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Posted: Monday January 12, 2009 10:55AM; Updated: Monday January 12, 2009 10:55AM

UFC 94 fight card finalized

Story Highlights

Georges St. Pierre will defend his welterweight title against B.J. Penn

Also featured on the Jan. 31 card is Lyoto Machida vs. Thiago Silva

Karo Parisyan, Dong Hyun Kim, Nate Diaz, Clay Guida also fighting

By MMAWeekly.com

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship on Friday officially released the full fight card for its Jan. 31 event, featuring a welterweight title defense by champion Georges St. Pierre in a mega-fight with UFC lightweight champion B.J. Penn.

A win for Penn would make him the first champion in UFC history to hold titles in two weight classes concurrently. Besides a future title defense against Thiago Alves, a St. Pierre victory could possibly line-up another dual champion bout, with current middleweight champion Anderson Silva.

The main card also features a light heavyweight bout between top 10 ranked fighters Lyoto Machida and Thiago Silva and an expected barnburner between Nate Diaz and Clay Guida.

The preliminary card features many UFC veterans, but is most notedly, and perhaps surprisingly, highlighted by a welterweight clash between Jon Fitch, just one fight removed from a challenge to St. Pierre's title, against Japanese fighter Akihiro Gono.

Main Card Bouts:
-Georges St. Pierre vs. B.J. Penn
-Lyoto Machida vs. Thiago Silva
-Karo Parisyan vs. Dong Hyun Kim
-Nathan Diaz vs. Clay Guida
-Stephan Bonnar vs. Jon Jones

Preliminary Card Bouts:
-Jon Fitch vs. Akihiro Gono
-Jake O'Brien vs. Christian Wellisch
-Chris Wilson vs. John Howard
-Manny Gamburyan vs. Thiago Tavares
-Matt Arroyo vs. Dan Cramer

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