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In his quest to prove he unequivocally deserves another crack at the UFC Welterweight Championship, contender Jon Fitch will face BJ Penn.<\/p>\n<p>There is no question, from a wins and loss perspective, that Fitch has established himself as the top contender at 170 pounds.  But between the decisive nature of his previous loss to champion Georges St. Pierre and criticism of what some feel is a boring, conservative fight style, he has had trouble shaking doubt about his competency.  But insofar as BJ Penn is a well-rounded threat and viewed as one of the most talented fighters in the history of the sport, a win over Penn would do wonders to erase that doubt and cleanly establish Jon Fitch as the number one contender.<\/p>\n<p>And, if Penn can defeat Fitch, he would build on his crushing knockout victory of Matt Hughes and earn his own shot at the 170 pound belt.<\/p>\n<p>The fighters weighed in for the show Friday evening, results from UFC.com follow:<\/p>\n<p>MAIN EVENT<br \/>\nJon Fitch (170) vs BJ Penn (169) <\/p>\n<p>PPV<br \/>\nJorge Rivera (185) vs Michael Bisping (185)<br \/>\nDennis Siver (156) vs George Sotiropoulos (156)<br \/>\nChris Lytle (170) vs Brian Ebersole (170)<br \/>\nChris Camozzi (185) vs Kyle Noke (184)<\/p>\n<p>ION\/UFC.TV PRELIMS<br \/>\nRoss Pearson (155) vs Spencer Fisher (154)<br \/>\nJames Te Huna (205) vs Alexander Gustafsson (205)<br \/>\nNick Ring (185) vs Riki Fukuda (185)<\/p>\n<p>FACEBOOK PRELIMS<br \/>\nTom Blackledge (205) vs Anthony Perosh (205)<br \/>\nTiequan Zhang (146) vs Jason Reinhardt (145)<\/p>\n<p>PRELIMS<br \/>\nChris Tuchscherer (261) vs Mark Hunt (263)<br \/>\nCurt Warburton (156) vs Maciej Jewtuszko (155)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UFC 127: Fighters Make Weight as BJ Penn Prepares for Jon Fitch<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Though there are some intriguing bouts on the card, including pivotal matchups for Michael Bisping and George Sotiropoulos, it is hardly a secret that\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2011\/02\/26\/ufc-127-fighters-make-weight-as-bj-penn-prepares-for-jon-fitch\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UFC 127: Fighters Make Weight as BJ Penn Prepares for Jon Fitch\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Though there are some intriguing bouts on the card, including pivotal matchups for Michael Bisping and George Sotiropoulos, it is hardly a secret that\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2011\/02\/26\/ufc-127-fighters-make-weight-as-bj-penn-prepares-for-jon-fitch\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Headline Planet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-02-26T06:28:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Brian Cantor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cantorpedia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@headlineplanet\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2011\/02\/26\/ufc-127-fighters-make-weight-as-bj-penn-prepares-for-jon-fitch\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2011\/02\/26\/ufc-127-fighters-make-weight-as-bj-penn-prepares-for-jon-fitch\/\",\"name\":\"UFC 127: Fighters Make Weight as BJ Penn Prepares for Jon Fitch\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-02-26T06:28:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-02-26T06:28:10+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/b530255b81ceb7463ea060a9b8a302c8\"},\"description\":\"Though there are some intriguing bouts on the card, including pivotal matchups for Michael Bisping and George Sotiropoulos, it is hardly a secret that\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2011\/02\/26\/ufc-127-fighters-make-weight-as-bj-penn-prepares-for-jon-fitch\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/\",\"name\":\"Headline Planet\",\"description\":\"Music News &amp; 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