Cub Swanson and Jeremy Stephens Scheduled to Fight in June

Two of the most exciting fighters in the UFC Featherweight Division have been scheduled to headline a UFC Fight Night Event in June.  Cub Swanson will face Jeremy Stephens in a 5-round slugfest inside the Octagon.  Stephens is on a five fight win streak with his last win at UFC 162 against Dennis Siver.  Jeremy Stephens is on a three fight win streak since he decided to drop to 145 lbs after spending most of his career at 155 lbs.

This is defenitely going to be a crowd pleaser.  Both men have excellent hands and aren't afraid to stand and trade shots with their opponents. I will definitely look forward to see this fight. If I had to put my money on any one, I'd put it on Swanson. Though Stephens has power, Swanson brings more weapons into the fight that allow him an advantage no matter where the fight goes.

Aldo/Pettis Could Be on the Horizon

It appears that UFC President Dana White is getting closer to putting together a clash between current UFC Champions Jose Aldo and Anthony Pettis.  Jose Aldo is the current Featherweight Champion (145 lbs) and Anthony Pettis is the current Lightweight Champion (155 lbs).  Earlier this week, it was revealed that both champions were not able to come to an agreement as to which weight class the fight was going to take place.  Neither man wanted to go to the other man's weight class.  Aldo's camp insisted on meeting in the middle at 150 lbs, but Aldo's camp only wanted to meet at 155lbs and if the fight couldn't happen at Lightweight, Pettis would move on.  With White's intervention it looks like the fight will be occurring at 155lbs with Aldo moving up in weight to fight Pettis.  If the fight goes through, Aldo will have to vacate his title, but if Aldo loses to Pettis he will be granted an immediate rematch against whoever picks up his vacant title.  Dana White is thinking that a match between Cub Swanson and Chad Mendes would make for the best match for the vacant title.