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Nick Diaz still gets to be in the main event but not in the fight he originally wanted to be in.

With UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St.Pierre out due to a knee injury, the Nick Diaz (25-7 MMA, 6-4 UFC) vs BJ Penn (16-7-2 MMA, 12-6-2 UFC) has now been upgraded to the main event of UFC 137.

Diaz was originally supposed to face St.Pierre but after not attending two press conferences, UFC President Dana White pulled Diaz and replaced him with Carlos Condit.

White announced a short time after that, Diaz would face Penn in the co-headliner.

White announced on Twitter earlier today that Penn-Diaz will be a three round main event.

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June 26th of this year will be a day that Charlie Brenneman will never forget. He was supposed to fight TJ Grant on the UFC on Versus 4 card in Pittsburgh and Grant had to bow out due to injury. Brenneman was without an opponent, but stayed on weight just in case a fighter pulled out. Then, the Nate Marquardt situation happened and Brenneman was back in the ballgame. The day before the card, the UFC offered Brenneman the fight with Rick Story and Brenneman jumped on it.

He went out and put on a great performance as he defeated Rick Story via unanimous decision and his life changed after that. With more people recognizing him, Brenneman(14-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC) kicked his training into high gear as he faces Anthony Johnson(9-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC) tomorrow night at UFC Live On Versus 6.

“Really hasn’t changed that dramatically,” Brenneman told us. “I took a week or two off and i got back right into the gym. There’s definitely more attention. One of the cool things was when I went to Philly for UFC 133, I got recognized 20 times more than times 20 than I ever had before. There were a lot of people who knew who I was and that’s great and everything. All that does for me, kind of puts my training into the next level. I realized that my actual goals and dreams are within reach, so its just more accountable than I hold myself to train in the way I think I should train.”

The welterweight division in the UFC is fully loaded with some of the best fighters in the world and the have big fights coming. You have Georges St.Pierre-Carlos Condit for the title and BJ Penn-Nick Diaz at UFC 137 later this month. Jake Ellenberger just defeated Jake Shields last month as well. Brenneman realizes that his fight tomorrow night is the biggest fight of his career and a victory could put him in the upper echelon of the welterweight division.

“Yes definitely, the Story fight was obviously a great opportunity,”said Brenneman. “What it did, it pout me in this situation. If I can get a win on Saturday night and that’s what propelled me. There’s a handful of guys in the welterweight division who are on a roll at the top. Jake Ellenberger got a lot of momentum right now. Still have Nick Diaz, BJ penn, Koscheck, there’s so many guys even Hendricks, even Story still. It’ll be interesting to see how it plays out, but the only thing I’m concerned about is winning. I win, I don’t have to worry about anything else. I leave all the work to Joe Silva and go from there.”

To listen to the interview go to sportstownchicago.com

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For 24 hours Nick Diaz was out of UFC 137.

Now, he is back on the card, but not with his original opponent.

UFC President Dana White announced via Twitter that Diaz (25-7, 1 NC) will be facing former UFC Lightweight and Welterweight Champion BJ Penn (16-7-2) at UFC 137 in Las Vegas.

It was announced yesterday afternoon by White that he as pulling Diaz from his fight with Welterweight Georges St.Pierre for failing to show to two press conferences in Toronto and Las Vegas.

Penn who was supposed to face Carlos Condit, who is now facing St.Pierre has not competed since his draw with Jon Fitch at UFC 127.

It is expected that this fight will be the co-main event of the evening.

Not only did the Corner Man call this, but MMASucka asked this question on their Facebook page earlier today. Fans reacted with a lot of “No Ways” and “I highly doubt it”. Looks like they were wrong and we were right!

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In just over two months time Nick Diaz will be taking on Georges St-Pierre for his UFC Welterweight Championship. In the co-main event on October 29 will be Carlos Condit vs BJ Penn for the possible number one contender in the division. If Condit comes out on top he told MMACanada.net that he would much rather take on Nick Diaz than face his teammate St-Pierre.

“Georges St-Pierre is part of Jackson’s camp so I don’t want to see him lose his title. But, on the other hand, I would rather fight Diaz for a couple different reasons. Mainly the fact that he’s not a team mate of mine so I’d like to bypass that whole… you know, any complications that would arise and also I’ve wanted to fight Diaz for a really long time. I think a fight between Diaz would be a very entertaining fight for the fans.”

Who would you rather see him fight? Nick Diaz or GSP?

Jon Fitch’s “Road To Recovery” mini-doc’s are now over, which means he is cleared to fight again. On Tuesday, Fitch announced via twitter, ”I’m back! Dr. Kavitne gave me the OK to fight.”

The last time Fitch fought was against BJ Penn at UFC 127 in February. The two men fought to a draw and it was expected that they would fight again at UFC 132, but an injured Fitch could not take the fight. Fans thought that the two would then fight when Fitch returned, but that is not the case since Penn has a fight against Carlos Condit at UFC 137.

The UFC has not announced an opponent for Fitch, however MMAJunkie.com reported that multiple sources have said that he could possibly take on Johny Hendricks at UFC 139.

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