Ben Saunders vs Jon Fitch

Ok, the problem with giving Fitch a title shot is that he has no offensive way to win that fight. He doesn't have great submissions, his takedowns are good, but not good enough to take down GSP, his standup is solid, but he's not knocking anyone out anytime soon. He just hasn't got what it takes to make the fight interesting. Ironically, he's clearly the 2nd best welterweight, but he can't conceivably beat GSP. Yet there are some WAAAAAAAYYY worse fighters, like Dan Hardy, Anthony Johnson, Dustin Hazelett, Paul Daley, etc. who would have better odds of beating GSP than Fitch.

chorky777 wrote:

Ok, the problem with giving Fitch a title shot is that he has no offensive way to win that fight. He doesn't have great submissions, his takedowns are good, but not good enough to take down GSP, his standup is solid, but he's not knocking anyone out anytime soon. He just hasn't got what it takes to make the fight interesting. Ironically, he's clearly the 2nd best welterweight, but he can't conceivably beat GSP. Yet there are some WAAAAAAAYYY worse fighters, like Dan Hardy, Anthony Johnson, Dustin Hazelett, Paul Daley, etc. who would have better odds of beating GSP than Fitch.

Nah, they all have an equal chance at beating GSP. He's WAY better than each one of them.

"White tells us if Saunders wins against Fitch, he'll get a title shot with Georges St-Pierre."

http://www.tmz.com/2010/03/25/ufc-replaces-thiago-alves-on-fight-ben-saunders-georges-st-pierre/


ehh

Yesterday at the press conference a fan asked DW if Saunders was close to a title shot and DW said something along the lines of him being a few fights away from a title fight. Of course a win over Fitch should catapult him to a title shot. Fitch wins this fight though, so Ben better be looking for a fight with Ellenberger next. Killa B will BEE on a two fight skid. I hate his nickname. If it was Killer Bee then it would be okay. just saying

Dana knows that's a pretty safe statement, Saunders isn't beating Fitch.

bigbeastcardinal12 wrote:

Yesterday at the press conference a fan asked DW if Saunders was close to a title shot and DW said something along the lines of him being a few fights away from a title fight. Of course a win over Fitch should catapult him to a title shot. Fitch wins this fight though, so Ben better be looking for a fight with Ellenberger next. Killa B will BEE on a two fight skid. I hate his nickname. If it was Killer Bee then it would be okay. just saying

I'm pretty sure Dana said nothing about him anywhere near a title shot. I watched the same presser. He talked about how memorable the knees were in that one fight. Dana didn't name the other fighter. It was Wolf or something like that. If I remember correctly he basically said Saunders is a good fighter and to watch out for him, but didn't mention a title shot.