The UFC recently announced the complete card for UFC 94, which takes place Jan. 31 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena and features the rematch between welterweight champion
Georges St. Pierre and lightweight champion
B.J. Penn.
Two light heavyweight bouts are guaranteed spots on the pay-per-view. One pits undefeated Brazilians
Lyoto Machida and
Thiago Silva against each other in a match with title shot implications. In the other,
Stephan Bonnar, who has won two straight in the UFC since losing an August 2006 rematch to
Forrest Griffin, will fight unbeaten prospect
Jon Jones.
Also on the main card, Sherdog.com’s No. 9-ranked welterweight
Karo Parisyan will return to the Octagon for the first time since he was stopped by
Thiago Alves last April. He will meet the “Stun Gun,”
Dong Hyun Kim.
A lightweight bout between
Nathan Diaz and
Clay Guida rounds out the main card.
Jon Fitch, Sherdog.com’s No. 3-ranked welterweight who went the distance with St. Pierre in an August title bout, will fight
Akihiro Gono in a prelim.
Main Card:
Georges St. Pierre (No. 1 WW, No. 2 PFP) vs.
B.J. Penn (No. 1 LW, No. 4 PFP)
Lyoto Machida (No. 4 LHW) vs.
Thiago Silva (No. 8 LHW)
Stephan Bonnar vs.
Jon Jones
Karo Parisyan (No. 9 WW) vs.
Dong Hyun Kim
Nathan Diaz vs.
Clay Guida
Prelims:
Jon Fitch (No. 3 WW) vs.
Akihiro Gono
Manny Gamburyan vs.
Thiago Tavares
John Howard vs.
Chris Wilson
Jake O'Brien vs.
Christian Wellisch
Matt Arroyo vs. Dan Cramer