Yeah, I think that a win over Marcus Davis would certainly lend a lot of credence to Fitch’s already-well-respected game. Davis is on a friggin tear, but I just can’t see him outlasting Fitch. Plus, I think Fitch has outdone better competition.

Plus, who the hell roots against Fitch on this site?

It’s not often we get anything other than the facts from Mania.

blow him up MARCUS

this would be a great stand up fight.
why does he call himself the “irish hand grenade”?….his mom is croatian, his dad is scottish and he was born on american soil….confused man.

This could be the best fighton any card!!!!!!!

I see Jon Fitch destroying the rest of the Welter Weight division, even GSP. Even when he’s in trouble, nothing seems to phase him. Reminds me of a minnie Fedor.

yes marcus davis is doing better than he was before, with a big fight win streak… but against lesser relatively unknown opponents… lets send him a real test and then see the outcome… after seeing his post-fight interview after UFC 80, i think his head is getting a little too big for his shoulders…

yes, and then gono could fight winner of kos/haz

This fight would be a good opportunity for Marcus but a bit of a step down for Fitch (however not very different from the Gono matchup). Fitch is a step away from securing a title shot while Marcus is a step away from breaking into the mix. Fitch doesn’t have much to gain from this fight, but it would be great to see what Marcus Davis is truly made of. I don’t see him winning but I think he’ll show that he’s for real and that he will in time be up there challenging for contention.

should have just said Karo is scared…. or overrated…

I don’t think this fight will happen but I would pick davis to win by upset… he would probably be outskilled but his heavy hands can change the direction of a match at any point… Awesome win today from davis

I think that a fight with marcus davis, should be with roger huerta, because the two of them had a great year, and lossless, and its just my thought

Great idea.

Fitch is ready for GSP, this would be a great fight in the meantime,

For me, Fitch will dominate this fight, especially if Davis can not connect early.

Please happen. Arlovski in Columbus makes my night but Fitch/Davis would be even better

after wathing the striking power of davis i dont think fitch will beable to stand with him. This fight will go to ground and fitch will win by choke.

Fitch should get a title shot, so should davis, thats what needs to happen, i dont care who wins as long as Gsp gets Ktfo

Yo Mania,

I heard on a local news channel here in Honolulu, Hawaii that BJ penn may face Sean Sherk here. But then I remembered your post about it happening elsewhere? Do you know what the scoop is?

I like him better with the beard.

[quote comment=”273801″]This fight would be a good opportunity for Marcus but a bit of a step down for Fitch (however not very different from the Gono matchup). Fitch is a step away from securing a title shot while Marcus is a step away from breaking into the mix. Fitch doesn’t have much to gain from this fight, but it would be great to see what Marcus Davis is truly made of. I don’t see him winning but I think he’ll show that he’s for real and that he will in time be up there challenging for contention.[/quote]??? A step away from getting in the mix he’s won 11 straight fights and 6 straight in the UFC you win 6 straight in the UFC and your not far from a title shot no matter who you fought. This is 2 of the top 3 challengers in the WW division in my opinion (with Karo being the other one) This would be an awesome fight and winner would be deserving of a title shot IMO.

Two more guys Gsp needs to fight before he dominates the 185 and 205 division, i hope serra rips his haed off, in front of his home town that would be priceles

[quote comment=”273761″]Yeah, I think that a win over Marcus Davis would certainly lend a lot of credence to Fitch’s already-well-respected game. Davis is on a friggin tear, but I just can’t see him outlasting Fitch. Plus, I think Fitch has outdone better competition.

Plus, who the hell roots against Fitch on this site?[/quote]

…hey man dont hate- i always root for the underdog lol - sweet win for werdum! woooohoooo!

I think Marcus is a dangerous fight for anybody, but if i was his manager i would be a little more inclined to creep up into the top 10 before putting it all on the line against fighter like Jon Fitch. Marcus may have honed his ground game but a big fighter with the skill set like Fitch could set him back if he loses in a devastating fashion. Marcus stated before that he was happy with the way his game is coming together but didn’t seemed to ambitious to call out other high ranked fighters. I would like to see how Markus can preform against someone with a higher pedigree in grappling after all Joe Stevenson did make quick work him on TUF2

The only way this could happen is if they take Fitch off the UFC 82 card. Davis didn’t take much damage last night, but I still don’t think he’ll take a big fight like Fitch on such short notice. Maybe they’ll bump Fitch’s fight back to 84. (talk about a stacked card)

It’s the only fight that makes sense other than Karo.

Yeah I do not see Marcus Davis winning this fight. I do not think he is on Fitch’s level. I think Fitch woudld dominate this figth. The other problem with this figHt is if Fitch gets caught out there and should happen to lose it is going to drop his stock down considerably…

This fight does need to happen. Me and Mania can talk a lot of crap to one another, it is his fighter vs. my fighter.

Plus it is in Columbus. Im going, so I need to see this fight.

i dont agree. who has davis fought to give him a fight with the number one contender? davis vs lytle would be a good match up at his point or even vs joslin.

[quote comment=”274001″]This fight does need to happen. Me and Mania can talk a lot of crap to one another, it is his fighter vs. my fighter.

Plus it is in Columbus. Im going, so I need to see this fight.[/quote]

I with you on this one. I kind of have to back Davis too. Here’s a real nice guy in person too. Plus he says if Joe Silva doesn’t put him on an Irish card he’s going to buy a ticket. So we’d get a bunch of cans, I’m thinking Ross Pointon, Colin Robinson and some other nobodies but at least Marcus would be there lol.(I don’t consider the Belfast card an Irish card really. More a UK card.) But it’s too bad because it’s never going to happen.

As for Marcus Davis being “irish”. I have to laugh. At least he knows where his grandparents are from though. It’s funny

The kilt thing is gay. That’s very scottish not irish. It’s all a bit confusing.

Actually now that I really think about it. I don’t mind who wins as long as it’s a good fight. It makes perfect sense.

Would really love to see this fight but davis is gona be a big under dog no matter how you look at it.Although i would love to see him win

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I don’t think it’s gonna happen.MArcus just fought yesterday and He doesn’t have too much time for preparing for that fight.
Davis is a good athlete that can fight anybody in the ww division.

i doubt it will happen in less than a month and a half unless they push the fitch fight back a month or so to april or may date

[quote comment=”273770″]this would be a great stand up fight.
why does he call himself the “irish hand grenade”?….his mom is croatian, his dad is scottish and he was born on american soil….confused man.[/quote]

Boy, didn’t the guy that Davis knocked out last night say the same thing? Either way…WHO CARES!

I like the idea but I dont want to watch Fitch beat all over Marcus. Marcus is the man, but lets b e honest Fitch is just too big and too well rounded on the ground for Marcus to deal with. I kno Marcus has made huge strides in his ground game, but Fitch has been wreslting forever and doind ju jitsu since Marcus was exclusively boxing.

I would rather see Marcus Davis vs. Diego

[quote comment=”273793″]I see Jon Fitch destroying the rest of the Welter Weight division, even GSP. Even when he’s in trouble, nothing seems to phase him. Reminds me of a minnie Fedor.[/quote]

What a joke! You are probably one of th same guys who said that GSP was mentally weak and KOS was going to destroy him…

Get a grip. GSP is the best pound for pound fighter right now in MMA. His ground game is proven, Anderson Silva’s is not, which is why I say GSP is best P4P, not Anderson.

The only person who has a chance to take the belt from GSP is BJ Penn, period end of story… If someone says Serra has a chance, you will be eating your words when GSP ruins him in their next fight.

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Fitch’s superior wrestling would result in an easy win for him. Marcus’ ground game is improving, but it’s not close to where it needs to be for him to hold his own against someone like Fitch.

Easy win for Fitch - can’t see him keeping it on the feet. Good test for Marcus though, would like to see him compete against tougher opponents.

C’mon, Fitch would beat Davis any day, he’ll use his size and strength to lay on davis for the whole fight.

Fitch will Lay n Gay on Davis for 15 min, I’m predicting a snoozefest. Fitch ain’t that good, he’s got wrestling and a lil GnP to use on opponents trying to get his LnGay ass off of him. He rarely pushes the action and basically lays on people the whole fight until they make a mistake trying to get his boring Hugging-ass off them, then he’ll throw strikes for points.

In the diego fight, he layed on diego almost the whole fight. Fitch is so boring.

Diego pushed the action the WHOLE fight and payed for it, the only time fitch wasnt LaynGayin on Diego was when Diego was pressing the action, trying to get away from Fitch’s LnG. Thank goodness Diego was at least trying to get that boring-ass fighter off of him otherwise that fight would have been Fitch Humping and Groping Diego’s ass the whole fight.

Expect the same against Davis, Fitch will LayNGay on Davis the whole fight and only get points when Davis exposes himself trying to get that boring LayNGay wrestler off of him.

Fitch will not stand and fight cuz he has no hands.

But Fitch will LayNGay his way to victory…. Fitch=BORING Big Time

i’d watch it, but…i don’t think davis is much competition for fitch to be honest. he’s too big, too slick, and too skilled for davis. the wins davis has are impressive and his streak is nice, however he hasn’t fought really cream competition, and i don’t think those guys are comparable to the the guys fitch has fought. would be interesting fight nonetheless though..

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davis has worked on BJJ because it was a glaring hole in his game. He now has kicks because he almost got beat by one last time out.

And even though I’m a Davis fan, I think he’ll be working a lot of wrestling after the fitch fight. I can’t see him winning that.

I would have liked to see him fight Thiago Alves or Karo. that’d be fun.

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He hasn’t outright rejected the Machida fight though, so it’s still a possibility.

y doesnt Marcus drop to 155 lb?..

i don’t like davis but i would like 2 c this fight fitch is overrated & i want 2 c him get the crap beat out of him. so in this fight i’d go 4 davis. & plus with 3 wins in a row he needs 2 fight someone with a bigger name.

i personally dont think this fight is going to happen for the simple fact that marcus davis just fought at ufc 80 so i doubt hes going to fight two ufc’s later so in my opinion this fight isnt going to happen maybe later on in the ufc but not at ufc 82

[quote comment=”274114″]y doesnt Marcus drop to 155 lb?..[/quote]
y doesn’t Gomi move up?

[quote comment=”273913″]I think Marcus is a dangerous fight for anybody, but if i was his manager i would be a little more inclined to creep up into the top 10 before putting it all on the line against fighter like Jon Fitch. Marcus may have honed his ground game but a big fighter with the skill set like Fitch could set him back if he loses in a devastating fashion. Marcus stated before that he was happy with the way his game is coming together but didn’t seemed to ambitious to call out other high ranked fighters. I would like to see how Markus can preform against someone with a higher pedigree in grappling after all Joe Stevenson did make quick work him on TUF2[/quote]
He’s not top 10??? What 10 WWs are better than Davis right now? And as far as losing to Joe Daddy on TUF2, that was several years ago. Davis and Kill-Flo are the two TUF alums who taken the biggest steps forward in their all-around games. Davis is not just a boxer in an octagon; he is a true MMA fighter abd deserves a fight against Karo or Fitch.

I say Davis meets the winner of Swick - Burkman. I don’t think Davis is ready for Karo or Fitch, but I agree he needs a test. Burkman just lost to Karo and we have to see how Swick acts at 170lbs.
By the way; I like Swick a lot. He is a standup dude. I think 170 is too small for Quick. I hope I’m wrong… but I predict Burkman takes this.

[quote comment=”274141″][quote comment=”273913″]I think Marcus is a dangerous fight for anybody, but if i was his manager i would be a little more inclined to creep up into the top 10 before putting it all on the line against fighter like Jon Fitch. Marcus may have honed his ground game but a big fighter with the skill set like Fitch could set him back if he loses in a devastating fashion. Marcus stated before that he was happy with the way his game is coming together but didn’t seemed to ambitious to call out other high ranked fighters. I would like to see how Markus can preform against someone with a higher pedigree in grappling after all Joe Stevenson did make quick work him on TUF2[/quote]
He’s not top 10??? What 10 WWs are better than Davis right now? And as far as losing to Joe Daddy on TUF2, that was several years ago. Davis and Kill-Flo are the two TUF alums who taken the biggest steps forward in their all-around games. Davis is not just a boxer in an octagon; he is a true MMA fighter abd deserves a fight against Karo or Fitch.[/quote]
1)Matt Serra
2)GSP
3)Matt Hughes
4,5,6 arguably Karo, Fitch, Kos,
7)Diego
8,9,10,11,12 arguably Alves, Lytle, Gono, Burkman, Swick

I agree that Davis has made great improvements since his stint on TUF2 August-Nov 2005 was not even three years ago. I enjoy watching Marcus fight but he hasn’t even reached the upper level at 170 in regards to competition. Lets see him fight someone with a decent ground first.

Thank you Jordan. Marcus could and should fight one of your 8-12 guys. Anyone of them would be a decent test. Lytle… haha, nice pick!

I think Lytle and Davis would be a sick fight seeing they were both former boxers, but Lytle would school him on the ground.

[quote comment=”274175″]I think Lytle and Davis would be a sick fight seeing they were both former boxers, but Lytle would school him on the ground.[/quote]
Ya think? Honestly I don’t know. Davis could catch up w/ Lytle’s skill on the ground if he has good training partners in bjj. Sick pick anyway.
Who takes Karo vs Alves?

i remember calling this fight back at 69 sayin it would be a good fight and now after three sick wins everyone has caught up

I think Karo should have fought Jon Fitch, if he loses to Fitch, no biggie Fitch is a top 5 fighter, but if he loses to Alves his hopes of title are even farther away. Bad fight for Karo, Alves is a physical dude and made quick work of Lytle, a guy that Matt Hughes couldn’t finish within three rounds. Karo thinks he’s getting a tune up fight but I think Karo screwed up and gets either TKO or dominated all three rounds like against GSP.

This is a good fight to see..but with the situ in the number contender spot..maybe we should get first:

Karo vs Fitch to fight the winner of Serra/Gsp 2

Thiago vs Marcus winner to move into the 2nd spot.

Depending if Gomi goes to the 155èrs or figths at 170 he can be the x factor.

Marcus is a great boxer and a good grappler, but he wouldn’t be able to stop Fitch from taking him down. If this fight ever happens I would have to pick Fitch by decision or TKO.

Davis vs Fitch is a great fight for Davis even though I think Fitch will take him out fairly easy. Davis is on a tear, but Fitch is on one as well against, I agree, a better crop of fighters.

I love watching Karo fight, but he should have pleased the fans with the Fitch fight. Is he dodging him? I doubt he’s dodging him considering the track record of top tier fighters he’s fought. You never know though.

i the idiot dana white would actually let a good fight happen for once this would be a great matchup

Marcus Davis is the most over rated fighter in the UFC. Who has he fought? Jon Fitch would DESTROY him. It wouldnt even be a fight.

[quote comment=”273793″]I see Jon Fitch destroying the rest of the Welter Weight division, even GSP. Even when he’s in trouble, nothing seems to phase him. Reminds me of a minnie Fedor.[/quote]

C-WAR you should see an opthamologist.
because your mini looks tinny to me.

GSP has wins over BJ Penn, Karo, Koscheck, Sherk, Hughes(2).

FEDOR has wins ove Antonio Rodrigo(2),Mark Hunt Mark Coleman(2),Mirko Filipovic, Matt Lindland, Kevin Randleman, Heath Herring, Renato Sobral, Ricardo Arona

FITCH hasn’t beat any big name (Diego?) or ex-champion… whatsoever. Internet hype won’t change that fact.

Davis vs Fitch. Davis no ground game. Fitch dominates.

[quote comment=”274083″][quote comment=”273793″]I see Jon Fitch destroying the rest of the Welter Weight division, even GSP. Even when he’s in trouble, nothing seems to phase him. Reminds me of a minnie Fedor.[/quote]

What a joke! You are probably one of th same guys who said that GSP was mentally weak and KOS was going to destroy him…

Get a grip. GSP is the best pound for pound fighter right now in MMA. His ground game is proven, Anderson Silva’s is not, which is why I say GSP is best P4P, not Anderson.

The only person who has a chance to take the belt from GSP is BJ Penn, period end of story… If someone says Serra has a chance, you will be eating your words when GSP ruins him in their next fight.[/quote]
Just my opinion…I love GSP and think he’s one of the best out there. At the same time I think Fitch is THE best out there.

i think davis has a better shot then alot of you are given him. He has great stand up and very heavy hands and he has an underrated ground game he has won alot of his recent fight via submission. I think as long as he puts alot of work into his takedown defense and he keeps the fight on its feet i think he knocks fitch out.

[quote comment=”273888″][quote comment=”273801″]This fight would be a good opportunity for Marcus but a bit of a step down for Fitch (however not very different from the Gono matchup). Fitch is a step away from securing a title shot while Marcus is a step away from breaking into the mix. Fitch doesn’t have much to gain from this fight, but it would be great to see what Marcus Davis is truly made of. I don’t see him winning but I think he’ll show that he’s for real and that he will in time be up there challenging for contention.[/quote]??? A step away from getting in the mix he’s won 11 straight fights and 6 straight in the UFC you win 6 straight in the UFC and your not far from a title shot no matter who you fought. This is 2 of the top 3 challengers in the WW division in my opinion (with Karo being the other one) This would be an awesome fight and winner would be deserving of a title shot IMO.[/quote]

True, his win streak is impressive but his opponents were not. His 6 fights in the UFC were great fights for him to give him time to round out his MMA game, but definitely do not get him in the mix. The WW division is way too deep and has fighters with much bigger names than Marcus, even ones that are not on any type of win streaks. This is because they were losing to each other, other well-rounded well known fighters. Marcus is still expanding his tool kit. He doesn’t yet match up well with the top dogs that are well rounded and do everything well.

Jordan,
I hope you are wrong. But as smart as you seem, I must agree. A bad fight for Karo. I hope Xtreme Couture helps Karo enough for this!

[quote comment=”273809″]I think that a fight with marcus davis, should be with roger huerta, because the two of them had a great year, and lossless, and its just my thought[/quote]

they are in different weight classes. Marcus is a welterweight, Huerta is a lightweight

put davis up against alves and lets see how hard he can bang…

????????????? Eh? I don’t think so. Fitch’s next fight needs to be for the title or the one that leads him to the next fight for the title.

[quote comment=”273770″]this would be a great stand up fight.
why does he call himself the “irish hand grenade”?….his mom is croatian, his dad is scottish and he was born on american soil….confused man.[/quote]

ROFL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[quote comment=”274251″]i the idiot dana white would actually let a good fight happen for once this would be a great matchup[/quote]
DANA IS DOIN THE RIGHT THING RANDYS BEIN A CRYBABY BITCH DANA CANT GIVE IN TO HIM THEN OTHER FIGHTERS WILL TRY IT…STAND UR GROUND DANA GOOD FOR U TO HELL WIT RANDY

i thought that Jon Fitch is lonely right now? i saw the ufc fight schedule & he’s on ufc 82 card against gono.

[quote comment=”275167″]i thought that Jon Fitch is lonely right now? i saw the ufc fight schedule & he’s on ufc 82 card against gono.[/quote]

Gono got injured.

fight of the year written all over it,this WILL HAPPEN

[quote comment=”274114″]y doesnt Marcus drop to 155 lb?..[/quote]
He’s doing just fine where he’s at right now. I think that will change for sure though when he fights Fitch.

Fitch vs Davis = something we already know about Fitch. Marcus has made strides but he is no where the level of Jon Fitch, the match up would still be exciting, Marcus’ standup is extremely dangerous. Rich Franklin wouldn’t go toe toe with Marcus. Fitch is a well rounded fighter but my argument is that AKA will never produce a champion at the UFC level. I guarantee that Fitch is the best grappler in that whole camp. It might be beneficial for fighters like Kos to train there, but i think that Fitch is dis-servicing himself and either hiself or Kos should change camps. Fitch is intelligent but if Kos is feeding of Fitch and Fitch is feeding off Kos for their respected skills will only limit their potential. AKA has four top ranked fighters at 170 who’s running that camp? for one they have arguably 3 top ten fighters in the UFC at 170, how is that good for either fighter?