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Little Nog and Rampage want Griffin at UFC 155

ESPN staff
October 19, 2012
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Antonio Rogerio Nogueira and Rampage Jackson have offered to step in for Chael Sonnen and fight Forrest Griffin at UFC 155 later this year.

Griffin had been heading for a light-heavyweight encounter with Sonnen, but the UFC plucked Sonnen out of that match-up to pitch him into a TUF rivalry with Jon Jones.

Now Brazilian star Nogueira and Jackson are both vying for the end-of-year fight, which is likely to be lucrative for whoever gets it, with the UFC notorious for putting on a major pay-per-view to see out the end of each year.

"I'm 100% and training again," Nogueira posted on Twitter. "Put me in against Forrest Griffin on UFC 155! This fight was scheduled once, let's do it now."

Jackson wrote: "I can't wait to shut you haters up... To all my real fans I'm gonna make y'all proud again! Trust!! Much love to all y'all.

"Let's save our relationship," Jackson tweeted at UFC president Dana White. "I'll fight Forrest and Glover [Teixeira] in the same night! Two for the price of one... Real talk! Get at me!"

Rampage lost his UFC title to Griffin when the pair fought back in July 2008.

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