MMA: Lemme speak on this...

[bobsticks]

I'm getting sick of vaselinegate already. As one UFC fighter quipped, after about 1 or 2 minutes into the round that stuff starts to add friction and become a bit sticky, providing more grip than simple body sweat would, so it works both ways too.

Yes

Guess GSP will have to beat him clean for a 3rd time to make BJ go away. Too bad.

Not too bad. There was a time when I'd spout off something diplomatic like "I respect Penn for his God-given ability" but anymore, not so much. I'm tired of him not showing up for fights.

I have no doubt that GSP would've and will always layeth the smacketh down on BJ...because of the size and technique but, geez man, come to throw.

As for Barnett, I can't imagine him putting away Fedor but Fedor looked pretty mortal in his last fight so who knows?

Well, as you've no doubt assumed TeamSticks has been researching this through all sources. I agree with you, and my original assessment btw, that Fedor had some challenging moments against AA but closer inspection indicates maybe not as much as I thought. I saw some slo-mo GIFs that display more clearly the Емельяненко blocking technique...shoulder rolls and armblocks. I think Fedor got hit a lot less than many of us assumed...