Comments on: Kenny Florian open to a rematch with Diego Sanchez

By: Perfecto

Perfecto — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 03:39:12 +0000

Diego should stay at welter he is in top 5 or better and although may not be able to take out GSP (who can?) still is close to a title shot. Koscheck barley squeked out a win with his hit and run style against Diego, Kos was scarred. As soon as they started to grappel, Diego had his back and then the bell rang. The next thing you know koscheck just kept his distance and never did anything good.

After GSP kills the hawaiian-american he should go after to Anderson Silva.

By: Cuppa

Cuppa — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:45:46 +0000

Diego vs. Sherk and winner gets Ken-Flo, if Penn takes too long to fight. In my opinion GSP will beat Penn and all things will return to normal.

By: freedom fighter

freedom fighter — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:12:00 +0000

benjamink your on crack buddy bj penn is the most over rated bum on the planet and when he gets his ass handed to him by gsp he will have to face ken-flow in which he again will get his ass handed to him.i’m not saying he’s no good he is just not that good anymore too much time in between .

By: portland mma

portland mma — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:03:50 +0000

I agree Scott, at first for some reason following the first season of TUF there was something about Florian I didn’t like, well I guess i hated the fact he had huge gaps in his stand up. He had good BJJ and knew how to throw a razor sharp elbow but once he improved his stand up with Mark Delagrotte you could see his confidence grow. I’m a big fan of Florian now and I’d really love to see him fight Sherk again. Sherk pretty much handled him with one arm and I think K Flo is a completely different fighter since then.

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:54:44 +0000

Regardless of who will be fighting who, for which ever belt, I just love Florian’s attitude. Very respectfull, and very humble, and at the same time, he’s politely saying “bring it on”, I’ll fight anyone.

By: Greg Jarvis

Greg Jarvis — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:48:52 +0000

Ken Flo all the way if this one happens!!! KenFlo will be world champion soon! Much respect KenFlo… Much respect Dellagrotte!!! Kenny has developed into such a sick fighter!!

By: THORAZINE

THORAZINE — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 05:47:33 +0000

Sanchez VS Florian would be interesting at 155lbs, in a sense Diego would be going down to Kenny’s best fighting weight instead of going up to diego’s at 170. I also think Florian has improved a lot more than Sanchez, I see Florian winning this one by a narrow margin.

By: CaptainAmerica1967

CaptainAmerica1967 — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 04:10:54 +0000

I heard that GSP wants to move to middleweight and El Madador wants to move up to welterweight.

Everyone seems to be moving around. Anderson Silva only has next year before he said he will retire, but mentioned moving up to 205 although he doesn’t want to fight his partner Machida.

Bisping has moved down to middleweight. Franklinhas moved to 205, but the winner of the next fight between Franklin and Henderson will coach against Bisping on the TUF at middleweight.

I’d personally like to see larger differences between weight classes. The heavyweight class is such a big range and maybe lightheayweight should be up to 220lbs. Maybe even a superheavyweight for those who cannot possibly make 265lbs.

By: Jye

Jye — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 02:30:58 +0000

If he wins the welterweight belt he should vacate the lightweight belt. BJ’s said before that he only wants to fight 2 -3 times per year so who honestly wants to see either the LW or WW belts (or both) being defended only once per year. That puts a hold on two of the most competitive divisions in the UFC.

I wish BJ had just stayed at LW I think it sucks Florian has had to wait this long for a shot. He’s been the definitive number one since August and he probably won’t get a shot until April – May at the least (Alves is in the same boat too). That’s BS

By: egad81

egad81 — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:40:51 +0000

At lightweight I see Florian winning by decision or submission.

By: Mike Wolfe

Mike Wolfe — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:31:37 +0000

I don’t see any reason why BJ would have to vacate the light weight belt if he beats GSP. BJ wants to be a legend, and successfully defending two belts simultaneously would put him in that category.

Moving back to the subject of the article, I’d love to see Florian and Sanchez fight. Both have dramatically improved since TUF. I wonder how enthusiastic Sanchez will be, however. Florian is a bad match up for him, especially in his first fight in a new weight class.

By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:52:55 +0000

it’s a moot point since bj isn’t winning in january…..
just a matter of how quickly he would want to defend against florian.

i hope he doesn’t have to sit too long or fight one more time and risk losing before his shot.

By: Aj-train

Aj-train — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:21:37 +0000

If diego and florian had a rematch i honestly see it goin fairly similar to the first one. Im not a fan of either fighter but if its not bj who destroys florian it may as well be diego. I see it bein bj beating kenny though cuz i dont think gsp will lose to bj.

By: benjamink

benjamink — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:26:38 +0000

when bj wins in january he will vacate the LW title. He has nothing to prove there.
if florian or whoever beats sherk we will talk, but until then….

yours,

benji

By: jj

jj — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:21:01 +0000

its unlikely the ufc would allow one fighter to tie up 2 belts for what would most likely be 2 fights a year. the ufc seems incapable of putting on super-fights that could successfully replace a main event title fight, so bj would most likely be vacating the lightweight belt as you mentioned.