Hendricks vs. Lawler for the vacant WW strap at UFC 171

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    The UFC is moving quickly.

    The thought was that they wanted to do GSP/Hendro at 171 in Texas but have moved on by offering Lawler the shot.

    Lawler's title shot is an incredible achievement for a fighter of his age and experience. Not much was expected of him when he came over from Strikeforce.
     
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    Hendricks vs Lawler in Dallas at 171 !?!?! I love it. You have to figure there will be tons of Hendricks' fans there. Fighting in his home area.
     
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    Lawler is 6-5 in his last 11 fights. Shows how much everyone thought of Rory Mac.
     
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    ^ Speaking of whom, the UFC might axe the MacDonald/Maia fight now that the title is vacant, according to DFW. Word is they might try and line up Condit/MacDonald 2 with Brown injured. That would be sweeeeet.
     
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    Is it crazy to think that the UFC could actually use a new contender like Askren right now?
     
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    I'd love for the UFC to lull Diaz out of retirement, too.

    Hendricks/Lawler (I think Hendricks will win this)
    Condit/Rory Mac
    Diaz/Brown

    The winner of Condit/Mac will fight the winner of Hendricks/Lawler, and then the winner of Diaz/Brown should get the winner of that.
     
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