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Originally Posted by Swiiftx
It's hard because we don't know just how good Erick Silva is. He shows great promise but that doesn't matter if Fitch grinds out a decision. I don't see Fitch getting TKO/KO'd though since he got KO'd last time and it's rarely you see good people get KO'd/TKO'd 2 times in a row since they will be more vary next fight, unless their chin is shot and/or they are brawlers(Liddell, Wanderlai etc). I mean the guys Fitch has defeated may or may not be close to Silvas class. He showed some good sprawl vs Brennerman, but Fitch is on a whole other level and hes a lot better than Brennerman in the standup.
Bottom line is if Silva connects hard on Fitch's chin in the first round or keep it standing for 3+ minutes, Fitch is going to struggle. Erick Silva's striking is better than anyone that Fitch has beaten's striking except for *maybe* Alves (we don't know). If Fitch can land a TD in the first minute of the first two rounds, he's probably going to win.
Out of all of the fights on the card, bets aside, I want to see Erick Silva win more than anyone else so that a) we don't have to see Fitch fighting on the Main Card anymore and b) so that we have a good exciting new challenger for GSP after he's done with Condit and if he faces Anderson too at a catchweight assuming he beats Condit, the Hendricks/Kampmann winner can face E Silva for the next shot at WW or if not we get E. Silva vs Rory Mac assuming he beats Penn for the next shot after Hendricks/Kampmann winner.
For what it's worth, I think Erick Silva and Rory Mac are both more likely to beat GSP than either Hendricks or Kampmann, although Rory may not fight him.