Topic: Fitch vs. Hendricks
Fitch vs. Hendricks
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09.13.2011 | 4:37 AM ET
Prediction: wrong Fitch wrong Decision
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- wolfmanhowl
01.01.2012 | 7:34 PM ET
Prediction: correct Hendricks correct KO/TKO wrong Round 3
i think we wil see fitch only on ufc fight nights for his next couple of fights.
01.02.2012 | 8:35 AM ET
Prediction: wrong Fitch wrong Decision
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01.02.2012 | 9:31 AM ET
Prediction: wrong Fitch wrong Decision
"“Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.” ― Oscar Wilde"
01.02.2012 | 12:12 PM ET
Prediction: wrong Fitch wrong Decision
Dana White was masterful in matching the #2 WW with an unranked fighter. It was a no-win fight for Fitch. Which is what it was supposed to be. And by getting caught, Fitch is now screwed completely. Which is what Dana White was hoping for. Kudos to White for his masterful manipulating of the rankings. Haven't seen this degree of crap since the heyday of Don King in boxing's bad old days.
Now, Mr. White can feed Fitch a steady stream of newcomers. No more big names for Fitch. All his fights will be no-win matches, whereby if he wins, he was supposed to win, and if he loses . . .
Congrats, Mr. White. You really understand the fine points of running an entertainment business.
The big loser? MMA's evolving into a legitimate sport. Pity. MMA deserves so much more.
But karma is a *****. Dana lost his cash-cow in Brock Lesnar. Boo hoo, Mr. White. Couldn't happen to a nicer man.
* Edited at 01.02.2012, 12:13 PM ET *
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01.02.2012 | 1:37 PM ET
Prediction: correct Hendricks wrong Decision
There's no way that Hendricks did not deserve a fight with Fitch, and he proved it by starching him. Jon Fitch was extremely overrated, and has now fallen to the middle of the pack which is where he really belongs. He is not a world beater.
The only way your arguments would make sense is if Fitch had never gotten a title shot in the first place. No one is screwing him, he lost a fight. There are other guys at 170 that can and probably will beat him. Should he not have to fight them as well?
* Edited at 01.02.2012, 1:41 PM ET *
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01.02.2012 | 1:44 PM ET
Prediction: wrong Fitch wrong Decision
Infact, @Jodybanman is a perfect example. You have Hendricks ranked 4TH! That shows how valuable a win over Fitch is too you, so stop being a hypocrite and saying Fitch is a 'middle' tier fight because youve shown you know he isnt. If anyones opinion is biased, its yours. When Serra knocked out GSP, he didnt become my number 1 welterweight. Hendricks wont overtake Fitch this time either, until he faces another top 10 and beats them.
* Edited at 01.02.2012, 1:47 PM ET *
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01.02.2012 | 1:49 PM ET
Prediction: wrong Fitch wrong Decision
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01.02.2012 | 1:49 PM ET
Prediction: correct Hendricks wrong Decision
"I don't want to have to do this living. I just walk around. I want to be swept off my feet, you know? I want my children to have magical powers. I am prepared for amazing things to happen. I can handle it."
01.02.2012 | 7:52 PM ET
Prediction: wrong Fitch wrong Decision
To continue to assert that Johny Hendricks deserved to fight Fitch is your right. But the opinion is wrong. Just wrong. He had done nothing to merit such a humongous, massive jump. He had lost to Story, and beat Pierce and Brenneman. So, where are the credentials to support your assertion?? Because I don't see them. I say they aren't there. They don't exist.
Just as Matt Serra was completely undeserving of a title shot against GSP. The fact that both Hendricks and Serra happened to get in a shot and win the fights does not in any way whatsoever change the fact that they had no credentials to earn a title shot. Sports is chock full of upsets. By the way, the UFC has admitted that Serra was undeserving of a title shot by changing their rules and not allowing the winners of TUF to get automatic title shots anymore. What a moronic rule in the first place!!!
Most informed fans agree that contenders should be forced to earn their way up the ladder to face better and better opponents. Some fans disagree. They are entitled to be the minority dissent.
To bump Hendricks all the way to fourth rank based on a win over Fitch speaks volumes of how valuable you give a win over Fitch. Your reasoning is upside down but that's fine. Your opinion on Fitch is upside down. You are rightside up! Your opinion has every right to be upside down. As are we all. If I am upside down in my loyalty to Jon Fitch, so be it. I'm loyal that way.
* Edited at 01.02.2012, 7:57 PM ET *
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01.02.2012 | 8:04 PM ET
Prediction: correct Hendricks wrong Decision
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01.02.2012 | 8:07 PM ET
Prediction: wrong Fitch wrong Decision
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01.02.2012 | 8:09 PM ET
Prediction: correct Hendricks wrong Decision
I was excited about the Hendricks fight from day one, because I knew that stylistically he had a good chance to beat Fitch. Fitch and some of his fans griped about Fitch having to lower himself to fighting a guy of Hendricks purportedly low stature, but not me. I understand that the way the sport works is you don't always get to fight the guys you want due to scheduling conflicts, or even the whims of the matchmaker. Fitch's trajectory wasn't so high that any of those complaints had any merit, in my opinion. Fitch had the opportunity to fight a top guy in Penn and didn't win.
The ladder goes both ways, you can't always be climbing over people, sometimes people climb over you.
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01.02.2012 | 8:50 PM ET
Prediction: wrong Fitch wrong Decision
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01.02.2012 | 8:58 PM ET
Prediction: wrong Fitch wrong Decision
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01.02.2012 | 9:50 PM ET
Prediction: wrong Fitch wrong Decision
Fitch didn't get another title shot because he didn't beat BJ. If you can't beat BJ, you can't beat GSP and it doesn't take a genius to figure that out.
Maybe Fitch will now find a new sense of urgency in his career and upgrade his gameplan to include the possibility of finishes.
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01.02.2012 | 11:56 PM ET
Prediction: wrong Fitch wrong Decision
Of course Dana doesn't want to see him getting fights against high profile people, exactly because he IS so good. Everybody knows that Fitch isn't good enough to beat GSP, but he may be good enough to beat potential challengers that the UFC is building to fight the champ. It's business, and until the UFC is in the same position as the other major sport organizations, they have to handle fighters like Fitch they way they have been.
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01.03.2012 | 1:23 AM ET
Prediction: wrong Fitch wrong Decision
The UFC is a business. It's business is fighting. It should match name guys against other name guys they haven't fought yet. As the rising stars start win streaks, give them the best of the other rising stars and then the name guys.
White does a very good job but with Fitch, he's an *******. No one is perfect.
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01.07.2012 | 6:05 PM ET
Prediction: wrong Fitch wrong Decision
Also by threating Fitch as a high level gatekeeper Dana can create contenders.
It is not ranking manipulation but running a business. Yes the UFC same as the movies, music, books, newspapers and a ton of others is a business and people tend to forget that. Fitch is much more valuable as a high level gatekeeper than a contender since he has high chance of beating exciting prospects in the top 10 and his GSP fight would not be marketable. I know it may not seem fair to Fitch but its not that Dana wanted to screw him over. Simply they have found the best role for him in their opinion. Unfortunately for someone to win someone else has to loose.
Also its not like Fitch can generate some hype about him. He doesnt even have to change his fighting style as Chael showed since his style is very similar with the differance being that he doesnt tap every time he even hears the word guillotine.
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