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Originally Posted by Zer0E  They're still trying to protect/build up Diaz since he is a TUF winner. So it's not that they view Lauzon as better than Diaz, it's just that Florian would be a horrible match-up for Diaz at this point and although Lauzon is a hell of a fighter, UFC doesn't have as much stock in him as they do with Diaz.
I'm really interested to see how Tim Boetsch does in his second UFC outing. He completely KILLED David Heath in Feb. but I don't think he's gonna be able to maul and bully Matt Hamill in the same way, especially since Hamill's stand-up seems to have improved (as evident in the Bisping fight).
I'm a little bummed that Frankie Edgar is on the undercard and I hope his fight with Maynard gets shown. Also, I think Thiago Alves could give Karo a pretty good fight. |
Good points. And that "Batman" guy that Diaz is fighting is as close to being a jobber as they come in the UFC... him and that Elvis guy. Sorry, I can't be bothered enough to look up their names.
Someone at work pointed out to me that Lauzon might have also gotten the nod for the main event because he beat a big name like Jens Pulver before. Now, a Lauzon/Diaz fight would be very interesting to me.
Maynard grew on me too in his season of the TUF. But he's still a bit too much of a pure wrestler the last time I saw him fight - too one dimensional.