UFC 101 Declaration

On Saturday August 8, 2009 in Philadelphia BJ Penn returns to the octagon to defend his lightweight title against the number one contender Kenny Florian. In his last outing against Georges St-Pierre at UFC 94, Penn was completely dominated. But remember, at lightweight Penn has been the one dominating the competition. He is basically cleaning out the whole division. Kenny Florian on the other hand has been doing the same in the lightweight division winning his last six fights. And winning them very impressively. He is hoping to do against Penn what he couldn't against Shawn Sherk. To capture the lightweight title. I think Penn will come into this fight to redeem himself from his last performance and retain his belt. Then there is Anderson Silva vs. Forrest Griffin. Forrest Griffin is a very big light heavyweight contender and former UFC champion. He has great stamina, works hard, and is a tough guy. But he is up against the pound-for-pound king of mixed martial arts and current middleweight champion in Silva. This dude is a monster with tremendous striking abilities and pinpoint accuracy. His ground game is sick too! No one is giving Forrest a chance in this fight (including myself :-P) but nonetheless it will be a fun fight to watch!



Fight / Who I Think Will Win / Winner

BJ Penn(13-5-1) vs Kenny Florian(13-3-0) / Penn / Penn

Anderson Silva(24-4-0) vs Forrest Griffin(16-5-0) / Silva / Silva

Amir Sadollah(2-0-0) vs Johnny Hendricks(5-0-0) / Sadollah / Hendricks

Kendall Grove(12-5-0) vs Ricardo Almeida(10-3-0) / Grove / Almeida

Josh Neer(25-7-1) vs Kurt Pellegrino(19-4-0) / Neer / Pellegrino

Shane Nelson(13-3-0) vs Aaron Riley(27-11-1) / Nelson / Riley

Tamdan McCrory(12-2-0) vs John Howard(11-4-0) / McCrory / Howard

Thales Leites(14-2-0) vs Alessio Sakara(17-7-1) / Sakara / Sakara

Matt Riddle(2-0-0) vs Dan Cramer(1-0-0) / Cramer / Riddle

George Sotiropoulos(9-2-0) vs Rob Emerson(10-7-1) / Sotiropoulos / Sotiropoulos

Jesse Lennox(14-1-0) vs Danillo Villefort(9-2-0) / Lennox / Lennox