GSP should watch out – BJ has some of the best hands in MMA.
very underrated striker to go with his world class jits.
Freedy Roach even commented on that.

WAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR GGGGGGGGGGGSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSPPPPPPPPPPPPP

go watch this interview guys, it’s pretty good. he talks cote and says Silva is #1 P4P…and Fedor is #1 P4P…makes sense right, 2 # 1’s. this and the dana white interview on the charmichael dave show are the 2 best interviews I’ve seen/heard in a long time, be sure to check them out! oh and…
bj bj bj bj bj bj

I’ll be highly impressed if either one of these guys finishes the fight. Outside of an illness or injury, these two are too good and too evenly matched for one to completely dominate the other. I see a split-decision in their future but a KO or Sub would be a nice treat.

I know we are going to see the best gsp ever. I give him TKO in the third round. There is no way BJ will be in the shape of gsp. For all we know BJ has probaly been on roids with our pal chris leban

GSP should watch out – BJ has some of the best hands in MMA.
very underrated striker to go with his world class jits.
FreDdy Roach even commented on that.

never went 5, split decision in three.

I love GSP but I am terrified that he won’t win. How good are GSP’s chances to win this fight?

I know we are going to see the best gsp ever. I give him TKO in the third round. There is no way BJ will be in the shape of gsp. For all we know BJ has probaly been on roids with our pal chris leban!!

WAR GSP!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GSP is going to win people. Should be fun to see him against Thiago Alves…..

BJ is going to come out on smoke and he is going get caught and GSP is going to mount and RNChoke in the 2nd.

A fight between GSP and Alves will be anti-climactic. Alves’ size advantage he enjoys against most WW competition will be negated by GSP. St. Pierre will take him down and submit him quickly.

even though I want BJ to win I have to respect the way GSP is talking about BJ and Thiago.

GSP will beat BJ you emotional BJ cheerleaders. I am more certain of this than anything else in this world aside from gravity. No…no…the nature of gravity is confusing and there’s recent developments in the theory of gravitrons and their effect on space time. So I take it back. I’m more certain about GSP’s victory. If he loses, I will have my wife punch me in the face and I will recite a formal apology like a POW. I will upolad it to YouTube and then I’ll post a link here for everyone to watch. I will also change my screen name to AdamG’s choice.

BJ is a great light weight but only a good welter weight. GSP will dominate this fight.

will gsp ko bj?no will gsp submit bj?no.will gsp be able to posture up enough to gnp without getting caught in anything?no.can bj ko gsp?yes.can bj submit gsp?yes.its quite simply gsps cardio and athleticism against bjs skills because for me bjs skills negate gsps.the only way gsp wins this fight is to take bj down(which he will inevitably will)and just do enough to keep the referee from standing them up and repeat for 5 rounds for a boring ud.plus if it does go into the trenches who do you think has the bigger heart?i see gsp cracking.and i like both fighters.

BJ BJ BJ!!!

Both are great fighters. I do think GSP will have the advantage as he is a much stronger and a better conditioned athlete than BJ.
I think GSP should be concerned about BJ’s great striking abilities.

I think BJ should be concerned about GSP’s strengths & conditioning + all his strengths in all disciplines.

We know GSP can go 5 rounds if he has to. When has BJ gone 5 rounds and how many times have we seen BJ lose because he gassed?

GSP GSP GSP GSP

GSP owns both of them. BJ will gas and Thiago will be picked apart faster than Fitch, respectively.

What a great time it is for MMA fans! Just fresh off of a great UFC event and bam I’m reminded of this fight to look forward to! I am rooting for GSP, I’m Canadian, I have to. I can’t wait for this fight. Last time I was this excited was GSP Hughes 2 !!!

I’ll be laughing pretty hard if this fight ends by freak KO in the first minute

BJ will be held down and pounded until the ref stops it. BJ is going to feel soft and weak underneath him compared to GSP’s training partners. No amount of limberness will compensate against this level of tight GnP. Oh, and there is no takedown defense on this planet that can stop GSP from getting it to the the ground if he wants it there. I’m so certain that it’s starting to feel painful to me. I wish we all hung out because I would love to place some wagers like loser takes a dart to the ass. One of my alltime favorites even though a chick in college missed and planted one in my hamstring which hurt even after several shots of Crown.

AdamG! If BJ loses, I want you to sign off with Brendan, Brendan, Brendan for a week. Since you guys flirt so frequently

gsp has amazing jits now and i dont think penn can sub him, i dont think he can ko gsp either anything is possible.
i see decision fo gsp, maybe tko stoppage even if bj looks fine, u seen some of the stops recently.

Gsp decision
Penn submission

I want gsp just so penn can shut kenny up

Last fight card was full of surprises and even though they talk about this fight ad nauseum I still enjoy reading the post’s which are very predictable. They kept on going on how nog is unfinishable, is like frankenstein coming back from the dead, went to two decisions with fedor and then gets finished by a guy like mir, and fights like shit, LOL. Guys MMA is so freaking unpredictable its not funny, if gsp subbed a dazed penn I wouldn’t be overly surprised, like some on this page think is impossible or if penn ko’ed gsp I wouldn’t be too surprised either or vise versa, anything could happen in this fight. Both these guys are very talented, top fighters, it could be over in the first round or go to the 5th for a decision. I have no freaking idea how this fight will go or who will win and to guarantee one or the other is just shows MMA ignorance, I hope gsp wins thats as far as I’m willing to go, as I like him more. How many of us would have thought rampage would ko silva in the first or mir finish nog in the second? Gsp seems to be very confident in himself these days and he was confident before his first fight with penn and after the fight I’m pretty sure he felt he underestimated him. Another thing I notice is how people here seem to judge a fighter based on so little information, forget how penn out boxed gsp for a couple of minutes 2 and a half years ago who says he could do the same today? Look at anderson silva’s resume, not one tko loss and his tko wins, it means something, he’s freaking good, but by the same token doesn’t mean it can’t happen. Serra tko’s gsp his only in his career and suddenly gsp has mediocre stand up and serra has heavy hands. Its like feeling an elephants tail and knowing all about the elephant, very naive. Serra, koscheck and fitch have much more credentials than gsp at grappling but look at what happened gsp out grappled them. To say gsp has no chance on the ground with penn is premature, like I said not much would surprise me in this fight, about the only thing that would really surprise me is if gsp gassed before penn or penn man handles gsp and over powers him. One thing I feel pretty certain on is both these guys(if there’s no injuries) will bring there A games and fight like there lives depend on it.

Apparently scott you haven’t watched a lot of MMA and are wrong a hell of a lot. Gsp CAN ko penn(he’s human right?) and CAN submit him(can he get hurt, exhausted or rocked badly)……(hughes almost subbed royce gracie but didn’t want to break his arm) ,he CAN posture up for ground and pound without getting caught. I’m tired of everyone getting off on Bj “skills” vs Gsp’s cardio and athleticism, gsp is very technical and other then bjj IMO is more well rounded technically than penn. Forget the fight back in march 2006 this will be jan 2009 and most likely will be a very different fight. Look at gsp’s two loses, he completely outclassed serra than hughes after he lost to them, just goes to show you guys past fights aren’t good predictors of future fights. Not saying gsp will win just that one performance in one fight doesn’t mean a whole lot.

I could not agree more. Your post hits the mark.

Facts since last fight:

GSP is now a Black Belt in JJ.
GSP has trained with olympic wrestling team
GSP has trained some MT in Thailand

BJ has been sleeping in his plastic tent.

Lemme add a different spin on things… IF BJ wins, he’d never get past Alves…

but it doesn’t matter, GSP is going to win.

GSP is boring fighter he will try to lay and prey again

gsp more fast ! more athetic ! more powerful ! so with teamjackson in is corner and his train (big) partner (evans,jardin,marquard) you have better chance to win…like bj penn who beat the little lightweight (stevenson,sherk,pulver(haha)

sigh
just enjoy this “DREAM MATCH UP.” We can all post-a-plenty after they get’em up. Thanks UFC!

It’s kind of absurd to say “what has BJ accomplished with his jits besides a RNC”. Firstly a finishing move is not the only aspect of bjj—controlling, manuevering and downright dominating the ground is just as big a role. Secondly, if the choke is there—if someone gives up there back—should he ignore the opportunity at the RNC and wait for something else.

I am more pumped for thiago and GSP fight I think GSP walks through BJ and will have harder time with thiago but I think he will eventually get the win.

GSP he’s just the better fighter only chance bj has is to land a lucky punch, hes not going to submit gsp be realistic and hes not going to win a decision so gsp wins

I agree I think thiago is a much more dangerous opponent for gsp than bj

I agree TKO for some reason I think alves will be a tougher fight than penn, but I’m biased because of his fight with koscheck, but only time will tell we can only speculate right now. As far as gsp walking threw penn that would surprise me but gsp has been on a tear lately, penn walking threw gsp would surprise me a lot more. People seem to forget that slow matt hughes got thiago down in the first round while koscheck didn’t in his fight. I think koscheck had a bad game plan and hughes was only thinking of take downs and koscheck badly wanted the ko forgetting his strengths and only resorting to them in desperation. I still think with an intelligent game plan both koscheck and fitch have a great chance at beating thiago. Just look at serra/lytle and there pathetic controversial fight, and then hughes/gsp’s fight where gsp destroyed hughes the greatest welter weight of all time. People place a lot of emphasis on the last fight, for all we know if alves fought koscheck again he might get ko’ed in the first round or get dominated badly by take downs. My point is serra had a bad night with lytle and had the best night of his life with gsp, gsp had the worst fight ever with serra and had his best performance with hughes in both of his last fights with him. I have a good memory with MMA fights and know how inconsistence fighters can be. I remember when diego sanchez had a spectacular ko of riggs and thought he was the next chuck liddel, LOL and then he fights koscheck …he looked horrible. The most consistent fighters I know of are fedor and anderson silva. Anderson silva is heads and shoulders above anyone in MMA in mauy tia and fedor has an amazing record fighting a lot of tough opponents. Personally I think if fedor fought silva he would win only because he would take it to the ground, but if silva really improved his take down defense so fedor couldn’t take him down fedor would be in for a bad night and get picked apart. I think its too early to crown gsp or penn as the greats yet, in time one of these guys just might be the top pound4pound in the world only time will tell.

ok first off it is really funny how much people here sweat gsp. has bj ever gotten really owned before gsp did.. by matt hughes and matt serra, bj did not ok once when he had a broken rib but he still did not quit gsp tap on a arm bar to matt hughes and there is no way that alves is better than bj. bj will be a tougher fight for gsp.

Honestly people are crazy if they think either fighter can only with a luck shot or something. Both are very talented, elite level fighters and this fight could easily go both ways. Penn might have a slight advantage in the hands but Georges does have better kicks and is faster. Penn got the better of Gsp in the first round but couldnt capitalize and finish Gsp (not that he was in trouble). Gsp worked with a game plan after that and was able to get the win. Wrestling, Gsp has a huge advantage but Penns flexibility almost equals it out, again though if Gsp wants to take you down your going down. Gsp won the first fight with his wrestling and I’d expect him to do the same thing in this fight, just with a little more gnp. BJJ obviously goes to Penn, Gsp does have a black belt and could use his wrestling to utilize his bjj on the ground. Cardio goes to Gsp, but Penn has the better chin everything evens out. This is going to be one hell of a fight I cant wait!! Its soo hard to picks whose gonna witn this fight but I gotta go with Gsp in the 4th round with the ref stepping in on a little gnp.

A match between BJ and Alves would be very one-sided. Alves wouldn’t mess with the ground at all and there is no way BJ can take him down. The GSP fight will be more even but I see GSP by TKO. I would hate to see BJ with both titles cus I hate his ego and if he does win he’d defend eath title like only once a year. We already have The Ultimate Fighter to drag out title fights.

are you bj nuthuggers forgetting that your little butterball poked gsp in the eye from the start and gsp fought the entire fight with one eye and still beat him bj is so afraid of being forgotten he has ta call out everyone for christ sakes he even called out silva.

BJ IZ GOIN DOMINATE.
ALL DA WAY
CHEEEHEE