UFC 91 rumor: Kenny Florian vs Joe Stevenson on November 15th?

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If there is any truth to this rumor, then the UFC must be working out a GSP vs. BJ fight.

by Luke Thomas on Aug 19, 2008 5:10 PM EDT reply actions

BJ’s camp says he is still training for a end of the year fight.

"My job is a decision-making job, and as a result, I make a lot of decisions." --George W. Bush, The Decider, Lancaster, Pa., Oct. 3, 2007

by lovingmma25 on Aug 19, 2008 5:14 PM EDT reply actions

This fight does not intrigue me.

by Cannon Jacques on Aug 19, 2008 5:30 PM EDT reply actions

Really? Two of the top five UFC LW’s fighting isn’t interesting to you?

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by Richard Wade on Aug 19, 2008 8:15 PM EDT up reply actions

Stevenson was decisively beaten by BJ not too long ago. What happens to Florian and the title picture if he loses? Would a win earn Stevenson a title shot? Who would want to see him fight BJ again at this point? What does a Florian win do for him? It seems to me he’s already next in line for a title shot. I just don’t see the point. I’m sorry if I’m supposed to be interested, but I’m not.

by Cannon Jacques on Aug 19, 2008 8:57 PM EDT up reply actions

I suppose the potential effects on the division aren’t necessarily exciting, but the fight itself ought to be in my opinion.

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by Richard Wade on Aug 19, 2008 10:27 PM EDT up reply actions

Neither of them have much to gain from this fight. UFC doesn’t have much to gain either. Why?

by Heenan on Aug 19, 2008 5:36 PM EDT reply actions

Oh Kenny, what are you doing?

by idefinecagefighter on Aug 19, 2008 5:51 PM EDT reply actions

It’s not even regulated in Boston yet, that can’t be right.

by Michael Rome on Aug 19, 2008 6:27 PM EDT reply actions

Dumb matchup if true.

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by Tha Realness on Aug 19, 2008 11:50 PM EDT reply actions

MMAWeekly is reporting it as well.

by Nick Thomas on Aug 20, 2008 8:49 AM EDT reply actions

Poor Kenny...

if only he was better looking he would finally get a title shot.

by mythbuster on Aug 20, 2008 8:54 AM EDT reply actions

Better looking???

One flash of “Blue Steel”, and he is the CHAMP!

"The bigger the cushion, the sweeter the pushin'"

by BJJDenver on Aug 20, 2008 11:48 AM EDT up reply actions

Yeah, better looking

or at least more charismatic. Marketing > title shots earned :(

by mythbuster on Aug 20, 2008 11:59 AM EDT up reply actions

But he finishes!! lol!

You know I’m being sarcastic, right?

I think his post fight interviews have been an attempt to make himself more marketable, though I don’t think it has worked to well.

Hopefully this is just a fight for him while BJ/GSP happens, and not him being skipped for a title shot.

"The bigger the cushion, the sweeter the pushin'"

by BJJDenver on Aug 20, 2008 12:08 PM EDT up reply actions

lol

Understood ;)

by mythbuster on Aug 20, 2008 12:28 PM EDT up reply actions

Sorry guys, but I think this is far more interesting than BJ/Florian.

Dana stated that the Florian/Huerta winner would not necessarily get a title shot, though I think Kenny deserves it.

The UFC’s most intriguing LW fights do not include BJ. I just don’t see any of them at his level right now.

What will also be interesting, imo, will be to see who Huerta’s next opponent will be. I think it will show us what Dana really thinks of him and his place in the UFC.

"The bigger the cushion, the sweeter the pushin'"

by BJJDenver on Aug 20, 2008 11:48 AM EDT reply actions