Jon Fitch is Feeling a Little Overlooked

Jon Fitch has a new blog entry up on UFC.com in which he discusses his training at AKA in preparation for the bout with Georges St. Pierre at UFC 87 next Saturday. Sounds like he’s none too pleased about all this GSP-B.J. Penn talk, as if it’s just a given that St. Pierre will walk though him en route to another meeting with “The Prodigy”:

Working like we do, when people are talking about how good certain fighters are, one of our first questions is, ‘who does he train with?’ That’s always a big question because I don’t care how good you are; if you don’t train with anybody at your level, you’re very limited in how good you can be and how good you actually are.

Outside of training, I’ve heard some talk over the last few weeks about BJ Penn moving up to 170 to fight GSP at the end of the year. Of course, they’ve forgotten that GSP has a fight with me first. But that just shows you where some people really are still in this sport and how they still have no idea what’s going on. There are a lot of so-called experts out there, but they know nothing about the sport. They’re spectators on the outside watching the sport through a telescope, and they think they’re on the inside and know everything, but they don’t. You can’t let that stuff bother you though. I think it’s funny and it’s just that little extra pleasure at the end of the day when you win and all those people are exposed.

Are we supposed to take this to mean that Fitch thinks GSP is generally overrated? We certainly hope not. Fitch’s win streak and overall skills make him deserving of the respect he’s getting, but so is GSP. Of all the strategic errors you could make when facing the welterweight champ, underestimating him really shouldn’t be one of them. Even if you are right behind him in the all-important Cage Potato Power Rankings.

Written by admin on July 30th, 2008 with comments disabled.
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5 Oz. of Pain’s Pound-for-Pound Top 10 and New Rankings Section

First off, FiveOuncesOfPain.com soft-launched the debut of its new rankings area earlier this week. You can check them out by clicking the “rankings” tab at the top of the homepage or by clicking here. Special thanks to Matt for getting that section all set up. Right now I’m the only one who voted in the ratings but the plan is to get Matt, Adam, and Ben involved next month as well.

Also, the votes are in for Yahoo!’s top 10 pound-for-pound September poll. You can check that out by clicking here.

Just like last month, I’m making my ballot available to the public so they can see who I voted for and why:

1. Randy Couture - He’s been active and has been dominant in his last two wins. Plus, in head-to-head situations I feel he’d beat most people on this list. I was surprised I was the only one on the poll who voted Randy number one.

2. Fedor Emelianenko - I vote on three polls now (Yahoo!, FIGHT!, and “Inside MMA” on HDNet) and the easy thing to do is to just jot down Fedor as number one. But I really put thought into my rankings and had to ask myself, is Fedor still number one considering his inactivity as of late? The answer is no.

3. Quinton “Rampage” Jackson - When your last two wins are over Chuck Liddell and Dan Henderson it’s hard to question a guy.

4. Georges St. Pierre - As I mentioned last month, my criteria is based on fighting frequency, quality of wins, and pure fighting ability. The loss to Serra still weighs in my mind but GSP earned my respect back by dominating Josh Koscheck in August. And there aren’t many fighters in the world with more pure talent than St. Pierre.

5. B.J. Penn - Is a win over Jens Pulver all that impressive at this point? Perhaps not but Penn took care of business and the pure fighting criteria used for GSP is also a factor in this vote.

6. Anderson Silva - He’s just so dominant within his own division that it’s hard to rank him any lower. He’s fought well against top quality opponents.

7. Paulo Filho - Undefeated and has looked dominant most of the way. I’d love to see him against other top middleweights such as Silva, Henderson, Matt Lindland and Denis Kang.

8. Dan Henderson - He lost to Rampage but fought well.

9. Kid Yamamoto - He wasn’t on my top ten last month because of inactivity. Well, after fighting and winning for K-1 HERO’s earlier this month there was no way I could keep him off.

10. Gesias “JZ Calvan” Calvancanti - He rocketed up my rankings. Two dominating wins in one night will do that for a fighter. He also looked strong at USA Dynamite!! Nam Phan was giving up size but he’s still a good fighter and JZ cut right through him.

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UFC Rankings for July

1. Gabriel Gonzaga (8-1) (3-0)
2. Tim Sylvia (23-3) (8-3)
3. Mirko Filipovic (22-5-2) (1-1)
5. Andrie Arlovski (11-5) (9-4)
5. Antonio Rodriego Nogueiro (30-4-1) (1-0) +5
6. Brandon Vera (8-0) (4-0) -1
7. Jake O’Brien (10-0) (3-0)
8. Cheick Kongo (10-3-1) (3-1)
9. Eddie Sanchez (6-2) (2-1)
10. Frank Mir (9-3) (7-3)

Other Notables: Antoni Hardonk (5-3) (1-1), Brad Imes (3-2) (0-2), Christian Wellisch (7-3) (1-1), Marcio Cruz (2-2) (2-2), Josh Shockman (2-1) (0-1), Mario Neto (9-4) (0-1), Kristof Midoux (5-6) (0-1), Assuerio Silva (12-6) (0-3), Anthony Perosh (5-3) (0-2), Justin McCully (8-3-2) (1-0), Fabricio Werdum (9-3-1) (0-1), Colin Robinson (8-3) (0-1), Heath Herring (27-13) (1-2)


Light Heavyweight Champion: Quinton Jackson (27-6) (2-0) 0TD












1. Dan Henderson* (22-5) (2-0)
2. Chuck Liddell (20-4) (15-3)
3. Rashad Evans (10-0-1) (5-0-1) +/-
4. Tito Ortiz (15-5-1) (14-5-1) +/-
5. Forrest Griffin (14-4) (5-2)
6. Jason Lambert (23-6) (4-1)
7. Keith Jardine (12-2-1) (4-1)
8. Mike Bisping (13-0) (3-0)
9. Ryoto Machida (10-0) (2-0)
10. Renalto Sobral (27-7) (5-4)

*number one contender because of th announced match with Quinton Jackson; PRIDE Light heavyweight and middleweight champion.


Other Notables: Matt Hamil (3-0) (3-0), Stephan Bonnar (10-4) (4-3), Marvin Eastman (13-7) (0-3), Rob MacDonald (4-2) (1-2), Eric Schafer (7-2-2) (1-1), David Heath (7-1) (2-1), Victor Valimaki (9-4) (0-2), Cory Walmsley (8-2) (0-1), James Irvin (12-4) (2-3), Hector Ramirez (6-3-1) (0-2), Sam Hogar (6-3) (2-3), James Irvin (12-3) (2-2), Rex Holman (4-2) (0-1), Seth Petruzelli (7-4) (0-2), Elvis Sinosic (8-10-2) (1-6), Houston Alexander (7-1) (1-0), Wilson Gouveia (9-4) (3-2), Carmelo Marrero (6-2) (1-2), Thiago Silva (10-0) (1-0)

Middleweight Champion: Anderson Silva (19-4) (4-0) 2 TD




1. Rich Franklin (22-2) (8-2) +2
2. Martin Kampamm (15-2) (3-0) +1
3. Nathan Marquardt (25-7-2) (4-1) -2
4. Yoshin Okami (20-4) (4-1)
5. Mike Swick (10-2) (5-1)
6. Kendall Grove (8-3) (3-0)
7. Jason MacDonald (19-8) (3-1)
8. Dean Lister (9-5) (2-1)
9. Chris Leben (16-4) (6-3)
10. Travis Lutter (9-4) (2-2)

Other Notables; Pete Sell (7-2) (1-3), Ed Herman (12-5) (2-2), Chris Price (8-2) (0-2), Edwin Dewees (34-10) (0-3), Jorge Rivera (14-6) (3-4), Terry Martin (16-2) (2-2), Rory Singer (10-7) (2-2), Steve Byrnes (6-1) (0-1), Kalib Starnes (8-1-1) (2-1), Thales Leites (9-1) (0-1), David Terrell (6-2) (2-1), Alan Belcher (10-3) (2-2), Yuki Sasaki (20-13-1) (0-1), Alessio Sakara (11-5) (2-2), Soloman Hutcherson (6-3) (0-1), Luigi Fioravanti (10-3) (2-3), Dave Menne (39-15-2) (2-4), Mike Nickels (4-2) (1-1), Wes Combs (12-2) (0-2), Charles McCarthy (10-4) (1-1), Gideon Ray (13-5-1) (0-2), Andrew McFedries (6-2) (2-1), Steve Smith (10-4) (1-3), Patrick Cote (9-4) (1-4), Jason Gilliam (9-2) (0-2), Thales Lietes (11-1) (2-1), Sean Salmon (9-3) (0-2), Ivan Salaverry (12-5) (3-3), Jordan Radev (11-2) (0-1), Floyd Sword (9-3) (0-1)


Welterweight Champion: Matt Serra (8-4) (6-4) 0TD












1. Matt Hughes (41-5) (15-3)
2. Georges St.Pierre (13-2) (7-2)
3. Josh Koscheck (9-1) (6-1)
4. Jon Fitch (14-2) (6-0)
5. Karo Parisyan (17-4) (7-2)
6. Diego Sanchez (17-1) (6-1)
7. Thiago Alves (11-3) (4-2)
8. Josh Burkman (8-4) (4-2)
9. Marcus Davis (11-3) (3-1)
10. Gleison Tibau (13-4) (2-1)


Other Notables: Dustin Hazelett (9-3) (2-1), Pete Spratt (15-9) (3-4), Jeremy Jackson (8-5) (0-2), Shonie Carter (34-16-7) (3-3), Rich Clementi (24-11-1) (1-2), Tony DeSouzo (10-3) (3-2), Forrest Petz (13-4) (2-2), Sam Morgan (18-8) (0-2), Anthony Torres (5-0) (1-0), Keita Nakamura (13-2-2) (0-2), Kuniyoshi Hironaka (11-3) (1-1), Jeff Joslin (5-3) (0-1), Diego Saraiva (9-5-1) (0-2), Luke Cummo (5-4) (2-2), Ross Pointon (4-8) (0-2), Rich Clementi (24-12-1) (1-3), Chad Reiner (13-3) (0-2), Drew Fickett (29-5) (4-3), Josh Haynes (7-8) (0-3), Roan Carneiro (11-6) (1-1), Chris Lytle (23-14-5) (3-6), Junior Assuncao (5-2) (1-0) , Jess Liaudin (11-8) (1-0), Dennis Siver (10-4) (0-1), Edilberto de Oliveiro (8-1-1) (0-1), Paul Taylor (8-1-1) (1-0), Jason Tan (4-2) (0-1), Steven Lynch (4-1) (0-1), Anthony Johnson (4-0) (1-2), Jeff Cox (8-4) (0-1), Tamden McCrory (8-0) (1-0)

Lightweight Champion: Sean Sherk (32-2-1) (6-2) 1 TD

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June Rankings v2.0

1. Gabriel Gonzaga (8-1) (3-0)
2. Tim Sylvia (23-3) (8-3)
3. Mirko Filipovic (22-5-2) (1-1)
5. Andrie Arlovski (11-5) (9-4)
5. Brandon Vera (8-0) (4-0)
6. Jake O’Brien (10-0) (3-0)
7. Cheick Kongo (10-3-1) (3-1)
8. Eddie Sanchez (6-2) (2-1)
9. Heath Herring (27-12) (1-1)
10. Frank Mir (9-3) (7-3)

Other Notables: Antoni Hardonk (5-3) (1-1), Brad Imes (3-2) (0-2), Christian Wellisch (7-3) (1-1), Marcio Cruz (2-2) (2-2), Josh Shockman (2-1) (0-1), Mario Neto (9-4) (0-1), Kristof Midoux (5-6) (0-1), Assuerio Silva (12-6) (0-3), Anthony Perosh (5-3) (0-2), Justin McCully (8-3-2) (1-0), Fabricio Werdum (9-3-1) (0-1), Colin Robinson (8-3) (0-1)

Light Heavyweight Champion: Quinton Jackson (27-6) (2-0) 0TD












1. Dan Henderson* (22-5) (2-0)
2. Chuck Liddell (20-4) (15-3)
3. Rashad Evans (10-0) (5-0)
4. Tito Ortiz (15-5) (14-5)
5. Forrest Griffin (14-4) (5-2)
6. Jason Lambert (23-6) (4-1)
7. Keith Jardine (12-2-1) (4-1)
8. Mike Bisping (13-0) (3-0)
9. Ryoto Machida (10-0) (2-0)
10. Renalto Sobral (27-7) (5-4)

*number one contender because of th announced match with Quinton Jackson; PRIDE Light heavyweight and middleweight champion.


Other Notables: Matt Hamil (3-0) (3-0), Stephan Bonnar (9-4) (3-3), Marvin Eastman (13-7) (0-3), Rob MacDonald (4-2) (1-2), Eric Schafer (7-2-2) (1-1), David Heath (7-1) (2-1), Victor Valimaki (9-4) (0-2), Cory Walmsley (8-2) (0-1), James Irvin (12-4) (2-3), Hector Ramirez (6-3-1) (0-2), Sam Hogar (6-3) (2-3), James Irvin (12-3) (2-2), Rex Holman (4-2) (0-1), Seth Petruzelli (7-4) (0-2), Elvis Sinosic (8-10-2) (1-6), Houston Alexander (7-1) (1-0), Wilson Gouveia (9-4) (3-2), Carmelo Marrero (6-2) (1-2), Thiago Silva (10-0) (1-0)

Middleweight Champion: Anderson Silva (18-4) (3-0) 1 TD




1. Nathan Marquardt (25-6-2) (4-0)
2. Rich Franklin (22-2) (8-2)
3. Martin Kampamm (15-2) (3-0)
4. Yoshin Okami (20-4) (4-1)
5. Mike Swick (10-2) (5-1) -3
6. Kendall Grove (8-3) (3-0)
7. Jason MacDonald (19-8) (3-1)
8. Dean Lister (9-5) (2-1)
9. Chris Leben (16-4) (6-3)
10. Travis Lutter (9-4) (2-2)

Other Notables; Pete Sell (7-2) (1-3), Ed Herman (12-5) (2-2), Chris Price (8-2) (0-2), Edwin Dewees (34-10) (0-3), Jorge Rivera (14-6) (3-4), Terry Martin (16-2) (2-2), Rory Singer (10-7) (2-2), Steve Byrnes (6-1) (0-1), Kalib Starnes (8-1-1) (2-1), Thales Leites (9-1) (0-1), David Terrell (6-2) (2-1), Alan Belcher (10-3) (2-2), Yuki Sasaki (20-13-1) (0-1), Alessio Sakara (11-5) (2-2), Soloman Hutcherson (6-3) (0-1), Luigi Fioravanti (10-3) (2-3), Dave Menne (39-15-2) (2-4), Mike Nickels (4-1) (1-0), Wes Combs (12-2) (0-2), Charles McCarthy (10-4) (1-1), Gideon Ray (13-5-1) (0-2), Andrew McFedries (6-2) (2-1), Steve Smith (10-4) (1-3), Patrick Cote (9-4) (1-4), Jason Gilliam (9-1) (0-1), Thales Lietes (11-1) (2-1), Sean Salmon (9-3) (0-2), Ivan Salaverry (12-5) (3-3), Jordan Radev (11-2) (0-1), Floyd Sword (9-3) (0-1)


Welterweight Champion: Matt Serra (8-4) (6-4) 0TD












1. Matt Hughes (41-5) (15-3)
2. Georges St.Pierre (13-2) (7-2)
3. Josh Koscheck (9-1) (6-1)
4. Jon Fitch (14-2) (6-0)
5. Karo Parisyan (17-4) (7-2)
6. Diego Sanchez (17-1) (6-1)
7. Thiago Alves (11-3) (4-2)
8. Josh Burkman (8-4) (4-2)
9. Marcus Davis (11-3) (3-1)
10. Gleison Tibau (13-4) (2-1)


Other Notables: Dustin Hazelett (9-3) (2-1), Pete Spratt (15-9) (3-4), Jeremy Jackson (8-5) (0-2), Shonie Carter (34-16-7) (3-3), Rich Clementi (24-11-1) (1-2), Tony DeSouzo (10-3) (3-2), Forrest Petz (13-4) (2-2), Sam Morgan (18-8) (0-2), Anthony Torres (5-0) (1-0), Keita Nakamura (13-2-2) (0-2), Kuniyoshi Hironaka (11-3) (1-1), Jeff Joslin (5-3) (0-1), Diego Saraiva (9-4-1) (0-1), Luke Cummo (5-4) (2-2), Ross Pointon (4-8) (0-2), Rich Clementi (24-12-1) (1-3), Chad Reiner (13-3) (0-2), Drew Fickett (29-5) (4-3), Josh Haynes (7-8) (0-3), Roan Carneiro (11-6) (1-1), Chris Lytle (22-14-5) (2-6), Junior Assuncao (5-2) (1-0) , Jess Liaudin (11-8) (1-0), Dennis Siver (10-4) (0-1), Edilberto de Oliveiro (8-1-1) (0-1), Paul Taylor (8-1-1) (1-0), Jason Tan (4-2) (0-1), Steven Lynch (4-1) (0-1), Anthony Johnson (4-0) (1-2), Jeff Cox (8-4) (0-1), Tamden McCrory (8-0) (1-0)

Lightweight Champion: Sean Sherk (31-2-1) (5-2) 0 TD

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June Rankings v1.0

1. Gabriel Gonzaga (8-1) (3-0)
2. Tim Sylvia (23-3) (8-3)
3. Mirko Filipovic (22-5-2) (1-1)
5. Andrie Arlovski (11-5) (9-4)
5. Brandon Vera (8-0) (4-0)
6. Jake O’Brien (10-0) (3-0)
7. Cheick Kongo (10-3-1) (3-1)
8. Eddie Sanchez (6-2) (2-1) +1
9. Heath Herring (27-12) (1-1) -1
10. Frank Mir (9-3) (7-3)

Other Notables: Antoni Hardonk (5-3) (1-1), Brad Imes (3-2) (0-2), Christian Wellisch (7-3) (1-1), Marcio Cruz (2-2) (2-2), Josh Shockman (2-1) (0-1), Mario Neto (9-4) (0-1), Kristof Midoux (5-6) (0-1), Assuerio Silva (12-6) (0-3), Anthony Perosh (5-3) (0-2), Justin McCully (8-3-2) (1-0), Fabricio Werdum (9-3-1) (0-1), Colin Robinson (8-3) (0-1)

Light Heavyweight Champion: Quinton Jackson (27-6) (2-0) 0TD












1. Dan Henderson* (22-5) (2-0)
2. Chuck Liddell (20-4) (15-3) (26-6) (1-0)
3. Rashad Evans (10-0) (5-0)
4. Tito Ortiz (15-5) (14-5)
5. Forrest Griffin (14-4) (5-2) +/-
6. Jason Lambert (23-6) (4-1)
7. Keith Jardine (12-2-1) (4-1)
8. Mike Bisping (13-0) (3-0)
9. Ryoto Machida (10-0) (2-0)
10. Renalto Sobral (27-7) (5-4)

*number one contender because of th announced match with Quinton Jackson; PRIDE Light heavyweight and middleweight champion.


Other Notables: Matt Hamil (3-0) (3-0), Stephan Bonnar (9-4) (3-3), Marvin Eastman (13-7) (0-3), Rob MacDonald (4-2) (1-2), Eric Schafer (7-2-2) (1-1), David Heath (7-1) (2-1), Victor Valimaki (9-4) (0-2), Cory Walmsley (8-2) (0-1), James Irvin (12-4) (2-3), Hector Ramirez (6-3-1) (0-2), Sam Hogar (6-3) (2-3), James Irvin (12-3) (2-2), Rex Holman (4-2) (0-1), Seth Petruzelli (7-4) (0-2), Elvis Sinosic (8-10-2) (1-6), Houston Alexander (7-1) (1-0), Wilson Gouveia (9-4) (3-2), Carmelo Marrero (6-2) (1-2), Thiago Silva (10-0) (1-0)

Middleweight Champion: Anderson Silva (18-4) (3-0) 1 TD




1. Nathan Marquardt (25-6-2) (4-0)
2. Rich Franklin (22-2) (8-2)
3. Martin Kampamm (15-2) (3-0) +1
4. Yoshin Okami (20-4) (4-1) -1
5. Mike Swick (10-2) (5-1) -3
6. Kendall Grove (8-3) (3-0)
7. Jason MacDonald (19-8) (3-1) +/-
8. Dean Lister (9-5) (2-1)
9. Chris Leben (16-4) (6-3)
10. Travis Lutter (9-4) (2-2)

Other Notables; Pete Sell (7-2) (1-3), Ed Herman (12-5) (2-2), Chris Price (8-2) (0-2), Edwin Dewees (34-10) (0-3), Jorge Rivera (14-6) (3-4), Terry Martin (16-2) (2-2), Rory Singer (10-7) (2-2), Steve Byrnes (6-1) (0-1), Kalib Starnes (8-1-1) (2-1), Thales Leites (9-1) (0-1), David Terrell (6-2) (2-1), Alan Belcher (10-3) (2-2), Yuki Sasaki (20-13-1) (0-1), Alessio Sakara (11-5) (2-2), Soloman Hutcherson (6-3) (0-1), Luigi Fioravanti (10-3) (2-3), Dave Menne (39-15-2) (2-4), Mike Nickels (4-1) (1-0), Wes Combs (12-2) (0-2), Charles McCarthy (10-4) (1-1), Gideon Ray (13-5-1) (0-2), Andrew McFedries (6-2) (2-1), Steve Smith (10-4) (1-3), Patrick Cote (9-4) (1-4), Jason Gilliam (9-1) (0-1), Thales Lietes (10-1) (1-1), Sean Salmon (9-3) (0-2), Ivan Salaverry (12-5) (3-3), Jordan Radev (11-2) (0-1)


Welterweight Champion: Matt Serra (8-4) (6-4) 0TD












1. Matt Hughes (41-5) (15-3)
2. Georges St.Pierre (13-2) (7-2)
3. Josh Koscheck (9-1) (6-1)
4. Jon Fitch (14-2) (6-0) +/-
5. Karo Parisyan (17-4) (7-2)
6. Diego Sanchez (17-1) (6-1)
7. Thiago Alves (11-3) (4-2)
8. Roger Huerta (17-1-1) (3-0)
9. Josh Burkman (8-4) (4-2)
10. Marcus Davis (11-3) (3-1) +1


Other Notables: Dustin Hazelett (9-3) (2-1), Pete Spratt (15-9) (3-4), Jeremy Jackson (8-5) (0-2), Shonie Carter (34-16-7) (3-3), Rich Clementi (24-11-1) (1-2), Tony DeSouzo (10-3) (3-2), Forrest Petz (13-4) (2-2), Sam Morgan (18-8) (0-2), Drew Fickett (28-5) (4-2), Anthony Torres (5-0) (1-0), Keita Nakamura (13-2-2) (0-2), Kuniyoshi Hironaka (11-3) (1-1), Jeff Joslin (5-3) (0-1), Diego Saraiva (9-4-1) (0-1), Luke Cummo (5-4) (2-2), Ross Pointon (4-8) (0-2), Rich Clementi (24-12-1) (1-3), Chad Reiner (13-3) (0-2), Gleison Tibau (13-4) (2-1), Josh Haynes (7-8) (0-3), , Leonard Garcia (9-2) (0-1), Roan Carneiro (11-6) (1-1), Chris Lytle (22-14-5) (2-6), Junior Assuncao (5-2) (1-0) , Jess Liaudin (11-8) (1-0), Dennis Siver (10-4) (0-1), Edilberto de Oliveiro (8-1-1) (0-1), Paul Taylor (8-1-1) (1-0), Jason Tan (4-2) (0-1), Steven Lynch (4-1) (0-1), Anthony Johnson (4-0) (1-2), Jeff Cox (8-4) (0-1), Tamden McCrory (8-0) (1-0)

Lightweight Champion: Sean Sherk (31-2-1) (5-2) 0 TD

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