How does George Sotiropolous match up against Bj, Kenny, and Frankie?

I think George Sotiropolous is soon going to be in a title fight. His jiu-jitsu is amazing and his striking is improving a lot. That said if he were to be matched up against those guys, how do you think he would do?

I can say that i def have him taking kenny. The other 2 fights are pretty close for me.

He hasn't had his test with the elite wrestler yet, Stevenson was probably the best wrestler he has face, and that fight wasn't even good it was so one sided. I think he beats Kenny, is game against Penn(wouldn't surprise me if he beat him on the feet or on the mat), Edgar though is a tough call right now.

Super Penn beats him but he'd beat down the disinterested Penn we've seen lately, Kenny doesn't match him in explosiveness, but Frankie is too fast and too much.

All three of those guys beat him right now. Kenny beats him standing. BJ does whatever he wants to with him. Frankie does his thing.

I would pick Penn to beat George before I would Frankie and Kenny.

I wouldn't pick him in any of those fights.

George poses a problem for anyone he faces...anyone who says anything otherwise has obviously not watched his fights.

Not saying i'd pick him in those fights, but he'd make it a good, tough fight for any of them.

i honestly think he would maul kenny on the ground. His jits is amazing.

His jitz and more importantly his athleticism. We've seen Kenny destroy good fighters, but he loses to the stronger, explosive, athletic guys who can bully right through him.

I think frankie is the Jose Alsdo and Dominick Cruz of the lw division. He is just too fast and will be real hard to beat. Wrestlers are the only ones with a chance and they need better wrestling than frankie to beat him. Gray has a chance but I think Frankie keeps the fight standing much more this time around.

His JJ is solid. I think his boxing might be the most underrated today. He has brought a fully unique striking game in his past 3 fights and it has been rather effective against his opponents. I really like seeing him fight.

Wolfgangsta wrote:

Super Penn beats him but he'd beat down the disinterested Penn we've seen lately, Kenny doesn't match him in explosiveness, but Frankie is too fast and too much.

I agree with this, but wonder how Edgar deals with George's length... I don't think Edgar wins that fight hands down. The question was asked about Edgar, BJ and Kenny... But what about Gray? Damn good chance that he would be facing Gray... I think Gray's strength and wrestling would be too much for George as well.

i think George's guard is tops in the LW division. His rubber guard will present a lot of problems for guys who think the can just lay on him and beat him up from inside his guard. The work he has put in with eddie bravo is really making a huge difference. All these guys are saying the guard is dead, the problem is they aren't caught up with new techniques. If you fight an eddie bravo trained fighter and aren't used to rolling with guys who have a sick rubber guard game then you will be in trouble.

In 12-18 months Aussie George, Evan Dunham, and a couple other guys will officially be riding over a group of over 30 years old fighters, including my man Kenny.

Andrew the Raider King wrote:

In 12-18 months Aussie George, Evan Dunham, and a couple other guys will officially be riding over a group of over 30 years old fighters, including my man Kenny.

Not quite. Give'em more like 3 years. And I'm assuming John "Haddaway" Hathaway is one of those other guys you didn't name.

Let's not forget that George is over 30 himself. He's not some young buck coming up.

He only started fighting in 04 though, so he is a bit "younger" as a fighter.

Dunham will be over 30 in a year or two, and George is the same age as Kenny I think.

Aussie George is 33 but is improving at a rapid rate. After he wins his next fight he should fight Kenny and if he wins that he should get a title shot.

rumors of lauzon as his next opponent

freakzilla316ftw wrote:

Aussie George is 33 but is improving at a rapid rate. After he wins his next fight he should fight Kenny and if he wins that he should get a title shot.

I would even say give him a title fight if he wins his next fight against anybody really, and Dunham is like the guy who should win two fights for the shot, as long as their opponents are decent that is, there are very few names above theirs right now in ufc. Keep churning new challengers out while other dudes like Kenny, BJ, Gomi, Loser of then next title fight or who ever else is looking good sort out the next batch of contenders.