Make him change his mind George!!! Tell him the offer is open should you beat Serra!

p.s…..sorry for off topic, but I am so bored at work

Fitch is trying to just hype up this fight to make it happen for himself….fitch has no right to say stuff like that especially since his own last fight was taken to decision… and gsp beat his last two fighters at their own strength which was wrestling so he shut everyone up saying he can’t wrestle as good as hughes or kosscheck…..Gsp is by far more skilled on his feet and on the ground than fitch…. i like fitch- but a comment on gsp like that is dumb..WAR GSP

I think it was wrong for Jon to say that about GSP..George is right’.“wait until my next fight”..GSP did not look scared to get KO’d in either of his last fights. Granted, Hughesus Christ and Kos are not guys who usually KO people, GSP never had a frightend look in his eye’s once…The person GSP might be scared of getting KO’d by is ,Matt Serra(agian). And like GSP said “Jon cant say I am scared to get KO’d, until I fight Serra agian”.
So(imo) Fitch was out of line..He probably was just trying to hype a future fight..

I sure like what I’m hearing from GSP. Sounds like Serra is going to get punk’d (he’ll blame his bad back afterwards).

GSP with attitude could be an awesome thing to behold… :)

Fitch only said this stuff in order to create some drama and make sure he was next in line for a title shot. It was a smart thing to do and it worked. Dana said Fitch was next in line shortly after that comment was made.

Fitch wasn’t disrespecting GSP. I don’t think his comment was anything near as bad as when GSP walks into the ring and says, “I’m not impressed by your performance.” It’s all just talk people…

GSP already worrying about Fitch…

Is GSP’s mind set really ready for Serra?

I agree that Fitch is trying to hype his fight, but I really don’t think it was the brightest move to give away his gameplan. I think GSP can go with the flow and will be able to dictate anyway, but I just don’t think that he needed to say that.

Is it just me, or is GSP getting a little insecure from all the criticism?

The only problem with GSP I can see is his nerves. He’s one guy who might benefit from rising above all the shit talking. He lets it get into his head too much. You can see it in how nervous he is about the Serra fight in video interviews.

Though, despite the fact that I’m ever so slightly favoring Serra Saturday, I will be happy to see GSP win and then take Fitch’s head off.

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Semmy Shilt is too tough for Cro Cop under mma rules? Keep fighting the Mizuno’s of the world Cro Cop…..at this rate you might get a re-match with eddie Sanchez by 2010!

Fitch’s comment wasn’t out of line. GSP got knocked out, and in his next fight came and out wrestled the wrestler-Koscheck. Can’t blame him for that. But he could have outstruck him if he wanted to. He just didn’t want to take the chance, and ended up trying for submissions instead and went on to a decision. People get too sensitive about this stuff.

Georges proved who he was and the force he is to deal with when he submitted Matt Hughes after the Koscheck fight. Does anything else really need to be said?

i think pretty much everybody agrees that the comment by fitch was real stupid. gsp it’s allready motivated enough to add more fire to his fight with serra. I’m worry about serra now, fitch should be on serra’s corner now so he can jump in when serra gets knock out, and try to pull gsp off serra before he put serra on a body bag. war gsp

i wouldnt be surprised if GSP dominates the Serra fight and is over in first round without a bruze then asks to fight Fitch within a month….lol

GSP is going to make Jon eat those words, He will knock him out in due time. First things first Serra is going to get whats coming to him after that Jon just put a big target on himself by saying that.

he may have suprised GSP if he didn’t say that, but now he got him mad and that will motovate him to train harder and bring anger in the cage,

Jon Fitch got rocked by CHRIS WILSON in his last fight n then basically laid on top of him the whole fight after that cuz he was shooooook and he’s talking about other ppl’s stand up…c’mon man

Fitch said this to begin hyping his potential title fight with GSP. But, MORE IMPORTANTLY, I believe that Jon Fitch is trying to get into GSP’s head already – even before the fight with Serra. GSP (the mental midget) should be focused on NOTHING but Matt Serra right now. But instead, he is thinking about what Jon Fitch said. If I recall correctly, the last time GSP looked past an opponent (Matt Serra) he got KTFO in humiliating fashion (possibly the biggest upset in UFC history). If I was Fitch and had my choice of who I’d like to fight to win the belt, I’d choose Serra. So I would think that Fitch would be rooting for Serra. However, Fitch is a true gamer and always wants to face the best, so I actually think that may want to face GSP.

But Jon Fitch getting into GSP’s head already is a FANTASTIC idea on the part of Jon Fitch. Fitch is very intelligent and I don’t think that he would fall victim to mind games. On the otherhand, it has been proven on a couple of occasions that GSP can (first fight against Hughes, Serra 1 and possibly 2…)

First of all, GSP is damn goodlooking and I’m hetero. He is the perfect posterboy for the UFC. It is close to impossible to find an elite athlete that is good looking, professional, AND stays away from BS. He is an incredible asset to the UFC.

I dont see Serra or Fitch stopping GSP. Like many has said before, the only person in WW that I can see stopping GSP is GSP. GSP is not afraid of banging but its silly to say, “I’m not afraid of being knocked out.” because everybody is afraid of being knocked out because that means that you lost. Everybody has the fear of losing. Its unrealistic to put that kind of banner on yourself. Cus D’Amato wrote some of the most amazing stuff on fighting and fear. Fear can be your friend and your enemy. You are not any less of a man if you admit that you have fear because that is just honesty. Everybody has fear.

I’m not sure if mmamania will approve this quote but it changed my life and training mentality completely. Its from legendary boxing trainer Cus D’amato and I think everyone can benefit from his wisdom, even GSP in this case.

“Fear is the greatest obstacle to learning in any area, but particularly in boxing. For example, boxing is something you learn through repetition. You do it over and over and suddenly you’ve got it. …However, in the course of trying to learn, if you get hit and get hurt, this makes you cautious, and when you’re cautious you can’t repeat it, and when you can’t repeat it, it’s going to delay the learning process…When they…come up to the gym and say I want to be a fighter, the first thing I’d do was talk to them about fear…I would always use…the same example of the deer crossing an open field and upon approaching the clearing suddenly instinct tells him danger is there, and nature begins the survival process, which involves the body releasing adrenalin into the bloodstream, causing the heart to beat faster and enabling the deer to perform extraordinarily feats of agility and strength…It enables the deer to get out of range of the danger, helps him escape to the safety of the forest across the clearing…an example in which fear is your friend.
The thing a kid in the street fears the most is to be called yellow or chicken, and sometimes a kid will do the most stupid, wild, crazy things just to hide how scared he is. I often tell them that while fear is such an obnoxious thing, an embarrassing thing…nevertheless it is your friend, because anytime anyone saves your life perhaps a dozen times a day, no matter how obnoxious he is, you’ve got to look upon him as a friend, and this is what fear is…Since nature gave us fear in order to help us survive, we cannot look upon it as an enemy. Just think how many times a day a person would die if he had no fear. He’d walk in front of cars, he’d die a dozen times a day. Fear is a protective mechanism….By talking to the fighters about fear I cut the learning time maybe as much as half, sometimes more, depending on the individual.”

it doesn’t matter what either one of these guys say.because in 8-12 months Thiago Alves should be ready to take on who ever the champ is. the strikers of the Wwt div. will rise to the top.i’m talking about guys like the Irish Hand Grenade Marcus Davis
Mike Quick Swick
Chris Lights Out Lytle
Anthony Rumble Johnson
& of course the PitBull Tiago Alves
i would rather watch any 1 of these 5 fighters over stpierre & fitch.george seems to have adopted a boring safer approach to his fights, against Kos he didn’t look like the great stiker he was previously known for.fitch was half right that george was tenative in his fight with Kos,because if goerge wasn’t he should have been able to unleash a better srtiking attack.Kos doesnt have great striking ability but he does throw a heavy looking right,& george knows that too.fitch is boring to watch with his safe LnP style.in a year his teammates from AKA will be better than him.i’m talking about Swick & Kos.

Every time GSP opens his mouth I hate him more and more. And it’s not just because he speaks bastardized French.

I reaaaaally feel sorry for ol’Georges if he’s indicating that he’s going to try to stand and bang with Serra cuz the Terror will BACK HIM UP until there’s no more room in every exchange! Plus we’ve NEVER seen GSP throwing punches backing up! No way GSP will be the last man standing if they traded shots, tit for tat! Small Heads = weak chins. Don’t make the same mistake twice Georgy! Do the right thing and shoot on him.

I hope we see nothing more than a focused ass kicking GSP come saturday , i cant wait for the weight ins as well boy oh boy the staredown fack!!!!

The only times GSP loses it’s a fluke. Huges with his quick armbar and fat italian slob with an illegal strike to the back of the head. I don’t see anyone, including Anderson Silva, getting in GSP’s way from here on out. Fitch and Serra wish they could get into GSP’s head. After the 19th all you GSP haters will finally be silenced!

GSP tapping before he got knocked out by Serra is GSP being affraid of getting knocked out, call a spade a spade nuthuggers!! BJ Penn isnt affraid of being knocked out, when Hughes was pounding his face into the mat BJ didnt tap verbally or otherwise and Mccarthy was starring him in the face. GSP IS SCARRED TO GET KNOCKED OUT, i not, why didnt he let Serra hit him til it was over, he didnt, he tapped, thats what guys do when they dont want to go to sleep, HELLO!!!!!

When it comes to facts, huggers will twist and word things in amazing fashion, GSP didnt try to recover, he wasnt unconcious, he tapped so he wouldnt go unconcious, right, how can you guys spin that . . .

Spitforce-i Hate Hughes or Serra (personally I hate Serra) but both wins were legit, especially Hughes. It was back and forth, even, until Hughes got the armbar, watch that fight again. And by the way have you seen Anderson Silva fight? Silva is not an automatic win. I like GSP but its people like you that make him god, that makes us sometimes want him to lose. Respect the fighters. GSP has 2 losses because he was beaten twice. I dont think he will lose to either Hughes or Serra again but i will respect Serra’s powerful hands. Check out his fight against Karo.

And DO NOT get me wrong, i like GSP a lot, but you cant just make shit up! If you guys were to say BJ use to be an out of shape slob id say “yep” im not gonna be like no it was a medical condition that he keep the extra weight on so he had to be fat LoL, GSP was affraid to go to sleep and didnt want to see what that feels like for the first time, its nothing against him, its a fact dude. And to say Serra got lucky WHY???? He got lucky that GSP tapped instead of recovering from getting punched in the head (the exact place Serra was aiming!!!) So when everyone else gets KO’d or taps its the other guys skill, but when its Georges thats tapping its the other guys luck. Be real, huggers!!!

When Fitch said that he was referring to the first fight with Serra where he did get his bell rung. In the two fights after getting knocked out by Serra; St. Pierre chose to take it to the ground for almost the entire fights giving reason to believe that he didn’t want to stand with his opponents in the fear of one of them landing another lucky punch again. Any intelligent fighter who gets knocked out would most likely do the same thing until they are confident in their striking/stand up game. Jon was only stating what he though St. Pierre’s reasoning was for the ground matches that followed the loss to Serra. Jon isn’t the type of fighter who trash talks or goes to that level to boost himself. He even emphasized that in an earlier interview. This comment was taken out of context and interpreted the wrong way.

I heard a rumour that Fitch and GSP will be the next coaches on TUF. Anyone think that this could just be the two fighters trying to build up some hype before they announce the coaches?

I think fitch is a solid fighter but that’s it, I just can’t see what he’s got to offer GSP.

Im really beginning to think that GSP for all his greatness is mentally challenged.

ROCkY ! ROCKY ! ROCKY !

GSP destroys Fitch, Fitch sucks!

I think GSP shold stop worrying about what John Fitch is saying and keep his head in the task at hand.

GSP is going to get KTFO on saturday!!

From what GSP said it sounds like he will stand with matt.

gsp would own fitch

i do believe gsp is the closest i have ever seen to mma physical perfection. that being said (as a huge fan), i think he is mentallly unstable. on his night, in perfect shape.. i dont see anyone who can beat him at WW

I have been confused for some while about this mentally unstable or mental midget thing.Dana has even metioned it. GSP beat BJ in a classic war that proved his mental and physical toughnes. He completely destroyed Hughes twice. He made Frank Trigg eat his words and he has beaten Karo and Koscheck. He got stopped by Serra when Serra hit him with some solid punches and a good follow up which gave GSP no chance to recover. This makes him mentally weak and a mental midget. Am I missing something? What the hell has that got to do with mental toughnes. Was he lacking in mental toughness because he could not dodge the punches or because he went down from them?. Nearly anyone getting hit by Serra in that same situation would have gone down the same way. Or maybe there is somthing I’m missing.

mania how does one know when one is being moderated anymore? i dont want to have 3or 4 comments on one subject posted. if so just post my last one please.

Hey Gord, I’m sorry to do this but I can’t resist. You seem to continually misspell the word LOGIC by writing LODGIC (which would be correct if you were talking about an obscure band from the 80’s). I just thought you might want to know how to spell it in the context you were using it. Again sorry, I meant no disrespect.