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Sunday, January 20, 2008

UFC 80

In quick briefing all you can say when you watch BJ Penn fight is 'WOW'. Joe Stevenson is a very tough, and very good fighter. He deserved to fight for the title based on his running through the lightweight division.

However, Penn just proved that he's on another planet right now. He was in great shape, and simply toyed with Stevenson before submitting him with a rear naked choke hold.

Dana White confirmed that Penn's next fight will be against Sean Sherk, who was stripped of his title last year, sometime in May. Sherk has tremendous wrestling and pushes every fight at a tremendous pace but isn't a finisher. He simply smothers his opponents with his wrestling.

BJ Penn has absolutely no weaknesses in his game. This fight should be a good one but it's no secret that Penn is possibly pound for pound the best fighter in the world. If he gets through Sherk he'll jump up in weight and try to avenge a loss to Georges St. Pierre if he's the welterweight champ.

Jorge Rivera looked to be completely healed from the broken jaw he suffered against Terry Martin, by dismantling Kendall Grove. He knocked the tall, pot smoking, Hawaiian out in the first round and looks to have rejuvinated his career with that knockout.

Marcus Davis also continued his winning streak to 11 fights and really needs to be a serious contender in the welterweight division. He hasn't been contested in many of his fights and it's time the UFC puts Davis up in contention and fight some credible opponents.

Gabriel Gonzaga looked terrible in a knockout loss to Fabricio Werdum. The win puts Werdum next in line to fight the winner of Tim Sylvia and Antonio Nogueira in the horribly uncompetitive heavyweight division.

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