Sherdog.com — the same site that reported the potential showdown between BJ Penn and Diego Sanchez at UFC 74 earlier today — is now backing off its claim.
The fight will not happen … not on August 22, anyway.
Here’s the update:
“B.J. Penn’s camp informed Sherdog.com that the 28-year-old Hawaiian would not face Diego Sanchez in August, though the possibility wasn’t ruled out for a later date.”
According to the latest report, the Sanchez bout had not been offered to Penn for UFC 74. Furthermore, there is still the possibility that Penn remains at lightweight for his next bout.
That seems like the smart move, especially if “The Prodigy” does indeed score the winner of the 155-pound title bout between Sean Sherk and Hermes Franca this weekend at UFC 73.
Penn plans to announce his plans for the near future on his Web site — BJPenn.com — when a decision is made.
Of course we’ll keep you posted. But for now the tantalizing Penn-Sanchez showdown appears is something for which we will have to wait.
Don’t forget that Sanchez was rumored to be fighting Hayato Sakurai before this premature report emerged this morning. There’s no telling if that fight is still on, or, just more speculation.
For the sake of everyone here, let’s hope the next announcement is legit. Stay tuned.
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Told you
Is Diego gonna fight mach now at 74?
Either way as long as the fight goes down at some point. The MAch fight will still be great, and tough as hell
[quote comment="97629"]Told you
Man i was just reding the comments on the other article and dude you were spot on.
Talk about getting kicked in the balls.
penn just wants to make it a question point so that everyone will go to his website for the offical announcement. He classisly pluged it after his fight with pulzer refusing to take after the bout. If he does that for a paperview fight where your paying $40 he should get heavily fined.
Damn. would have been a decent fight actually. Would kind of make sense for them since they are both working towards the title shots. Who knows. I think Penn would have won, even though I can’t stand him personally.
Now you’ll have people blaming the UFC for getting us excited and not delivering the goods. Here’s a thought, maybe wait till the UFC announces it before you state it as fact. That’s probably not good for your traffic though huh.
[quote comment="97662"]Now you’ll have people blaming the UFC for getting us excited and not delivering the goods. Here’s a thought, maybe wait till the UFC announces it before you state it as fact. That’s probably not good for your traffic though huh.[/quote]
Yeah UFC should announce the news as soon as they match them up , then we wouldn’t have this problem.
[quote comment="97662"]Now you’ll have people blaming the UFC for getting us excited and not delivering the goods. Here’s a thought, maybe wait till the UFC announces it before you state it as fact. That’s probably not good for your traffic though huh.[/quote]
For one, every site like this is posting it, sherdog did obviously, that’s what these sites do, post all the if’s and maybes of the behind the scenes, so we have a better idea of going on.
State it as fact Tommy? Are you accusing Mania of that? Did you not see the PHATTY question mark on the end of that arcticle? Some fact eh?
[quote comment="97667"][quote comment="97662"]Now you’ll have people blaming the UFC for getting us excited and not delivering the goods. Here’s a thought, maybe wait till the UFC announces it before you state it as fact. That’s probably not good for your traffic though huh.[/quote]
For one, every site like this is posting it, sherdog did obviously, that’s what these sites do, post all the if’s and maybes of the behind the scenes, so we have a better idea of going on.
State it as fact Tommy? Are you accusing Mania of that? Did you not see the PHATTY question mark on the end of that arcticle? Some fact eh?[/quote]
That’s what these sites do? What do you mean? Take erroneous information and take it and post it on their site, then have the audacity to say Dana needs to get his stuff together? When there is no news do sites make up BS to have something new to post so the readers will keep the traffic up. This has happened for awhile repeatedly. Was Ken an if? Maybe Dan Severn will be fighting Mike Tyson next. If Sherdog stated that will it be posted here in under 5 minutes? What I accused mania of being he deleted before it was ever posted.
oh well woulda been a nice fight.
i knew it was to good to be true. wating for ufc.com to announce fights officially is like watching the grass grow. their official web-site blows. hard to beleive for as big as the ufc is.
[quote comment="97666"][quote comment="97662"]Now you’ll have people blaming the UFC for getting us excited and not delivering the goods. Here’s a thought, maybe wait till the UFC announces it before you state it as fact. That’s probably not good for your traffic though huh.[/quote]
Yeah UFC should announce the news as soon as they match them up , then we wouldn’t have this problem.[/quote]
wating for the ufc to officially announce a fight is like watching the grass grow. i’ve seen mania, sherdog and foop announce fights days and sometimes weeks before the ufc officially does. sometimes all we have is rumors
[quote comment="97680"][quote comment="97667"][quote comment="97662"]Now you’ll have people blaming the UFC for getting us excited and not delivering the goods. Here’s a thought, maybe wait till the UFC announces it before you state it as fact. That’s probably not good for your traffic though huh.[/quote]
For one, every site like this is posting it, sherdog did obviously, that’s what these sites do, post all the if’s and maybes of the behind the scenes, so we have a better idea of going on.
State it as fact Tommy? Are you accusing Mania of that? Did you not see the PHATTY question mark on the end of that arcticle? Some fact eh?[/quote]
That’s what these sites do? What do you mean? Take erroneous information and take it and post it on their site, then have the audacity to say Dana needs to get his stuff together? When there is no news do sites make up BS to have something new to post so the readers will keep the traffic up. This has happened for awhile repeatedly. Was Ken an if? Maybe Dan Severn will be fighting Mike Tyson next. If Sherdog stated that will it be posted here in under 5 minutes? What I accused mania of being he deleted before it was ever posted.[/quote]
Who cares, its fun to talk about potential match ups. If we waited on the UFC every time we’d have only 2-4 weeks to debate the topic. Its no big deal its not like people live and die on these stories. Its all in good fun, and Penns camp sounded like their not dismissing the idea all together. It makes for good debate, i like the posting of stories like this no matter how legitimate it gets the juices flowing and keeps interest up in between ppv’s.
[quote comment="97662"]Now you’ll have people blaming the UFC for getting us excited and not delivering the goods. Here’s a thought, maybe wait till the UFC announces it before you state it as fact. That’s probably not good for your traffic though huh.[/quote]
Tommy, then go to UFC.com. Your such a child sometimes it’s ridiculous.
[quote post="2644"]Take erroneous information and take it and post it on their site, then have the audacity to say Dana needs to get his stuff together?[/quote]
Please show me an example of where I said this.
Damn I wanted to see Penn kick his ass! God willin’ & the creek don’t rise maybe we’ll get to see that happen. Stay off the dope Diego.
[quote post="2644"]What I accused mania of being he deleted before it was ever posted.[/quote]
I deleted a childish comment in which you called me a faggot. Is that what you do Tommy, get all worked up at home about stupid shit and get mad at me because I delete two words out of a post? You’ve lost it dude. It amazes me that you care so much about something so goddamn petty that you have to start slinging insults at me. Seriously, dude, grow up. You’re not some idiotic teenager at home in his mother’s basement who doesn’t know his shit. But sometimes you act that way man.
Your such a faggot it’s ridiculous. Are you really trying to say you’ve never behind the back bashed him. You didn’t say out of your own mouth that since being told to take a hike on Fitch you have tried to clean it up some? You know damn well what I’m talking about. You probably just go and edit or delete it like you do all of your mistakes to make you look, whatever. Your like a school yard pussy taking his ball home. Ban me, see if I give a fuck. Hell ban everyone who doesn’t speak the way you like, way to make your site great.
[quote comment="97694"]i knew it was to good to be true. wating for ufc.com to announce fights officially is like watching the grass grow. their official web-site blows. hard to beleive for as big as the ufc is.[/quote]
They wait so they don’t announce fights that will never materialize. That would make them look stupid or like they don’t know what their doing. Maybe they should wait for these rumors to surface on these sites and put those matches together.
You’re
I’m not sure what point you are trying to make with any of this. I don’t agree with everything UFC-related. It’s a blog, I have an opinion. You claim I’m posting erroneous info so I can bash Dana White? I don’t see how you supported that allegation with what you just wrote. But whatever. And I do make mistakes, I’m not perfect dude. But I sure as hell don’t hide them. For some one who “doesn’t give a fuck” you’ve been rather animated today. I think 90 percent of what you say on this site is great, but if you want to be a dick, then don’t come back. I really don’t care. You’re not as important as you think you are Tommy. This is over.
No, I claim you post erroneous info when there is nothing going on so as to keep up traffic for your site. What the hell does importance have to do with this. None of us here are important to the sport. It was here before us and will be here long after. Guess you didn’t like feeling unimportant when the UFC told you to take a hike with no explaination. No one agrees with everything the UFC does, when the hell did I say that? I’m talking about your sensorship here.
For the sake of everyone here, let’s hope the next announcement is legit. Stay tuned.
You mean your annoucement or the UFC’s?
Damn tommy on a rant tonight! Dont worry dog come saturday your boy bringin some blunt wraps and we smokin it up for the fights cause you need it! Anyways who cares all i want to see is BJ beat the crap out of someone wether its diego or the lw champ dont matter cause BJ look damn good against pulver!
Hey, mania, thanks for bringing us the news! Too bad it didn’t materialize, but it was still cool to ponder for the day! Please continue to keep us up-to-date on all the potential match-ups!
damn, i was looking forward to this one, but its all good, i think bj is better off going for the lw belt he never got back in the day, and i still think diego and sakurai will be a nice fight for the fans and its good for me too because i won’t have two of my favorite fighters against each other, i’d hate to see either one lose, but i’d still love to see them fight…
I really wanted to see this fight. One of my MMA buds and I discussed it today, but we were skeptical of the timing. BJ gaining 15 in 63 days is what made us doubt the “rumor” was true.
With that said, sites like this inform fans of potential matchups days, sometimes weeks, before the UFC. Most rumors start with the fighters declaring upcoming opponents in interviews before the UFC inks the deal. Without MMA news/blogs sites we cavemen would be stumbling aimlessly about in the dark until Dana the firegod lights the way to the next events fight card. Besides, we would miss all the fireworks like the Tommy/Mania exchange.
I have to side with Mania that the namecalling and some comments have reached an unfortunate threshold of late. The postings just in the past few weeks have reached an all-time low. I will give Tommy the benefit of the doubt since the 4th Celebration may have involved a few adult beverages. Still, Tommy makes some good points about how MMA sites have gone wild with some rumors. Dana has been quoted recently discussing how he hates Sherdog for putting out disinformation and in Jesses’ recent interview, Houston Alexander said “I have no idea how this stuff gets started. I don’t know man there’s a UFC blog that has me doing this and doing that, they have me fighting people before I even get into the cage. I wouldn’t mind fighting him, but it was nothing more than a rumor.” I wouldn’t stereotype ufcmania.com with all the other MMA sites, but it could be the reason for the UFC’s denial of Fitch’s sponsorship.
[quote comment="97770"]For the sake of everyone here, let’s hope the next announcement is legit. Stay tuned.
You mean your annoucement or the UFC’s?[/quote]
mania wasnt the only one to post this. three other sites did as well.
I don’t recall if it was Sherdog or MMA Weekly saying that Mania and Tommy were gonna hook up behind Party Time liquor and settle shit. I think Tommy will piss dirty followin, though
Mania, I can’t believe you wasted so much time and effort addressing his retorts. Anyway, i’d love to tangle with Tommy. Anytime, Tommy. You give me your info, i’l send you a plane ticket to LA and you’re ass whoopin filmed.
You let me know.
Mania, simply crop my face out and place yours in…then air it on this site. Perhaps that’l keep us more entertained then those crazy idiots changing fight plans.
[quote]Don’t forget that Sanchez was rumored to be fighting Hayato Sakurai before this premature report emerged this morning. There’s no telling if that fight is still on, or, just more speculation.[/quote]
Not gonna happen – Mach won’t fight at UFC 74.
Sherdog.com suffers from premature speculation.
[quote comment="97741"]Your such a faggot it’s ridiculous. [/quote]
Be nice Tommy boy. We’re just here to have fun and prematurely speculate.
Whats the fuss about guys? Read the site’s disclaimer:
[quote]UFCmania.com is neither endorsed by nor affiliated with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). We are an independent news site devoted to the latest UFC headlines, rumors, gossip, fighter updates, and event previews and recaps. For entertainment purposes only.[/quote]
For guys who claim they are winner in life, despite smoking weed, you seem quite tense about such petty stuff like potential match-ups.
What the hell happened here? Anyone have the clifnotes?
[quote comment="97662"]Now you’ll have people blaming the UFC for getting us excited and not delivering the goods. Here’s a thought, maybe wait till the UFC announces it before you state it as fact. That’s probably not good for your traffic though huh.[/quote]
I believe the headline was followed by a question mark. That makes it a question, not a statement.
Anyway, I like the rumors. It gets a debate going which is the whole point of these types of sites. However, there is no crying in blogging.
Also, I’m glad this fight isnt happening right now. Penn deserves a title shot and I would still like to see him bulk up a bit for the heavier weight class. Ten more lbs and he would be at the top of the welterweight division in no time.
I feel BJ is much better off going for the light weight title, get a great strength and conditioning coach, and when he’s a solid 170 go after the welter weight title. The man needs to focus, he’ll never conquer any division if he keeps hopping all over the place. I can’t deny Penn’s talent but he is a little too eccentric for his own good.
aww man i wanted to see Sanchez get teeth knocked in
[quote comment="97680"][quote comment="97667"][quote comment="97662"]Now you’ll have people blaming the UFC for getting us excited and not delivering the goods. Here’s a thought, maybe wait till the UFC announces it before you state it as fact. That’s probably not good for your traffic though huh.[/quote]
For one, every site like this is posting it, sherdog did obviously, that’s what these sites do, post all the if’s and maybes of the behind the scenes, so we have a better idea of going on.
State it as fact Tommy? Are you accusing Mania of that? Did you not see the PHATTY question mark on the end of that arcticle? Some fact eh?[/quote]
That’s what these sites do? What do you mean? Take erroneous information and take it and post it on their site, then have the audacity to say Dana needs to get his stuff together? When there is no news do sites make up BS to have something new to post so the readers will keep the traffic up. This has happened for awhile repeatedly. Was Ken an if? Maybe Dan Severn will be fighting Mike Tyson next. If Sherdog stated that will it be posted here in under 5 minutes? What I accused mania of being he deleted before it was ever posted.[/quote]
Allz I gotta say is PHATTY QUESTION MARK. Already proves your wrong.
i wish diego would come out and say something about his next fight, we haven’t heard anything from the guy in a while, i hope he’s at least still gonna fight at 74, i don’t care who its against, bj came out and said he’s not the one fighting him, and some people seem to think sakurai isn’t going to either, there was some radio interview with frank trigg and trigg said he talked to sakurai’s people and they said he hasn’t even talked to the ufc about a fight in ufc or pride, so who is he fighting for f**cks sake, c’mon diego your fans want to know whats up dude, throw us a freakin bone…
just love his style, great fighter bj, respect!!!!