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  • Jon Fitch

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***OFFICIAL*** Jon Fitch vs. Demian Maia Thread

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#1 ·
Welterweight bout: 170 pounds

 
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#85 ·
I'm enjoying this...haha! Anybody feel bad for Fitch. :) Fitch does this everytime to every fighter. Finally someone who returned the favour.
 
#81 ·
I told you Maia could take Fitch down. Fitch has never had outstanding take down defense, and Maia has underrated take down abilities. This is a very winnable fight for Maia, just like I thought.
 
#116 ·
Two problems; GSP has much better speed and footwork than Fitch along with much better range control. Maia will have a very hard time trying to close the gap and get a hold of GSP, even Koscheck who has the fastest shot other than GSP had a hell of a time trying to get a hold of him. GSP is always in motion and he doesn't back himself up in a straight line the way Fitch did, and he's next to impossible to take down.

Now, IF Maia manages to close the gap and get GSP to the ground, I think he'll have an easier time trying to sub him than he did against Fitch. But getting there is going to be much, much harder.
 
#89 ·
Props to Fitch for having such great submission defense. Still, this was a bad match up for him, which is funny considering a lot of people thought he was a bad match up for Maia. I knew that wasn't the case. Maia is a big guy at 170 with phenomenal BJJ. I couldn't see Fitch shrugging him off for three rounds. He couldn't even stuff a 155er in Penn's take downs.
 
#104 ·
Killz...where are ya. 500k please. Linkin Park wins! Oh how satisfying that was. The Reem is next. This fight should be the co-main event!!!
 
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