Jon Fitch has a new blog entry up on UFC.com in which he discusses his training at AKA in preparation for the bout with Georges St. Pierre at UFC 87 next Saturday. Sounds like he’s none too pleased about all this GSP-B.J. Penn talk, as if it’s just a given that St. Pierre will walk though him en route to another meeting with “The Prodigy”:
Working like we do, when people are talking about how good certain fighters are, one of our first questions is, ‘who does he train with?’ That’s always a big question because I don’t care how good you are; if you don’t train with anybody at your level, you’re very limited in how good you can be and how good you actually are.
Outside of training, I’ve heard some talk over the last few weeks about BJ Penn moving up to 170 to fight GSP at the end of the year. Of course, they’ve forgotten that GSP has a fight with me first. But that just shows you where some people really are still in this sport and how they still have no idea what’s going on. There are a lot of so-called experts out there, but they know nothing about the sport. They’re spectators on the outside watching the sport through a telescope, and they think they’re on the inside and know everything, but they don’t. You can’t let that stuff bother you though. I think it’s funny and it’s just that little extra pleasure at the end of the day when you win and all those people are exposed.
Are we supposed to take this to mean that Fitch thinks GSP is generally overrated? We certainly hope not. Fitch’s win streak and overall skills make him deserving of the respect he’s getting, but so is GSP. Of all the strategic errors you could make when facing the welterweight champ, underestimating him really shouldn’t be one of them. Even if you are right behind him in the all-important Cage Potato Power Rankings.
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GSP is a true best pound for pound fighter. That DEVIL guy doesn’t know what he’s talking about. Records for having straight wins doesn’t amount to being best pound for pound. Just think about it, he dominated those that got “lucky” against him during his rematches. Hughes got lucky with the armbar and Serra got lucky with a right hand punch but during the rematches, GSP DOMINATED THEM. C’mon, the only way Fitch can win this is if he gets LUCKY too. Fitch has a good straight win record right now but he hasn’t really fought against ANYBODY WORTHY. GSP has shown his superb skills against the best of the best in the UFC such as BJ Trigg, Kocheck, Sherk, and the Legendary Matt Hughes. I have alot of respect for Fitch but I really don’t think he’s ready for GSP.