***spoilers*** UFC News and Discussion Thread

[Gazz]

Mazzagatti Winslow is the shittest ref.

[Beefus of Bethesda]

With the closure of DREAM as I posted about in the MMA thread the flood gates have opened with DREAM 135 Champion Bibiano Fernandes signing and making his debut at 149 against Roland Delorme.

http://www.mmafighting.com/ufc/2012/6/4/3063130/bibiano-fernandes-signs-with-ufc-makes-debut-at-ufc-149

[Guest mr. potato head]

It's kind of said when the biggest MMA company in Japan closes down and the only name who might move over and become a decent-level player in UFC is Shinya Aoki.

[Guest mr. potato head]

BJ Penn to fight Rory MacDonald, perhaps at the Toronto show in September.

[gunnar hendershow]

I like that fight for Rory. It would be a marquee win if he can get it. Even though people are saying Penn's "done". He still has name value.

[EddieG]

2 weeks ago he's saying he's not ready to come back and fight Kos, but he'll fight Rory? Picking your battles much, BJ?

[Guest mr. potato head]

Maybe he likes the idea of beating GSP's protege more than beating someone who will clearly never be champion?

[Thrilla]

I now only accept MMA news that comes in this format...

[SRN]

I like that fight for Rory. It would be a marquee win if he can get it. Even though people are saying Penn's "done". He still has name value.

It well be hilarious when Rory does to Penn what Penn did to Hughes. I look forward to it.

[tomroe]

Stann is injured and out of the UFC on Fox main event against Lombard

[Guest mr. potato head]

All these injuries are horrible for UFC business-wise, but it's a clear after-effect of them giving their fighters health insurance. I'd rather see fighters drop out than see them fight hurt.

[Drock007]

Stann is injured and out of the UFC on Fox main event against Lombard

and the new Main Event is Shogun Rua Vs Brandon Vera

[Benjamin]

Vera is going to get mutilated.

[gunnar hendershow]

Poor Vera.

I like that fight from a marketability perspective though. People know the name Shogun.

[SRN]

Vera is going to get mutilated... unless Rua shows up in the same form he showed up in against Jon Jones. Because damn, that was the fattest laziest Brazilian I've seen in a long time.

[Plubby]

He's going to become...THE LIE!

Is there a prize or something for being the 10,000,000th person to make that joke?

[gunnar hendershow]

He's going to become...THE LIE!

Is there a prize or something for being the 10,000,000th person to make that joke?

Yeah, you have to get one of the tattoos we're suggesting to CraigoryHelms over in The Lounge.

[SRN]

He's going to become...THE LIE!

Is there a prize or something for being the 10,000,000th person to make that joke?

Yeah, you have to get one of the tattoos we're suggesting to CraigoryHelms over in The Lounge.

IE. you have to get Lesnar's dick sword tattoed on your chest.

[apsham]

Battling Steiner's dick sword.

[Plubby]

He's going to become...THE LIE!

Is there a prize or something for being the 10,000,000th person to make that joke?

Yeah, you have to get one of the tattoos we're suggesting to CraigoryHelms over in The Lounge.

IE. you have to get Lesnar's dick sword tattoed on your chest.

I'll tell you what you can do with Lesnar's dick sword