Dos Santos vs. Velasquez II, Penn vs. MacDonald Expected to Headline UFC 152

[No More Sorrow]

UFC 152 in Toronto just got a lot more interesting.

The event currently planned for Sept. 22 in Canada was announced several months ago, but now it appears the UFC has targeted a main and a co-main event for the show.


UFC president Dana White confirmed following UFC on FX 3 that the promotion is hoping to lead the card with the heavyweight title rematch between champion Junior dos Santos and Cain Velasquez.


While nothing is a done deal at this point, White stated they are hopeful to have the heavyweight title fight head to Toronto in September.


The last time dos Santos and Velasquez met was in November 2011 with dos Santos coming out on top by knockout at just over one minute into the first round. Since that time, dos Santos defended his title against Frank Mir at UFC 146, while Velasquez came back strong from the defeat and put away former Strikeforce fighter Antonio “Bigfoot†Silva.


In addition to the heavyweights leading the way, the co-main event will feature the return of a future UFC Hall of Famer against one of Canada’s youngest and brightest rising stars.


Following a call out by Rory MacDonald just days ago, former lightweight and welterweight champion B.J. Penn accepted the challenge, and now it looks like the UFC is on board as well.


“Yeah, we’re going to do it,†White said about Penn vs. MacDonald. “Joe (Silva) is calling B.J. and his crew tonight to make sure that was the case, and then that fight’s going to happen.


“It will happen on the Toronto card, probably be the co-main event.â€


It will be Penn’s first fight back since announcing his retirement following a loss to Nick Diaz at UFC 137 last year.


Look for UFC officials to make official announcements about the card in the coming weeks.

Damn, this is going to be one hell of a card.

 

[Slim]

Hot freakin damn. Dos Santos has been on a tear... but seein Cain in that mode against Bigfoot... that dude got scary. A rematch would be so freakin awesome I'm hyped. Then Penn vs Rory... wonder if GSP will be in his corner again. Man that would just be awesome.

 

[No More Sorrow]

I'd really like to see Cain win this fight honestly, it'd be enjoyable to see his war path continue. As for Penn and MacDonald, I'll be pulling for BJ but honestly think Rory will win.

 

[Slim]

All I nkow... gonna be two really good fights ... well depends on which BJ we see. If we see the fighter BJ that we've been accustomed to then its gonna be a good fight. If we see the BJ that showed up in Penn/Edgar II... then screw it.

Cain/JDS is gonna blow the roof off though.

 

[No More Sorrow]

Well Penn vs MaCdonald was made official for this show, just need to wait on Velasquez and Dos Santos then we have the start of an awesome card.

 

[Troy]

Mainevent is going to be awesome. Can't wait to see them square off again since I highly doubt we are going to see a quick finish this time. Velasquez will want to prove that it was a lucky punch and that he is a better fighter than that, going to be great. Penn fighting again in Canada is a bit weird but it is a good addition to the card.