UFC 119 Gossip Time

It's so slow in the MMA-verse right now. I am starting to shake and break out in hives. I think I am going into withdrawal. 

Quick, get me some MMA gossip. Come on Meltzer you know I am good for it. I just need one hit...

Jackson was wanting Rogerio Nogueira, but I guess they are still working on getting him against Machida. Machida was wanting Evans and manager Ed Soares asked for it to be an interim title match since Shogun Rua won't be back until March. Evans doesn't want to fight until March.

There is talk now of matching Jackson with Forrest Griffin when Griffin fully recovers from shoulder surgery. Rodrigo Nogueira has been wanting Mir again since he was in poor shape due to a knee injury and a staph infection in the first fight that Mir beat an almost zombie-like Nogueira.

...Ahhhh! That's the stuff.

Now this is the type of high-profile, pure, Colombian fighter gossip we like.

Rampage doesn't want Machida because he's "boring" or could it be that he doesn't think he can beat him? Machida wants Evans who would rather wait for Shogun and poor Rogerio is still wondering how he beat Jason Brilz.

It's almost like we are watching a soap opera for men! Wait, they have that already. But it is a little Soapdish, no?

What, was that reference too 1991 for you? Fine. It's a little like The Hills. There! Are you happy now?