Jason MacDonald doesn't get it. The 19-9 "Athlete" will take on Joe Doerksen, who sports a pitiful 1-5 record in the UFC and recently lost to TUF alum Ed Herman in an exciting 3 round war that ended with Herman's fist on Doerksen's chin. Despite the lost, Doerksen nearly had Herman submitted near the end of the second round, only to be saved by the bell. In any case, Doerksen at least provided some excitement to an otherwise uninteresting matchup for casual fans. Doerksen now faces a stiffer challenge in Jason MacDonald, the fight set for UFC 84 in Canada.

So, why am I saying MacDonald just doesn't get it? Plain and simple. Doerksen is Canadian, MacDonald is Canadian, clash of the Canadians on a Canadian card. When hasn't the UFC done something like this before? They do it quite often in the same areas of the country, pitting Ohio boys against one another or Midwesterners, or even Brazilians. The fact is that it's something they can minimally promote with at least some payoff in those regions. It also provides for some potential animosity between the two combatants, and it looks like MacDonald is now fueling some fire for Doerksen.

Secondly, Doerksen will be looking to revenge his loss to MacDonald, and to be perfectly fair, his jiu-jitsu is still dangerous to many fighters. Do I think MacDonald will be beaten by Doerksen? Probably not considering the beating he dished out on Doerksen in their last matchup, but the biggest factor in the works for this fight is the talent level in the division.

Silva cleaned it out. Franklin beat both MacDonald and Okami, the two front runners. MacDonald taking on a guy he already beat once isn't the end of the world for MacDonald's comeback to the top. Most importantly, he should rack up a good solid win over Doerksen, and then the UFC should set up a battle between MacDonald and some of the guys he himself has mentioned.

Bisping, Almeida, or Tanner would be great fights, and I'd much rather see those matchups right now. MacDonald has created some fire though. He has verbally said that this fight shouldn't be taking place because he's already beaten Doerksen. This could be a dark horse candidate for a bad blood matchup at UFC 84. Keep an eye on it.