Kenny Florian vs. Joe Stevenson Slated For UFC 91 In November
Lightweight contenders Kenny Florian and Joe Stevenson will square off at UFC 91 in November, according to MMA Weekly.
Florian (10-3) was last in action at UFC 87 earlier this month where he topped Roger Huerta via unanimous decision. He has won five-straight UFC bouts over Dokonjonosuke Mishima, Alvin Robinson, Din Thomas, Joe Lauzon, and Huerta.
Stevenson (29-8) won four-straight UFC fights over Yves Edwards, Dokonjonosuke Mishima, Melvin Guillard, and Kurt Pellegrino to earn a bout against BJ Penn for the vacant UFC lightweight championship. Penn defeated Stevenson via second-round submission in the January bout but Stevenson rebounded with a second-round submission of Gleison Tibau at UFC 86 in July.
UFC 91, which has not yet been officially announced by the promotion, will reportedly take place on November 15th in Portland, Oregon.
i called this fight, pumped to see this i think kenny will beat him tho
Kenny will win, especially if Stevenson does those stupid noises when he punches.
IM GOING FOR STEVENSON. I THINK STEVENSON HAS A BETTER SHOT AT BJ… I RESPECT KENNY FOR NOT LOOKING FOR AN EASY FIGHT… JUST LIKE HUGHES/GSP3… HUGHES COULD HAVE LOOKED FOR AN EASIER OPPONENT LIKE KOS OR SANCHEZ… BUT AGAIN I THINK JOE HAS A BETTER CHANCE WITH BJ THE KENNY DOES… AND WOULDN’T MIND SEEING BJ/JOE 2
hell of a fight i like both fighters, cant wait for this to go off, perhaps this is the “#1 contender”, but give it up to KenFlo he says he wants to fight the best, and he is standing by that statement
Luke Commo will kick all their asses!
Hope they do host this in Portland, I would love to see a UFC card live. If KenFlo can keep Stevenson from takedowns, he wins by UD.
not as close a fight as florian/huerta, i see kenflo winning but not sure i see him finishing joe daddy
I think penn is a disrespectful turd!!! he should honor the fight with kenny then worry about fighting gsp. would i like to see penn vs gsp yes, do he deserve it…NO!!! he didnt even beat highly ranked fighters to even get @ gsp. i hope gsp turns the fight down and rest, he needs it.
also joey boy should be fighting ken flo, right now. if he wins that should be a title shot and he hasnt even proven hisself to get a title shot, this is bull****, all becaue of ****ing penn
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I agree that bj’s a punk for leaving the no. 1 contender, florian ( like it or not he is), hanging. Don’t much care for joe daddy, but either way it’s going to be alright. Dude the lw, mw and hw division blow a$$.
Should be a good fight.
Ken Flo is no way ready for Penn yet IMO
Ken Flo was impresive over Lil Tito but did’nt show me anything that would trouble BJ.
Fingers crossed BJ moves up permantly to WW and Griffin & Ken Flo fight for the vacated title early next year.
i don’t think it’s a big deal for florian to wait a little while longer. obviously, he’s ok with fighting again before a title shot when he could’ve just said “no, i’ll wait for bj and gsp to fight”. it’s hard not to like kenflo cause he’s such a smart fighter, he’s a good fighter, and he doesn’t look for the easy way out. those fighters really deserve respect.
Smitty,
are u going to start the BJ v GSP argument again? if so fun times…. or the GSP needs rest because he fought 4 times in 365 day period, not in a calendar year.. if soo awesome, or just say hey now that KenFlo is going to fight Joe clearly the GSP v BJ “superfight” is going to happen and sit back and enjoy the great fights as they come, rather then being concerned if BJ deserves the “shot” or not…. just my opionion and iam not trying to offend you or anyone
There go’s kenflos title shot…
This is a great fight, but I don’t think it is a smart move for Florian. If he loses, he needlessly puts himself out of title contention. I respect Kenny for taking this fight, I honestly would have rather seen Joe Daddy fight the winner of Griffin/Sherk for the #2 contender spot and KenFlo fight BJ for the title, whenever the Prodigy can finally get around to it.
i don’t see anyone in the LW division beating bj for a long, long time. the only one i think that has a shot is kenflo (and i think it’s a long shot) just because he might be the only one to come up with a good enough gameplan and execute it the way he did against huerta. i guess we’ll see.
Anyone have a guess on who swick’s fighting?
i read somewhere that he may fight kos next..dont know if thats true or not
Does this mean the GSP/BJ fight is gonna happen in Dec? If Dana wants it to happen he needs to make it a superfight with no titles on the line. That’s the only way it is fair to GSP.
The UFC needs more guys like KenFlo……the guy is tough as nails, brings his A-game every fight, will fight anybody at anytime, and has a good head on his shoulders. IF you watch him fight, he might be one of the meanest guys in the UFC…he literally wants to destroy people!
Dude seriously no offense, but why is everyone saying “tough as nails”? I get the point but can’t you just say he’s bad as f*ck? “tough as nails” just sounds g@y.
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i oculdn’t agree more. i’m like any other fan and want to see some sick fights, but bj and gsp for the ww title just doesn’t make sense. bj vs gsp,just to see who’s the baddest would be better.
ALSO, doesn’t anyone agree on the aka fights, swick, kos and fitch, that they should fight eachother even if they are f8ck buddies?
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DO NOT I REPEAT DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME WATCHING SCORPION KING 2 WITH COUTURE… A COMPLETE WASTE OF TIME ACTING IS HORIBBLE I WANTED TO SHOOT MYSELF. I GAURENTEE DANA WHITE WAS WATCHING IT LAUGHING… I CAN’T BELIEVE RANDY LEFT TO ACT… HE’S HORRIBLE AT ACTING….
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i dont think they can or will give bj penn a tittle shot in welterweight d cuzz he lost his last 2 fights in welterweight one to matt hughes the other the gsp so how cuzz he beat little pulver little stevenson and litte sherk he should get tittle shot. NOPE that would be just stupid
I DON’T AGREE WITH BJ GETTING THE SHOT EITHER SAME WITH WANDY/FORREST OR COTE/ANDERSON. WHAT IS UFC DOING
I think this is a great fight for Kenny to see how he would handle fighting Penn. If Joe (who has zero standup) gives Kenny a hard time in the standup department, then Kenny can see where he lies against Penn. I think Kenny could put a game plan together to beat just about anyone in the LW division including Penn. I do think this fight should be pretty competative, but Kenny should win hands down standing. And their BJJ is probably neutralized. I see Joe doing his ussual wreslting/guilotine atempts, should be good!
anyone else read that the BJ v GSP “superfight” might happen in Montreal on Dec 5th (which is a Friday fyi) i think i saw it on B E, regardless of the GSP needs rest argument, or GSP shouldnt have to defend his title, or if its fair to GSP arguments, i was just wondering if someone else read that or even better has an update on that?
FR702 NA MAN I HAVEN’T HEARD THAT NOR DO I AGREE LOL BUT I WON’T GO THERE DON’T WORRY…
YZ, its not that i dont enjoy a good debate with you and a few others here on MMAfrenzy, a healthy debate i can do no worries at all, yet some people dont want to debate they want to say their peace and instead of listening to others points of veiw they just say no you’re wrong and thats that…. especially over BJ Penn and GSP superfight……
the Dec 5th rumor was removed from the BE website and thats all i know guess it was just a random hope that the fight would happen
I hope BJ get beat down by GSP for putting his title defense off. Kenflo has been a damn good employee by waiting. If he ever gets his shot and wins, who will he fight? He’s beating all the top contenders on the way!
Who cares if the matchup between GSP and BJ is for the title or not. If you are the champ you should be willing to fight anyone at anytime. If the powers that be decide it’s for the title so be it. I mean seriously if BJ beats GSP you can’t tell me you wouldn’t feel like GSP’s title was tainted.
On a lighter note. Ken-Flo vs Joe Daddy is an awesome match up. Can’t wait to see this 2 go at it.