Jon Fitch has lost his mind. If you are not sure what I am talking about, check out his post fight interview here. If you did miss it or if you are an avid UFC hater, I will break it down for you. The first sentence says it - Jon Fitch has lost his mind! First of all he says that he has earned his way to a title shot. Yes, he has won an impressive 8 in a row, bet easy fella. You are cruising for a bruising with this crazy talk. Second, he talks about about GSP being afraid to get knocked out. GSP did take one giant blow to his chin and ego, but to say he is afraid to get knocked out is like saying A-Rod is afraid of getting beaned.
On April 7th of last year, St. Pierre fought a huge underdog; a term that has been used often lately. Several times the guy favored to win hasn’t been able to do so and This proved true on that April night. GSP took a shot to the chin that rocked him, eventually leading to a Matt Serra victory. We could all be very rich people if we would have been betting the farm on Serra that night.
Since that fight, GSP has out wrestled the best wrestler in MMA and confirmed his spot at the top as he beat an aging Matt Hughes. GSP is for real - not a random fighter that will only have a short rein at the top. He is a legit champion and will be at the top for as long as he fights.
Jon Fitch, I hope you have a game plan. I hope you have seen something on tape, or you have an amazing boxing coach. Currently, Jon Fitch has racked up those 8 wins in a row and in the press conference he says that every win has been against “tough bastards”. I don’t feel that these guys are the toughest competition in the division. Right now the top guys at 170 are GSP, Serra, Matt Hughes, and Josh Koscheck. I feel that Fitch falls at number 5 below them. GSP is the champ, Serra is the top contender, Hughes is a legend, and Koscheck is just out of a fight with GSP and a win at 82. I would like to see Fitch fight Koschek before he gets his date with winner of GSP vs. Serra II, or a Diego Sanchez rematch.
Since joining the UFC Fitch has been on a tear. His most recent win was over Team Quest fighter, Chris Wilson. This turned out to be a tougher fight than many thought it would be. I actually thought Fitch was in trouble at one point, but he kept himself out of trouble and went on to win. Out of every fight that Fitch has fought in the UFC I feel that the toughest opponent has been Diego Sanchez. This is no where near the competition of the ones I mentioned earlier and at the post fight press conference Fitch had some fighting words for GSP. Jon Fitch may in fact be the one to beat GSP. In my opinion I don’t feel that he is. He’s up against a fighter who is on the top of his game and a little pissed off. Good luck with that!
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March 7th, 2008 at 1:26 am
Just a quick correction. Serra is the champ, not the top contender. GSP is the top contender with his interim belt and has to beat Serra to be the unified champ. Dunno if that is what you meant, but I am just making sure.
On topic, yes, Fitch is out of his mind. He did not look as impressive in his win against Wilson as he should have to be the guy waiting for champs to sort things out. GSP doesn’t have the best stand-up at WW, but it is far better than Fitch’s and he could be in for a surprise when he comes in with a game plan to sprawl and brawl Georges (if he beats Serra).
March 7th, 2008 at 11:43 am
Technically Serra is the champ, but realistically Serra will be, and is a huge underdog. That was simply a ranking of that weight division to show where Fitch falls in my opinion.
March 7th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
A-Rod is afraid of getting beaned, but that’s because he’s a pinstripe wearing pussing. (okay, so my bias is showing)
I thought that there was a time when Fitch should have fought GSP for a title shot, after GSP’s loss to Serra. I’m still a little bit pissed off about the fact that the fight was handed to Koscheck, but whatever.
The fact is, I think that Fitch believes alot of his own, developing hype that he’s hearing in the underground. The guy is a warrior, and I think that he deserves to be treated as such, but I think that his ego is getting the better of him, and he needs to calm the f*ck down.
March 7th, 2008 at 1:55 pm
Yea but he is one rich pinstripe wearing pussy, that is next to break the homerun record!
March 8th, 2008 at 9:25 am
I thought Fitch was great when I saw him fight last year, but up against the big guys, he might have a tough time.
The problem with only striking is that you can be a great striker and still get tagged once and the fight is over. For guys on the ground, they tend to use BJJ to stay defensive until they find an opening to exploit. Fitch has done a great job of using both skills, but I’m thinking unless Serra somehow re-injures himself during the fight, he’s going to bring the fight to the ground and control quickly.