Tag: Jon Fitch

UFC 127 Morning After: Judges Were Wrong, Jon Fitch Beat B.J. Penn

Filed under: UFCShow the B.J. Penn vs. Jon Fitch fight to people who don’t know how MMA is judged, and ask them who won. They’d tell you it was Fitch, obviously. But of the three people whose job it was to decide who won, only one said Fitch was the wi…

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Jon Fitch on top of BJ Penn at UFC 127.Show the B.J. Penn vs. Jon Fitch fight to people who don’t know how MMA is judged, and ask them who won. They’d tell you it was Fitch, obviously. But of the three people whose job it was to decide who won, only one said Fitch was the winner. The other two said it was a draw, and so that was the result: No one won the main event at UFC 127.

What’s unfortunate is that the people who don’t know anything about MMA would have done a better job of judging this fight than the professional judges.

Jon Fitch deserved to win the decision at UFC 127. That the fight was a draw is a combination of the fact that MMA has bad judges, and bad judging criteria.

Falling Action: Best and Worst of UFC 127

Filed under: UFCUFC 127 was supposed to be the event that put an internet rivalry to bed and established once and for all the next top contender in the UFC’s welterweight division.

Maybe it was a bad idea to hold such an event Down Under, because in …

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UFC 127 was supposed to be the event that put an internet rivalry to bed and established once and for all the next top contender in the UFC’s welterweight division.

Maybe it was a bad idea to hold such an event Down Under, because in the end neither of those things happened as planned.

It was truly a night of surprises in Sydney – some of them good, others just weird – and there’s nothing left to do now but sift through the biggest winners, losers, and everything in between.

UFC 127 Live Blog: BJ Penn vs. Jon Fitch Round-by-Round Updates

Filed under: UFCThis is the UFC 127 live blog for B.J. Penn vs. Jon Fitch, the main event of tonight’s UFC pay-per-view from the Acer Arena in Sydney, Australia.

The winner of Penn (16-7-1) vs. Fitch (23-3) will be next in line for a welterweight titl…

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Jon Fitch on top of BJ Penn at UFC 127.This is the UFC 127 live blog for B.J. Penn vs. Jon Fitch, the main event of tonight’s UFC pay-per-view from the Acer Arena in Sydney, Australia.

The winner of Penn (16-7-1) vs. Fitch (23-3) will be next in line for a welterweight title shot depending on how Georges St-Pierre vs. Jake Shields at UFC 129 plays out.

The live blog is below.

Jon Fitch, B.J. Penn Fight to a Draw at UFC 127

Filed under: UFC, NewsIn a battle of two of the best fighters in mixed martial arts, the judges couldn’t pick a winner: Jon Fitch and B.J. Penn fought to a majority draw at UFC 127.

One judge scored it 29-28 for Fitch, but the other two judges scored …

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BJ Penn fought Jon Fitch to a draw at UFC 127.In a battle of two of the best fighters in mixed martial arts, the judges couldn’t pick a winner: Jon Fitch and B.J. Penn fought to a majority draw at UFC 127.

One judge scored it 29-28 for Fitch, but the other two judges scored it 28-28, and those two judges made it a majority draw — a disappointing ending that left the fans in Sydney, Australia booing. It was the second time in three UFC pay-per-views this year that the main event has been scored a draw.

Fitch seemed to control most of the fight, and Penn acknowledged afterward that he thought he had lost. But Penn requested a rematch afterward, and that seems likely.

Jon Fitch: ‘I Was a Bit Confused’ With Majority Draw

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SYDNEY — MMA Fighting spoke to Jon Fitch after his majority draw against B.J. Penn at Sunday’s UFC 127 in Sydney, Australia. Fitch talked about his confusion during the scores announcement and how he would have scored the rounds.

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SYDNEY — MMA Fighting spoke to Jon Fitch after his majority draw against B.J. Penn at Sunday’s UFC 127 in Sydney, Australia. Fitch talked about his confusion during the scores announcement and how he would have scored the rounds.

UFC 127 Weigh-In Video

Filed under: UFCAll 24 fighters who will step into the Octagon at UFC 127 will step on the scale for the UFC 127 weigh-ins, and we’ll have the live video right here at MMAFighting.com.

In the main event, B.J. Penn and Jon Fitch will both need to make …

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Michael Bisping takes on Jorge Rivera at UFC 127.All 24 fighters who will step into the Octagon at UFC 127 will step on the scale for the UFC 127 weigh-ins, and we’ll have the live video right here at MMAFighting.com.

In the main event, B.J. Penn and Jon Fitch will both need to make the welterweight limit of 170 pounds, with a one-pound buffer for a non-title fight.

The weigh-in begins at 10PM ET on Friday and the video is below.