UFC FOX 5, who should they fight next?

Benson Henderson- Gilbert Melendez if not then Pettis if he beats Cowboy.
Nate Diaz- Eddie Alvarez, Josh Thompson or RDA
Alexander Gustafsson- Machida if Hendo is still out, Glover if he beats Rampage, or fill in for Chael after TUF is done airing.
Mauricio "Shogun" Rua- Rampage if they can get him for 1 more fight, Mousasi would be a good one or I could settle for Shogun vs Jimmo.
Rory MacDonald- Condit or Fitch-Maia winner
B.J. Penn- Thiago Alves, Mike Swick or retire
Matt Brown- Mike Pyle or Dan Hardy
Mike Swick- Rick Story or BJ Penn
Yves Edwards- Varner/Melvin winner
Jeremy Stephens-Mac Danzig , Varner/Melvin loser
Raphael Assuncao- Scott Jorgenson
Mike Easton-Edwin Figueroa
Dennis Siver- Cub Swanson or MTB
Nam Phan- Mark Hominick

Ben Hnderson vs. Anthony Pettis
Nate Diaz vs. Joe Luazon or Jamie Varner
Alexander Gustafsson vs. Lyoto Machida
Shogun Rua vs. Drop to Middleweight or retire
Rory MacDonald vs. Johny Hendricks
B.J Penn vs. Retirement

Ali wrote:

Ben Hnderson vs. Anthony Pettis
Nate Diaz vs. Joe Luazon or Jamie Varner
Alexander Gustafsson vs. Lyoto Machida
Shogun Rua vs. Drop to Middleweight or retire
Rory MacDonald vs. Johny Hendricks
B.J Penn vs. Retirement

Alot of your choices already have fights made.
What do you think if Pettis loses to Cowboy? IMO Cowboy doesn't deserve the shot with that win so IMO I would say Gil should get the shot.

Joe is fighting Jim Miller, if he wins then I wouldn't have a problem fighting Nate. Varner though is fighting Melvin and even with a win he doesn't deserve Nate IMO.

Shogun has never hinted at MW so that's just weird to say that or retire.

I don't think you thought your list though very well.

I tried to quote you and neg'd you. My bad, I'll get you back.

OU wrote:

I tried to quote you and neg'd you. My bad, I'll get you back.

No worries

Your list did suck but it wasn't neg worthy

Why does the old man keep his hand next to KO'd Pacman? Like he is shielding his eyes from the light lol

OU wrote:

Ali wrote:

Ben Hnderson vs. Anthony Pettis
Nate Diaz vs. Joe Luazon or Jamie Varner
Alexander Gustafsson vs. Lyoto Machida
Shogun Rua vs. Drop to Middleweight or retire
Rory MacDonald vs. Johny Hendricks
B.J Penn vs. Retirement

Alot of your choices already have fights made.
What do you think if Pettis loses to Cowboy? IMO Cowboy doesn't deserve the shot with that win so IMO I would say Gil should get the shot.

Joe is fighting Jim Miller, if he wins then I wouldn't have a problem fighting Nate. Varner though is fighting Melvin and even with a win he doesn't deserve Nate IMO.

Shogun has never hinted at MW so that's just weird to say that or retire.

I don't think you thought your list though very well.

Yeah I know I was just assuming they'll win.

I'd like Bendo vs. Pettis first in the hope that we may get Gil vs. Alvarez, if not I'd be more than happy to see Bendo vs Gil.

I just feel Shogun has the frame to drop to MW but more importantly I feel his days as a LHW contender are over, the division has passed him by now with a new breed of tall athletic fighters.

OU wrote:

Why does the old man keep his hand next to KO'd Pacman? Like he is shielding his eyes from the light lol

lol I don't know it's like he's trying to stop Manny's head from rolling off the canvas or something.

I don't think we should just expect to see Shogun lean down at this point in his career. I don't think we can expect to see a cut up Shogun showing up at weigh ins. I just don't see it happening. I don't think he has the genetics, it could be more difficult then we think for him to lean down.
But even putting that aside, he still has some nice power, he just doesn't seem to be near as explosive as before. I think that is because of injuries and wear and tear. I'm not so sure we would see a faster or more explosive Shogun even if he could drop a couple pounds.

Damn I fucked that up and tried to fix it and fucked it up more. It's Monday...

Benson Henderson- Gilbert
Nate Diaz- Josh Thomson/Pat Healy.
Alexander Gustafsson- Machida, Forrest, winner of Rashad/Lil Nog
Mauricio "Shogun" Rua- Lil Nog 2/Bader
Rory MacDonald- Condit, Fitch-Maia winner, Kos
B.J. Penn- Retire
Matt Brown- Siyar
Raphael Assuncao- Scott Jorgenson/T.J. Dillashaw
Dennis Siver- Cub Swanson/KZ/Hacran Dias

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Benson Henderson - El Nino or Pettis
Nate Diaz - Joe Lauzon
Alexander Gustafsson - anyone ranked above him
Mauricio "Shogun" Rua - Rampage or Lil Nog rematches
Rory MacDonald - Condit, Fitch or Maia.
B.J. Penn - Eddie Alvarez or Martin Kampmann
Matt Brown -Kyle Noke or Rick Story
Mike Swick - Pyle
Yves Edwards - Tavares
Raphael Assuncao - Wiman
Dennis Siver - Aldo or Edgar

GDPofDRC wrote:

Benson Henderson - El Nino or Pettis
Nate Diaz - Joe Lauzon
Alexander Gustafsson - anyone ranked above him
Mauricio "Shogun" Rua - Rampage or Lil Nog rematches
Rory MacDonald - Condit, Fitch or Maia.
B.J. Penn - Eddie Alvarez or Martin Kampmann
Matt Brown -Kyle Noke or Rick Story
Mike Swick - Pyle
Yves Edwards - Tavares
Raphael Assuncao - Wiman
Dennis Siver - Aldo or Edgar

Wiman is fighting Grant, but it would be a good matchup.Tavares is fighting Khabib. The same names came to my mind as well.

Wait, Assuncao is a BW right? Wiman a LW?

I can't think today.

It could be a superfight.

GDPofDRC wrote:

It could be a superfight.

I'd watch. But the Oklahoman has a huge advantage.

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2012/12/11/3757288/in-response-to-rory-macdonalds-challenge-after-ufc-on-fox-5-carlos

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"I'm in." That's all Carlos Condit said. He said the fight makes a lot of sense to him and he thinks the fans will love it, so it appears we'll have a rematch.

OU wrote:

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2012/12/11/3757288/in-response-to-rory-macdonalds-challenge-after-ufc-on-fox-5-carlos

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"I'm in." That's all Carlos Condit said. He said the fight makes a lot of sense to him and he thinks the fans will love it, so it appears we'll have a rematch.

Condit vs. Kampman makes more sense right now.

MacDonald vs. Hendricks on the GSP vs. Diaz card would be nice.

lol no way

I would give Kampmann the loser of Maia vs Fitch or Josh Koscheck.

Ali wrote:

OU wrote:

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2012/12/11/3757288/in-response-to-rory-macdonalds-challenge-after-ufc-on-fox-5-carlos

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"I'm in." That's all Carlos Condit said. He said the fight makes a lot of sense to him and he thinks the fans will love it, so it appears we'll have a rematch.

Condit vs. Kampman makes more sense right now.

Condit just lost his Interim title and is Rory's only loss. Makes sense to me.

GDPofDRC wrote:

lol no way

I would give Kampmann the loser of Maia vs Fitch or Josh Koscheck.

Why not ? It's the loser of the title fight against the loser of the #1 contender fight. You'd think Carlos would be eager to avenge that loss.

Ali wrote:

GDPofDRC wrote:

lol no way

I would give Kampmann the loser of Maia vs Fitch or Josh Koscheck.

Why not ? It's the loser of the title fight against the loser of the #1 contender fight. You'd think Carlos would be eager to avenge that loss.

That loss didn't effect Carlos too much. He still got his title shot.