and move up to middleweight.")

Carlos Condit may have cost himself a huge opportunity.

The UFC welterweight reveals that he turned down a Super Bowl weekend fight with perennial number one contender Jon Fitch at UFC 126. Instead, Fitch will face Jake Ellenberger and the winner of the bout will wait patiently until the end of the year to face the winner of the winner of the Josh Koscheck-Georges St-Pierre UFC 124 showdown and a subsequent Jake Shields match-up in the spring.

Simply put, he’s giving up an opportunity to fight teammate Georges St-Pierre for the belt in late 2011.

Condit told MMAJunkie that the timing wasn’t right for the fight.

"It just didn’t work out as far as timing went," he told MMAjunkie. "I didn’t think I was going to be able to get a long enough camp in for Fitch for the time period that they were wanting me to fight."

Stephan Bonnar Talks Igor Pokrajac, Fighting Teammates Controversy & UFC/WEC Merger

UFC LightHeavyweight, Stephan Bonnar invited the folks down at RawVegas.tv to sit in on a Strength and Conditioning session at Philippi Sports Institute in Las Vegas. Bonnar talks about the creative spelling of his TUF 12 Finale opponent, Igor Pokrajac and how he’s preparing for their December 4th bout. He also explains his thoughts on […]

UFC LightHeavyweight, Stephan Bonnar invited the folks down at RawVegas.tv to sit in on a Strength and Conditioning session at Philippi Sports Institute in Las Vegas. Bonnar talks about the creative spelling of his TUF 12 Finale opponent, Igor Pokrajac and how he’s preparing for their December 4th bout. He also explains his thoughts on fighting teammates and why Josh Koscheck and Jon Fitch may be so opposed but adds that he would definitely fight Forrest Griffin again, saying he grew up with lots of brothers and suggesting it’s no different than fighting with them and getting over it. Bonnar tells us he is signed on for Color Commentating the upcoming WEC: Faber Vs. Mizuyaki November 11th fight in Las Vegas but is unsure about his future commentating with the new UFC/WEC merger. Full video below:

Watch Stephan Bonnar Talks Igor Fight, Koscheck, Griffin, & WEC/UFC Merger on RawVegas.tv

Jake Ellenberger Tries to Trash-Talk His Way Into Jake Shields Fight, Gets Jon Fitch Instead

(In case you’ve completely forgotten what he looks like, this is Jake Ellenberger.)
Immediately after Jake Shields notched an ugly decision win over Martin Kampmann at UFC 121, welterweight vet Jake Ellenberger logged onto Twitter and started posting…

(In case you’ve completely forgotten what he looks like, this is Jake Ellenberger.)

Immediately after Jake Shields notched an ugly decision win over Martin Kampmann at UFC 121, welterweight vet Jake Ellenberger logged onto Twitter and started posting short-message bombs directed at the former Strikeforce champ. Highlights included, "Jake Shields, you’re as exciting as watching a bowl of mash potatoes get cold…Your days are numbered" and "Jake Shields’ cardio won’t be a factor if he fights me next. I won’t keep him around long enough to get tired."

(As cheap as it is for Ellenberger to talk smack over Twitter — without even including ‘@jakeshieldsajj‘ in his posts so that Jake will actually see them — we have to commend him for being the first MMA fighter in Twitter history to understand the difference between "you’re" and "your." Okay, nerdy grammar rant over.)

Since Ellenberger is just 2-1 in the UFC with wins over fellow mid-packers Mike Pyle and John Howard, we didn’t think for a second that he’d get Jake Shields pulled from his impending title fight just on the strength of his eDisses. And he didn’t. Instead, Ellenberger got a fight against Jon Fitch.

No Title Shot For Jon Fitch Who Will Face Jake Ellenberger at UFC 126

MMA Junkie is reporting that UFC Welterweight, Jon Fitch will be facing Jake Ellengeberger over Superbowl Weekend at UFC 126 on February 5th. Fitch who has five straight wins since his titleshot loss to Georges St. Pierre was itching for a GSP rematch before his AKA training partner, Josh Koscheck was given the opportunity. […]

MMA Junkie is reporting that UFC Welterweight, Jon Fitch will be facing Jake Ellengeberger over Superbowl Weekend at UFC 126 on February 5th. Fitch who has five straight wins since his titleshot loss to Georges St. Pierre was itching for a GSP rematch before his AKA training partner, Josh Koscheck was given the opportunity. Since then many rumors have surfaced that Fitch would move to the Middleweight division as he suggested he would if Kos could win and defend the Welterweight title.

This is an interesting match as it would be a detriment to Fitch in the Welterweight division to lose to Ellenberger; who is still relatively new in the UFC with only 3 fights under the promotion. His first fight was a loss to former WEC Welterweight Champion, Carlos Condit, followed by back to back wins against Mike Pyle and John Howard. The matchup with Fitch serves to skyrocket Ellenberger high up the division’s ladder, facing the number 2 or 3 (considering what source you look up) Welterweight in the world, so if he could win this bout, he may have a titleshot in his very near future. But it won’t be easy to get past Jon Fitch who has one fighter he hopes to eventually meet in the Octagon, and that remains to be GSP for the belt.

For The Sake of UFC Fans Everywhere, Please Let Martin Kampmann Beat Jake Shields

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If Jon Fitch has any clout left with the UFC since being fired and re-hired by the organization because of a dispute over signing over his likeness rights to the UFC Undisputed video game franchise, the American Kic…

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If Jon Fitch has any clout left with the UFC since being fired and re-hired by the organization because of a dispute over signing over his likeness rights to the UFC Undisputed video game franchise, the American Kickboxing Academy fighter may get the winner of the UFC 121 welterweight tilt between Martin Kampmann and Jake Shields.

"The next time a title shot is coming around is probably going to be a while, so I’m kinda thinking I might wanna fight again before the title shot. The winner of Kampmann-Shields would be a perfect match-up. I’ve known Jake [Shields] for a long time. He’s a good friend of mine. I’m all about fighting the best guys in the world and we’ve known for a long time that this day would probably come where we’d have to fight. So be it."

If you recall, Fitch was supposed to get next dibs at the winner of the UFC 124 Kos-GSP showdown, but after his lacklustre win over Thiago Alves at UFC 117, Dana White reneged on giving him the next title shot, saying, "We’ll see," when pressed about it at the post-fight press conference.