Kenny Florian pushes for UFC 111 bout, will Frankie Edgar be his next fight?

Published on: 16th December, 2009

Kenny Florian pushes for UFC 111 bout, will Frankie Edgar be his next fight?  | read this item

This past Saturday night at UFC 107 former lightweight top contender Kenny Florian started his move back up to a third title shot when he finished off a very game Clay Guida at the FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tennessee. And now that the UFC will be headed to his hometown of Boston in Massachusetts next summer, ‘KenFlo’ is looking to get another fight in between that time in order to stay active which may possibly be at UFC 111 in Newark, New Jersey in the month of March.

In a recent interview with FightHype.com Florian spoke about facing the lightweight division’s top fighters.

“I’m in this sport because I want to get right back into a title shot and I’m not going to do that fighting no-names. I wanted to make sure I was going to be fighting top guys so that I can get right back in the title picture. I want to continue to do that until that happens. You know, to me, I’m at the point in my career where I want to fight the best and be motivated and that motivation will come from fighting good guys. It’s not going to come from just fighting anybody.”

Florian asked for his UFC 107 fight with Clay Guida as Guida is always a tough test for anybody in the weight class including Diego Sanchez who squeaked out a decision win over ‘The Carpenter’ back in June to get his title shot at BJ Penn and with that said, Florian is looking to keep busy with another fight with a tough opponent as soon as the UFC 111 event in the month of March.

“I just want to face the top guys. I would just love to face one of the top guys hopefully in March; maybe on the New Jersey show. Maybe we can do it in New Jersey and get one in before the UFC comes to Boston. Hopefully I can get one in March. That way I can stay on pace for every 3 or 4 months. I want to stay active man.”

But, who will Kenny Florian fight next? Well, one possibility could be lightweight contender Frankie Edgar who is very well in the hunt along with Gray Maynard to compete for the title as Edgar will more than likely be competing in his backyard in the swamps of Jersey as that would be a big step in the right direction towards another title shot for Florian.

However, we will not know any of that at least until we go into the new year which is just a few weeks away, so until we know something more about it you will to.

 Nelson Rodriguez AKA: Nelo2.0 is the Co - Owner of URDirt.com who is also an Editor and Author on the site. Read more from this author

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