Jon Fitch vs. Demian Maia added to UFC 156
The Super Bowl Weekend card gets bigger as Jon Fitch will take on Demian Maia.
The Super Bowl Weekend card gets bigger as Jon Fitch will take on Demian Maia.
With his impressive submission victory over Rick Story last weekend at UFC 153, Demian Maia regained a lot of credit for his return to his roots of BJJ. The finish not only garnered him a victory in his new weight class of Welterweight, but it immediately put all 170 lb. fighters in the UFC on notice that Maia could be a force to be reckoned with. Now, Maia comes out today with the statement that he is ready to take one of the division’s top-level fighters:
“I think Nick Diaz and Jon Fitch that opponents
Now that the headlining bout of Jose Aldo vs. Erik Koch for the UFC Featherweight title is set in stone, UFC 153 from Rio’s undercard is starting to take shape with a recent announcement. First off, perennial Welterweight contender and long-time second fiddle to GSP Jon Fitch will take on surging young contender Erick Silva. Fitch has much to prove after suffering a devastating knockout loss to Johny Hendricks late last December, in a fight were he to win, it would have hard to deny him another shot at the
UFC Welterweight Jon Fitch has lost exactly one fight since March 2003, a five round unanimous decision to UFC Welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre in August of 2008. In all, his career MMA record stands at 23-3-1-1.
Fitch has been away from the Octagon for some time, with his last fight taking place on February 27 of this year. Following that fight, a three round majority draw with BJ Penn, Fitch underwent shoulder surgery. Now, healed up and ready to compete, Fitch will face Johny
“I get no respect, I tell ya.”
-Rodney Dangerfield, Comedian 1921-2004
In his nine-year career, UFC veteran and welterweight contender Jon Fitch just seems to not be able to catch a break despite being 13-1-1 in his UFC career with his only loss against current champion Georges St-Pierre. The division one NCAA wrestler from Purdue University may not have the most crowd pleasing style in MMA, but it works and it gets him the most important thing of all which of course are victories. In a very stacked
Yeah, about that Fitch/Gono fight: It’s not going to happen because Jon Fitch, the UFC’s former #1 welterweight contender,…
An article dealing with the displeasement with Jon Fitch.
Former UFC Welterweight title challenger Jon Fitch will look to make a bold statement this weekend, facing the multi-time UFC Champion BJ “The Prodigy” Penn at the UFC 127 headliner in Sydney, Australia. The fight is expected to determine the identity of the number one contender for the UFC Welterweight Crown. This could be the second time for Jon Fitch being on his way for a title fight, previously getting battered by Georges St. Pierre during five rounds at UFC 87, back in 2008. Since then, Fitch went
Speaking at the UFC 123 post-fight press conference, UFC President Dana White hinted he’s not interested in setting up the Rampage vs Machida rematch. White revealed he thought Rampage won Rounds 1 and 2, giving Lyoto Machida the final 5 minutes in the fight:
UFC welterweight combatants Jon Fitch and Jake Ellenberger are set to fight on the Superbowl weekend UFC 126 card, despite the fact Fitch had expressed an interest to take on the winner of the Jake Shields and Martin Kampmann fight, that Shields won via decision at UFC 121.