Jon Fitch: "I think right now I’m a better fighter than him(GSP)"

http://www.mmamania.com/2010/3/1/1331667/jon-fitch-thiago-alves-is-a-fight
"I’ve made huge improvements in my last year of training. I think I’m at the point where I can technically matchup with [Georges St. Pierre] and I think I can beat him. I think right now I’m a better fighter than him. I’m just waiting for the opportunity to prove it. [Thiago Alves] is a very powerful guy with great leg kicks. Since the last time we fought he has grown mentally. He is just all-around a stronger opponent mentally and physically since we last met. It’s going to be a hell of a fight and I believe it’s a fight I need to prove that I deserve a rematch against GSP."

If he beats Alves again you'd think he'd get a title shot.

The only other option you'd argue is Kos or Thiago maybe?

Fitch since losing to GSP
Wins- Gono, Thiago, Pierce, & Alves*
Losses- none

Kos since losing to GSP
Wins- Haz, Lytle, Yoshida, Trigg, Johnson
Losses- Alves, Thiago

Thiago's UFC career
Wins- Kos, Volkmann, Swick
Losses- Fitch

Or maybe Daley if he beats Kos
Wins- Kampmann & Haz

Nope.

Fitch is a great fighter, but GSP is better than him in every single way, literally.

And I see no reason why the winner of Fitch/Thiago doesn't get next shot whether they've already been beaten down or not. Kos when he beats Daley has some say, but with a loss to Paulo mixed in, he's behind the other two guys IMO.

Fitch/Thiago winner vs. GSP

Kos vs. Thiago rematch

Fitch is probably going to decline and never be thought more of than he is now.

Wolfgangsta wrote:

Fitch is probably going to decline and never be thought more of than he is now.

You really believe that?

Fitch is just overshadowed by GSP, as other very good WWs will be in the GSP era.

Fitch would probably give a Prime Hughes a run for his money

It is tough to see him peek anymore than he already has. Doesn't necessarily mean he is going to significantly drop off anytime soon though.

He isn't as athletic as the new guys coming in, and AKA fighters are becoming stale lately in this weight class with Swick's shit performances and Kos being inconsistant, in addition to Fitch barely avoiding the KO against Christmas or whoever that was.

He also beat Thiago who we know is very good and Pierce is really solid anyways

Well, he's wrong but Fitch is easily #2 in that weight class overall IMO.

Talking about GSP is a mistake in my opion with a big fight versus Alves looming but I do like his confidence.

Sucks cause alves will put him to sleep.

Fitch is like a WW version of Kenny Florian.

Wolfgangsta wrote:

Fitch is like a WW version of Kenny Florian.

What

A wrestler with a very good top game and control that has ever improving stand up vs a well rounded MT striker/BJJ type guy that is know for elbows.

Or maybe you mean their spot in the division? Fitch is a clear top 3 WW and has proven it with an 11-1 record wth wins over Alves, Sanchez, & Thiago. Florian on the other hand is probably top 5, but hasn't faced anyone in the top 10 besides Penn and Sherk who he lost to.

If Fitch wins he should get a fight with GSP. That being said I don't see him beating GSP ever.

He may have the best chance in the division right now but I dont thing he beats Alves in the rematch.

I am talking about their places in their divisions, where they have the skills to beat anyone, but lack the physical attributes to beat the champs.

Yeah Fitch isn't the KenFlo of the WW division, there isn't really another fighter like Fitch in the other divisions that I can think of.

This trash talk is wholly unnecessary for Fitch. Why talk shit about a guy who ran roughshod through you??? Stupid.

The sad thing for Fitch and the rest of the WW contendors is that GSP is only 28. They better hope he moves to MW permanently and vacates the WW belt.

Bigs03 wrote:

This trash talk is wholly unnecessary for Fitch. Why talk shit about a guy who ran roughshod through you??? Stupid.

How is that trash talking or talking shit? It was an interview and he was asked about how he thinks he would fare in a rematch. What is he supposed to say? In the next question in the interview he says of GSP "He is elite. He is the top dog. You don’t really have to explain how good he is."

I hate fighters talking shit about others and I will admit that I base my favorite fighters on who the "nice guy" is far more than actual fighting ability. I don't know how you can perceive this as talking shit about GSP.

looks like Wolfy and Hardy think alike on AKA:
http://www.mmamania.com/2010/3/2/1333049/ufc-quick-quote-jon-fitch-isnt
"I've beaten everyone the UFC has put in front of me; I've never turned down a fight and I am not about to now. I would have been happy having a couple more fights before getting my shot, but I was offered a spot as a late replacement against Mike Swick in a final eliminator in November, accepted, and beat him up. It's funny Swick is now moaning that I didn't deserve this shot. Swick should have kept his mind off me and on his last opponent, Paulo Thiago, and maybe he wouldn't have been beaten again…. I've won four UFC bouts to get here, not-so-great Nate had three, none of which were against world-beaters. I am very amused Josh Koscheck is still bitching his lungs out that he deserves a title shot, not me. British fans will know Koscheck as the Fraggle-haired guy who got sparked out in one round in London a year ago, only to take his loss out on an innocent chair backstage, scoring a split decision points win over the unsuspecting piece of furniture. If you've forgotten that fight (and if you blinked, you'd have missed it) you'll see something very similar in May when Paul Daley knocks him out. Koscheck says I have beaten nobodies but my latest win was over his supposed friend and teammate in Swick. How loyal. That's why Jon Fitch isn't improving, why Koscheck has so many one-sided losses on his record and why Swick will never fight for a title. They aren't really a team, they don't have each others' best interests at heart and clearly there's a lack of respect in that gym."

Yo where do you think I stole all that from.






JK...