This thread is going well.

Is anyone else hoping for a Jardine vs. Bisping fight in the future? I am, and I hope Bisping wins. Then, even though he would probably lose, I want him to fight Rampage. Rampage is a mean mofo though I haven't seen him fight in a while, but I'm expecting him to work his way up to and through Chuck in short time.

Why is everyone against Evans?

Not against him. In another thread, I explained how I feel he's done more to deserve a shot than Jardine or Griffin. The UFC is kind of fucking him over. Goldberg made it sound like the Jardine/Griffin fight was a #1 contender match. Evans is sitting on his udnefeated record with wins over Jardine and Bonnar and who do they put him against next month?...Sean Salmon. Who the fuck is Sean Salmon?

Evans looked great in his last fight. I just don't like his chances against Bisping, and especially Rampage.

UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre has been forced to withdraw from February 3rd’s UFC 67 card due to a knee injury suffered during training for his first title defense against Matt Serra. The rest of the card, which includes the UFC Middleweight title bout between Anderson Silva and Travis Lutter, as well as the UFC debuts of Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson and Mirko ‘CroCop’ Filipovic, remains intact. Stay tuned to UFC.com for more information as it becomes available.

I hope everyone had a great Christmas and a happy and safe New Years. I know I definitely did. This week starts my training. I'm a little under the weather, so I'm not doing anything physical just watching what I eat and my weight.

I was told that my rematch with Georges in April was called off because he wanted more than two months to prepare. I know there are a lot of rumors being spread around the internet and if people want to believe that I dropped out, then that's fine with me. I don't feel that I need to defend myself every time someone posts a rumor on the internet.
The UFC says that I'm fighting on March 3rd, but I don't know who yet. I asked for Diego, but they want to save him for a title shot. I am glad to be fighting in Ohio, this way people from around here, who can't really afford to fly out to Vegas or California, will be able to watch one of my fights. So I look forward to a lot of local support. -Matt

Word is Hughes vs. Lytle at UFC 68.

I'm hearing too that Jason Macdonald is facing Rich Franklin at the same card.

UFC to strengthen stable of fighters in 2007
01/05/07

UFC President Dana White is fond of saying the Ultimate Fighting Championship is taking over the world. He's only half joking.

White and his partners at Zuffa have been the masterminds behind the transformation of an underground, cult sport with a notorious reputation into a mainstream sports juggernaut.

To be fair, most of the rules changes that convinced U.S. athletic commissions to get back into the mixed martial arts business were already in place before Zuffa bought the brand in 2001 (no perpetuating the "Zuffa Myth" here). However, it's been under the Zuffa banner that the UFC has flourished and the organization closed out a blockbuster 2006 with a record-setting UFC 66.

With the UFC now firmly entrenched in America, White and Co. are taking the next steps to strengthen the action inside its trademark octagon. First up on the to-do list was signing one of the best heavyweights in world - Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic - to a major-league two-year, six-fight contract that instantly gives the promotion a champion-in-waiting.

The signing of Cro Cop shows that Zuffa is willing to reach for the checkbook to attract elite talent. The UFC boss wouldn't tip his hand, but hinted that other major signings are imminent and that could include Fedor Emalinenko, whose current short-term relationships with Pride and BodogFIGHT pretty much make him a free agent.

Holy shit.

Who's excited?