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Your going against your boy BJ..
Im Gay.
Main Card Bouts:
-B.J. Penn (13-5-1; #3 Lightweight)* vs. Kenny Florian (12-3; #6 Lightweight)*
-Anderson Silva (24-4; #1 Middleweight) vs. Forrest Griffin(18-5; #3 Light Heavyweight)*
-Amir Sadollah (5-0) vs. Johny Hendricks (5-0)
-Ricardo Almeida (10-3) vs. Kendall Grove (12-5)
-Kurt Pellegrino (13-4) vs. Josh Neer (25-7-1)
Aaron Riley vs. Shane Nelson
Tamdan McCrory vs. John Howard
Alessio Sakara vs. Thales Leites
Matt Riddle vs. Dan Cramer
George Sotiropoulos vs. Rob Emerson
Jesse Lennox vs. Danillo Villefort
HAHAHA DB!!
my 5. why not, this is the perfect card for upsets...
Last edited by dallaskd; 10-27-2009 at 09:54 PM.
Your going against your boy BJ..
Im Gay.
Last edited by dallaskd; 10-27-2009 at 09:55 PM.
I know. I love Penn, but I love Kenny's at ude and how much he has progessed since being picked last on TUF at MIDDLEWEIGHT when he wasnt even supposed to be on the show in the first place. I think that's awesome. Penn is one of my favorites. But right now I just want to tell him shut up or win.
Good points, Kenny is a great fighter, this should be a war. I just feel BJ is the best at 155 and wants a big win badly after the GSP fight. If he loses this fight, his main event status may be gone..
Amir looks good - faster. The drop to 170 should work out well for him.
Preview of the countdown show and other vids is up at UFC.com
BJ, Mousasi, and Fedor
Nice Leonard..
Can't post the UFC clips from their site and youtube keeps pulling those down, it's annoying..
BJ looks ready for this..
UFC will make pobably the same agreement that NBA did with youtube, or they will just quit. You can't stop it.
wow - Fedor does not look very much bigger then BJ
UFC 101 Call Notes: Penn, Florian, Griffin, Silva
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
A lightweight le fight between champion B.J. Penn and challenger Kenny Florian will headline UFC 101 on Aug. 8 at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia. UFC middleweight leholder Anderson Silva is also on the card; he’ll take on Forrest Griffin in an intriguing 205-pound bout.
Notes from the 101 conference call Tuesday:
Penn’s primary motivation
“It’s gotta be the previous fight,” said B.J. Penn, referencing his loss to Georges St. Pierre. “It’s gotta be getting by butt kicked and wanting to come back and get back to form.”
Penn mentioned the GSP greasing allegations fiasco and said upcoming opponent Kenny Florian had made him look like a liar: “It was a double whammy on me. Everything was just kind of building up on me and irritating me a lot. But besides that, I lost my last fight and I want to get back in there. … I want to get in the ring and I want to take care of business.”
For the GSP fight, Penn believes he trained too long. It was his dream fight and he said he might have started preparation too soon and burned himself out. He’s training differently now.
As for saying Florian made him look like a liar, Penn was referencing a text message he said Florian sent Dave Weintraub prior to the Penn-GSP bout. Weintraub was in Hawaii, working on a book about Penn. Penn said Florian texted Weintraub and told him that GSP greases. That warning, Penn said, led to his camp notifying the Nevada State Athletic Commission prior to the fight that GSP should be watched for greasing. Florian later denied sending a text about GSP, though, which Penn feels made him look like a liar.
On Tuesday, Florian acknowledged that he had sent Weintraub a text about greasing. However, Florian said the fighter he was speaking about was Roger Huerta, not GSP: “It had nothing to do with Georges.”
Getting personal
“I don’t know how I get caught up in this stuff,” Penn answered when asked about the personal animosity that has surrounded his recent bouts. “It’s unbelievable.”
The UFC lightweight champion said he really didn’t like Sherk for “cheating” and the back-and-forth with GSP started when he was hyping the fight. Then, Penn said, the “UFC Primetime” show wanted to portray him as an asshole instead of someone preparing for a super fight and then Dana White butted in with the business about Penn not training properly and being surrounded by yes-men. That’s Penn’s account, and his point is that everything has been blown out of proportion.
He’s pissed at the media, too.
“I didn’t like how the media portrayed me after the GSP fight,” Penn said, specifically mentioning MMA Weekly, Sherdog and MMA Junkie. “I’m done working with you guys.”
With that said, Penn sounded ambivalent about building the Florian fight around personal or contrived hostility. He brought up the Weintraub text first but then later suggested it was insignificant when it comes down to two top-notch lightweights fighting for a le.
Silva-Griffin
Not much new from Anderson Silva or Forrest Griffin. As always on these calls, Griffin sounded as if he’d rather be clinging to a donut float in the middle of the Arctic Ocean than speaking to a bunch of media types. Who could blame him?
The former UFC 205-pound champ did say that it would be key to stay as loose and relaxed as Silva. You can’t be too aggressive, Griffin said, and you can’t follow him around either. Steady pressure, know you’ll get hit and miss, make him carry your weight -- that kind of thing.
“I know if I bring the game I’m capable of,” Griffin said, “it’ll be a good fight.”
Silva had to deal with more questions about his recent performances, which have been deemed lackluster by many.
Again he attributed that perception to ignorance on behalf of viewers and lame strategy on behalf of opponents, but he was nicer in how he said it.
Ed Soares, his manager and interpreter, said Silva would defend his 185 le against valid contenders but that he is most interested in “history-making” fights regardless of weight.
I think outside of the media's eye, Penn is a cool dude that puts a lot of work into his art, but I think this will be the fight that marks his decline. I won't be surprised if "Florini" finds a way to tough it out...then he'll get his ass whooped by Diego in his first le defense. I think it'd be a beautiful way to show Diego's journey coming full circle (since TUF), like a violent and bloody movie of the week. GO DIEGO!!!
Diego has improved tremendously, but I'm not sure it's been as big of an improvement as Ken's.
Kenny on Sportscenter
Main Card Bouts:
-B.J. Penn (13-5-1; #3 Lightweight)* vs. Kenny Florian (12-3; #6 Lightweight)*
-Anderson Silva (24-4; #1 Middleweight)*
vs. Forrest Griffin (18-5; #3 Light Heavyweight)*
-Amir Sadollah (5-0) vs. Johny Hendricks (5-0)
-Ricardo Almeida (10-3) vs. Kendall Grove (12-5)
-Kurt Pellegrino (13-4) vs. Josh Neer (25-7-1)
Main Card Bouts:
B.J. Penn vs. Kenny Florian
Anderson Silva vs. Forrest Griffin
Amir Sadollah vs. Johny Hendricks
Ricardo Almeida vs. Kendall Grove
Kurt Pellegrino vs. Josh Neer
Preliminary Bouts:
Aaron Riley vs. Shane Nelson
Tamdan McCrory vs. John Howard
Alessio Sakara vs. Thales Leites
Matt Riddle vs. Dan Cramer
George Sotiropoulosvs. Rob Emerson
Jesse Lennox vs. Danillo Villefort
UFC 101 Countdown" event preview show debuts Aug. 4 on e TV
http://mmajunkie.com/news/15665/ufc-...n- e-tv.mma
The UFC's traditional event-preview show returns Aug. 4 with a look at "UFC 101: Declaration."
"UFC 101 Countdown," which focuses on UFC lightweight champ B.J. Penn and main-event opponent and top contender Kenny Florian, airs at 11 p.m. ET/PT with replays on Aug. 6 (2 a.m. ET/PT) and Aug. 8 (6 p.m. ET/PT).
UFC 101 takes place Aug. 8 at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia.
In addition to the Penn vs. Florian le fight, UFC 101 – the first UFC event in the state of Pennsylvania – also features UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva vs. former light-heavyweight champion Forrest Griffin in a 205-pound non- le fight. The show, which has already broken the state's live-gate record for combat sports, airs on pay-per-view.
The full UFC 101 lineup includes:
MAIN CARD
Champ B.J. Penn vs. Kenny Florian (for UFC lightweight le)
Champ Anderson Silva vs. Forrest Griffin (non- le fight)
Johny Hendricks vs. Amir Sadollah
Ricardo Almeida vs. Kendall Grove
Josh Neer vs. Kurt Pellgrino
PRELIMINARY CARD
Shane Nelson vs. Aaron Riley
John Howard vs. Tamdan McCrory
Thales Leites vs. Alessio Sakara
Dan Cramer vs. Matthew Riddle
George Roop vs. George Sotiropoulos*
Jesse Lennox vs. Danillo Villefort
B.J. Penn (13-5)
The man known as “The Prodigy” is fighting for the first time since moving up to welterweight to try and regain the le from Georges St. Pierre at UFC 94. Penn accused GSP of greasing his shoulders so Penn couldn’t get a good grip with his legs, but this takes away from the fact that Penn just got beaten for the second time by a better fighter, and he was out of his comfort zone, which is 155 pounds. Penn is a great grappler, but his striking is underrated, and his all-around skills are the reason why he’s the favorite in your offshore sportsbook.
Kenny Florian (11-3)
Florian has won his last six fights, four of which came by submission. Florian defeated former champion Joe Stevenson with a rear-naked choke at UFC 91 to become the No.1 contender for the lightweight crown. This is his second shot at the belt, as he lost to Sean Sherk back at UFC 64, but he hasn’t lost since. Florian has admitted that he looks up to Penn, who is one of the top lightweights in the world, but he also realizes that to be the best, you have to be the best.
What Will Happen: UFC 101 odds have Penn as a -220 favorite in this main event, and this will be a matchup featuring two fighters who are well versed in the art of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. The difference could be in their strikes, as Penn has a boxing background to go with his excellent takedowns, while Florian is known to have some of the sharpest elbows in all of MMA once he gets his opponents down to the ground. We won’t see Penn get manhandled as he did in the GSP fight, and you could tell that gaining the weight to move up had an effect on his conditioning. He’ll be eager to show that the GSP fight was an anomaly and that he is still the lightweight king of the UFC. This could be Florian’s last chance at the crown, but Penn’s well-rounded game will be just too much.
UFC betting pick: B.J. Penn
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Silva vs Griffin odds
Forrest Griffin (16-5)
Forrest Griffin has fought some decent compe ion in his MMA career, but the sportsbook odds makers obviously aren’t buying into him too much. Griffin - the winner of the first Ultimate Fighter reality show - has had a tough time fighting top-notch opponents recently, and there is some question as to whether he can handle Silva. UFC 101 betting handicappers should note that Griffin has lost to Rashad Evans, Keith Jardine and o Ortiz, while his wins came against Quinton Jackson, Mauricio Rua and Hector Ramirez. On paper, the win against Jackson looks credible but it was highly controversial, which really thins out the amount of credible wins Griffin has on his resume.
Anderson Silva (24-4)
The UFC 101 odds have Anderson Silva as a huge favorite over Forrest Griffin, and it’s plain to see why. Silva is arguably the best pound-for-pound fighter in the sport and nobody has come close to damaging him in a long time. Not only is Silva tough to hit, he is slippery and dangerous through and through. Standing up, he’s lighting quick with his strikes. On the mat, he’s hard to grip and control. UFC 101 betting sharps will have to take into account that Silva is moving up to light heavyweight for this fight against Griffin, but as long as the weight isn’t an issue, UFC betting fans should see Silva should dominate this fight from start to finish.
What Will Happen: Griffin will come out forcing the fight on Silva, and he’ll regret it shortly after. After getting pummeled in the first round and take a couple of big hits, Silva will end it with a submission in round two.
UFC betting pick: Silva
http://www.betonline.com/sports-bett...odds-1251.aspx
http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2009/8/3/...on-the-line-at
Is BJ Penn's Legacy on the Line at UFC 101?
At UFC 101 BJ Penn finally gets to answer all the questions. Is he really the best lightweight in the world, or is he overrated? Fans have started questioning the strength of his wins at 155, starting with the win over Jens Pulver. Pulver's gone on such a bad losing streak that the win isn't impressive in retrospect. He got a nice win over Joe Stevenson, but Stevenson went on to suffer a first round loss to Kenny Florian and a decision to Diego Sanchez. His win over Sherk looked impressive until Frankie Edgar easily outboxed Sherk.
I'm not a fan of picking apart records like this. You can go through any fighter's record and start discrediting wins, and it's really not fair to great fighters to go back and nitpick records. Penn earned himself a number of enemies with his behavior after UFC 94, and those enemies want to discredit everything he's done in MMA. I'm sure if Penn beats Florian his detractors will claim Florian was never that good anyway, but a win over Florian effectively secures his spot as the best lightweight in the world.
This won't be an easy fight for Penn. He has better boxing, wrestling, and jiu-jitsu than Florian, but Florian has better cardio and a number of weapons from range he can use to effectively nullify Penn's advantages. Florian has become an evasive counter striker on his feet; I expect him to make BJ chase him and try to catch BJ with body kicks when he closes in. The key for Penn in this fight is to resist the urge to fight standing and get Florian down. Penn's offensive wrestling is underrated; he definitely has the ability to put Florian on his back, and that's where Penn can really do a lot of damage.
From my perspective, Penn's legacy in the sport is secure. But a loss to Florian at this point will give a lot of ammunition to those who have long believed he has never lived up to the hype.
My 5 picks...
B.J. Penn vs. Kenny Florian
Anderson Silva vs. Forrest Griffin
Kurt Pellegrino vs. Josh Neer
Alessio Sakara vs. Thales Leites
George Sotiropoulos vs. Rob Emerson
With all the Fedor nonsense, nobody seems to be talking about this card all,
Shame cause it's really good..
I'm having a big party at my place and will be watching on the 120"...
I hope your electricity goes out!I'm having a big party at my place and will be watching on the 120"...
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