Jon Fitch on BJ Penn vs GSP

I just read Jon Fitch's week 4 on UFC.com and was a bit taken back by the following comment:

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.

I like Jon Fitch, but comments like this are not going to make him any friends. Who exactly does he have a problem with here, is it GSP? Is it BJ Penn? Is it the "so called experts"?

I guess we'll all see on August 9th whether Jon Fitch should be mentioned in the same sentence as GSP and BJ Penn. I'm personally taking GSP in this fight and I'll give Fitch credit where credit is due, he's been pretty impressive as of late, but a split decision victory over Diego Sanchez is not the same as dominant victories over Karo, Hughes, Kos and Serra.

This is Fitch's first bout against a real top 5 guy at welterweight. Is he the real deal?

August 9th, return to this site to see what happened at UFC 87.