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22/08/09 - Confirmed: Diego has been offered Penn fight
A source close to Diego Sanchez has confirmed to Fighters Only that he has been offered a fight with BJ Penn at UFC 105.
“The fight has been put on the table,” the source said last night. “But nothing has been signed and nothing is confirmed at this stage.”
Sanchez is the top contender in the lightweight division following Kenny Florian’s unsuccessful title challenge earlier this month.
Florian lasted four rounds before being taken down and eventually submitted by Penn, who has not lost at lightweight since 2002.
Sanchez arrived in the lightweight division in January this year, winning a unanimous decision over Joe Stevenson at UFC 95 in February.
He followed that with a split-decision win over Clay Guida in a fight of the year contender at the season finale of TUF 9.
UFC 105 takes place on Saturday November 14th and will feature Michael Bisping against Dennis Kang, plus Dan Hardy against Dong Hyun Kim.
John Joe O’Regan
John.fightersonly@gmail.com
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