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By Anthony De Franco  July 3, 2009, at 3:15 pm  Continuing our theme of fighter predictions from earlier in the day, MMAWeekly has some quotes from Georges St. Pierre that suggest his help is going to put Kenny Florian over the top at UFC 101 in Philly:
“I’ve trained with him two times and he looked really sharp. I put my money on him against B.J. Penn,” St. Pierre stated.
The Canadian has put together some of the most legendary camps to prepare for his title fights, so his physical and mental strategy could be a key edge that Florian will carry into the fight in August.
St. Pierre complemented Florian for the work they did together while in Montreal, and he’s confident that Penn will have no answer for what Florian will bring into the title fight.
“Kenny Florian is a great training partner, and is going to be a great champion, and he’s also a greater person and human being (than B.J. Penn),” said St. Pierre.
Much like his own strategy and gameplan, he wouldn’t let anything out of the bag as to what Florian will do to beat Penn, but he is boastful that it will happen.
“A lot of things, but they are part of his gameplan so I can’t talk too much about it,” St. Pierre commented about what Florian will bring into the fight against Penn. “It basically consists of using his strength and putting it against his opponent’s weaknesses.”
First off, GSP needs to worry about Thiago Alves first. Second of all, this is the best news that I have heard in weeks. It seems like Georges has a legit dislike for B.J. Penn, and since I have an extreme dislike for B.J.’s number one fan, it’s good to hear that my favorite fighter is helping Kenny Florian win. I’ve stood by Florian all along, and I can’t help but think that the stars may be aligning for a title change in Philly.
By Anthony De Franco July 3, 2009, at 1:52 pm One of the things that we loved to point out on this website was that all of Matt Cassel’s success last year came from the shotgun formation, and people generally assumed that GM Scott Pioli would bring the spread offense that the Pats used so well with him to Kansas City. Not so Fast. From Rotoworld:
Beat writer Kent Babb observed that the Chiefs didn’t practice many plays out of the spread formation in OTAs.
Babb also noted that the offensive braintrust prefers “to at least enter the season using Cassel in a Pro Style, drop-back look.” While the Chiefs figure to run plenty of multiple receiver sets, it’s worth a reminder that the shotgun was responsible for much of Cassel’s 2008 success. He’s going to be a risky fantasy pick if he remains under center where he has trouble reading the pass rush.
Well, this is interesting. Let’s take a player who we signed and knew he was only good at certain things, and take him out of his comfort zone completely. Then, let’s put approximately zero weapons around him and see how he does. My guess? The Chiefs will be among the league’s worst offenses.
By Anthony De Franco July 3, 2009, at 11:54 am Huh, Here I was ready to pick Michael Bisping to win this fight at UFC 100. It appears that a lot of the UFC’s stars seem to think that Dan Henderson will triumph next Saturday. Here’s the video from MMA Connected:
So excited for UFC 100. Just 8 days away.
By Jordan Lauterbach July 3, 2009, at 3:11 am Anthony Kim really likes Congressional. No, he really likes it. If recent history is any indication, Congressional is the only course that Kim looks competent at. Of course, that last statement is inherently unfair- but no less the truth.
After struggling through what has been an absolutely disastrous year for Kim, the 24year old returned to the site of his last victory yesterday with a bang. Kim birdied the last eight holes of his first round and set a course record with an 8-under 62.
You would generally think that setting a course record would put you well in the lead. Especially because Thursday is useully a day where players are still working out the kinks of the course, all while trying to put themselves in a position to make the cut on Friday. Not the case this week. Kim holds only a two shot lead over Tiger Woods, D.A Points, and Bryce Molder.
Other notable “top 10ers” include Jim Furyk, who is tied for sixth after at four under 66, and Boo Weekly. Weekly is tied for ninth after a three under 67.
K.J Choi (+7), WCWP fav John Merrick (+6), and last weekends near hero Paul Goydos(+3)are all in danger of missing the cut.
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