With Daniel Cormier leaving UFC Fight Night 68 to fight Anthony Johnson, Ryan Bader was left without an opponent. As Ryan is on a 4 fight win streak, he only wants the top fighters in the division, and rightfully so. It was mentioned on UFC Tonight that Bader turned down a fight with Glover Teixeira who is on a 2 fight losing streak, but that he had previously lost to. In Bader's holding out, he has been pulled from this card and could possibly get the winner of Cormier vs. Johnson.
To replace that fight, today it was announced that Dan Henderson vs. Tim Boetsch would headline UFC Fight Night 68 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Henderson has lost 5 of his last 6 fights and is going up against a fighter in Boetsch that has some serious knockout power. Boetsch has lost 4 out of his last 6 and desperately needs a win. He's ranked #13 LHW in UFC rankings currently and a loss to unranked Hendo would most certainly knock him down to unranked as well. Boetsch should have the edge in this fight but with Hendo, one solid punch can still change everything. Quick note: This will be the third main event in 2015 where both fighters are coming off of losses (Silva/Diaz, Mir/Bigfoot).
On Joe Rogan's podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience, he suggested that Jon Jones' recent odd behavior could be the result of repeated blows to the head. His point could actually be spot on, as Jon has been in some absolute brawls, most notably against Alexander Gustafsson and Daniel Cormier. Both of those fights went the full 5 rounds, and in the Gustafsson fight Jones had to go to the hospital. For more on Joe's take, check out JRE below:
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