Countdown To UFC 127 Premieres Tonight on SPIKE
Written by Penny Buffington
http://pennyjomma.com/UFC 127 Penn vs. Fitch airs this Sat, Feb. 26 live on PPV. The fights are taking place in Sydney, Austallia. BJ Penn will enter the fight with a mixed martial arts record of 16 wins, 7 losses and 1 draw. Jon Fitch carries a record of 23 wins with 3 losses.
Tonight Spike will air Countdown to UFC 127 info can be found at:
http://www.ufc.com/Penn bounces between lightweight and welterweight bouts where he can proudly boast he is the former UFC lightweight and welterweight champion. He steps up once again to challenge another welterweight in a bout that UFC president Dana White said would earn the winner a shot at the welterweight title being held by Georges St. Pierre. Both fighters have earned this right in the past but niether were able to take away the title belonging to the hugely popular Canadian, St. Pierre.
At a UFC media conference earlier this month Jon Fitch told Penny Buffington executive producer of MMA2DAY and other members of the media, “I don’t really want to waste any time thinking about anything other than fighting BJ right now. He’s just a dangerous opponent and he’s been around for so long. If I don’t give him full attention and full focus, you know, that would be a huge mistake.”
Fitch who always fights at welterweight went on to explain, “BJ is dangerous at any weight class. He brings a certain type of skill set that if you make a mistake he’s able to capitalize and put you away and that transfers into any weight class. As a welterweight coming into this fight, though, I have certain advantages with size, but it’s not going to be enough. I’ve had to work a lot on speed and explosiveness and keeping everything tight to make sure there are no mistakes in this fight.”
The co main event of the night Michael Bisping 19-3-0 vs. Jorge Rivera 18-6-0 will be especially entertaining if it can keep up with the youtube videos Rivera and his supporters have been putting out.
Before the Pay-Per-View begins this Saturday fans can see The Prelims Live On ION Television.
Three live bouts come to you free on ION – featuring Ultimate Fighter winner Ross Pearson taking on Spencer Fisher, James Te Huna returning to the Octagon to face Alexander Gustafsson, and Nick Ring and Riki Fukuda make their UFC debuts! Live at 9pm ET / 6pm PT this Saturday night on ION Television.
