Jon Fitch vs. BJ Penn--winner gets next crack at WW title

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    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    So here is an announcement that hardly makes sense:

    DFW just made the Penn/Fitch fight at UFC 127 a #1 contender battle.

    Um.

    Ok so this makes sense if Jake Shields upsets GSP. Except if GSP wins and vacates the title, how can there be a #1 contender to a vacant title?

    So Penn/Fitch would likely fight... who?

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    I think you missed the small print

    "DFW: The winner of Penn vs Fitch will be the #1 contender" ....[the fine print] unless Fitch wins, then we'll think of something else :D
     
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    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    ^ LOL!

    Winner gets to accuse GSP of ducking him for moving up in weight.

    But seriously if these guys are 1 and 2, who's 3? Thiago Alves? Carlos Condit?
     
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    does it matter? whomever it is they've most likely lost to GSP or someone GSP crushed.
     
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    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    Prolly.

    Sounds ripe for a welterweight tournament.
     
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    well, does Condit have time to come back from his injury, win a match and put himself in the conversation? cause I can't think of a lot of fresh faces to challenge for the title. If Fitch wins, he's already beaten Alves and Paulo Thiago, a couple of top WW welterweights..He's not gonna fight Kos so thats another top guy down. I dunno if Shields would be getting two title shots in a row. Maybe Martin Kampmann? he'll probably gonna have to win one or two before he gets a crack.
     
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    Boring.
     
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    not again..
     
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