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05-15-2008, 08:45 PM
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Huerta-Florian Winner In Line For Ufc Title Shot
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It was recently confirmed that Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight contenders Roger Huerta and Kenny Florian will face each other in August at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minn. UFC president Dana White on Thursday said that the winner of that bout at UFC 87 is likely to be next in line for the winner of next Saturday’s lightweight title bout between current champion B.J. Penn and former titleholder Sean Sherk.
During a pre-fight media call for UFC 84, a question arose as to whether or not the winner of the lightweight title next week would move up to challenge Georges St. Pierre in a dream bout of sorts. White said that it was highly unlikely and a premature move for either Penn or Sherk.
“I like to see guys clean out a division and there be no doubt who is the best 155-pounder, 170, 185-pounder, etc. You find out who the best is because these guys clean out a division,” commented White.
That said, regardless of which fighter walks out of the Octagon with the belt on May 24, he doesn’t believe that Penn or Sherk would have “cleaned out the division” at that point, citing Huerta and Florian.
“I think the winner (between Penn and Sherk)... there's another fight between Roger Huerta and Kenny Florian, I think the winner of that fight will fight the winner of this fight and let's say it's B.J. or Sean (who wins that match-up), I would consider that cleaning out the division,” stated the UFC president. “Then I would sit down and talk to them about where they wanted to go from there.”
Florian, currently ranked as the No. 10 lightweight in the world by MMAWeekly.com, fought Sherk once before for the title and came up short, losing a five-round decision. Since then, at UFC 64 in late 2006, he has knocked off all comers – four in a row – except for Huerta. His only other UFC loss was to Diego Sanchez in the finale of the inaugural season of “The Ultimate Fighter” reality series.
Having fought six times in the Octagon, Huerta has never lost under the UFC banner. In fact, he has only one loss on his professional record, that being to current International Fight League lightweight champion Ryan Schultz, which was several years ago, early on in Huerta’s career.
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- HUERTA-FLORIAN WINNER IN LINE FOR UFC TITLE SHOT - MMA WEEKLY - Mixed Martial Arts & UFC News, Photos, Rankings & more
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05-15-2008, 08:52 PM
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penn vs florian would be a war
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05-15-2008, 08:58 PM
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I think the title of this thread should be changed to "Winner of Penn vs Sherk garunteed one succesfull title defense"
also, it's not like the UFC has ever not delivered on a promised title shot or anything.... right?
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05-15-2008, 09:01 PM
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Penn vs Florian next huh? That should be a good fight.
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05-15-2008, 09:04 PM
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2 of the most exciting fighters and 2 of my favorite lightweights going at it. should be a candidate for fight of the year
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HW: Frank Mir, Fabricio Werdum
LHW: Tito Ortiz, Forrest Griffin, Rampage, Goran Reljic
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05-15-2008, 09:21 PM
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I just think that BJ Penn at 155 is lightyears ahead of everyone else in the division. It's like varsity playing the JV squad. Don't get me wrong, I really like Huerta and Florian, but we're talking about BJ Penn. If he stays at 155, I don't think anyone beats him for sometime if he stays hungry.
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05-15-2008, 09:40 PM
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i think penn vs florian would be a massacre to be perfectly honest...
I think bj would beat him senseless. Kenny Florian's a damn good fighter. He has good muy thai and some really good jits, but i just see penn overwhelming him. I think penn is better in every aspect, and I think wrestling would play the biggest part in this fight.
I think penn would beat Florian ala his fight with Stevenson, but i think Florian would put up more of a fight.
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05-15-2008, 09:44 PM
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so basically the winner gets to fight for the title and get their ass handed to them...nice
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05-15-2008, 10:07 PM
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just wait for kenflos next fight, he's upping his training, can't wait to see the results.
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I think the title of this thread should be changed to "Winner of Penn vs Sherk garunteed one succesfull title defense"
also, it's not like the UFC has ever not delivered on a promised title shot or anything.... right?
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Agreed I dont see either guy beatin Penn or Sherk but really at this point theres no one else for the champ to fight the only other possible contender was Edgar before he lost maybe Tyson Griffin but I dont think the outcome would be any diffrent
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