*** Fitch injured out of Penn rematch @ UFC 132 ***

Jon Fitch's road to the UFC welterweight title just got a little bit longer.

An undisclosed injury has forced Fitch (23-3-1 MMA, 13-1-1 UFC) to withdraw from a planned UFC 132 meeting with former champion B.J. Penn (16-7-2 MMA, 12-6-2 UFC).

UFC 132 takes place July 2 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, and the night's main card airs live on pay-per-view.

A timetable for Fitch's return has yet to be established, and it's currently unknown if the UFC will seek another opponent for Penn or attempt to reschedule the fight.

Fitch and Penn were hoping to settle the score from their February meeting at UFC 127, in which the two fought for three rounds only to have the bout declared a majority draw. The winner would likely be in the driver's seat for a potential shot at the winner of April's UFC 129 bout between current Georges St-Pierre and top challenger Jake Shields. If St-Pierre wins and elects to take a superfight with middleweight champ Anderson Silva, the Fitch vs. Penn II winner would have been almost guaranteed a spot in a bout to determine the division's newest champion.

After earning eight-straight wins to open his octagon career, Fitch was granted a title shot against St-Pierre in August 2008, and he was defeated via unanimous decision. The bout remains Fitch's lone loss in the past eight years.

Meanwhile, Penn recently returned to the welterweight division after losing his lightweight belt and an immediate rematch to Frankie Edgar. Although he briefly considered retirement, Penn instead returned to 170 pounds and posted a quick, 21-second knockout of Matt Hughes to set up the first Fitch meeting.

 

Penn did to Fitch what nobody outside of GSP has done to him , he won 2 rounds clearly .....................

 

The size difference was astronomical between Penn and Fitch , especially when you consider that Fitch is actually a better athlete than Penn in terms of stamina , Sonnen would posess a very big size advantage on St Pierre but is he a better all round athlete ??

 

Thats pretty much what i was trying to say :good

Thats a very fair assesment of Sonnen St Pierre , it has been said that GSP toys with everybody in camp Jackson on the wrestling mat including Rashad Evans , this was pre Jon Jones era though !! , that would say a lot if true