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Jon Fitch UFC 127 Fight Journal

Filed under: UFCJon Fitch will be providing MMA Fighting with exclusive blogs leading up to his UFC 127 showdown against B.J. Penn on Feb. 26 (live on pay-per-view at 10 p.m. ET). Check out his debut below.

There is less than two weeks to go before I…

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Jon FitchJon Fitch will be providing MMA Fighting with exclusive blogs leading up to his UFC 127 showdown against B.J. Penn on Feb. 26 (live on pay-per-view at 10 p.m. ET). Check out his debut below.

There is less than two weeks to go before I trek Down Under and battle B.J. Penn, and I’m not sure which of those two things I’m more excited about. I’ll be facing Penn on Saturday, February 26 at Sydney’s Acer Arena and couldn’t be happier with either the opponent or venue.

I’m at the stage in my career right now where I want to be fighting for titles and in main events. I am now a mature and seasoned headline fighter and I want to experience more of these big nights. I don’t want to be appearing in the preliminaries or at the bottom end of a main card.

I am going to use this opportunity to prove to everyone that I am deserving of a second UFC welterweight title shot. I’ve long competed at a good level and actually have the second highest win percentage in UFC history, so I think I’ve paid my dues.

Jon Fitch: Show Me Your Fitch Face and I’ll Take You to UFC 126 Contest

Jon Fitch had an extra ticket to UFC 126 and tweeted a Fitch Face contest. Congratulations to winner, Andrew Cook who Fitch said used his friends to bombard him with retweets of his Fitch Face.
Cook’s Fitch Face below:

And here are some of our f…

Jon Fitch had an extra ticket to UFC 126 and tweeted a Fitch Face contest. Congratulations to winner, Andrew Cook who Fitch said used his friends to bombard him with retweets of his Fitch Face.

Cook’s Fitch Face below:
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And here are some of our favorite Fitch Faces from the contest:











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MMA Top 10 Welterweights: Where Does Nick Diaz Rank?

Filed under: UFC, StrikeforceNick Diaz is one of the hardest fighters to rank in mixed martial arts.

Some folks argue that Diaz is a Top 5 welterweight, and maybe even the guy with the best combination of skills to dethrone the consensus No. 1, George…

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Nick Diaz is one of the hardest fighters to rank in mixed martial arts.

Some folks argue that Diaz is a Top 5 welterweight, and maybe even the guy with the best combination of skills to dethrone the consensus No. 1, Georges St. Pierre. His win over Evangelista Cyborg Santos was Diaz’s ninth straight victory, and he’s finished eight of those nine opponents. It’s been a long time since Diaz stepped into the cage and turned in an unimpressive performance.

But others argue that Diaz isn’t even a Top 10 welterweight because the quality of his opposition has been less than stellar. None of those nine wins has come against anyone who’s even close to a Top 10 opponent himself. And Strikeforce has matched Diaz up with opponents who play to his strengths, while never testing what may be Diaz’s greatest weakness by putting him in the cage with a wrestler.

So where do we rank Diaz? I have my answer below. Your answer may differ.

If BJ Penn Loses to Jon Fitch ‘The Prodigy’ Already Has an Excuse Ready to Go

(Video courtesy BJPenn.com)
Former UFC welterweight and lightweight champ BJ Penn suffered a bizarre injury recently.
Apparently "The Prodigy" was bitten by a spider on the back of the head while doing some promo in Australia and the sore b…


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Former UFC welterweight and lightweight champ BJ Penn suffered a bizarre injury recently.

Apparently "The Prodigy" was bitten by a spider on the back of the head while doing some promo in Australia and the sore became so infected that it caused some of his hair around the affected area to fall out. Hopefully for his sake, Jon Fitch doesn’t take him down and mop the canvas with his dome at UFC 127 like he usually does with opponents or else we may see BJ featured on popthatzit.com.

On a side note, what the hell is up with BJ’s coke nails?  Does he practice the ukelele in his spare time?

Maybe this explains why GSP’s eyes looked like they’d gone through a cheese grater the first time they fought.

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BJ Penn Training With Floyd Mayweather Sr. to Prepare for UFC 127 Fight With Jon Fitch

("Minced martial arts is great. I watch it all the time.")
It looks like former UFC lightweight and welterweight champ BJ Penn has brought in a new secret weapon to help him prepare for upcoming UFC 127 bout with perennial contender Jon Fit…


("Minced martial arts is great. I watch it all the time.")

It looks like former UFC lightweight and welterweight champ BJ Penn has brought in a new secret weapon to help him prepare for upcoming UFC 127 bout with perennial contender Jon Fitch in Australia.

Fight Hype is reporting that “The Prodigy” has spent some time in Las Vegas honing his pugilistic skills with acclaimed boxing trainer Floyd Mayweather Senior.

The father of IBO, IBA, IBF and WBC welterweight and WBC super welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Junior, Senior has trained several top boxers including his son, Oscar De La Hoya, Leila Ali, Ricky Hatton, Joan Guzman and Chad Dawson.

“Joy” says that when “The Prodigy” first showed up at his gym, his nickname didn’t seem to be an accurate description of the Hilo, Hawaii native’s fighting prowess, but with a few days of his tutelage, Penn picked up a lot.

“BJ Penn is a cool dude, man. I’ll be honest, at first, it didn’t seem like he could fight that good. I mean, I don’t know about his ground game and all of that stuff, but he’s got some pop and in just the three days I’ve been working with him, he has improved, man,” he says. “In his words, man, he told me, ‘I ain’t never seen some of this stuff you’re showing me, man.’ And that’s only after three days. BJ is learning fast, man. He’s a good guy.”

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UFC 127 Fight Card: BJ Penn vs. Jon Fitch

Filed under: UFCThe UFC 127 fight card, headlined by B.J. Penn taking on Jon Fitch, takes place Feb. 27 at the Acer Arena in Sydney, Australia.

Aussies slated for the UFC’s return down under are George Sotiropoulos, Kyle Noke, James Te-Huna, Mark Hun…

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The UFC 127 fight card, headlined by B.J. Penn taking on Jon Fitch, takes place Feb. 27 at the Acer Arena in Sydney, Australia.

Aussies slated for the UFC’s return down under are George Sotiropoulos, Kyle Noke, James Te-Huna, Mark Hunt and Anthony Perosh.

The complete UFC 127 fight card is below.