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Report: B.J. Penn Vs. Rory MacDonald For UFC On Fox 5
by Chris Hall on Aug 10, 2012 12:02 AM EDT in UFC News

Aside from the naming of Lyoto Machida as the new Light Heavyweight contender, the other big news last Saturday was that Rory MacDonald was forced to pull out of his fight with B.J Penn scheduled for UFC 152. MacDonald suffered an major cut just over his eye that put his training on hold. There has been some speculation over this week of whether the fight would be scrapped altogether and which event would be best for rescheduling.

Tonight on MMA Uncensored, after addressing Jon Fitch's comments about Penn, Nate Quarry had a startling revelation:


Oh my God, talk about a ridiculous thing to say - calling B.J. Penn a "coward". We're talking about B.J., who was the Lightweight champion, who also fought Machida at Light Heavy weight, so he moved up 50 lbs. to fight Machida. Machida, who was undefeated at the time, just knocked out Rich Franklin, just knocked out Stephan Bonnar. B.J. Penn goes to fight him because he's a fighter. That's what he wants to do.

Fitch calling B.J. a "coward" is just Fitch trying to get the attention. Fitch trying to hype himself into another big fight, because the Rory MacDonald fight got postponed. And we have it on good authority, my insider has told me, that that fight has been set for the Fox card in December. So we're gonna get that fight.

If Quarry's source is correct, this fight is a huge gain for the UFC On Fox 5 card. One of the biggest complaints about the last two Fox cards was there definitive lack of star power. Although Penn's star has certainly dimmed during his most recent Welterweight run, he's still one of the most well known stars in the UFC. On top of that, a network appearance will shine a lot of light on Rory Macdonald as a rising prospect.


Report: B.J. Penn Vs. Rory MacDonald For UFC On Fox 5 - Bloody Elbow

Seems as though the UFC is starting to get the rhythm down as to what types of bouts to book for the FOX, this certainly would be a great fight to show a massive audience.

[IceCold48]

Good to see other fighters hating on Fitch. And Nate is wrong actually bj fought machida at heavyweight!! That's more than a 50 pound bump.

[Slippin]

Wasn't a fan of Fitch. Never will be.

Good to see that penn vs mcD still on!

[W.Silva>C.Norris]

Originally Posted by Slippin

Wasn't a fan of Fitch. Never will be.

Good to see that penn vs mcD still on!

careful calling rory that.. you're gonna wind up getting him a nickname like ronald or something.

[sonofsteven]

Who the fuck calls Machida, Bader, Shogun,Koscheck, Nate diaz, Jim Miller, Belcher, and Paul Harris a "definitive lack of star power"? Am I missing something?

[disposableassassin]

Originally Posted by W.Silva>C.Norris

careful calling rory that.. you're gonna wind up getting him a nickname like ronald or something.

Well I was going to make a joke involving rory and Ronald but then I found this.



WTF?

[IceCold48]

Originally Posted by W.Silva>C.Norris

careful calling rory that.. you're gonna wind up getting him a nickname like ronald or something.

It bloody elbow what do you expect?

[Cat--Smasher]

Manager: Rory MacDonald vs. B.J. Penn being discussed for UFC on Fox 5 main event

"I've been in communication with B.J.'s camp and UFC," MacDonald's manager, Lex McMahon, said in an interview with MMAFighting.com, "the idea of fighting on the Fox card has been part of these discussions. Our position is that Rory will fight B.J. as soon as he is healed and had a reasonable period to train."

"The possibility of headlining the Fox card in December is attractive as it provides a great platform to showcase the return of B.J. Penn, one of our sport's icons, as well as to introduce the mainstream fans to one of brightest young stars in the form of Rory. At this juncture nothing has been agreed upon, but needless to say Rory and his team would welcome the opportunity to fight B.J. Penn on Fox as the main event."

[Dr. MMA]

Great idea to have BJ return on Fox, and to show Rory's skills to a wide audience.

They should also have Lauzon fight on every fox show.

[ckauffman28]

co main event or main event this is good for fox

side note: everytime cat-smasher posts i have to scroll up and look at his sig at least one more time