Latest UFC 91 Card: Rampage Jackson Moved To December Card (UPDATED)

The UFC 91 card just took a major blow with the removal of one of bigger fights of the night that pitted former UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton "Rampage" Jackson against Wanderlei Silva. It would have been the third match in their storied rivalry, with Wanderlei being up, 2-0, from their PRIDE days.

The match is now said to be the co-main event on Super Bowl weekend. Sharing the spot with the welterweight championship fight between BJ Penn and Georges St. Pierre.

The UFC 91 card is by no means lacking, though, as you can see below:

Champ Randy Couture vs. Brock Lesnar (for UFC heavyweight title)
Kenny Florian vs. Joe Stevenson
Nate Quarry vs. Demian Maia
Dustin Hazelett vs. Tamdan McCrory
Nick Catone vs. Amir Sadollah
Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Josh Hendricks
Jeremy Stephens vs. Rafael dos Anjos
Joe Doerksen vs. Travis Lutter
Mark Bocek vs. Alvin Robinson

There is more then a fair share of talent on this card, and the main event alone should make it the top pay-per view draw of all-time.

Maybe the UFC realized that they shouldn't put all their eggs in one basket and spread out the superfights a bit. Nonetheless, we have a great few months of MMA headed our way.

Update: Jackson's return to the octagon was originally rescheduled for UFC 93, but has now been bumped up to UFC 92 on New Years Eve Weekend because of his legal problems. Jackson told Setanta Sports the following:

“I fight on December 27 and I’m hoping it’s against (Silva) and if it is I’m going to be ready to steamroller him. It doesn’t matter if he’s beaten me twice before, it matters on the night. But the UFC have approached a few people to take the fight and a couple of them have turned it down.”

More updates as they come along.