Jose Out of UFC 125.

Ninja\Rua/Fan wrote:

OU wrote:

IMO they need to move Pettis vs Bendo to the card. I like the idea of having on the same card as Edgar vs Maynard.

Pettis and Bendo would be a 3 round fight then. I rather they fight 5 rounds.

Why would it be 3 rounds?

FUCK

*leaves thread*

freakzilla316ftw wrote:

Ninja\Rua/Fan wrote:

OU wrote:

IMO they need to move Pettis vs Bendo to the card. I like the idea of having on the same card as Edgar vs Maynard.

Pettis and Bendo would be a 3 round fight then. I rather they fight 5 rounds.

Why would it be 3 rounds?

Because it would not be a title fight.

Yes it would. It would still be for the WEC title with the winner facing the main event winner in a unification bout.

freakzilla316ftw wrote:

Yes it would. It would still be for the WEC title with the winner facing the main event winner in a unification bout.

That wouldn't make any sense considering there two different orgs. You would not have Frankie vs Maynard in the WEC fighting for the UFC title. Most fans would have no clue what the WEC is.

Ninja\Rua/Fan wrote:

freakzilla316ftw wrote:

Yes it would. It would still be for the WEC title with the winner facing the main event winner in a unification bout.

That wouldn't make any sense considering there two different orgs. You would not have Frankie vs Maynard in the WEC fighting for the UFC title. Most fans would have no clue what the WEC is.

Exactly Ninja. The WEC title is the WEC title as long as the organization exists but once the organization has been dissolved it makes no sense to do anything apart from unification or vacation.

The UFC owns the WEC so it's not that silly I think, especially if it's just for 1 fight and in the lead up they promote it as the 2 winners will fight in a unification bout.

Wolfgangsta wrote:

Ninja\Rua/Fan wrote:

freakzilla316ftw wrote:

Yes it would. It would still be for the WEC title with the winner facing the main event winner in a unification bout.

That wouldn't make any sense considering there two different orgs. You would not have Frankie vs Maynard in the WEC fighting for the UFC title. Most fans would have no clue what the WEC is.

Exactly Ninja. The WEC title is the WEC title as long as the organization exists but once the organization has been dissolved it makes no sense to do anything apart from unification or vacation.

The belt still exists and if UFC promotes 125 as 2 LW championship fights people will get it. It could be explained on a few Spike shows also. I think it would be huge to promote a 4 man tournament featuring the UFC and WEC champions and the two #1 contenders for those belts in Pettis and Maynard. The winner would be the undisputed UFC LW champion. Grispi fighting a guy who is 1-1 in WEC is a horrible idea by Joe Silva. UFC 125 is gonna do bad now!

He isn't co-main'ing with that guy though. He was planning to fight Koch, then Aldo, and just plain needs to fight. I feel sorry for him, what a roller coaster.

Wolfgangsta wrote:

He isn't co-main'ing with that guy though. He was planning to fight Koch, then Aldo, and just plain needs to fight. I feel sorry for him, what a roller coaster.

True, but that is besides the point of the LW champ vs champ match up. Joe Silva needs to make it happen on the same card and do it quick. That could help the LW division big time now that BJ is a WW.

bigbeastcardinal12 wrote:

Wolfgangsta wrote:

He isn't co-main'ing with that guy though. He was planning to fight Koch, then Aldo, and just plain needs to fight. I feel sorry for him, what a roller coaster.

True, but that is besides the point of the LW champ vs champ match up. Joe Silva needs to make it happen on the same card and do it quick. That could help the LW division big time now that BJ is a WW.

+1. It would be great promotion for all 4 fighters and the division. The winner of the WEC fight is still going to hold the belt when they have the unification fight so holding it for 1 more fight in the UFC wont hurt. Also, it would give Cruz and Jorgensen a chance to headline the final WEC card.