BJ Penn: I’m Moving Up To The Welterweight Division
BJ Penn’s next two opponents may both be determined tomorrow at UFC 87 in Minnesota.
The winner of the featured lightweight clash between Kenny Florian and Roger Huerta is expected to receive a shot at Penn’s 155-pound title while Penn has hopes of fighting for the promotion’s welterweight championship against the winner of the UFC 87 main event between current 170-pound champion Georges St. Pierre and challenger Jon Fitch.
Penn is expected to return to the octagon in December at the UFC’s final show of the year, likely against the winner of tomorrow’s St. Pierre-Fitch title bout.
Both Penn and UFC President Dana White recently offered up their thoughts to MMA Weekly on what lies ahead for the UFC’s 155-pound champion.
“I don’t think he’ll get the winner of Fitch and GSP,” White said. “He wants to fight GSP if GSP wins the title. GSP has a win over him. He wants to try to beat GSP. I don’t think he’d move up if Fitch won.”
Penn, however, says it doesn’t matter who holds the welterweight title as he’d face St. Pierre or Fitch for the championship.
“I’d feel okay facing anyone for the welterweight title,” said Penn. “Jon Fitch is a great opponent, a tough opponent, but St. Pierre brings the whole backing of Canada with him to a fight. Fan base, this sport, it’s entertainment. It would be great to put on a big fight with me and St-Pierre, but then again, it’s about me fighting the best fighter and if Fitch goes down and proves he’s the best fighter, then he’s the man. I’m moving up to the welterweight division and moving down to defend the lightweight title.”
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Woohoo!!!
I KNEW IT… GSP IS GONNA BEAT FITCH AND PENN WILL MOVE UP AND I THINK HUERTA WILL WIN AND END UP FACING SHERK/GRIFFIN THE THE LW BELT
So dont want to see BJ move up to fight GSP.. come on man..Just smash peeps in 155…
i think thats what he should do to but i want him to get proven that he still can’t be GSP
Dude that’s gonna be a badd a$$ fight. My boy GSP’s gonna kick his a$$ again though.
i second that… but jazzkok get reading to get told off. everyone on this website is for penn man
BJ wants to tie Randy and be a 2x LW champ + a champ in 2 weight divisions.
Whether Fitch or GSP win, I want Penn to move up. Penn is the type of fighter I’d love to see matched up with almost anyone. I don’t feel that way about too many fighters.
This is way off topic but where have JPM and Dave MD been? Hope they’re ok….think of the possiblities….. Prison, death, married, children, busy at work, got lives outside the wonderful world of MMA…..
HA HA HA HA AND COLE MILLER
WE NEED EVERYONE BACK BEFORE THE GAME COMES OUT. CUZ DONT’ FORGET ABOUT OUR MMAFRENZY TOURNY
jazzkok,
I don’t know man….. BJ is new and improved. Even his mind state has obviously changed. I am not taking anything away from GSP excpet that I question him after his loss to Serra. Most likely it was a fluke but I want to see GSP string together some wins to convince me. The return ass whoopin to Serra nearly has me a believer that it was a fluke. FLUKE FLUKE FLUKE!!!!(stupid f-n word) I am just saying Penn is bad apples and a different fighter than he use to be. GSP might be different since his loss to Serra but like I said, GSP needs to show his dominance now.
Should GSP lose to Fitch, is everyone going to still think highly of GSP as a fighter?
No reason not to think of him highly still. I’d just hope he could come back and beat whoever the title holder is and not become another Rich Franklin.
GSP is a good guy…but if he beats Fitch and BJ shows up as ready as he was for Sherk & Stevenson then I feel sorry for him.
Kouch,
Yes.
YZ,
Good point. I’m telling if we can set tournaments up we’re going to make some lifelong video game friends through the world of online gaming. There’s guys I use to play Socom 2 with on PS2 3-5yrs ago who I now play a ****load of different games with on PS3. I’ve never met any of them in person and live hundreds of miles away but it’s wierd how cool you can become with someone through similar life interest on a game. Just like here…only we don’t have video games with head sets….I hope Dannyboy gets a PS3 to play me so we can discuss politics….poor guy ate all that liberal communist hub bub right up. I need to save him.
ya gsp is new and improved FITCH beat alves and sanchez and he will do it again he is the rich franklin of welter weight fitch is good but gsp will be un stoppable bj should have to fight the loser to deserve the championship fight. bj is over rated we will see the welter weight division is getting tougher and tougher stay at 155 bj lost to matt hughes
fox racing i dont like bj either sorry everyone doesnt love bj like u, penn vs alves, penn vs sanchez, penn vs fitch and then maybe penn vs gsp, i like sherk but i think gsp would tko in the 1st sherk almost made it to the forth, gsp wrestling right now is the best in the whole world of mmma!!! you will see
Highly wasthe wrong word…..I TAKE I BACK.
Is everyone going to still see GSP as dominant, high caliber and lethal?
A lot of it probably depends on how the match goes before we can answer that but I think it is worth pondering.
I heard Tyson Griffin was having a secret relationship with Jenna Jameson until the other day. Apparently Tito came home from training early and Tyson had to crawl up into the hall way of a million c0cks. It was too unbareable to stay inside so he figured, “f-it” and came out. Tito picked him up with a smile and cradled him thinking his baby had been born.
yes mmma mega mixed marial arts gsp is just under silva for pound for pound silva, gsp, fedor
I don’t think BJ is overrated at all. How?
NEV-o,
GSP needs to prove his dominance before he is considered a P4P. I think he is one of very few fighters with potential to be considered a P4P but not right now. He has a few more wins to go.
KOuch,
“Should GSP lose to Fitch, is everyone going to still think highly of GSP as a fighter?”
No.
It depends on how he gets beat.
What mma frenzy tourney? PS3 or XBOX 360? I’m in if PS3. B.J. Penn is a great fighter, but I don’t think moving up and down weight classes is a smart move on his part. G.S.P. is a huge welterweight as it stands now. The fight I want to see is Anderson Silva Vs. G.S.P. That would be awesome. What do you all think?
Was the serra fight a fluke or does gsp have a week chin? Probably won’t find out tomorrow but if he fights alves the chin will definitely get tested.
anderson should keep kick a$$ in 205.
As much as i love gsp, if penn stimina has improved (which i dont feel has been tested yet) he is going to pound him out. remember last fight? peen on the ground will be very interesting as well. lets get ready to rummmmbbbllleee!!!!
I’ll still think highly of him. The guy is a very dangerous fighter. Just because he would lose a fight to Fitch who happens to have only 1 loss doesn’t mean he isn’t a bada$$! Would I consider him a P4P top guy? No, but I still think he would be a top 5 for sure in his weight class which is no joke.
that fight with serra never showed that gsp has a weak chin, it showed a hit to the back of the head can drop anyone, Raffy
timcat i agree with you but i think silva will walk away with that one. either way you look @ it, whoever wins i dont see a decision.
Now now KOuch. Don’t forget that it was liberal state senates that allowed MMA to be sanctioned to begin with. Us liberals are the ones who don’t mind new things like MMA.
Let’s not forget it is John McCain who is against MMA and will do what he can to stop it.
Word is that Penn is slated to fight in December. So we got Penn vs. GSP (if he wins this weekend) Big Nog vs. Mir, and Wandy Vs. TBA.
That is a lot of big name fighters for the New Years card and it makes me wonder if the UFC is going to have Forrest defend the LHW title after all.
Smitty is right. He was hit in the back of the head and never had a chance to recover. Serra is a joke and when Hughes hands him his ass when they fight, there will be no doubt. Watch out for the back fist, he eats those for lunch. Ask Shonie Carter. He served them to him twice.
PS3? and i think KOuch is PS3 as well….
nev-o i don’t like bj penn i like gsp… bj is good im just not all faunded of him as is everyone just so you know…
smitty do you think if serra loses to hughes they’ll send him down to wec or let him go…
i hope forrest defends it on the card. who do you think will be the main even all of them can headline there own card pretty much
WHEN serra loses, he’ll be gone (or at least he should be)
BJ is scared to fight winner of huerta and florian which will be HUERTA
so ufc will probably take another dumb on affliction lol
BJ v GSP again, well hopefully this super fight does happen, yet Jon has a decent oppritunity to walk away with the belt after its all said and done on saturday… i think that BJ should have to fight the winner of Huerta and Florian @ 155 for his belt then if he defends it he can move on to fighting only @ 170… i would like to see BJ fight either of those two @ 155, soo if GSP wins he and BJ the “super fight” in Montreal (Nov) or in Vegas (Dec) for the WW title then he should put his LW title on the line in March against the Huerta/Florian…
o and the UFC should have Matt v Matt in December imo
In march? thats far. i think jan. feb. at the latest… its not fair for florian/huerts to be off that long. if it is march then winner huerta/florian vs winner sherk/tyson… yeah or no?
matt is still injured and will be off for 6 to 7 months i think thats what i read…
well if BJ and GSP were to fight in Nov or Dec, BJs fight with Huerta/Florian would have to be early next year i would think i just threw March out there given the two~three months of down time after the “super fight” Febuary is good for me hell either way he should have to defend his LW title against one of the fighters, fighting for the right (tomorrow night) to face BJ for his title…
i thought Matt was still injured i didnt know about the time frame though thx
Yep, I read that too.
6 to 7 months that is
o and if Huerta wins tomorrow night his last contracted fight should be for the title imo, yet i do agree that the winners of Huerta/Florian, Sherk/Tyson should face each other if Huerta and Florian were to be off for 8 months (march), hell make the winner face winner loser face loser if they were to be off for soo long i dunno… cheers
matt hughes is cool i like looking at his website he keeps up to date with everythin go check it out…
i don’t understand lets say heurta beats florian and goes to face bj… and wins? but that would be his last fight. do you think they would give him a title shot for his last fight?
Joe Siva would because he see’s the potential in Huerta and all the great matches Huerta would be willing to fight…. that being said Dana White i dont think would risk that in terms of financially if Huerta wins tomorrow i think that Dana and the Brothers Fertitta will go into re-negotiations with Roger lets say first offer (probably Dana) 6 fights 95k per, if he were to lose they will wait til the contract is up to do anything, if Huerta wins he should get the shot imo regardless
They can’t. They would end up with another Frank Shamrock/Jens pulver sitution were the title holder said F&ck the UFC and left.
I think pulver did that. I could be wrong but I know Shamrock did for sure.
Did you know the last Penn GSP fight was a split decision? GSP won, but went to the hospital after the fight, while Penn went to his after party.
Penn will be ready, however, I don’t think Dana wants his 2 champs to fight. He’d rather have them on two separate water down UFC events. That’s how he’s been doing things lately.
Like Elite XC or not, they’ll have 3 titles up in one night, and you don’t have to wait forever for another title fight (i.e Rampage [10 months], Nogueira [9 months]).
No way Huerta fights for title without a contract. Dana has too much to lose. Huerta could win, take title to another promotion and open up Mexico to that company.
Gonzo……. one is your name a off reference to Dr. Hunter S. Thompson just a question…? GSP did go to the hospital after that fight and if it werent for BJ “gassing” he would have most likely won that fight.. it is a shame that the champs are fighting more frequently and the long waits need to stop forsure, EliteXC having 3 belts decided in one night is a bit awesome yet Justin Eilers v Big Foot Silva for the HW title, could that fight ever be a title fight in most orginizations? Lawler v Smith was ok for what it was Ninja v Lawler is the MW fight out of that company i want to see (again), Sheilds is just a bad ass with not much compition Thompson is good and i guess just got “caught” in a one armed neck crank/guillotine…. and miss lady Cyborg is just a violent bi^*h….
my point kinda is that with a win over Florian, Huerta would have leverage to get a resonable contract out of Dana, because Dana doesnt need another Tito,Frank,Randy ect situation where the run their mouth about how poorly Dana takes care of his fighters let alone if you never have lost inside of his cage ie Frank, cheers
Ok, time for my 2 cents.
Huerta is trying to negitiate after this fight because he thinks he will win. Too bad. He draws fans, but he’s going to look bad against Ken-flo.
I love watching Penn and GSP fight, but Penn would beat GSP this time. If not for gassing, he would have won 30-27 or 30-26 last time. GSP hasn’t got the skills to hang with BJ on the ground. The dude is a freak. And I like GSP, but that’s truF.
Now GSP may get beat by Penn, but that’s it. There’s no one else that can beat GSP in the WW division. The only thin Fitch can hang with GSP on is who has the larger asian symbol tattoo on their chest, and if GSP swoll a little, he’d win that.
GSP wins against Fitch, loses to Penn, Ken-flo gets beat again by Sherk in a boring but bloody fight, then Sherk pops again, and Ken-flo is the LW champ, if they take it from Penn.
Nuf said.
FOX RACING,
I’m a bj fan as well, but i don’t care if everyone on this site is for penn. that doesn’t change who the better fighter is, GSP!
Kouch,
i couldn’t agree more, bj is amazing and totally refocused. but so is gsp. I also agree with you on the fact that because he lost to serra, people aren’t totally conviced like i am, that he’s the best. He needs to destroy fitch like i bet my life he will, then show off his true talent by running through diego, thiago or whoever is next to show that serra got LUCKY> But like i said, time will tell. GSP all the way dude!
1st no way if Huerta wins and doesn’t extend his contract he get a title shot. Dana isn’t gonna risk Roger taking the belt with him to another company. And Dana has already stated that this isn’t an automatice title shot.
2nd full discloser how many of the GSP fans here are from canada thus supporting your country man? Cause I’m not gonna lie I’m from Hawaii, thus I support BJ. I’m asking because what about that 1st fight makes you think BJ is gonna get destroyed? BJ worked GSP the 1st fight. And while GSP seems to have been very improved from then, so has BJ. His cardio was the only problem now it is excellent and his striking is even more crisp. And GSP has another thing coming if he thinks he can take BJ to the ground and not pay a price. Cause none of the guys he has fought (including fitch) has anywhere near the ability or flexbility of BJ. With all that said if its in Vegas I’m there.
Huerta will beat kenny, why is this site so biased. That SlickKid says Cote is gonna win and hes banned. I dont like Penn and he needs to earn a title shot not be givin one. I think Huerta would beat Penn and the UFC is trying to protect him, because Penn is really bad against strikers, and Huerta is one of the best in MMA. If Huerta doesnt get a title shot that means Dana is a selfish businessman who only cares about himself, and not about the sport. Anyways cant wait to see Huerta kill Kenny, O my god he killed Kenny. Peace
you killed kenny… YOU B@STARD!!! ha ha ha how come i didn’t think of that… but im with you all the way… except i don’t see cote beating him but you never know….
Marko,
Slickkid got band because he kept writing stupid lyrics to songs like Barbie world or whatever it was called. That kid was retarded and deserved being band.
Slickkid wasn’t banned for thinking cote would win. He was banned cause he was an annoying douche towards the end. And was randomly posting song lyrics for no reason.
I will say I love how Pro Huerta this place has become. If (if being the key word in this statement) Roger beats KenFlo, it means you beat 1 top 10 opponent and you deserve a shot? Eh I don’t think so. Its funny cause its the same people that say Roger earns a shot with a win, but want a proven Champion (in Penn) to fight Thiago before facing a guy he got a split loss too. How many fights did it take Rampage before his shot? Why did he get one so soon? because he was a star and him and Chuck had history. Dana doesn’t do things for no reasons, he understands great fights. And Penn GSP is a great fight that could be one of the biggest events ever.
It will be sad to see Huerta lose, the site will lose about half its posts.
GSP watch out
BUT RANDY GOT A SHOT AT TIM SYLVIA RIGHT AWAY COMING FROM LHW TO HW…
Marko, i want Huerta to win, BJ did pretty good against Gomi, Jens (2nd match) i think they’re decent strikers… also u are probably right on protecting Penn that GSP guy is a pushover, na just kidding, Cote could definately win yet that outcome is highly unlikely, slickkid was annoying and didnt present much of MMA observtions or opionion, from what i have seen and i was on this site for like a half a day before he got banned or whatever.. cheers
is bj allowed to hold both belts
BJ is the one fighter I truely can not stand. I respect that he is one of the best fighters to ever grace the cage/ring (not to many guys that fight at 155 also fight as high as light heavyweight) but something about his personality rubs me the wrong way. I’m still down to see a super fight between him and GSP though. The winner of that can then go on to fight A. Silva for the best P4P in the UFC! Now that would be awesome.
BJ is the one fighter I truely can not stand. I do however respect his fighting and that he is possibly one of the greatest to ever step foot in side the cage/ring. Not to many guys that fight at 155 also fight as high as Light Heavy weight. There is just something about his personality that rubs me the wrong way. I still would be very intrigued by a rematch between him and GSP. They both look light years better in there last fights than they ever have before. THe winner og that should then take on A. Silva at a catch weight for the #1 p4p fighter in the ufc. Now that would be awesome.
The only way this fight is going to happen is if Affliction explodes in popularity and sets a up huge card with in a couple of years. Dana doesn’t need to have this fight right now and both haven’t proved themselves as dominant champions yet anyway, but it would be good fight. BJ would get GSP on the ground
Yeah and what about St-Pierre knock the **** out of fitch tomorrow and then he fight BJ and he knock the **** out of him BEFORE Penn try to bring him to the floor ?
Haha how about the fact that Penn has never been Knocked out, unlike his future opponent. He’s also never been submitted unlike his future opponent. Don’t get it twisted, Sean sherk caught him flush a few times with that short left hook and it didn’t even phase him. Hell I don’t even think GSP can KO fitch let alone BJ.
I do believe there are like 12 people on this site that would personally love to suck on Huerta’s wang. WTF people, he is not all that, as Sat night will tell. Ken-flo is going to embarrass him, and when he does I want to see a lot of people on here saying d*mn, I was wrong, and IF Huerta somehow wins, I will do the same and admit that I am only a novice fan that has no place predicting the outcome of such fights. IF.
Oh, and you’re right aznstar, BJ has a great chin, and his stand up is better than ever. That fight will be sick. It better happen.
since when has BJ become just a ground fighter? yes he ma perfer the ground and be rather dominant on the ground but most of his opponents end up on the ground because BJ rocks and/or drops them… BJ has really good hands dont get me wrong there are better stand up guys outthere but most of those names are in the upper weight classes i will say Anderson Silva is a better striker that BJ, is GSP? does GSP have 11 second knock out power? who has GSP ko’d just asking, watch the Gomi fight thats how BJ is utilizing his underrated striking ability now,, there is my 73 cents
if huerta loses i will admit i was wrong.. i have no problem admitting when im wrong
rutdog, Kenny can win that fight forsure and if he does thats awesome he and BJ would be a great display of technical fighting or just a blood bath i dunno, yet Kenny has lost in the cage, i like how Huerta goes 100% soo i chose Huerta but it wouldnt bother me one bit if Kenny won
i can’t see kenny lasting a round with penn… and i think the huerta fight would be better
Rutdog,
I think you have a crush on Ken-flo! just kidding……kind of.
anyways,
It’s gonna be a great fight. I don’t care who wins as long as there are fireworks and these 2 fighters always bring it. I’m excited for this card big time. Lesnar should be exciting as well!
I can’t wait for tomorrow. This whole card is gonna be awesome! Including the return of BROCK LESNAR! Screw all the haters, that guy has some serious take down ability and Heath is in major trouble!
Yea I can believe that YZF. But what about the other 90% of the Huerta fan club? That thinks he’s gonna step into the cage and just KO ken. I was mocking it last night when I saw the Countdown, but Kenny is a finisher. And I’m pretty sure after the fight the excuses will start flying. From him being distracted cause of his contract to well there was a spotlight in his eyes. But I will admit I underestimated Roger if he can somehow beat Florian.
And yes FR702 I’ve never seen GSP display KO power. I know he caught Matt with a Kick and KO’d him. But the last stand up brawl GSP got in he got KO’d. And it wasn’t a shot to the back of the head, serra hit him in the ear.
aznstar, thank you its not that i dont like GSP because i do (im one of the few it seems that like both GSP and BJ Penn), i have never seen him display ko power with his hands.. and Matt Serra’s first big punch (the one that wobbled the champ) missed he hit GSP in the ear with his forearm(ish) i dunno, sooo i think Jon is going to test the chin of GSP
haha…the ear, That reminds me of that scene in fight club were Ed Norton Punches Brad Pitt in the ear!
I agree GSP is a great athlete and has looked unstoppable in his last few fights. But a lot of these guys think there favorite fighter can KO anyone. “Roger Huerta is gonna KO Florian in the first round” yet if I’m not mistaken Rogers finished 1 fight his whole UFC career in the 1st. And I do think GSP fans are taking Mr. Fitch lightly, but make no mistake that kids got heart and is a tough dude. It isn’t gonna be the cake walk a lot of people might think it is.
FR702,
Gonzo was a nickname given to me when I was in a band, with a drummer named Animal.
I enjoy watching Elite XC, and believe their champs would do well against UFC’s top contenders. Big Foot Silva vs. Gonzaga would be a great battle. Obviously, against Noguera, not so much. I think Ninja Rua vs. Lawler would make a great Main Event.
No one can touch UFC’s Light Heavyweights.
I believe the UFC champions should have to defend their belts 3-4 times a year. Especially with so many good fighters out there.
Andale Huerta!!!
Gonzo, cool stuff on the nickname….. i enjoy watching MMA, Big Foot v GG would be entertaining forsure, Ninja, Lawler, Big Foot, Sheilds i do see them being competetive in the UFC or anywhere they fight, and you’re correct that noone can touch the LHW division that the UFC has, champ should defend 3 times a year, the UFC doesnt need to have champs coach T.U.F all the time it just delays the oppritunity of having champs defend 3 times a year…. and if Ninja and Lawler fight again it should be a main event
i can see why they did tuf 1 with chuck/randy… tuf 2 is rich/hughes that workd out perfect. tuf 3 explains its self… tuf 4 comback was cherry. tuf 5 weren’t champions. and the tuf 6… serra gets hurt. trying to duck hughes… and then tuf 7 jackson didn’t fight for almost a year ….
YZ,
just saying that if say on the next T.U.F (after Mir/Big Nog) you have Craig Jackson and Bob Cook literally coach these kids it would be great PR for their respective camps and would allow the champs to defend their titles get T.U.F back to kids trying to get a shot to be in the UFC not going straight to superstardom (Jesse Taylor, C.B Dolloway ect) just an idea ofcourse….
you know what that would be a great idea… think about… craig jackson/pat miletch or xtreme couture… that would be awesome… get some actual coaches… but then again. if they have to train a fighter to fight one from the show later down the road.. they would know exactly what to do… i like the idea…
thank you YZ, but we all know Xtreme Couture wouldnt be coaching if actual coaches were to be on T.U.F but hey it was just an idea, Pat would be sick on that show forsure
this may have been said already but 87 messages is too many to censor, so….
does it sound to anyone else that Dana thinks Fitch will win?
“I don’t think he’ll get the winner of Fitch and GSP,†White said. “He wants to fight GSP if GSP wins the title. GSP has a win over him. He wants to try to beat GSP. I don’t think he’d move up if Fitch won.â€
he said I don’t think he’ll get the winner of fitch and gsp and why? because Penn wants to fight GSP and if GSP loses he wont move up…
Sounds like Dana expects Fitch to win lol..
anyhow GSP is the best fighter in MMA right now IMO and I know that has some people freaking out but he’s beaten everyone he’s ever faced. avenged two fluke loses and dominated people. I think he’ll dominate Fitch tomorrow fairly easily and then people will start to come around again.
fitch is badass an i think he has a great chance 2nite,
i think BJ would kick GSP ass the guy is the best fighter in the world
I am a GSP fan but i would be worried about him losing to BJ, i feel Penn at this point in his career can beat almost anyone he faces.
MIKEw,
I agree….BJ probably can beat almost anyone. He is a different fighter than he use to be but for some reason people don’t think so.
I think Bas Rutten put it best (on the latest inside MMA) he said GSP is the greatest wrestler in MMA. But BJ is the best P4P fighter in MMA (in his opinion).
Without saying much Roger will win i just see him dominating tonight, though what Dana did was arrogant to say the least because the winner was promised a title fight, so no matter who wins tonight both guys get ****ed over, and that isn’t right. Also i do hope Affliction explodes because it seems the UFC cards keep getting weaker. Bisping vs Leben is a horrible main event card, im not saying its a horrible fight but definitely not worth the main event. Last year the Evans Bisping fight happened and neither deserved to be in the main event. Maybe for a fight night card yes, but as a PPV no way.I hope Affliction keeps stepping up the PPV so us fans who have followed the sport for a couple years now wont keep getting screwed. Anyways talk to you guys later, peace.
Marko,
What did Dana do that was arogant?
Weaker? HOW?!? WTF are you talking about?
Bisping/Leben is a verygood match. These guys are going to F-n bang. Anyone unhappy with this fight needs to consider the style of match up. It should be aggressive and violent…..lovely. The UFC has not screwed the fans. The UFC has delivered MMA to the masses and is still hard at work to spread it around like cancer. Without the UFC the other ailing promotions would not exist.
Marko- guess what Dana heard your complaints and as a result its not a PPV its free on spike (I think it might be tape delayed though, which I hate) Dana knew it wouldn’t sell as well and fearing it would do affliction type numbers, hes made it free.
People always say “why is Bisping on so much?” the reason he’s on so much is cause he’s HUGE in Europe. Which is why if you haven’t noticed he fights on almost every Europe card. Its more marketing than anything else.
I see GSP handing Penn another loss. I understand that Penn is more focussed now and thats all and good but in their first encounter GSP took a thumb to the eye and lost his vision for the entire first round. He took a HUGE beating and came back to win both the next two rounds. Now unless this more focussed Penn is planning on jamming his finger in GSP’s eye again, and GSP decides to not take a knee and get some time because of the eye poke, you’ll have a very focussed GSP vs a very focussed Penn and I see GSP being the victor in that one again.
Penn will always own 155 tho.
I can definitely agree with your point. I guess the only way we will ever know is to see it happen.
I saw this coming as it is the money fight realm for him…
♣GSP has to win no way can bj go up a wieght class and beats gsp if they were on the same wieght class he would win♣
I think I would bet on Penn unless GSP busts him up with leg kicks…