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[kingrobert]

Im really looking forward to this fight. Should be a fast pace war.

[rodneykm]

Penn is going to have his hands full. Great fight and Diego is deserving (based on he'll push the pace and make it an exciting fight). Can't wait.

[roland]

I hate both of these guys but Diego deserves the shot and I expect this to be as action packed as any fight this year. BJ better finish him off in the first three rounds because there is no way he will be able to match Diego's pace in the championship rounds. I'm taking Diego by decision (not as big an upset as most will predict).

[ebenn85]

these are two of my favorite fighters and ive been waiting for this matchup for a long time. Diegos wanted it for a long time and i know hes gonna be ready and with bjs new strenght and conditioning i think its going to be a 5 round war hopefully,sanchez takes it split decision fight of the year.

[Diegonightmare]

Penn will not finish Diego, period. This fight will go five rounds and be a fight of the year candidate. Diego has no quit in him and in this one he's going up against a (rare) better fighter who will, assuming he comes in UFC 101 shape, will be able to stay with Diego without getting steamrolled even in later rounds.

[JadedX]

Originally Posted by Duskseyr

Penn by ancient volcano god sacrifice. Sanchez is fucked.

Hahahahahahahaha - very creative and damn well excellent, brah.

I spoke to B.J. Penn earlier on Twitter and this is what he said:

@UFCBJPenn howzit brah. yup i got the fight but dont know when and where yet. Thx for all the support. Mahalo and Aloha Friday

[deathloc]

this would be a quality ppv should penn and sanchez main event. and im a fan of both and my pick would be penn but sanchez is no slouch hes technical and a cardio machine. itll be a great fight and hopefully its at 105.

[tbones]

Penn will not finish Diego, period.

The bravest declarative sentence I have ever read.

[Diegonightmare]

Originally Posted by tbones

The bravest declarative sentence I have ever read.

It's not a stretch.

Diego fought Koscheck on a night when he was too sick to be fighting and didn't get finished.

He fought Jon Fitch, a huge 170 pounder who looked a full weight class bigger, is one of the top 3 wrestlers in the division, and had finished 4 of his last 5 fights and didn't get finished.

He fought Nick Diaz who was arguably already black belt level and who had finished 6 of his last 7 fights and didn't get finished.

He fought Karo Parisyan who had just qualified for a title shot at Matt Hughes' belt and didn't get finished.

He fought Joe Riggs who had recently beaten Nick Diaz and become the first guy to ever stop Chris Lytle and didn't get finished.

He fought Joe Stevenson who had finished 12 of his last 17 fights (with 2 of those being losses to Florian and Penn) and didn't get finished.

Not only was he not finished in any of those fights, and not only has he never been finished period, he has never been CLOSE to being in danger of being stopped. I mean never close. There are very few major-org fighters with more than maybe 10 fights that you can say that about.

Does BJ have the skills to stop Diego? Of course he does, he is the best 155 pounder in the world and has shredded all of his competition at lightweight since moving back down. His striking is more technical (less explosive though) and his grappling is better. But is it such a no brainer that he'll stop him that it's a "brave" prediction that he won't? Not a chance.

[tbones]

Does BJ have the skills to stop Diego? Of course he does

I'm not sure you understood my point. I'm not taking shots at Diego, and I'm not saying Penn will finish Diego. I'm saying I would not say "Penn will not finish Diego, period."

You stated he has the skills to stop Diego. Throwing the "period" at the end is what was brave.