this may just be 1 of the most boring fights of the decade!!

i personally dont like fitch

he has good technical boxing great take downs but he is boring as hell…. all that he does is LnP his way to victory and this is really not exciting to watch

they talk about okami not getting a shot because he’s boring …. what about this guy??? i believe he is 1 of the most boring fighters in the UFC …… i hope thiago knocks him out (unlikely) …. it would be funny if he went through fitch, kos and swick … i think he would get a title shot

i’m surprised by this match up … i thought thiago would fight a C level fighter next… thats usually UFC tradition

I dont know if Fitch wants to lay n pray his way against this kid. Yes he knocked Kos into next week, but the kids bread and butter is still his jits

true but fitch seems to always slip out of submissions

Off topic:
has anyone heard about cro cop re-signing with dream???

i thought he was going to sign with UFC and fight at 99 in germany

yes i wanted Diego to submit his a$$ and win that decision.. poor that someone wins a fight by being on top holding that position without doing anything but defending submissions..

I actually heard that cro cop signed a 3 fight deal with DReam and that he has accepted a k-1 match with Alistar, but I dont know if I believe it, because Alistar is already set to have a k-1 fight against Remy.

uFCAddcict: I agree that Fitch will be very tough for anyone to submit…but I dont know how good Paulo is on the ground…For all I know he might be a wizard on the ground

Hey John, welcome back. I’m not sure where you went or why (I know Kevin took some heat so due to the timing I assume it was similar), but I do enjoy your breaking news posts on upcoming fights and your overall knowledge of MMA.

i heard he will be in a HW grand prix with the likes of Yvel, Overeem, Schilt and possibly FEDOR along with others

if they can put that together i will be amazed !!!

POSSIBLE FIGHT:

apparently Jake O’Brien will make his LHW debut against Jon Jones after being unsuccessful at 265 he will test the waters at 205

UFC 100: Jake O’Brien vs Jon Jones – 205lb

good guys need a break sometimes just like Rampage, you almost get burned out by coming on here arguing after the PPV’s.. Jake O’Brien already made his debut at 205 winning a split decision i think against C.Wellisch.. he’s gonna get tossed on his head if he fights Jones

I hope Jones knocks him back out of the UFC…Jake is a really good wrestler…that’s it. You need more than that to be successful.

sorry my mistake i thought that was a HW (265lb) fight since they both used to be HW’s

i never knew they were both making there LHW debut

It’s funny how guys that are establishing themselves and have victories under their belts in the division, like Rumble Johnson, Dan Hardy and Marcus Davis, aren’t getting the matches with the divisions top guys, but a new guy like Thiago is getting thrown to the wolves right off the bat. It makes it seem like the intent is to try and pad these guys (Fitch, Kos) records or something. I mean if Thiago wins are they going to give him the winner of GSP/Alves like Fitch probably will if he wins? I doubt it, so this fight really doesn’t make sense to me, other than the "teammate revenge angle", or the more obvious reason – that Dana and Joe Silva are counting on Thiago to lose to give Fitch another title shot.

I’m hoping Thiago pulls off a Jardine in his one.

O’Brien is a good build up matchup for Jones. He needs more matchups like this. I really want to him to get more comfortable and technical while still maintaining the creativity and rawness in his striking. Hopefully he gets a couple of guys like this.

ya Mexi I agree…UFC politics….marketable AJ gets cans while Thiago gets probably 2 top 5 guys in the world…I like it when they get thrown to the wolves but they all should…how else do we know who the wolves are?

gonna be a really tough fight for thiago,if he pulls it off then everybody better watch out.

WAR FITCH!!

Mexi, I was just thinking that Paulo is overmatched against Fitch, however if the fight is on the main card, and Paulo gives a good performance even with a loss, he’ll definitely make a name for himself.

thanks dj! uFCaddict..I alsop heard that DREAM is cooking up a heavyweight grand prix… sergei would also be in themix and right now Sergie has beefed up to 265 lbs

wtf? Sergei at 265? how the hell did that happen, he’s never been that big so it can’t be muscles..

Rob, thats what I thought initially…but I am actually hearing that its MUSCLE! Similar to how Alistar bulked up.

Its going to be interesting to see how he carries the weight.

yeah guys, i also hear the he is 265 lbs of muscle. should be very interesting to see his next fight.

The Jon Jones and Jake O’Brien fight is being rumoured and that fight that could be on the televised proportion and easily push the Fitch fight aside

I agree. Fitch is tough, and more technical than Kos. There’s no way this guy is gonna knockout Fitch, when GSP handed him the beating of a lifetime and couldnt finish.

This is good for Thiago, and not good for Fitch.

Fitch wont get much respect for beating a guy he should beat, whereas Thiago has already beaten kos, and if he gets “lucky” again, ppl will HAVE to start lookin at him.

Imagine beating Koscheck and Fitch in your first 2 UFC fights?? IMO Fitch is #2 and Kos is about #4 in the division.

With that said, I think Fitch is gonna smoke him.

if that happens, he’ll be the new soko.

hopefully he wont fade as fast as soko however

Houston Alexander syndrome probably

Watch his fight with Drew Fickett. It may go down as a submission loss, but he was TKO’d by the knee he caught shooting for the takedown. And as far as Fitch getting submitted by Thiago, he was caught in a deep guillotine and triangle in his fight with Diego Sanchez and Sanchez couldn’t finish him either time. His submission defense is excellent, and the fight isn’t going to the ground unless he wants it to anyway. Fitch wins this fight with a 2nd round TKO.

The knee did rock him but if he didn’t go for sub kos coulda still won decision or a draw if they ruled last round a 10-8
fitch got dropped by gsp
Kos never got rocked by gsp
Who knows but to watch it should be interesting, let’s not forget thiago is still undefeated

great point phenom!

GSP fought KOS very conservatively as it was his first fight after losing to Serra. His approach there was “not to lose” rather than truly going for it. So to say didn’t finish KOS is true, but does not reflect the whole story.

Great point DJ GSP put KOS on his back at will and never reall threw much while standing

I’m willing to bet that if they fought Kos would dominate him in the standup for sure, Fitch would want to take it down like always.. Fitch does not have the power or ability to land a punch like Thiago did