Posted by Jose Fernandez on 28th February 2011
Pictured: Fitch and Penn fight to a draw.
Sandwiched in between a couple of blockbuster cards, UFC 127 turned out to be a rather entertaining night of fights. One of the greatest mixed martial artists, BJ Penn took on arguably the greatest welterweight not named George St. Pierre. Michael Bisping and Rivera co-headline the card in what became one of the greatest, or worst, feuds since Shamrock vs. Ortiz. Add Lytle taking on new comer, yet veteran with 62 fights on his resume, Brian Ebersole and we got a card worth taking a look at. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Clyde Barretto on 27th February 2011
Pictured: BJ Penn ground and pounded by Jon Fitch at UFC 127 in Sydney, Australia. photo by Daniel Herbertson, FanHouse
Jon Fitch at UFC 127 in Sydney, Australia drew with MMA’s great BJ Penn last night. A fight in which I think he won. But more importantly, it’s a fight in which he does not get his due respect.
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Posted by Total-MMA Staff on 26th February 2011
Pictured: BJ Penn (left) and Jon Fitch face off at UFC 127 weigh-ins yesterday.
Tonight in Australia, ZUFFA presents a fairly good show with an interesting main event — pitting MMA’s most decorated lightweight in BJ Penn continuing his run at welter, against top welter contender Jon Fitch. The Total-MMA Staff is proud to offer you our take on it. Yep, the whole staff basically came out to play for this one. Who will get bragging rights this time?
As always, our predictions are for entertainment purposes only so don’t blame us if you lose your fortune and end up in a tent in the Outback. Go Waltzing Matilda with me. Or something.
Starting off is the guy who correctly predicted Fedor’s upset at the hands of “Bigfoot” Silva a few weeks ago, Jose Fernandez:
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Posted by Robert Visnick on 25th February 2011
Pictured: BJ Penn (left) and Jon Fitch face off at the UFC 128 Press Conference. Picture from Tracy Lee of CombatLifeStyle.com.
There is not a lot of hype surrounding Saturday’s UFC 128 card, but we all know the past some of the less hyped cards deliver the best fights.
With that in mind, the fight of the week is an obvious pick — BJ Penn vs. Jon Fitch.
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Posted by MMA Curmudgeon on 20th November 2008
I hope those fictional royalties from a theoretical video game really pay off for Mr. Fitch. They’d have to be significant to make his decision to refuse to sign his latest UFC contract make a lick of sense. Let’s make it clear what is really happening here (online talk of “monopolies” and a “fighter’s union” muddy the waters). Fitch has decided that he will leave his high paying job, in the midst of one of our nation’s greatest economic down periods, because of the possibility he will miss out on a few extra checks for his likeness.
Here’s a hint: if you are not in the UFC, no one cares about you. You don’t have to worry about turning down future video game and endorsement opportunities–because there aren’t any meaningful opportunities for you. What makes this even more non-sensical: Zuffa isn’t even asking for exclusive rights. Fighters are still able to pursue endorsement deals on their own. They just want to be able to market UFC fighters in ways that create long term value for the company and the fighters.
As usual, the MMA media has decided that Zuffa/UFC are the bad guys. Ivan Trembow is just representative of the hand-wringing and boo-hooing all over the internet:
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Posted by Jonathan Snowden on 8th August 2008
Fitch is being overlooked by many, but there are four good reasons he could win.
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