of UFC Tonight.

White didn't have an exact date or location for the fight, though it's likely to come in early 2013.

Cruz (19-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC) also joined the show to discuss his disappointment with the injury setback. The final WEC champion, who was moved to the UFC in 2011, hasn't fought since October of that year. His surgeries have put him on the sidelines, though the latest setback was especially frustrating for the fighter.

"I've seen these tweets, and it's been nonstop since the news broke," he said. "I would say 95 percent of the tweets are very positive and very uplifting and have my back."

Barao, who won the interim title fight with a victory over Urijah Faber at UFC 149, previously told USA TODAY Sports he was alreadyto finish never quite coincided with his stated desire to remain a Ranger.

Given the impasse, Sather essentially had three choices. The first was to keep Callahan as their own rental player, then allow him to walk on July 1 without a return beyond what he would have provided on the ice the rest of the season. This, the GM decided long ago, was out of the question.

The second was to move Callahan for a package of draft picks or prospects on a deadline day, where the rental market seemed as depressed as an army of Islanders season ticket holders.

The third was to actually deal draft picks with Callahan for St. Louis.

Sather acknowledged he could have pulled the trigger on a deal for futures — San Jose made the