The Shape

Dang. Probably will still watch it live but I REALLY hope they make Penn/Diaz 5 rounds now. Having that as a 3rd main event and Munoz/Leben 5 a week later would just be crap. Worst thing is, if Diaz wins he has a huge case for the title shot again. No idea who he'd fight next.

Aldo unconvincingly beat Hominick and Florian by decision, Edgar just KO'd the only man who ever beat him, after beating BJ Penn twice. Size has to count in P4P debates as well, and he's a small dude. With that said I find it strange that White's campaigning for Frankie to drop down already, surely let him run with this and see how far he goes, he's just beaten possibly the strongest dude in the class...if and when he does get beaten then it's time to drop. With that said, one day I'd love to see him fighting Dominick Cruz.

Amazing. Edgar has to be top four P4P now, no question. Not really into Aldo from what I've seen in the UFC so far but bleh. Still a great event thanks to Frankie and Chael.

Not great, but had some entertaining grappling. Good to see Pettis bringing in the takedowns in round two. Was worried it was going to be given to Stephens even though he didn't deserve it at all, luckily two judges saw sense. Maia/Santiago should be good. Really warmed to Maia thanks to the Munoz fight.

It's not that I don't like Jones. I do. It's just that it's the second time another match has been made when a fight with Rashad will have been feasible within like a month of it. Yes it's fair enough he's fighting Machida on short notice but I think the Evans fight is enough of a bigger deal to warrant such a wait.

Jones could probably have waited a month or something. A coupla days ago Dana was all "we want to give Jones some time to rest." It's cool he's fighting 4 times in a calender year but this has happened twice now and I'm just not buying it. The wait would be better than a guy who's last three fights were two losses and a win over Randy Couture.

Man I hope he does. Gotta feel like Jones is ducking him at this point. Just hope it does eventually happen. Could be huge.

Jones vs. Machida at 140...whaaaaat.

Normally they do for a few fights but not until right before the card. Nowhere I've seen is that great, but William Hill is the one which currently has the odds I mentioned up already.

Kenflo by submission/Maynard TKO double is 41/1, think I'm gonna have to put a couple of quid on that

Anyone else picking Florian to dethrone Aldo? I gotta feeling xD He's a 2/1 outsider as it is, I'm gonna wait and see what odds turn up for the submission...

Man, just realised how much I'm looking forward to UFC 136. So rare in terms of how many fights I have one guy I'm strongly pulling for (Edgar/Phan especially), with Sonnen and Florian guys I want to see win as well.

Wish I'd followed this, would've begun a bit of a hot streak after the big nog KO last time

Man he is awesome. Can't take your eyes off when watching him, even the way he opened that fight on all fours, just crazy. Cannot wait for him vs. Rashad.

Yeah Le/Wand interests me more than the probable back-of-the-head-beatdown that Belfort would have delivered. Just watched the 135 countdown show. Can't help but love Jones, and I really really want to see him vs. Rashad in a battle of casual sheer arrogance. Can see him wearing down and breaking Rampage unless he gets clocked early. With that said, looking at the odds...Rampage by KO at over 5/1 seems huge. Jones submission 6/1 and Jones on points at over 3/1 are also pretty tempting.

Amidst the UFC's ongoing quest for mainstream acceptance I find it quite strange how heavily they're billing 137 as GSP vs. "The Killer" xD

Ellenberger is for real. Surely a title shot, at least no more than one fight away.

Didn't realise BAMMA 8 was in Notts, definitely gonna have to look into going to that.

Cormier has scary potential. Shame he said he'd rather drop down to 205 than fight Cain. AKA is much worse than Jackson's for that kind of thing. Don't really see how Barnett beats him to be honest...

Skill wise BJ is better in every aspect. I read it the other way around. I predict Penn, stoppage by cuts late in the second.

Ah so you're backing Condit as well? My definite gut feeling when it was announced was that he'll be able to do it.

That all makes sense. I've definitely enjoyed it, I prefer the card now anyway. Or maybe have Fitch fight Ellenberger/Shields while Diaz fights GSP. Think if Shields wins him vs. Fitch is fairly inevitably because then they can pretty much eliminate the loser from contention forever. And I'd actually be quite interested by it.

@brash, what do you make of twitter theory that this is all some kind of conspiracy and the whole press conference was bull****? Seems like some people will complain about anything, we have a card with Penn/Diaz and GSP/Condit (two better fights) and people are complaining. Someone however did point out that he's still in a position that requires promotion. Which has led me to believe GSP may have had a very heavy hand in this. Best part of this is if Diaz wins, they're gonna have to give him the shot again, aren't they? And it's gonna be even bigger. By that point GSP/Silva will be a distant memory.

Apparently Melendez wants it but thinks Diaz has got it. It's all happening. It is ALL happening It's Penn vs. Diaz. Yes yes yes yes.

Dana did say it was crazy, but maybe not that crazy. Then again yesterday I saw Anderson Silva's name thrown around so who knows.