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It would appear that the lightweight title fight between B.J. Penn and Diego Sanchez has been scrapped from the UFC’s next visit to the UK in November, although hopes of seeing a title fight feature on the card may not be lost for the fans planning to attend.
UFC President, Dana White announced yesterday plans to hold a third event, rumoured to be network TV bound, which will feature the Penn/Sanchez fight, but denied claims the fight had been moved because of the Hawaiian’s dislike of fighting in the UK.
“B.J. doesn’t want to fight anywhere. B.J. doesn’t want to fight in Las Vegas because he didn’t like the decision, and then when they called ‘The BJ Penn rule,’ now he likes Las Vegas and wants to fight. Dude, please, don’t even get me started.”
The UFC President also revealed that Dan Henderson had contacted him and is pushing hard for a rematch with UFC middleweight champion, Anderson “The Spider” Silva to take place at UFC 105 in Manchester, England but he would wait until after the Marquardt/Maia fight to make his decision.
He did however confirm that Michael Bisping’s fight with Denis Kang would serve as the co-main event so there is still hope of another big fight being added one way or the other.
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watching anderson live would make me wee a bit i think
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