Koscheck Asked For Silva, Franklin or Leben for Return Bout, Got Hughes Instead

(...and THAT'S what the Kos has cookin'." When Josh Koscheck mentioned back in July that he was interested in taking at least one fight at 185, speculation ran rampant about who the American Kickboxing Academy fighter wanted to face. We reported that there were early discussions with the UFC and Chris Leben's camp for the two The Ultimate Fighter nemeses to square off at UFC 138 in San Jose, but the fight never materialized for various reasons and now Koscheck is slated to face former UFC welterweight champ Matt Hughes at UFC 135 on September 24 as a last-minute replacement for Diego Sanchez. According to Kos, he asked for either Leben, Rich Franklin or Wanderlei Silva for his first bout back since losing to Georges St-Pierre at UFC 124. A broken orbital bone he suffered in the opening minutes of the bout required surgery and left him sidelined for the better part of the past year. The reason for the jump back up to middleweight -- the class he competed in on The Ultimate Fighter -- he says was because anyone of relevance in his own weight class was already tied up.

Source: http://www.cagepotato.com/koscheck-asked-for-silva-franklin-or-leben-for-return-bout-got-hughes-instead/

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