MMAJunkie.com is reporting that the fight between TUF winner Amir Sadollah and UFC newcomer Nick Catone is being rescheduled. The original fight between Catone and Sadollah was scratched from the UFC 91 card after Sadollah got an infection in his leg.

The fight will be part of UFC Fight Night 17, scheduled for February. You can read Sadollah’s statement about his injury here. Staph infections are becoming more common these days and it’s better to get them checked out and treated before it becomes worse.

So holy crap. If you haven’t heard the news anywhere else than you obviously were not interested in the outcome of the fights that took place Saturday night. I honestly should have posted something about this yesterday but I have a bit of a cold. So lets see what went on.

Starting with the main event. Brock Lesnar came out hungry and proved that he’s not just a hyped up former WWE cash draw. While I like Randy Couture I just had a feeling that Brock’s size and (real) wrestling background was going to be an issue. When you pit two wrestlers up against each other and one weights about 40 more pounds than the other size is certainly going to be a factor. Brock defended Coutrure’s take downs well and Randy’s in ring stand up experience worked well to keep Lesnar at bay. All it took was a big right from Lesnar in the second round that stunned randy very briefly and sent him to the ground. Brock capitalized on this and made quick to jump on the downed Couture and start hammering away with fast, short and powerful hammer fists and punches. Couture tried hard to cover up and defend himself but the fists were coming in too fast for him to break away and make an attempt on a good defensive maneuver. The ref stopped the fight and Lesnar became the UFC Heavyweight Champion in only his 3rd fight in the UFC. This win doesn’t come without conversation of people arguing that Lesnar should have earned his spot for the title shot like so many others before him as opposed to being tossed in because it would be a huge crowd and money draw. Either way, there is nothing you can do now besides see what happens next. He may lose in his first defense of the title and have to work his way back up that way.

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UFC has announced the the welterweight co-main event fight between Kenny Florian and Joe Stevenson at UFC 91 will be for the No. 1 contender fight foe BJ Penn’s lightweight championship.

The winner of the fight will be guaranteed a shot at Penn’s title after the Penn Vs. St Pierre welterweight championship fight at UFC 94.

Flooian goes in to this match with a victory over Roger Huerta at UFC 87 by unanimous decision. Before this fight happened Dana White said the winner of that bout would most likely get a title shot. However after Florian’s win B.J. Penn was scheduled for a fight for the welterweight title against GSP and Florian was scheduled to fight Stevenson who lost to Penn by submission early this year.

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After Matt Riddle’s knee injury kept him out of his fight with Ryan Thomas in UFC 91, a replacement has been named. That name is Matt Brown.

Matt Brown’s last fight was lost by decision at UFC 88 to Korean fighter Dong Hyun Kim. Brown was a promising candidate on The Ultimate Fighter 7 but lost to Amir Sadollah, who also went on to win the season and a six figure UFC contract.

Matt Brown has only has two weeks to ready himself for this undercard fight.

In case you missed this back in September, ESPN aired this segment with UFC Heavyweight Champion Randy Couture and UFC newcomer Brock Lesnar on their upcoming UFC 91 fight.. Less than two weeks away we should see if this is a fight wroth paying for or if we’ll be kicking ourselves in the ass the next day. Check it out…

I don’t know what Randy Couture thinks he has to prove by fighting Brock Lesnar or if the UFC is trying to cash in on such a fight before the years end? I thought this was an odd, "Throw a vet at a rookie" type match that could go one sided…either way. You look at the fighter profiles.

You have Randy Couture:  A veteran octagon fighter since UFC 13, with 15 win and 8 loses. 6′ 2" tall and 220 pounds. He’s held the UFC heavyweight championship 3 times and the Light-Heavyweight championship twice.

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Tickets to see UFC Rookie Brock Lesnar fight UFC Veteran Randy Couture go on sale to the public this Saturday (9/20) at 11 am for the MGM Grand Garden Arena on November 15th. Tickets are said to run from $75 to $1000. I’ll talk more about this fight in the near future.

Other fights confirmed for the even are Dustin Hazelett vs. Tamdan McCrory and Kenny Florian vs. Joe Stevenson

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By Guest Blogger “Dbreiden”

We have all heard it before when it comes to Randy Couture. “He’s too old, not big enough, not strong enough, his time has passed” only to be silenced by the MMA legend. Randy has returned to the UFC with a new contract, all personal and business issues apparently ironed out with the UFC. Randy left the UFC in Oct of 2007 partially out of frustration the company did not sign Fedor Emelianenko. While Randy still remains hopeful a deal can eventually be worked out to fight the widely regarded greatest Heavyweight in the World, there is another perhaps far more dangerous obstacle in Randy’s path than any contract stipulation.

The 6’3 265 Pound Brock Lesner, will face Randy at UFC 91 in November. Lesner the former professional wrestling WWE Champion, has taken the MMA world by storm since making his UFC debut in Feb of 2008. Lesner a former real NCAA heavyweight champion in 2000 is a beast of an athlete. Perhaps the most devastating combination of size, strength and athleticism, MMA has ever seen. Lesner got off to a bit of a rocky start when he was submitted by former UFC heavyweight Champion Frank Mir. After thoroughly dominating the early action, Lesner made a rookie mistake and was submitted via knee bar by the Brazilian jiu-jitsu, expert.

He would rebound 6 months later at UFC 87 against Heath Herring. A fighter with a resume of 42 fights, including bouts with some of the most experienced fighters in the game like current UFC Heavyweight Champ Antônio Nogueira and was coming off a big win over current contender Cheick Kongo. Lesner dropped Herring with a massive right hand to start the fight, damaging Herring’s eye and dominated the entire 15 min fight on the ground. Brock’s overwhelming physical talent has many in the MMA world buzzing whether or not Randy at age 45 has enough left to tame the young lion once more?

This bout will be a classic tale of Experience VS Youth. Randy’s been down this road before. Few gave him a shot against Chuck Liddell in their first fight; others doubted he would defeat Tito Ortiz. Randy’s greatest act of defying his age and the odds came at UFC 68 when he moved up in weight and dominated 6’8 then Heavyweight Champion Tim Sylvia. Randy will go into UFC 91 the favorite, likely thanks to his ring savvy and experience but still the doubters remain. For even the Great Randy Couture, will one day succumb to father time and look old inside the octagon. The day will come when Randy can no longer defy the odds. Does the younger, stronger, bigger man in Lesner have what it takes to finally make Randy look every bit of his 45 years? It sure will be fun finding out in November.

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