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Penn- Hughes 3 rumored for UFC 123 on November

Posted by Vegas Martin in UFC News on Tuesday, September 14th, 2010

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Former UFC lightweight champ BJ “Prodigy” Penn and former UFC welterweight champ Matt Hughes rumored to fight for the third time in a welterweight matchup that will co-headline UFC 123 on November 20 in Auburn Hills, Michigan in Detroit.

Both fighters has won each bout from one another as Penn won a first round submission in the first fight last 2004 and Hughes won the rematch with a 3rd round stoppage last 2006.

UFC 123 is headlined by former UFC lightheavyweight champion Lyoto “Dragon” Machida and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and it also features Tim Boetsch vs. Phil Davis, Karo Parisyan vs. Dennis Hallman and Matt Brown vs. Rory McDonald.