Silva and Penn rise to the occasion at UFC 101

Last night at UFC 101 the two upsets that everyone thought would happen didn’t. Anderson Silva completely embarrassed Forrest Griffin. I am very disappointed in Forrest Griffins performance during this fight. He should have went in guns blazing but he left himself wide open for Silva to strike.

Then in the Main Event BJ Penn owned Kenny Florian. Penn had an answer for all of Florian’s moves. Unfortunately Florian got choked out ending his 6 match win streak. Speaking of win streaks. Anderson Silva is up to 10 wins in a row in the UFC, a streak that might never be broken. It’s ironic the title of this PPV was called Declaration because Penn and Silva made their declarations letting everyone know that they are the best in their division.

I will be very curious to see how Forrest and Kenny rebound from their losses. I know we haven’t seen the last of either him. I think Forrest needs to fight Tito Ortiz again, or even his mentor Chuck Liddell. Both of those matches would be great. Kenny just needs to go back and refocus himself and not get so cocky because he did talk a lot of trash before the fight. The one thing I will say is that Diego Sanchez deserves to be in contention for the Lightweight title. I think Penn vs. Sanchez would be a great fight. Well UFC 102 is three weeks away and it’s the battle of the dinosaurs. I’ll leave it at that.