UFC 91 just got a little lighter

So the word from Yahoo!’s Kevin Iole is that the massive co-main event scheduled for UFC 91 between Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson and Wanderlei Silva won’t be taking place.

But I want it NOW!

Kevin Iole writes:

A very good source told me on Tuesday he expects Jackson and Silva to fight Jan. 31 (Super Bowl weekend) in Las Vegas in UFC 93. It’s a very fluid situation, but it’s almost certain it won’t happen in November and it’s very unlikely for December.

If this is true I can’t be too pissed off about this as the card is still fuckin’ stacked but it is still a bit of a letdown.

The UFC also probably can’t be too thrilled with this as if we are to believe Michael Rome over at Bloody Elbow then UFC 91 really needed this fight so as to provoke fans to buy the outrageously priced tickets.

I’m not sure whether the UFC will bother booking another massive fight as a co-main event seeing as they could simply promote Florian vs. Stevenson to that position.

All in all though, I highly doubt this will have as massive an effect as Rome thinks it might. Provided Griffin vs. Evans is booked for December and Rampage vs. Silva is added to UFC 93: St. Pierre vs. Penn then your traditional Vegas UFC goers will still show up even if it means going without food for a while.