This is from http://www.fcfighter.com/news.htm
The first post is from Baroni and the second from Tanner.

Would anyone care for a Baroni-Tanner rematch? "The New York Bad Ass" Phil sure would. On the heels of Tuesday's notification from the Department of Athletic Regulation for the Mohegan Tribe that his one year suspension had been reduced to three months, the UFC middleweight contender wasted no time yesterday in naming who he'd like to square off against next in his return to the Octagon anticipated for June or July.

"I believe everyone wants to see the Evan Tanner fight, except for Evan Tanner," an enthused Baroni relayed from his home in Las Vegas. "I don't think he wants to fight me in any way shape or form."

It was a controversial bout back at November's UFC 45 that saw Baroni score early on against his opponent with his punching power, until Tanner turned the tables late in the round and achieved full mount on route to a questionable stoppage at the hands of referee Larry Landless. "I think he knows that he was very, very lucky last time," comments Baroni on their first meeting. "I think he knows he was saved by Larry [Landless] and he think he wants to get out of there the way he did with a cheesy win and never see me inside the cage again. He said numerous times that he's never been hit so hard and that's funny, because I never really hit him that hard. I hit him with glancing shots. When I hit him hard, he's gonna be asleep. He'll be on his back and I'll be on top of him pounding away till the referee pulls me off."

Although Baroni says he's game to lock horns with Tanner again, he's also skeptical that his Team Quest adversary will take the challenge. "He had a big mouth after the fight which is very uncharacteristic of Evan Tanner. I said nothing to the guy. I didn't take anything away from his so-called win, and he came on the Internet with his big mouth and started making comments and the reason he did that was because he's afraid. Probably for the first time in his life, he was afraid to fight someone and that someone is me. I guarantee he won't fight me. He'll say he wants to fight me, but he'll price himself out of the fight. It's gonna be an amount that he knows the UFC won't pay him. He's going to ****ing do that. I guarantee it. I'm telling you guys first now before it happens. That's going to be his way of getting out of fighting me again."

He'll Take That Rematch
By Loretta Hunt

Team Quest fighter Evan Tanner has gotten wind of Phil Baroni's reduced suspension revelation, as well his request for a rematch, and he's not too enthused. "A reduced suspension?" Tanner scoffed from his home in Oregon earlier today. "He's not getting punished at all. Shoot, I'll sometimes have to sit out nine months between fights. What's three months? That's nothing. That's just a formality. He got his fine, which may have hurt him a little bit, but as far as having to sit out, that was just a gesture. That was nothing."
"New York Bad Ass" Phil Baroni has jumped back into the spotlight in record time following yesterday's announcement that he'll be eligible for MMA competition after March 3rd. Having already issued an open challenge to Tanner for a rematch of their first UFC 45 scuffle back in November, the Texan showed little hesitancy in his reply today. "I'll definitely take the fight," the quiet middleweight conveyed. "We'll settle this once and for all. Personally, Baroni and I don't like each other. I don't think that's a surprise to anyone. I'd be glad to take that fight."

But, Baroni has taken things a step further, insisting that the fight will not happen because Tanner will price himself out of the impending battle UFC officials have already said they'd like to see happen. "You know what?" Tanner replied frankly to the accusation. "As far as the money goes, yeah, I'm gonna want to get paid for the fight. With the UFC, I've been winning fights and my pay has been going down every time. I'm just so eager to fight in the UFC, I'm just trying to make something happen. For a fight like this, I'm gonna want to get paid a little bit. I've got bills to pay. I gotta try and make a living too. The last fight, he made more money losing than I did winning. It's a little ridiculous. I'm definitely gonna want to get paid, but I'm not going to be unreasonable."

A second pairing between these two dynamic middleweights could put to an end the question marks that have surrounded their initial outing. It was Baroni who came out strong in the opening seconds of the bout with his furious striking, but it was wrestler Tanner who capitalized later with a takedown and the subsequent mount in the final seconds before referee Larry Landless moved in to halt the match.

Baroni has boasted that this time around, he'll finish what he started. Tanner remains unimpressed. "If I believed every fairy tale that Baroni's told, he'd be world champion right now in my eyes and Lindland wouldn't have defeated him and I shouldn't bother getting up in the morning because he's gonna put me down. C'mon now! He's good at telling stories and fairy tales. I don't know if he's trying to convince himself or what. He's a big talker. That guy makes me laugh." Adds Tanner, "His job's gonna have to be to knock me down before I take him down, because if I take him down, I'm gonna drop some elbows on his head. I'm gonna hurt him."

Calls to the UFC last night confirmed the rematch is indeed under consideration. UFC president Dana White voiced that the organization is looking to make the bout happen as early as UFC 48, although no formal offers have been made to Tanner at this time.

I would very much like to see this rematch.

Thanks Curly!

Baroni owns. Thanks Curly!

Baroni will KO Tanner in a rematch.

Baroni vs. Murray = RATINGS