Well although this might be a tough fight agaisnt a worthy opponent, it doesnt seem to do much as far as advancing Fitch even if he wins.

Hey Mania, where is the thing on the right side that shows who posted last and where for like the last 5 posts? It’s a good indicator of if someone might have responded to you, or where the main debate action is going on.

[quote comment=”276858″]Well although this might be a tough fight agaisnt a worthy opponent, it doesnt seem to do much as far as advancing Fitch even if he wins.[/quote]

Anomaly: I agree that this fight wont do anything to advance fitch, but I really don’t think he needs any advancing. I don’t care what Karo says, I believe Fitch will get 1st crack at GSP after he unifies the title, so this fight could only hurt fitch, not advance him. As mania mentioned Fitch has to be carefull that Wilson doesn’t do to him what Houston Alexander did to jardine.

I will have to admit that I am not to familiar with Wilson, However I am familiar with the list of people mania posted that he has beaten and those are some impressive names for someone making their octagon Debut.

You gotta respect Fitch for being a “peoples” fighter, he didn’t have to fight again, he is next in line for the title, but he stepped up, wants to fight, and doesn’t turn down fights, unlike some Armenian that I know. Lets just hope Fitch
beats this dude, so that it can set up the BIG Time fight between fitch and GSP

And while im sitting here posting to myself, might I also add that is it just me, or does it seem like the level of competition they are giving Fitch, is kinda plataeu’ing? I mean, was Diego much better than Burkman? Is this guy any better than Diego? With the exception of Diego, Fitch has dominated all his opponents, and I think all of us as fans are in agreeal that we are ready for him to move up with the top tier, people that have touched championship status.
Not that this level of competition he is fighting now, is not good, but Fitch is ready for more. Lets see him tested. HUghes, GSP, Serra even?

[quote comment=”276860″]Hey Mania, where is the thing on the right side that shows who posted last and where for like the last 5 posts? It’s a good indicator of if someone might have responded to you, or where the main debate action is going on.[/quote]

Your wish is my command. We took it down for UFC 80 — sometimes it can slow down the site.

[quote comment=”276869″][quote comment=”276858″]Well although this might be a tough fight agaisnt a worthy opponent, it doesnt seem to do much as far as advancing Fitch even if he wins.[/quote]

Anomaly: I agree that this fight wont do anything to advance fitch, but I really don’t think he needs any advancing. I don’t care what Karo says, I believe Fitch will get 1st crack at GSP after he unifies the title, so this fight could only hurt fitch, not advance him. As mania mentioned Fitch has to be carefull that Wilson doesn’t do to him what Houston Alexander did to jardine.

I will have to admit that I am not to familiar with Wilson, However I am familiar with the list of people mania posted that he has beaten and those are some impressive names for someone making their octagon Debut.

You gotta respect Fitch for being a “peoples” fighter, he didn’t have to fight again, he is next in line for the title, but he stepped up, wants to fight, and doesn’t turn down fights, unlike some Armenian that I know. Lets just hope Fitch
beats this dude, so that it can set up the BIG Time fight between fitch and GSP[/quote]
Oh alright well I didnt know that, if that’s true it kinda void’s my last two comments, I hope he is next in line, that’d satisfy eveything for me, I just never heard any concrete info on that.

The Anomaly, theres a limit to how many great fighters are available for Fitch to fight. Diego and Gono are top ten fighters; there just aren’t that many truly great fighters available at a given time, and with GSP and Serra facing each other and Hughes regrouping, who else is Fitch going to face?

As for Wilson, good job UFC finding a quality opponent for Fitch after Gono dropped out.

Off topic-has anyone heard who won the raffle for the octagon book?

[quote comment=”276872″][quote comment=”276860″]Hey Mania, where is the thing on the right side that shows who posted last and where for like the last 5 posts? It’s a good indicator of if someone might have responded to you, or where the main debate action is going on.[/quote]

Your wish is my command. We took it down for UFC 80 — sometimes it can slow down the site.[/quote]
That’s what im talkin about!! Man I was freakin out. I guess takin it down for times of big traffic is ok. You have my approval, proceed.

[quote comment=”276878″]The Anomaly, theres a limit to how many great fighters are available for Fitch to fight. Diego and Gono are top ten fighters; there just aren’t that many truly great fighters available at a given time, and with GSP and Serra facing each other and Hughes regrouping, who else is Fitch going to face?

As for Wilson, good job UFC finding a quality opponent for Fitch after Gono dropped out.[/quote]
I know what you mean, but it’s not like this is the first oppertunity that Fitch is deserving of somethign more, maybe a title shot, number one contendar spot, or whatever, and maybe he is already as John was saying, which would void my comments here, but I don’t think Diego is top ten, gono either, and if they are, then they are at teh bottom.
However, if John is right, if Fitch is next for a title shot, than big props to him here for taking this fight, if he already gets a title shot, this could only hurt him, way to man up, big time respect.

I don’t even know who wilson is, if he does beat fitch, wouldn’t it knock him down the ladder quite a bit, but if he lost to hughes or koscheck a top 5 guy, not much would change. Fitch really needs to fight koscheck(his buddy), hughes or karo to prove he deserves a title shot, if he can beat any of those 3 in my mind he deserves a shot at the winner of gsp/serra. As far as hughes goes I feel he should have to beat 2 top 5 guys to get another shot at the title.

[quote comment=”276874″][quote comment=”276869″][quote comment=”276858″]Well although this might be a tough fight agaisnt a worthy opponent, it doesnt seem to do much as far as advancing Fitch even if he wins.[/quote]

Anomaly: I agree that this fight wont do anything to advance fitch, but I really don’t think he needs any advancing. I don’t care what Karo says, I believe Fitch will get 1st crack at GSP after he unifies the title, so this fight could only hurt fitch, not advance him. As mania mentioned Fitch has to be carefull that Wilson doesn’t do to him what Houston Alexander did to jardine.

I will have to admit that I am not to familiar with Wilson, However I am familiar with the list of people mania posted that he has beaten and those are some impressive names for someone making their octagon Debut.

You gotta respect Fitch for being a “peoples” fighter, he didn’t have to fight again, he is next in line for the title, but he stepped up, wants to fight, and doesn’t turn down fights, unlike some Armenian that I know. Lets just hope Fitch
beats this dude, so that it can set up the BIG Time fight between fitch and GSP[/quote]
Oh alright well I didnt know that, if that’s true it kinda void’s my last two comments, I hope he is next in line, that’d satisfy eveything for me, I just never heard any concrete info on that.[/quote]

Anomaly: It isn’t set in stone that Fitch is next in line. Either him or Karo is next in line. But Karo was acting like he had a Title shot already locked up and didn’t want to fight anyone to risk loosing it. 2 weeks later it was announced that he was fighting at UFN, this leads me to believe that Joe Silva is still undecided about which 1 is truly next in line.
I strongly believe that Fitch will be the next #1 contender and not Karo…Keep in mind GSP already beat Karo. Karo had a weak showing against Chonan….and on the other hand Fitch is on Fire. Anomanaly, all the points u made are good and legit, especially since it hasn’t been announced that Fitch is next in line yet. With that said, dont be surprised if Karo and Fitch both win their next Fights, to see Fitch fighting for the title before Karo.

However u are correct. This is nothing concrete just speculation….I will be shocked if Fitch wins his next fight and doesn’t fight for the title before Karo

[quote comment=”276892″]I don’t even know who wilson is, if he does beat fitch, wouldn’t it knock him down the ladder quite a bit, but if he lost to hughes or koscheck a top 5 guy, not much would change. Fitch really needs to fight koscheck(his buddy), hughes or karo to prove he deserves a title shot, if he can beat any of those 3 in my mind he deserves a shot at the winner of gsp/serra. As far as hughes goes I feel he should have to beat 2 top 5 guys to get another shot at the title.[/quote]

Nathan the problem with that is GSP and Serra are busy fighting each other. Hughes just lost and is waiting for his shot at a title-less Serra. Kos wont fight him. He recently beat Diego, and Karo wants no parts of Fitch. So I think that they have to give Fitch the next title shot available.

Remember Fitch was more then willing to fight Karo to clear up this mess, but Mr. You KNow who the F I am…didnt want any parts of Fitch

[quote comment=”276912″][quote comment=”276874″][quote comment=”276869″][quote comment=”276858″]Well although this might be a tough fight agaisnt a worthy opponent, it doesnt seem to do much as far as advancing Fitch even if he wins.[/quote]

Anomaly: I agree that this fight wont do anything to advance fitch, but I really don’t think he needs any advancing. I don’t care what Karo says, I believe Fitch will get 1st crack at GSP after he unifies the title, so this fight could only hurt fitch, not advance him. As mania mentioned Fitch has to be carefull that Wilson doesn’t do to him what Houston Alexander did to jardine.

I will have to admit that I am not to familiar with Wilson, However I am familiar with the list of people mania posted that he has beaten and those are some impressive names for someone making their octagon Debut.

You gotta respect Fitch for being a “peoples” fighter, he didn’t have to fight again, he is next in line for the title, but he stepped up, wants to fight, and doesn’t turn down fights, unlike some Armenian that I know. Lets just hope Fitch
beats this dude, so that it can set up the BIG Time fight between fitch and GSP[/quote]
Oh alright well I didnt know that, if that’s true it kinda void’s my last two comments, I hope he is next in line, that’d satisfy eveything for me, I just never heard any concrete info on that.[/quote]

Anomaly: It isn’t set in stone that Fitch is next in line. Either him or Karo is next in line. But Karo was acting like he had a Title shot already locked up and didn’t want to fight anyone to risk loosing it. 2 weeks later it was announced that he was fighting at UFN, this leads me to believe that Joe Silva is still undecided about which 1 is truly next in line.
I strongly believe that Fitch will be the next #1 contender and not Karo…Keep in mind GSP already beat Karo. Karo had a weak showing against Chonan….and on the other hand Fitch is on Fire. Anomanaly, all the points u made are good and legit, especially since it hasn’t been announced that Fitch is next in line yet. With that said, dont be surprised if Karo and Fitch both win their next Fights, to see Fitch fighting for the title before Karo.

However u are correct. This is nothing concrete just speculation….I will be shocked if Fitch wins his next fight and doesn’t fight for the title before Karo[/quote]
Yeah that’s true, this could be like teh final test for the two, to see who passes there test better.

If karo and fitch win there next fights, they should fight each other, the winner is guaranteed a title shot.

besides diego , fitch really hasnt been tested, when are they gonna put him up against a real contender, a top 5 guy. Then we will see what this kids really got! Can you say RUDE AWAKENING??

[quote comment=”276912″][quote comment=”276874″][quote comment=”276869″][quote comment=”276858″]Well although this might be a tough fight agaisnt a worthy opponent, it doesnt seem to do much as far as advancing Fitch even if he wins.[/quote]

Anomaly: I agree that this fight wont do anything to advance fitch, but I really don’t think he needs any advancing. I don’t care what Karo says, I believe Fitch will get 1st crack at GSP after he unifies the title, so this fight could only hurt fitch, not advance him. As mania mentioned Fitch has to be carefull that Wilson doesn’t do to him what Houston Alexander did to jardine.

I will have to admit that I am not to familiar with Wilson, However I am familiar with the list of people mania posted that he has beaten and those are some impressive names for someone making their octagon Debut.

You gotta respect Fitch for being a “peoples” fighter, he didn’t have to fight again, he is next in line for the title, but he stepped up, wants to fight, and doesn’t turn down fights, unlike some Armenian that I know. Lets just hope Fitch
beats this dude, so that it can set up the BIG Time fight between fitch and GSP[/quote]
Oh alright well I didnt know that, if that’s true it kinda void’s my last two comments, I hope he is next in line, that’d satisfy eveything for me, I just never heard any concrete info on that.[/quote]

Anomaly: It isn’t set in stone that Fitch is next in line. Either him or Karo is next in line. But Karo was acting like he had a Title shot already locked up and didn’t want to fight anyone to risk loosing it. 2 weeks later it was announced that he was fighting at UFN, this leads me to believe that Joe Silva is still undecided about which 1 is truly next in line.
I strongly believe that Fitch will be the next #1 contender and not Karo…Keep in mind GSP already beat Karo. Karo had a weak showing against Chonan….and on the other hand Fitch is on Fire. Anomanaly, all the points u made are good and legit, especially since it hasn’t been announced that Fitch is next in line yet. With that said, dont be surprised if Karo and Fitch both win their next Fights, to see Fitch fighting for the title before Karo.

However u are correct. This is nothing concrete just speculation….I will be shocked if Fitch wins his next fight and doesn’t fight for the title before Karo[/quote]

It’s hard to say now…Karo is fighting someone with much more credentials than Fitch is fighting. It would have been close had he fought and beaten Gono who I believe is a step up from Chris Wilson (name recognition wise). Alves is a very good fighter and should put on a good fight against Karo. I think that Karo should get the next shot at the title because of this and because I actually feel bad that he lost out on his title shot a few years back because of injury. I think he’s been around long enough and fought some of the best in the division. It’d still be nice to see these two fight it out for the title shot though.

It looks like Xyience finally declared bankruptcy, not a surprise after many fighters were claiming that they were not getting paid.

Now this does not mean Xyience is done, they will receive protection from creditors while they can sell off assets, re-organize and obtain more funding.

The Las Vegas manufacturer and distributor of energy drink Xenergy, which sponsors the Ultimate Fighting Championship, has filed for bankruptcy protection amid claims of intimidation and death threats.

Xyience Inc., the energy drink company headquartered at 4572 Hacienda Ave., reported $42.3 million in liabilities and $5.3 million in assets. Xyience sells its energy drink through 230 convenience and grocery stores, mostly in the Southwest.

It also looks like Xyience owes Frank and Lorenzo Fertitta some cash:

Frank and Lorenzo Fertitta, members of the family that founded Station Casinos, own UFC. They also are creditors of Xyience with $12.5 million in unsecured claims and $5.3 million in secured claims, according to the bankruptcy filing.

Xyience gets Death Threats from Creditors:

“Those negotiations, however, were derailed by a campaign of intimidations and threats led by company founder and former CEO Mr. Pike, Terry Cardenas, Ronald Solomon and Rick Klingenberg,” he said.

“Associates of Mr. Pike and Mr. Klingenberg made threats of physical violence against Xyience management and board members and, on at least one occasion, showed up uninvited at the home of one member of management,” Sattar said in bankruptcy court filings.

“Mr. Klingenberg and his brother David Bergstrom stormed into the Xyience office, cornering (Chief Financial Officer) Michael Levy in an office and refusing to allow Mr. Levy to depart until their demands were met,” according to Sattar’s filing.

If their mother wasn’t paid, Klingenberg and Bergstrom said “somebody was going to … get killed,” Sattar said.

They demanded $20,000 “or else they would return the next day with guys who had a 100 percent collection rate,” according to Sattar’s filing.

The loser ISN’T a top contender and needs to win a couple more fights with TOP 5 guys to EARN another title shot IMO. Beating a lot of nobodies(karo) is nice for your record but I don’t really get how it qualifies you for a title shot. Karo should beat atleast 1 top guy to get his shot at the title. I apologize in advance to serra fans but in my mind he didn’t deserve a title shot, winning some show with a bunch of guys who aren’t top 10 hardly qualifies for a title shot to me. Anyone who gets a title shot SHOULD be a top contender, period.

Dont feel bad for Karo, he is only 25 years old. He will get his shots at titles.

Josh Koscheck beats Diego and the UFC awards Kos with GSP….and not even for the title. Now Fitch beats Diego, and everyone things he’s a lock at the title shot. How?? Koscheck fights GSP for the right for the title fight, and Fitch gets Chris Wilson??? C’Mon….this is crazy. Fitch’ll prolly have to fight again after this to get his title shot, I would think??

Awesome, Chris Wilson’s shot in the big show is long overdue and he more than definately deserves one.

I’m leary of the match-up tho, its not stylistically the best for his primarily stand-up arsenal, I’m afraid he won’t get the full shot to showcase his emmense talent if Fitch ends up deciding just to ground one out.

Karo goes off on Fitch & Diego
On TAGG Radio with Frank Trigg, the guest was Karo and he was heated! He said he wanted to send a message out to Jon Fitch, “Everybody think’s I’ve been dodging Jon Fitch and that’s not what happened at all man”

“I was never offered the fight, they never called. The UFC called me to fight Matt Hughes, I didn’t turn that fight down, why the f*** would I turn Jon Fitch? I would love to fight Jon Fitch, I got so many tools I can beat him with!

“I been fighting since I was 14 years old in Mexico against 23 year old men .. why the f*** would I be afraid to fight Jon Fitch?!?”

I watched Karo on HDNet earlier this month state that he wanted an easier opponent because he was offered a title shot already, he says now on TAGG that Thiago is just a better percentage of him winning. That he can beat Fitch but it’s just a harder fight.

Karo went on tell Fitch and his camp to “chill out, we’ll fight one day and to be careful what you wish for cause it just might come true!”

Karo was pissed! He even takes us on the forum to task. Go to http://www.Taggradio.com and listen to the last show in the archives, it’s about 1 hour 15 minutes in and you can fast foward to it.

Karo also talks about Diego where he says ” Diego can’t touch me if I’m in shape, I didn’t even train for him and almost won. I only want to fight him to anialhate him.”

What do you guys make of this?

If karo and fitch get past there next opponents I would love it if the ufc gives karo the option of fighting fitch, winner gets a title shot…guaranteed. And letting karo know he needs to fight either hughes,fitch or koscheck and beat one of them in order to get a title shot. He lost his title shot when he lost to diego in my mind and needs to beat some top competition to get another shot.

What the f-ck? Fitch is suppose to be the man next in line for a Welterweight title shot and he’s fighting a guy on his UFC debut????? I thought you had to be fighting the top tier talent to get a shot at the belt. This is definitely a step back, fighter wise, for Fitch.
Could of been better.
What a cop out…

[quote comment=”277029″]Karo goes off on Fitch & Diego
On TAGG Radio with Frank Trigg, the guest was Karo and he was heated! He said he wanted to send a message out to Jon Fitch, “Everybody think’s I’ve been dodging Jon Fitch and that’s not what happened at all man”

“I was never offered the fight, they never called. The UFC called me to fight Matt Hughes, I didn’t turn that fight down, why the f*** would I turn Jon Fitch? I would love to fight Jon Fitch, I got so many tools I can beat him with!

“I been fighting since I was 14 years old in Mexico against 23 year old men .. why the f*** would I be afraid to fight Jon Fitch?!?”

I watched Karo on HDNet earlier this month state that he wanted an easier opponent because he was offered a title shot already, he says now on TAGG that Thiago is just a better percentage of him winning. That he can beat Fitch but it’s just a harder fight.

Karo went on tell Fitch and his camp to “chill out, we’ll fight one day and to be careful what you wish for cause it just might come true!”

Karo was pissed! He even takes us on the forum to task. Go to http://www.Taggradio.com and listen to the last show in the archives, it’s about 1 hour 15 minutes in and you can fast foward to it.

Karo also talks about Diego where he says ” Diego can’t touch me if I’m in shape, I didn’t even train for him and almost won. I only want to fight him to anialhate him.”

What do you guys make of this?[/quote]
hahahhahahahahhahahhahhahaahhahahahahahahha, I love it….karo if your reading this your a PU$$Y, everyone knows it, shame you don’t, fitch would mop the floor with you.

Wow, this fight is such a disappointment. Give me a break.

And no offense to Chris Wilson, but Fitch has only fought one top 10 guy. If he wasn’t fighting for the title in his next fight, he needed to be fighting a guy like Karo or Davis.

This sucks.

Wow, THE Chris Wilson?

THIs is CRAZy!Fitch should be fighting someone better
WHY is FITCH getting SHAFTED?
Doesn’t he want to be DANa ’s *itch!?!?!?!

this fight sucks!!!!!

[quote comment=”277081″]THIs is CRAZy!Fitch should be fighting someone better
WHY is FITCH getting SHAFTED?
Doesn’t he want to be DANa ’s *itch!?!?!?!

this fight sucks!!!!![/quote]

Chris Wilson is going to Knock out Jon Fitch. Period.

This fight is going to be very explosive. Just for all of you that have been bashing Chris Wilson, be prepared, this guy is for real, and he is going to beat Jon Fitch.

There is life outside the UFC, and if you think this fight sucks, shows the lack of knowledge you have about this sport.

wow this is brutal

I am fighting Chris Wilson because he is the ONLY person to accept the fight. I could have sat out this fight and waited to fight on a later card but I have a lot of people that want to see me fight in Ohio. Dont want to let them down. You guys wouldnt believe how many people turned this fight down. This really isnt anyones fault except the guys that turned the fight down. I have only ever wanted to fight the best guys available. Chris is a tough guy and this will be a tough fight. Theres really nothing we can do about people not taking fights, Ive been dealing with this my whole career. So just be glad that I get to fight someone tough, name recognition or not.

Thanks Fitch. Chris Wilson is a helluva shirt notice replacement. Good luck!

[quote comment=”277137″]I am fighting Chris Wilson because he is the ONLY person to accept the fight. I could have sat out this fight and waited to fight on a later card but I have a lot of people that want to see me fight in Ohio. Dont want to let them down. You guys wouldnt believe how many people turned this fight down. This really isnt anyones fault except the guys that turned the fight down. I have only ever wanted to fight the best guys available. Chris is a tough guy and this will be a tough fight. Theres really nothing we can do about people not taking fights, Ive been dealing with this my whole career. So just be glad that I get to fight someone tough, name recognition or not.[/quote]
I see your point, wilson is a stand up guy for taking this fight on such short notice. It sucks when a guy gets injured, s**t happens sometimes. Fitch should get a title shot this year if he keeps winning his fights. In a perfect world if karo and fitch both win there nexts fights, I would like to see them fight each other and the winner guaranteed a title shot, that would make the most sense to me.

i lost all respect for Karo after his comments on INside MMA on HDNet. especially when he was saying that women have no place in MMA. i think he’s just upset because he knows that Gina Corrano would whip his ass.

another prey feed to fitch

For those saying Wilson is a chump and this fight sucks, calm down and wait. Wilson’s a solid replacement and he’ll definitely bring it.

War Fitch.

[quote comment=”277108″][quote comment=”277081″]THIs is CRAZy!Fitch should be fighting someone better
WHY is FITCH getting SHAFTED?
Doesn’t he want to be DANa ’s *itch!?!?!?!

this fight sucks!!!!![/quote]

Chris Wilson is going to Knock out Jon Fitch. Period.

This fight is going to be very explosive. Just for all of you that have been bashing Chris Wilson, be prepared, this guy is for real, and he is going to beat Jon Fitch.

There is life outside the UFC, and if you think this fight sucks, shows the lack of knowledge you have about this sport.[/quote]

It’s not a matter of bashing Chris Wilson, it’s more about where Fitch is at in his UFC career. He shouldn’t be fighting a guy making his “big organization” debut. (I don’t consider the IFL to be a major organization.) He should be fighting a top 10 guy, or fighting for the title.

After seeing Jon explain it, it’s obvious that neither of those options were available, so I can understand the decision now. And I still do respect him for taking this fight, because it won’t be easy, and he doesn’t have much to gain from it.

who the balls is chris wilson

[quote comment=”277290″][quote comment=”277108″][quote comment=”277081″]THIs is CRAZy!Fitch should be fighting someone better
WHY is FITCH getting SHAFTED?
Doesn’t he want to be DANa ’s *itch!?!?!?!

this fight sucks!!!!![/quote]

Chris Wilson is going to Knock out Jon Fitch. Period.

This fight is going to be very explosive. Just for all of you that have been bashing Chris Wilson, be prepared, this guy is for real, and he is going to beat Jon Fitch.

There is life outside the UFC, and if you think this fight sucks, shows the lack of knowledge you have about this sport.[/quote]

It’s not a matter of bashing Chris Wilson, it’s more about where Fitch is at in his UFC career. He shouldn’t be fighting a guy making his “big organization” debut. (I don’t consider the IFL to be a major organization.) He should be fighting a top 10 guy, or fighting for the title.

After seeing Jon explain it, it’s obvious that neither of those options were available, so I can understand the decision now. And I still do respect him for taking this fight, because it won’t be easy, and he doesn’t have much to gain from it.[/quote]

Jon is always a game dude and he will take a fight no matter what, I respect him for that. Its stupid how fighters like Tito Oritz wine and complain about who they fight. Fitch just shuts up and fights, and he wins. I do think Chris Wilson is going to knock him out, but I have been wrong many times before. Fitch is a fantastic wrestler and we all saw that against Diego Sanchez. I just think that Jon might end up getting bit by the upset bug and that Wilson is going to knock him out.

I undertand how a lot of people think the IFL is not a big organization, but they produce a lot of good fighters. I still want to know where Ben Rothwell is.

This is bull. Fitch has nothing to gain from this fight except for a paycheck. They couldn’t bring in Carlos Condit for one fight?

yo fitch good luck man, whoop some ass in there and get that title shot! we all respect you here and love that you will fight anyone at anytime. Good luck man!!!

[quote comment=”276869″][quote comment=”276858″]Well although this might be a tough fight agaisnt a worthy opponent, it doesnt seem to do much as far as advancing Fitch even if he wins.[/quote]

Anomaly: I agree that this fight wont do anything to advance fitch, but I really don’t think he needs any advancing. I don’t care what Karo says, I believe Fitch will get 1st crack at GSP after he unifies the title, so this fight could only hurt fitch, not advance him. As mania mentioned Fitch has to be carefull that Wilson doesn’t do to him what Houston Alexander did to jardine.

I will have to admit that I am not to familiar with Wilson, However I am familiar with the list of people mania posted that he has beaten and those are some impressive names for someone making their octagon Debut.

You gotta respect Fitch for being a “peoples” fighter, he didn’t have to fight again, he is next in line for the title, but he stepped up, wants to fight, and doesn’t turn down fights, unlike some Armenian that I know. Lets just hope Fitch
beats this dude, so that it can set up the BIG Time fight between fitch and GSP[/quote]

I agree. Fitch, in my opinion, has solidified himself as next in line, after GSP fights Serra. By ducking the Fitch fight, I feel that Karo has forfeit his place in front of him (if he even had one).

Being a Team Quest fighter, I am going to go ahead and guess that Wilson knows how to wrestle. Should be interesting to see how much better Fitch is on the ground.

hey i say that they should give karo hughes and fitch gsp/serra

So if Wilson wins this, he will be in the top 5?

Would love for the UFC to make some sort of ranking system…

[quote comment=”276930″]besides diego , fitch really hasnt been tested, when are they gonna put him up against a real contender, a top 5 guy. Then we will see what this kids really got! Can you say RUDE AWAKENING??[/quote]

WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hasnt been tested!!!!!!!!!!!!
Burkman
Alves
Sanchez
Florinti

Who has Karo beaten, or even Hughes beaten in the last year thats any good! Penn ( out of shape), Lytle

Fitch was firest thought to be a stepping stone, and now has easily become the number one contender
FITCH is teh true number one contender!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No matter waht any of you say.

[quote comment=”277137″]I am fighting Chris Wilson because he is the ONLY person to accept the fight. I could have sat out this fight and waited to fight on a later card but I have a lot of people that want to see me fight in Ohio. Dont want to let them down. You guys wouldnt believe how many people turned this fight down. This really isnt anyones fault except the guys that turned the fight down. I have only ever wanted to fight the best guys available. Chris is a tough guy and this will be a tough fight. Theres really nothing we can do about people not taking fights, Ive been dealing with this my whole career. So just be glad that I get to fight someone tough, name recognition or not.[/quote]
Well good luck with this fight, props for taking it when there is probably more to lose than there is to gain, hope you get the Win, I think most fans are in agreeal your time for mixin it up with the title is overdue.

I think this is harsh on Fitch, going in there with a guy like Wilson.

With tha standard of the UFC nowdays no-one is a bum so its risky for Fitch to be thrown in with the relativly unknown.

If he beats him it gets him no-where if he gets knocked out he is thrown right to the bottom of the ladder. He should have got Karo, Davies, Lyte, Swick, Hughes (i know some of these are already booked up) but he needs to beat another ‘name’.

Its a shame he’s tight with Kos because that is the sort of calibre fighter he should be in with.

Fitch should find a new fight camp! Lets face it out of Fitch, Kos and Swick, Fitch has the best chance of holding a title. If fitch is champ, and Kos earns a title shot, u really think kOs wont want to fiht Fitch……Of course he will, so Fitch should just leave now and just fight Kos and Fitch, who I think both fear him from having to practice with him every day

Speaking of UFC 82: Diego will not fight Roan Carnero because Roan has been injured. THey found Diego a new opponent:

MMAWeekly.com has learned that Diego Sanchez will now face Pride veteran David Bielkheden at UFC 82. He was originally scheduled to fight Brazilian fighter Roan Carneiro, but according to Sanchez, Carneiro was forced to withdraw due to an undisclosed illness.

Sanchez said several opponents were proposed to him, but it was Bielkheden who accepted the fight and will now make his Ultimate Fighting Championship debut.

Bielkhedhen will be the second Swedish fighter in the UFC, following in the footsteps of fellow countryman Per Eklund, who dropped a decision to Sam Stout at UFC 80.

Bielkheden comes into the fight off a stoppage victory over Nikola Matic at Lord of the Rings: Schilt vs. Guelmino.

“He’s a tough guy that comes forward and he fights out of American Top Team,” said Sanchez of his new opponent. “He has good ground and stand-up and was man enough to take the fight.”

Sanchez spoke to MMAWeekly about his thoughts on 2007 and what it meant for his career, he discussed his two losses and the new improved Diego Sanchez.

I think as soon as Fitch feels that Wilson has the advantage standing, he’ll take him down and GnP him for a TKO. I have so much more respect for Fitch whose actions speak louder than Karo’s sh*t talking words. I’m not even sure Karo deserves a shot at Fitch since Karo got beat by Diego while Fitch beat Diego. However, I think it would be an exciting fight to match their styles, but one that Fitch would win convincingly. Karo making excuses that he was out of shape when he fought Diego… well whose fault was that? He should be embarrassed to make that excuse… makes me lose more respect for him than if he just admitted that Diego was the better man that night.

Typical Fitch - Fighting the toughest guy available.

Chris who???
two words I like to see if the UFC and the powers that be know…Urijah Faber!!!
C’mon…we all wanna see if he can tangle in the big leagues.

[quote comment=”278107″]Chris who???
two words I like to see if the UFC and the powers that be know…Urijah Faber!!!
C’mon…we all wanna see if he can tangle in the big leagues.[/quote]

Are you asking for them to creat a 145lb weight class or to move him to 155? He’s a beast at 145!

Fitch - 5′ 7″ (170 cm) 155 (70 kg)
Faber - 5′ 6″ (168 cm) 145 lbs. (66 kg)
I think he could easily move up and fight at 155. His frame could handle the weight and would not impact his fighting ability. I’d imagine he walks around at 155 .

[quote comment=”278161″]Fitch - 5′ 7″ (170 cm) 155 (70 kg)
Faber - 5′ 6″ (168 cm) 145 lbs. (66 kg)
I think he could easily move up and fight at 155. His frame could handle the weight and would not impact his fighting ability. I’d imagine he walks around at 155 .[/quote]
do you mean jon fitch? if so your crazy. fitch is 6′ and walks around at 195-200. i like faber alot as well, but he would get handled by fitch.

[quote comment=”278107″]Chris who???
two words I like to see if the UFC and the powers that be know…Urijah Faber!!!
C’mon…we all wanna see if he can tangle in the big leagues.[/quote]

If they dont want to have a 145 lb division, that should at least move some of Urijah’s big fights onto the UFC card. Like Urijah vs. Pulver would be a great fight to throw onto the UFC card. Then again, Urijah is one of the major fighters of the WEC and taking him away from that might hurt the company.

[quote comment=”278161″]Fitch - 5′ 7″ (170 cm) 155 (70 kg)
Faber - 5′ 6″ (168 cm) 145 lbs. (66 kg)
I think he could easily move up and fight at 155. His frame could handle the weight and would not impact his fighting ability. I’d imagine he walks around at 155 .[/quote]

Yeah, I agree with b.w. and think maybe something’s getting lost in translation. Fitch is a HUGE Welterweight - there’s no way he could make 155.

NO…I’m saying that Faber should move up and fight at 155…read my comments in order and you’ll catch my drift. Didn’t mean to confuse anyone…I thought it made perfect sense.

[quote comment=”279044″]NO…I’m saying that Faber should move up and fight at 155…read my comments in order and you’ll catch my drift. Didn’t mean to confuse anyone…I thought it made perfect sense.[/quote]

Okay cool…it’s confusing because you say Fitch is 5′7″….Fitch is over 6′0″.

I hope fitch loses this.

Fitch and KOS don’t want fight eachother. I don’t like Karo at all but is he getting all the crap about fight selection and these two clown do what they want.

Go kris Wilson all the way.

By the way no one come close to GSP in this division.

Does it really make a difference if Fitch loses to a big name or a no name? He would drop ranks either way. I respect his attitude and style, which earns him more fans every day.

[quote comment=”279564″]I hope fitch loses this.

Fitch and KOS don’t want fight eachother. I don’t like Karo at all but is he getting all the crap about fight selection and these two clown do what they want.

Go kris Wilson all the way.

By the way no one come close to GSP in this division.[/quote]

Fitch and Kos aren’t fighting each other because they don’t want to tear their gym apart for one fight. Have you even considered the fact that they’re so successful because they have such great training partners. Karo won’t fight Fitch because he’s afraid to lose. Oh yeah and by the way, GSP is only on a one fight win streak. If no one came close, he’d be undefeated wouldn’t he!?

[quote comment=”280942″][quote comment=”279564″]I hope fitch loses this.

Fitch and KOS don’t want fight eachother. I don’t like Karo at all but is he getting all the crap about fight selection and these two clown do what they want.

Go kris Wilson all the way.

By the way no one come close to GSP in this division.[/quote]

Fitch and Kos aren’t fighting each other because they don’t want to tear their gym apart for one fight. Have you even considered the fact that they’re so successful because they have such great training partners. Karo won’t fight Fitch because he’s afraid to lose. Oh yeah and by the way, GSP is only on a one fight win streak. If no one came close, he’d be undefeated wouldn’t he!?[/quote]

OK GSP is on two fight win streak KOS and Hughes, He had a really bad fight everyone know what happened with serra was freak chance, He won the title and partied too much or whatever and lost sight of what really matters. If he loses to Serra again I will shave my left nut, no way its not going to happen. He’s too good. He is typical french canadian or as we like to Quebec oui vive le Quebec.

Anyways regarding Karo, KOS, And Fitch. An excuse is an excuse no matter how you explain it. You know what I’m glad Karo is not fighting Fitch so after Serra, GSP is going to beat the hell out Karo and Fitch doesn’t matter the order. GSP #1 everyone can fight for second place or how you the first loser.

[quote comment=”280977″][quote comment=”280942″][quote comment=”279564″]I hope fitch loses this.

Fitch and KOS don’t want fight eachother. I don’t like Karo at all but is he getting all the crap about fight selection and these two clown do what they want.

Go kris Wilson all the way.

By the way no one come close to GSP in this division.[/quote]

Fitch and Kos aren’t fighting each other because they don’t want to tear their gym apart for one fight. Have you even considered the fact that they’re so successful because they have such great training partners. Karo won’t fight Fitch because he’s afraid to lose. Oh yeah and by the way, GSP is only on a one fight win streak. If no one came close, he’d be undefeated wouldn’t he!?[/quote]

OK GSP is on two fight win streak KOS and Hughes, He had a really bad fight everyone know what happened with serra was freak chance, He won the title and partied too much or whatever and lost sight of what really matters. If he loses to Serra again I will shave my left nut, no way its not going to happen. He’s too good. He is typical french canadian or as we like to Quebec oui vive le Quebec.

Anyways regarding Karo, KOS, And Fitch. An excuse is an excuse no matter how you explain it. You know what I’m glad Karo is not fighting Fitch so after Serra, GSP is going to beat the hell out Karo and Fitch doesn’t matter the order. GSP #1 everyone can fight for second place or how you the first loser.[/quote]

Kind of funny - you say an excuse is an excuse, but then you go to list 20 excuses for why GSP lost to Serra. You showed your cards - you think GSP is God because he’s Canadian. Real MMA fans know he’s a beast….but they also know he’s beatable! Serra didn’t get lucky - he landed punch after punch until GSP was out - that’s not luck!

I’m not saying he’ll be GSP again, but he certainly did that night! If you don’t think Fitch has a chance against GSP, then you’re only in it to cheer for your fellow Canuck. Fitch is a dangerous oppenent for ANYONE at 170lbs!

To:TonyDrip

Dude everyone is beatable if not odd makers will determine the fight not the fighters. I think eveyone has a chance with another person sure.

Realistically GSP at his best can not be beaten by any onther fighter in WW division not even your boy fitch. I like GSP and yes I am canadian so what. If anyone comes and I think they are better than GSP I would say it but I would still cheer for my fellow canadian.

I look at all the division and they are wide open, I look at WW division and GSP is the only one that stands out head and shoulders above the competition not saying this cause I like him I say this thats the way it.

I hope GSP ko’s fitch so it would knock some sense into you.

This is going to be a hard fight for both guys. Chris Wilson ain’t no sleeper. He’s going to bring his A game against this guy.

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