Carlos Condit VS Josh Koscheck in the works for UFC 143

[No More Sorrow]

BIRMINGHAM, England – After being bumped from a championship fight with Georges St-Pierre in favor of Nick Diaz, Carlos Condit (27-5 MMA, 4-1 UFC) has his new target.

MMAjunkie.com has learned from sources close to the promotion that Condit and Josh Koscheck (16-5 MMA, 14-5 UFC) have verbally agreed to meet at UFC 143 in February.

UFC president Dana White revealed the likelihood of the potential booking at Saturday night's UFC 138 post-event press conference in Birmingham, England.

"Right now, Carlos Condit wants to fight," White said. "He wants to fight on the same card as GSP and Diaz, so we'll see what happens. Koscheck has been offered.

"It could be with Koscheck. Condit wanted that fight."

According to several sources MMAjunkie.com spoke with on Saturday evening, Condit now has it.

UFC brass have yet to officially announce UFC 143, but the event is expected to take place at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. St-Pierre defends his welterweight title against Diaz in the main event.

MMAJunkie.com

This could actually be a really good fight if it does end up happenng.

 

[Troy]

This would be a really good fight and I hope that it is booked for the card. Should be a close fight but I would probably side with Condit to get the win. Hopefully the winner of this fight then gets the next title shot.