("That’s it. Diet starts tomorrow.")

After getting put to sleep by Nate Diaz at UFC 118 — his third loss in four attempts — Marcus Davis announced his intention to drop to lightweight. According to MMA Junkie, the Irish Hand Grenade’s 155-pound debut will take place at the UFC’s stacked New Year’s Day card in Las Vegas against Jeremy Stephens, who publicly requested to be Davis’s first lightweight opponent. Stephens most recently lost a split decision to Melvin Guillard at UFC 119.

Another likely matchup for UFC 125: Resolution will be former WEC featherweight champion Mike Brown making his promotional return against Diego Nunes. Brown made a single UFC appearance as a lightweight back at UFC 47 in 2004, losing by first-round submission to Genki Sudo. He most recently scored a quick TKO over Cole Province at WEC 51 in September. Representing Nova Uniao, Nunes has put together a 4-1 record in the WEC, and is coming off of consecutive decision wins against Raphael Assuncao and Tyler Toner.

The tentative lineup for UFC 125 is after the jump…


Main Card
Frankie Edgar vs. Gray Maynard (for lightweight championship)
Jose Aldo vs. Josh Grispi (for featherweight championship)
Clay Guida vs. Takanori Gomi (LW)
Nate Diaz vs. Dong Hyun Kim (WW)
Chris Leben vs. Brian Stann (MW)

Preliminary Card (not necessarily in this order)
Brandon Vera vs. Thiago Silva (LHW)
Jacob Volkmann vs. Antonio McKee (LW)
Phil Baroni vs. Brad Tavares (MW)
Matt Wiman vs. Cole Miller (LW)
Daniel Roberts vs. Greg Soto (WW)
Mike Brown vs Diego Nunes (FW)
Marcus Davis vs. Jeremy Stephens (LW)