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A knee injury has put Ross Pearson out from the fight game indefinitely. With Pearson injured, Michael Johnson has stepped up to face Melvin Guillard at UFC 37 in London. Guillard and Pearson originally met at UFC Fight Night 30, but the fight was stopped in the first round due to an illegal knee by Melvin guillard. The fight was ruled a no contest and a rematch was announced almost immediately.
Michael johnson is coming off of a KO win over Gleison Tibau at UFC 168. Not long after that fight, he called out Diaz as the man he wanted next and then also offered to face Khabib Nurmagomedov when it was announced that Gilbert Melendez and Nurmagomedov would not be facing each other. Though both of those fights are exciting options for Johnson, perhaps the Guillard fight may be an even more exciting fight despite Guillard not being a top 10 opponent. It will be huge if Johnson is able to defeat Guillard but it looks doable considering Johnson stopped a durable Gleison Tibau. This isn't a fight that is between two rising contenders in the UFC Lightweight Division, but it is a big name fight for Johnson and the fight could potentially move Johnson up a spot or two in the UFC Rankings.
Twitter continues to method that UFC fighters use to get their fans the latest on what's going on with them. The latest tweet to get attention come from UFC Bantamweight Brad Pickett who revealed to his followers that he was planning a drop to the UFC Flyweight Sivision and is hoping to make his 125 lb debut on the London card in March 2014.
I think that Pickett definitely could make the 125 lb limit and find success there. He will have a power that few men in that division will have. I would love to see a potential bout with John Dodson or Ian McCall.
After a no contest was ruled by the referee of the Pearson-Guillard bout, we knew the bout would happen again. The UFC has added the fight to the London card that is being headlined by Alexander Gustaffson and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira on March 8th.
