Irsquoll fight anybody any day wherever

He defeated Gono via unanimous decision to return to his winning ways. Things would only get a bit more peculiar in his next fight against Paulo Thiago at UFC 100. The fight was scheduled to be on the main card, however, due to time constraints it actually took place after the main event between Brock Lesnar and Frank Mir when the Mandalay Bay Events Center was nearly half empty. “It was kind of hard to get warmed up and mentally ready to go and then right as you are about ready to walk out for your fight they tell you no. It is a part of being the swing bout but it was the first time that it actually happened It did trip me mentally. If I would have fought more composed I think I could have finished the fight,” said Fitch. He ended up recording another unanimous decision victory that night but his bad luck did not end there. For his next fight he was scheduled to face Ricardo Almeida at UFC 106, however, Almeida had to withdraw due to a knee injury. A fight with Thiago Alves at UFC 107 was then confirmed. That was until Alves had to withdraw with a knee injury of his own. Finally, after nearly five months without a fight he will remain on the UFC 107 card and take on Mike Pierce on December 12 instead of waiting a few more months to fight in a more high profile matchup against Alves once he had regained his health. “I’m a fighter I want to fight. I don’t like the idea of fighting a couple times a year If I had it my way I would fight four times a year easily They have so many guys and only so many cards Then you have injuries and stuff that screw things up.

I’m not sitting around and waiting for a fight,” said Fitch. Pierce may be a relative newcomer to the UFC having only one fight under his belt and it could potentially be a trap fight for Fitch. This is exactly why he is refusing to take him lightly. “He’s a tough guy He beat Brock Larson. (UFC matchmaker) Joe Silva sees he’s a tough opponent so I want to fight him I’ll treat him just like I was fighting for the title. I’ll fight anybody, any day, wherever.” said Fitch. It will simply be one more stepping stone on his path back to the welterweight summit that is still being patrolled by long time champion Georges St Pierre. If given the opportunity again in the future Fitch has different plans this time around. “I have a little bit of a different strategy I’m a different fighter I’ve sealed up a lot of the holes in my game.

I’ve done a lot of work in order to become a better athlete I’ve gotten a lot faster with my agility and my speed Everything is on a new level. I’m not who I was when I fought him,” said Fitch. Although he may deal with his fair share of bad fortune, get ignored by fans time and time again, and even endure the occasional slight from the UFC management he remains steadfast in his quest to become a champion. All he has to do is continue to do what he has always done; outwork his opponents both in training camp and in the cage and let the rest take care of itself. After all, a shiny new UFC championship belt would look mighty sexy around his waist one day. Derek Bolender is a freelance writer/contributor to CBSSports and MMAmania in addition to BleacherReport . Follow him at Twitter /DerekMMAwriter and Facebook /Derek.Bolender . Is the BCS really this patheticAre they so afraid of what the elite non-BCS teams have become that they would rather run and take cover than face a fightAll year we've heard from the BCS how the MWC was inferior, how Utah was "lucky," both times. Faced with the opportunity to back up their superiority smack against an undefeated TCU, the BCS chickened out and ran for cover.The BCS system faced an unprecedented and legitimate threat that could expose the whole system for the fraud that it is.What would happen if TCU beat a BCS conference champion like Cincinnati or Georgia Tech to finish the season undefeated with a wicked resumeHow could ACC commissioner and BCS coordinator John Swofford continue to scoff at the MWC when TCU goes 3-0 against the ACC with wins over both division championsHow would he respond if the MWC climbed to 3-0 in BCS bowls while the ACC sat at 2-10How bad would the fallout be if Boise State were to dismantle an Iowa or a Georgia Tech, bringing the non-BCS to 2-0 in BCS Bowls for the season and 5-1 historicallyWhat would the implications beCareful evaluation showed the BCS had nothing to gain by having two non-BCS teams at their exclusive club. To deny the Broncos entrance again would be too obvious.To pit TCU against fellow undefeated Cincinnati would create a mountain of fodder for Orrin Hatch and the anti-trust throng.Especially because Cincinnati would last about as long as the last Big East champion who faced a MWC team in a BCS bowl: Utah made Pitt look 1-AA.In fact, matching Boise State or TCU against any of this year's BCS qualifiers would expose a damning reality: these two teams are better.

They are more balanced, better coached, and hungrier than any other team outside of Tuscaloosa.The irony is that in years past the argument used to be that the non-BCS didn't belong on the field, despite direct on-the-field evidence to the contrary. Now these non-BCS teams are too strong, and too advanced.No one wants to play them because no one can play with them. Even Alabama lucked out when Texas barely beat an offense-less Nebraska in the last half-second of the Big 12 Title Game. The BCS can argue that the Frogs never took down a legitimate powerhouse team. If Boise State were to beat TCU, the Broncos collective resume wouldn't be strong enough to merit debate.This is what the mighty BCS has become.