For once, i can’t decide who to root for. But i don’t care regardless because this is the type of high tension technical fight that so thoroughly enjoy. None of the “let’s stand and bang, marcus davis garbage.” Wouldn’t be surprised if either won.

I will root for GSP no doubt about it, but what im predicting to happen is another story, I think Thiago is too strong and too dangerous to hold down for as many rounds as he’s gonna have to, to beat him..

I will be rooting for Alves, but in reality I dont care who wins this fight. IMO these are the best 2 welterweights in the world, and both are ultra exciting top fighters, that carry themselves with class. Reality is no matter who wins this fight, the fans will be left with a great fighter, WORTHY of representing the welterweight division. When you take that into consideration along with the fact that this match up cant be anything other then a SUPER EXCITING fight…Its really a win/win scenario for the fans!

For those that remember, leading up to the gSP/BJ Penn fight, I said, that regardless of who walked away from that fight with the title, was going to end up losing to alves later on this year anyway….and I am not about to shy away from that!

I think that RIGHT NOW, both GSP and Alves are too good to be DOMINATED by ANYONE on earth that can cut down to 170 lbs…and I truly believe that. This fight can end so many different ways, but no matter how it ends, or how long it lasts…neither fighter will get dominated in this fight. Its going to be a really close fought fight.

For years, I have been saying that the best match ups are the ones that you dont even feel confident offering a prediction on….THis is one of those fights. I do have money riding on Alves and GSP is included on one of my parlays….but as a BIG fan of both fighters….Im just going to sit back and enjoy a fight that I really think is going to go down as one of the best match ups in the history of the sport!

I always make a really big deal out of FIGHTERS Earning the right to fight for the UFC title because upsets ocur in the sport no matter how great the champion is….as long as a fighter has EARNED his title shot, when upsets do occur, we are still left with a DESERVING CHAMPION…and no matter who wins this fight, the UFC will have an amazing, and exciting fighter representing the welterweight division….and I cant ask for more then that!

I think GSP dominates! Mark my words. I come back with my “I told you so” after every event. This could be your chance to take me down, lol.

You can have your I told you so’s buddy..Im content on continuing to win money on all mma events. As long as I win money on every event, I am happy. If you have noticed there are a lot of times were I dont even make any predictions for the events recently. Of course there are intruiging match ups that I can talk about all day, but you wont find many threads where you see me just list who I think will win every fight of a card, just for shitt’s n giggles! lol I wont deny, you have been on a nice streak, but nothing that I havent personally done in the past. Punch, I dont remember if you are a gambler…Have you been betting on the fights you have called? This isnt meant to be confrontational, I am just curious cause I dont remember. If you do gamble…whats your style? Do you make sure you have action on all the main card fights like I do? Or do you just pick a fight or two that you feel confident about and bet money on those fights? Just curious.

I dont care if I am right on all of the fights anymore, (I used to really care). As long as I come away from watching an mma event having profited financially, I am happy. I am not the type of gambler that just bets a lot of his gambling roll on 1 or 2 big fights per event. I like to have ACTION on all the televised fights while watching an event. TO some extent, I usually have money riding on all the televised match ups…and only bet undercard fights that I feel will win me money. of course in some cases a guy is like an unbettable -700 favorite…in those cases I just throw him onto a cheap parlay or something, but I always have money on most main card fights.

Im past picking idividual fights right. I have really started to take this gambling thing serious,and I have tried to really bet SMART in the past 6 months so…Im more concerned with betting the RIGHT amount on each individual fight so that when I add up all the money from the wins and losses that I bet on each mma card…I walk away from the event PROFITING!

GSP might very well win this fight, and I can also see alves Knocking him back into therapy class…but what I dont see is either fighter being dominated. At the most, one of them will dominate a round or two, but for the most part, I personally see a lot of back and fourth action and a very competitive fight until it goes to the judges or someone makes a mistake and his opponent capitalizes. I think it will take a blatent mistake for one of these guys to be finished…I dont think either can stop the other just by imposing their will.

A lot of guys said GSP wouldn’t dominate Fitch or BJ. I predict the same thing (which I always give reasons for) that I always do, a one sided beat down. Why? Because GSP is above and beyond any other WW. If Alves was able to fight his fight, it might be close, but GSP has an uncanny ability to take fighters out of their game and make them look like amatures. It won’t be long before Alves has the same discuraged look on his face as GSP’s past few opponents. Skill only goes so far, the true greats like Fedor, Silva, Machida and GSP stand out from the rest mainly because they are all great strategists.

It features the two best fighters in the world in their weight class… how much bigger does it get?

Yeah, biggest is more accurate because how can I comment on the fight being the best when i haven’t even seen it?

Biggest implies it will garner the most public interest, which is not at all the case. In fact, Cyborg vs. Carano will easily get more press. Best means that, on paper, it is the best match-up of skill available. Therefore, Alves/St.-Pierre is a candidate for the bast upcoming fight, but not the biggest.

You’re outta your flipping mind if you think a girl-fight on cable is going to get even close to the attention of GSP/Alves. Most people have never even heard of Strikeforce or Gina ‘fat-ass’ Carano.

This is the UFC’s landmark show and they anticipate the best numbers ever. GSP is one of the most recognizable and popular fighters on earth. This fight is huge in every way.

It doesn’t imply that at all. Biggest implies level of importance in my definition. The level of importance in this fight is bigger than any other, not better than any other (well better as well, but I wasn’t the one trying to pick the subtle differences in the colloquial use of both “bigger” and “best.”)

As JJ said, who I’m sure wouldn’t have had a problem if I used ‘best’ either (because he’s not an idiot), “How much bigger does it get?” Was he referring to whether it would garner the most public interest? No(well not exclusive anyway). He was just stating and agreeing that a fight of this magnitude is as big as it gets in terms of importance (which encompasses a wide range of other factors).

If we used your method of thinking we would say, “Cyborg/Carano is a BIGGER fight than GSP/Alves.” And in that case we would get laughed at.

It doesn’t imply that at all. Biggest implies level of importance in my definition. The level of importance in this fight is bigger than any other, not better than any other (well better as well, but I wasn’t the one trying to pick the subtle differences in the colloquial use of both “bigger” and “best.”)

As JJ said, who I’m sure wouldn’t have had a problem if I used ‘best’ either, “How much bigger does it get?” Was he referring to whether it would garner the most public interest? No (well not exclusively anyway). He was just stating and agreeing that a fight of this magnitude is as big as it gets in terms of importance (which encompasses a wide range of other factors).

If we used your method of thinking we would say, “Cyborg/Carano is a BIGGER fight than GSP/Alves.” And in that case we would get laughed at.

Uh oh, I’ve double-posted (so expect the worst).

But I was agreeing with JJ anyway.

Oh geez, expect two reasonably long posts replying to Josh. Forgive me (BLAME THAT JUNK OF A POST CENSOR BECAUSE I DIDN’T EVEN SWEAR OR SAY ANYTHING BAD).

womens mma is shite!! boring unless you are watching highlights..which is still dull..as if cyborg vs cankles is gonna come anywhere near the numbers..other than a curious spectacle..
georges st pierre was named athlete of the year in canada and has so many fans world wide..how is a chick fight even gonna compare to a war that these men will bring..
give your head a shake josh!!!

josh is right, maybe not about Carano/Cyborg but about the best and biggest thing..
people does not care about who’s the best or not when they tune in to watch!
GSP vs Alves ain’t getting anywhere near Lesnar/Mir or Rampage/Rashad, or even BJ/GSP…
there’s a huge difference between big and best!
and when has the WW division ever been the most popular in the UFC, never..

Seems like my posts got lost in oblivion (but don’t blame me if you see three of the same post, and if you do I can only say GO F-CK YOURSELF in advance.)

Back to my post:

It doesn’t imply that at all. Biggest implies level of importance in my definition. The level of importance in this fight is bigger than any other, not better than any other (well better as well, but I wasn’t the one trying to pick the subtle differences in the colloquial use of both “bigger” and “best.”)

As JJ said, who I’m sure wouldn’t have had a problem if I used ‘best’ either, “How much bigger does it get?” Was he referring to whether it would garner the most public interest? No (well not exclusively anyway). He was just stating and agreeing that a fight of this magnitude is as big as it gets in terms of importance (which encompasses a wide range of other factors).

If we used your method of thinking we would say, “Cyborg/Carano is a BIGGER fight than GSP/Alves.” And in that case we would get laughed at.

RoB… you’re wrong. There’s a reason this fight was chosen for the UFC’s biggest card to date (in terms of marketing), and there’s a reason GSP is the fighter Gatorade chose for its newest ad campaign, and there’s a reason GSP won the ESPY for best MMA fighter.

That reason? GSP is an extremely marketable and popular fighter. He’s been a main event in some of the biggest-selling PPVs in UFC history (UFCs 79,87,94,) and his numbers will continue to grow as he continues to establish himself as the best all-around fighter in the sport.

Uh oh. Can someone tell me why with certain posts, without swearing or saying anything offensive, my posts go vanishing and then appear an hour later where in the meantime I can post away and not be affected? WTF?!

THIS IS BULLSHIT!

Agree 100& with you Jeremyjackson.

100% that is.

Haha. Relax Kobajack. It’ll happen when it happens… like a sudden cardiac arrest.

Nice post, btw…

LOL. Thanks, JJ. Sorry for the double, triple posts. In the past they’ve been delayed by an hour or more but have also not been posted at all.

biggest is obviously the word you use when knowing how many people that are gonna watch the fight!
and im confused do you mean biggest fight of the year out of all weightclasses or just the WW division? BJ/GSP was clearly bigger than this one is and it’s because of ALves not being as popular as BJ is…

by your definition every title fight is the biggest fight Kobajack? sure for them it is, but not for us as fans..

well, GSP is a star but Alves is not.. And GSP doesn’t really come close to Tito, Chuck, Rampage, Brock if you put them in big fights.. BJ/GSP was alot bigger than this one, not better on paper, but bigger with all the hype that BJ got going…

For me RoB, and for fans who understand MMA and know who the best fighters are, the fights of the year coming up are:

GSP/Alves (#1 and 2 WW in the WORLD colliding on the biggest card of the year)

Fedor/Barnett (Hey, it’s Fedor. The indisputable #1 and arguably #2 {definitely top 5} HWs in the world colliding.)

Anderson/Griffin (The Spider finally tested against a dangerous and huge LHW. Money.)

Machida/Rampage (Contingent on Machida and Rampage winning their respective bouts in the meantime, this fight would be one of the most anticipated LHW clashes ever, and that’s saying something. I’m looking forward to Shogun/Machida too, but this fight will be hyped to the balls.)

Penn/Sanchez (Once again contingent on Penn defeating Florian, the hype and personalities in this fight would make for an epic LW fight… the biggest ever for that division, IMO.)

Biggest fight of the year and bigger draw on PPV mean two different things.

Bigger can also mean “of great significance” and “momentous,” which is what it is.

I even pointed out in my initial post that “Brock/Mir is a bigger draw on PPV.”

“by your definition every title fight is the biggest fight Kobajack?”

I can’t see how you can make that assumption when I didn’t even mention anything to do with a title fight. There are a lot of title fights but they don’t always have the two definitive best in the division facing off (Silva vs. Cote? Silva vs. Leites?).

I agree, those are the BEST fights for me but im looking at it as how big of a crowd those fights/fighters are gonna draw and that’s when Lesnar/Mir and those kinda fights comes into the picture..

you know it’s not often that im speaking for myself when i write on here, im just stating the general view and how the average fan would see it for the most part…

Nah, it’s good you say what you say Rob, I respect your opinion. I just disagree.

The reason being that the definition of bigger doesn’t directly relate to “how many people that are gonna watch the fight.”

It’s obvious Brock/Mir is a bigger draw — for what reason people would rather see that than GSP/Alves is mind boggling (not saying it’s not a good fight but not nearly as BIG) — but it’s not bigger in terms of significance or revelation or level of skill or whatever.

But of course, it’s always subjective. Some people out there could probably care less about GSP and Alves and fully ride the Lesnar Wagon. They might be OUT OF THEIR MINDS but that’s how they roll.

kobajack you said that it’s bigger than any other fight because of the level of importance, so what i said is that every title fight is gonna be the most important fight and it’s gonna be the biggest fight you can fight…
we clearly disagree about what big means, or maybe not but to say that it’s “the biggest fight of the year” is going a little far IMO it is the best WW title fight in forever but not the biggest…
being the biggest artist or the biggest star is always gonna be about who sells the most and who’s the most popular NOT the best…

The star or artist analogy is erroneous. If a fighter says, “Oh yeah, that was the biggest fight of my career,” in most cases he doesn’t mean “Oh yeah, that was my biggest, most popular, most famous fight of my career and it had the most PPVs,” he means it’s the most important fight or the most momentous fight in his career.

But it is a wide-sweeping statement and I never expected people to agree with it. It could definitely be interpreted in many ways (which is why I mentioned PPVs beforehand).

I personally think it’s such a big fight because these two are by far the best in their division and it’s like two freight trains which have steamrolled over everyone else and are about to collide. It will be revelatory to see if GSP can maintain his greatness or if Alves can topple the champ — not just any champ, GSP-quality champ, a top p4p’er.

Really though Rob, this argument is one which could easily make us both wrong . . . or both right. Depending not on the use of the term but on what each person thinks of the significance of the fight. The meaning of the word is subjective because there are so many meanings derived from the word ‘bigger.’

To be honest Sarah, I’m torn. As a fight fan, I want to see GSP at MW, maybe even a superfight with Anderson…

But as a GSP fan I think he would be best suited to stay at 170 and dominate. Anderson will knock GSP out in all likelihoood. Yes, GSP has the takedowns and wrestling to put Silva on his back and pound him out, but I think Silva is too big, too long and too fast. I am a huge GSP fan but I have to keep it real.

I think GSP probably knows that this fight is a bad match-up for him, so I’d be surprised if it ever happens. I think sooner or later (probably later) we will see Georges at 185 though. As for catch-weight fights… I doubt it, but the less George has to come up and the more his opponent has to shed, the better for GSP.

true..i was gonna say that he has more to lose than gain by fighting bigger guys, even though he says size should not be a factor..and i agree that the spider could prolly do a number on him..but if he beats everyone at ww he may want to challenge himself.

they could prolly test for high levels of hgh..but do they not feed that sh*t to the cows and chickens people eat?? thinking the average person has that sh*t in em if they don’t eat free range or organic meats..and most people can’t be bothered or afford it..
but when it comes to gsp, that guy is a training monster and he would do everything correct including the proper diet to look the way he does with out the help of hgh..he is methodical about everything, therefore not needing to take short cuts like that.

well sarah i can guarantee you that that there are ALOT of people that are serious about their training but is not close to looking like GSP or Alves so you can not be sure of anything…

very true..therefore thinking genetics is on their side..my uncle and my cousins had crazy popeye arm muscles and my uncle lifted beer cans..though his son weight lifted for 15 years and never even watched his diet and the guy had the physique of arnold..

Yeah. GSP’s top game is the best in the biz. Dudes are helpless against his GnP and can’t defend his transitions. GSP’s GnP is the best in MMA as well, with Fedor a close second.

Too be honest for me that would be the best scenario. I am nervous about GSP trading punches & kicks against Alves (Alves is a beast) but would love to see GSP win this by KO. The great thing about GSP is he seems to always want to test himself using the strengths of his opponants. The Serra fight has me really nervous every time I see GSP standing. I hope he can bring it. Either way, me being a huge GSP nuthugger, I am excited more about the fight, no matter the outcome than seeing GSP Win. Well…sorta. I love the fact that it’s raw fighting, respect without the drama. BJ, maybe you should watch & learn. WAR GSP!!!!!!