Georges St Pierre is likely going to win this fight by scoring several takedowns and working over Carlos Condit on the mat with strikes on route to a decision. However, Carlos Condit is a very threatening fighter on the feet. His KOs over Dan Hardy and Dong Hyun Kim really were able to shine a light on how effective and powerful his striking is. He’s racking up a finishing percentage of over 96% percent which is astounding considering he’s over 30 fights deep into his career. 26 finishes out of 27 victories, that is one amazing stat. It’s an interesting juxtaposition as GSP has been criticized by some for not finishing fights, while he’s going up against a “Natural Born Killer” who seems to salivate at the opportunity to separate his opponent from consciousness. It is going to be very interesting on the feet because that is where Condit has a chance to win this fight.

BJ Penn against Nick Diaz is a battle of two of the most talented and unusual fighters in the game. The pre-fight talk and antics should be great, I cannot wait to see the weigh-in, staredowns at press conferences, how BJ Penn reacts to the antics of Diaz in the Octagon and of course the fight itself. This has Fight of the Year potential and is hard to pick a winner. Penn will likely with the first half of the fight with takedowns but Diaz seems to always gain strength and find his “zone” in the latter stages of the bout. He may just steal the second and third after dropping the first. This could be a close decision because neither is easy to stop and both have little to no quit inside their souls.