UFC 94 Main Event – Penn vs Pierre in a Rematch for the Ages
Georges “Rush” St Pierre (-175) vs. BJ “The Prodigy” Penn (+135)
UFC 94 from the famous MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada will be one of the most anticipated cards in UFC history. Online betting have it all: the rematch, the undefeated records and the veteran versus the up and comer. It has all the elements to justify the media attention and the main event could be the pinnacle year if it lives up to the hype.
It pits arguably two of the best fighters in the sport today that have already gone toe-to-toe in a war which resulted in a somewhat questionable decision. There has been hype building over the fight for months as a war of words, mostly from the Penn camp, has ensued since their last meeting nearly three years ago. Honestly, I get excited just thinking about it.
What makes this fight even more special is that so rarely in MMA, or sports in general, do two fighters of this caliber meet at the pinnacle of their respective careers with so much on the line. There has been so much made of this fight in the MMA world that you wonder if nerves are going to a factor coming in. Both men are on record stating that this is the biggest fight of their careers, which is a little cliché, but for this fight I would have to agree.
Penn brings his bad-boy, laid back image into the ring with an in your face attitude that comes off a little cocky but this man is just confident. He deserves to be confident as he is the most decorated American jiu-jitsu fighter in history. He also rearranged St Pierre’s face in the first round of their first fight and only lost the decision because he couldn’t finish Georges and succumb to the superior fitness of the French-Canadian.
St Pierre is much more the gentleman as he respects his fighters and trains very hard with their skill set in mind. This has actually hurt Georges before as he open stated that he was scared to fight Matt Hughes in their first bout because he respected him so much. I doubt that will ever happen again though, as it is usually the fighters standing across from Rush that owe the respect. He trains in virtually every aspect of MMA and will not be out worked by anyone.
If you don’t believe this fight is as big as it gets in the world of mixed martial arts then know that the UFC spent $1.7 million dollars to follow every move of these two fighters through their preparations and aired it on Spike all this week. Everyone is pumped up for this fight and the betting world has possibly the best weekend of sports wagering in the history with UFC 94 followed by Super Bowl XLIII.
With Penn a (+135) underdog at BetUS I feel that he has prepared himself for victory physically but more important, mentally. He’s been waiting for this fight ever since GSP’s arm was lifted rather than his nearly three years ago and I think he’s going to get it. “Fighting GSP is all I think about every day…I will 100 per cent guarantee victory if we fight again…” . Penn has called it, now it’s your turn to pick the winner.
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