UFC 127: Penn vs. Fitch Thread

Has nothing to do with being entertaining. There are fighters that win decsions all the time that deserve more because they TRY to finish. Fitch does NOT do that.

Hell yes, the Aussie's popped afterwards when he celebrated kneeing him, so did I! Glad to see Rivera get what's coming to him, should of gave him an extra knee for s&g's.

The point is you don't need to finish fights to win. And his record shows that. He doesn't try to do that because it's not in his game plan. He deserves a shot at the title.

the first time i watched it, i thought fitch won round 2 somewhat easy, and round 3 really easy. i watched round 2 again, just to see if i missed anything... it really was alot closer of a round then i initially had bj down for. i suppose im just numb to what fitch does now, so i give him the credit for his cage control for 3:30 of the round, whether its boring or not. bj had those short elbows, and had the takedown with back control... but fitch regained control fairly quick, spun right into bjs guard and controlled the last minute and a half of the round. personally, i didnt think this fight was anywhere near as boring as some of fitch's past classics though.

that said, i learned my lesson on fitch long ago... i considered ordering this for all of about 20 seconds, then decided id rather take a nap and wait til now til i could catch them online. especially since 128 looks so damned awesome.

one of bjs cornermen cracked me up when the decision was announced, he ran around the cage pumping his fist after the draw was announced. everyone else on bjs team, and all of fitch's team looked completely dejected with the decision, except for that one guy.

I do understand where your coming from, but I disagree.

Fitch himself said he expected Penn to stand up and trade, and was caught off guard when he went for the take-down. Penn arguably won the first 2 rounds with his game-plan, before finally Fitch was able to get him in the third with his game. If Penn were to stand up and trade the whole fight, regardless of his superior striking, with the size difference Fitch would have had BJ on his back the entire fight. If your close enough to punch someone, your even closer to get taken down.

I was totally surprised too. Innitially I thought he was gonna throw Fitch for a loop, and switch out between rounds...

1st - Shoot for the takedown,
2nd - Keep his distance, exchange
3rd - Mix it up and try to both

I was real surprised and thoroughly disappointed when he continuously clinched up. I think he overestimated his strength at WW and underestimated Fitch. Grossly.

It's a good day to be a Dennis Siver fan.

Sure is. I was very surprised at his takedown defense. That was some BJ Penn sh*t.

Well, George was able to take everyone else down who he has faced, including great wrestlers like Joe Stevenson and Kurt Pellegrino. It's obvious it was something Siver worked on and paid off.