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Man, I feel bad for Jon Fitch. Fans shit on him for not finishing, the UFC has stopped giving him marquee fights — a public shaming from BJ Penn is really the last thing he needs right now.

Fitch was cleared to resume training last month following his shoulder surgery, which didn’t leave him with enough time to replace Diego Sanchez against Matt Hughes at UFC 135 later this month. However, he claims that he’ll be healthy enough to come in as BJ Penn’s replacement opponent at UFC 137 in October, or as Nick Diaz‘s new opponent, whenever Diaz gets out of the doghouse.

However, it doesn’t sound like Dana White is interested in either matchup, so he’s been telling people that Fitch simply won’t be ready to fight in time, which makes things easier on everybody, even if it might not be entirely true. As a result, Penn went on twitter to defecate all over Jon’s best efforts to get a big fight. Ouch, bro.

By the way, Penn followed up this tweet by writing “Dana just offered me a deal I can’t refuse. pretty sure I’m still fighting on Oct. 29th.” Shane Carwin thinks it’s Matt Hughes. Another unfounded rumor names Nate Marquardt as the likely suspect, which would be awesome since they really don’t like each other. This booking-and-replacement merry-go-round is starting to get a little confusing, but we’ll keep you posted when we know more…