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[NixHex]

Originally Posted by Ramma

Do it Dana.. YOU NEED HIM..

If they sign Vitor and Lindland into the MW division.. things are going to really start heating up

Silva, Hendo, Franklin, Lindland, Vitor... looks like some good matchups to me.

[TheDirtySis]

Mw could be a great division in 08! I really hope this happens.

[jrube]

Originally Posted by sandywh

I doubt we'll see Lindland anytime soon, but with no other UFC MW ready for Silva, they could drop Lindland straight into a title shot.

I don't know about you... but I think Hendo is more than ready for Silva

[dbader08]

Originally Posted by Ramma

Do it Dana.. YOU NEED HIM..

If they sign Vitor and Lindland into the MW division.. things are going to really start heating up

Good point man.

Also Marvin Eastman (exciting fighter)

Michael Bisping (known fighter, would be fun to see him get KO'd)

I'd like to see Eastman Vs Belfort 2 lol

but imo Lindland GNPs Vitor to Referee stoppage if it were to happen.

[ArMnHC]

maybe Lindland/Franklin will finally happen! unless Hendo beats Silva, Rich is getting nowehere near a title shot anytime soon...so it would be an awesome fight that has been in the making for a couple years now. make it happen Dana!

[jlruthven84]

Love to see this happen. Who knows if both sides can swallow enough pride, though.

[eazye76]

Originally Posted by jlruthven84

Love to see this happen. Who knows if both sides can swallow enough pride, though.

I agree, but I think Dana would have to swallow a lot of pride. We're not just talking about a guy might fight in the UFC, Lindland has a decent shot at being MW champ. But I'd love to see it too.

[pa99fighter]

By Kevin Iole
The first, albeit tiny, steps toward middleweight Matt Lindland's return to the UFC were taken last week when Lindland spoke to UFC president Dana White.

Lindland hasn't fought in the UFC since UFC 54 on Aug. 20, 2005. He wore a shirt bearing the logo of a sponsor not approved by UFC management and hasn't been back.

Lindland worked the corner of Chael Sonnen in Sonnen's unsuccessful WEC middleweight title bid against Paulo Filho last week in Las Vegas. After the bout, he said he'd spoken to White about returning to fight in the UFC.

White said he is "not sure" of whether Lindland will return. In a text message, he wrote, "He told me he wants to come back and I haven't thought about it at all."

Now would be a good time to start. Lindland is one of the world's five best middleweights, along with UFC champion Anderson Silva, Filho, Pride ex-champion Dan Henderson and UFC ex-champ Rich Franklin.

The middleweight division is clearly the UFC's weakest and could use a quality challenger like Lindland.

Whatever his grievances are with Lindland, White owes it to the UFC's fans to settle the dispute and bring "The Law" back to the UFC to fortify a lackluster division.
Source:http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news;_yl...yhoo&type=lgns

[leedogg900]

would be good to sign lindland, add some more depth to the mw division.

if they sign vitor and lindland the mw division will be lookin pretty decent.

[BigBanda]

Of course I'd very much like to see this. They need some competition for Anderson Silva and now Dan Henderson as well. Lindland would be a great addition.