UFC 135 UPDATE: With Sanchez out, who will get the call?

After a long awaited match up on such an exciting card in UFC 135: Rampage vs Jones, Diego Sanchez has reportedly broke his hand and Matt Hughes is now awaiting his replacement. These are the best fighters for the job.

Brian Ebersole: 

Seeing this active grappler, and disciplined striker go against a world class wrestler in Matt Hughes could be a fight of the night waiting to happen, seeing as "Bad Boy" tells his opponents with a unique chest hair symbol that if they are to beat him, it is going to be by hitting him where the arrow points-his face. Ebersole was uncomfortably outmatched in his humorous facade in his last win at UFC 133, when Dennis Hallman put the Speedo into MMA, but he is always a big draw with the UFC crowd, and is in a grove as he rides off of two big wins over Lytle and Hallman. Another important reason for this match up is the experience factor of these two warriors. They have a combined 116 professional fights under their belt, and both have fought some of the best. Hughes, who is coming off a disappointing and quick loss to the Hawaiian, B.J. Penn, is looking to get back into action to find out whether he still has it, or if his time is up. Either way, seeing these two decorated veterans get into the cage together will make a hell of a fight, let alone a replacement bout. Should Brian Ebersole put away Hughes, he will now be thrusted into "the mix", and if done so in a decisive manner, could have Dana White kicking himself, that he only recently added this fighter to his promotion. Hughes, who was prepared for an all out war with the always entertaining Diego Sanchez, will have little to adjust in his game plan for Brian Ebersole.

Jon Fitch: 

Since his UFC 127 draw with B.J. Penn, the welterweight has undergone shoulder surgery, and has been chomping at the bit to get back on the canvas. After Penn and Condit have agreed to their UFC 137 bout, Fitch has been left with no opponent. A classic wrestler vs. wrestler match up could very well test the strength and will of the younger Fitch. Facing a legend is something that fighters wish for all the time, yet the opportunity rarely presents itself. Fitch, who was a division 1 wrestler at Purdue University, has been one of the top welterweights contenders for some time, and his only loss inside the octagon has come to the reigning welterweight king, Georges St. Pierre. Whether he stands with the always dangerous Hughes, or elects to work the takedown game, a collision of strength is set to take place in the Mile High City.  It may initially appear as though there is not much for Fitch to gain from this fight, but with a decisive win over the Hall-of-Famer, he may just receive his long awaited title shot.