Stacked card announced for UFC on FOX 5 | UFC News
By: Chris Taylor
It was announced today that the UFC lightweight championship will be defended live on network television, as Benson Henderson (17-2 MMA, 5-0 UFC) will defend his title against Nate Diaz (16-7 MMA, 11-5 UFC) at UFC on Fox 5 on December 8th.
Henderson headlined this past weekend’s UFC 150 event and successfully defended his title against former champ Frankie Edgar. Despite the win being close and controversial, UFC President Dana White immediately made it clear that Diaz, who was promised a title shot following a May win over Jim Miller, would get the next shot at the belt.
A light-heavyweight showdown between former champ Mauricio “Shogun” Rua (21-6 MMA, 5-4 UFC) and Alexander Gustafsson (14-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC) will serve as the co-main event of the evening December the 8th.
Rua is coming off a TKO victory over Brandon Vera earlier this month at UFC on FOX 4. The 2005 Pride Grand Prix winner had an opportunity to earn a title shot against the winner of next month’s UFC 151 Jon Jones vs. Dan Henderson event, but fellow challenger and former champ, Lyoto Machida, leapfrogged “Shogun” with an impressive KO of Ryan Bader.
Rua now faces Gustafsson, who has been on the sidelines since an April win over Thiago Silva in his native Sweden. “The Mauler” is one of the light-heavyweight divisions top prospects and is currently riding a five-fight win streak. A win over the former champ “Shogun” would serve as good means for title shot consideration.
Also featured on the card will be a welterweight battle between Rory MacDonald (13-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) and B.J. Penn (16-8-2 MMA, 12-7-2 UFC). Initially the two were slated to fight at next months UFC 152 event in Toronto. However, MacDonald suffered a cut in training that required 38 stitches, causing the bout to be postponed.
Penn, who is a former two-division champ and future UFC Hall of Famer, has not fought since announcing his retirement following a loss to Nick Diaz at UFC 137. Penn will be looking to take out the highly touted Canadian, Rory MacDonald, who most recently posted a dominant TKO victory over Che Mills at UFC 145 in April, which marked his third victory in a row.
A venue for UFC on Fox 5 has yet to be announced. Who do you have winning these three marquee fights Penn Nation?
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about time they give is a freebie! this is ppv caliber. my two favorite fighters bJ and shogun hell yea
Bendo via decision
Shogun via tko in the 3rd
Penn via KO round 1
wrong on all 3 fights, especially the bj fight, rory will beat him down just as bad as gsp did
Soooo not very bad?
gsp beat bj so bad that he quit, gave up, threw in the towel. what a loser, he should have stayed in the fight and took his beating like a man after all the shit he talked.
gsp kicked bj`s ass so bad that he had to quit. he should have stayed in the fight and took his beating like a man after all the shit he talked. rory will finish his career
GTFO of here with that Bullshit! GSP greased idiot! Dont pretend he didn’t!
Then phil nurse and co. pretended like they weren’t professionals and “didn’t know what they were doing” LMFAO
keep on suckin those nuts partner. suck it REAL GOOD!
pretty damn bad, bj gave up in the 4th rnd. didnt he
Dont forget who greased BIG BOY!
Canadian eh?
go make more syrup eh?
Chea!!!
I got Nate taking the belt. And I’d like to see Shogun and BJ win but theyre both fighting up and coming stars so I wouldn’t be surprised If they BOTH came in outta shape again and get shitdicked.
I got Bendo via decision as well. Gustafsson via TKO in the 3rd since Shogun has clearly broken his legs. BJ via TKO in the 1st if he can lose weight and keep his cardio, otherwise Rory via TKO in the 2nd.
Rory got what he wanted, 3 months extra time to cycle off the PEDs. Lets just hope BJP uses this time to train properly.
Please DANA FOX5 IN SEATTLE you will not be disapointed
Going Nate by submission, Gusafsson tko, Rory tko