How is Fitch on the undercard of UFC 94?

nickdagoat** · 01-06-2009, 12:09 AM

I love the UFC, and you can hate me if you want, but I usually agree with Dana. Still I cant see any explanation for Fitch being on the undercard at UFC 94... aside from that its a good looking card, but damn Fitch cant get no love.

UFC 94: JANUARY 31, 2009
venue: MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada

Main Card Bouts:
-Georges St. Pierre (#1 Welterweight in the World)* vs. B.J. Penn (#1 Lightweight in the World)*
-Lyoto Machida (#4 Light Heavyweight in the World)* vs. Thiago Silva (#10 Light Heavyweight in the World)*
-Karo Parisyan (#10 Welterweight in the World)* vs. Dong Hyun Kim
-Nathan Diaz vs. Clay Guida
-Stephan Bonnar vs. Jon Jones

Preliminary Bouts:
-Jon Fitch (#2 Welterweight in the World)* vs. Akihiro Gono
-Jake O'Brien vs. Christian Wellisch
-Chris Wilson vs. John Howard
-Manny Gamburyan vs. Thiago Tavares
-Matt Arroyo vs. Dan Cramer

z99 · 01-06-2009, 12:17 AM

Because Dana hasn't graduated from high school yet.

Don Juan · 01-06-2009, 12:17 AM

Fitch is getting screwed around by the UFC for his lack of full compliance in signing away his name for ever to the UFC Video Game. They think they are doin him a favor by letting him fight at all with them...

iceman117 · 01-06-2009, 12:20 AM

they better be careful if AKA walked out of UFC the WW division might be as weak as HW

little_jerm · 01-06-2009, 12:22 AM

Who the fuck knows. Maybe because he isnt as big of a name as CB Dolloway? That was the only thing that pissed me off from the PPV was watching him on the main card. Total crap.

**Gigaton Punch** · 01-06-2009, 12:22 AM

Every fight on the main card is more intriguing than Fitch vs Gono imo. I would actually rather watch Tavares vs Gamburyan (should be some sick groundwork in that one) than Fitch vs Gono.

method115 · 01-06-2009, 12:23 AM

It sucks but it's not completely unreasonable. All the main card fights deserve to be there as well.

johnsq316 · 01-06-2009, 12:26 AM

LOL, he's the swing fight guys. How many times is the swing fight not shown?

Someone bitches about this every damn PPV. I can't remember who the swing fight was on 92 but everyone was all up in arms about that, and we ended up seeing that fight and almost the entire undercard.

They always give TUF winners main card love (and even the guys they are trying to push from TUF, like CB), Bonnar has a huge fan base (witness the almost daily threads on Sherdog asking where he is), and they are trying to push Kim because everytime they put him on the main card they get fat cash from Korean TV to show the card. If he wasn't on the guaranteed broadcast they wouldn't get that money.

Fitch is fine, settle down.

Koeikan · 01-06-2009, 12:28 AM

Come on TS, you already know the answer to this.

Mr Tangerine** · 01-06-2009, 12:28 AM

Thats Mr White pushing his weight around