It could be the biggest fight in UFC history, if not one of the biggest fights in UFC history…so what are some other recognizable athletes saying about the UFC 94 superfight between Georges St. Pierre and BJ Penn.  We’ve got members of the Flames, Roughnecks, and a few others with their thoughts.

Brandon Prust, Flames Forward – Prust is firmly on the Georges St. Pierre train, “he’s a great fighter, I think he’s…definetely the best in his weight class, for sure, so I don’t see him losing.”  Prust sees St. Pierre being able to roll with the punches regardless, as he can “go the distance or knock you out in the first 10 seconds.”

Eric Nystrom, Flames Forward – Nystrom is a little more on the fence, but it seems as if he’s giving the edge to GSP as well.  “GSP’s conditioning is like no other…St. Pierre’s been pretty dominant lately, so I might give him a little bit of an edge.”  Nystrom goes on to say Penn is going to need to KO St. Pierre to win because “GSP is so hard to submit, he’s so quick and versatile, that it’s hard to submit that guy, so I think if Penn’s going to win, he’s going to have to knock him out.”

Daymond Langkow, Flames Forward – Langkow is just plain excited for the matchup, not giving us a clear cut favorite in his mind.  “GSP has a lot of skill, I think he’s got all the areas covered, but BJ Penn is a pretty powerful guy, he’s obviously got a lot of skill too, so, it should be good.”

David Moss, Flames Forward – The American Moss is going with the Canadian GSP, “I like St. Pierre, but it’s probably going to be a long fight.”

Stephan Bonnar, UFC Light Heavyweight – In my interview with Bonnar earlier this week, he said he’s gone back and forth with this one, and has come to the conclusions it’s far too tough to call.  He wants to see a close fight and believes it’s going to be a close decision regardless, with one guy getting the nod by a small margin.

And from Sherdog.com, here are some other pro predictions…

Din Thomas, Lightweight –  I’m going with BJ. That fool knocked me out. That right there is an accomplishment and should say it all.

Matt Lindland, Middleweight -  What an amazing fight. Two of the pound-for-pound best fighters in the world. I have to go with the American and say BJ takes this one. I am really looking forward to watching this fight.

Travis Lutter, Middleweight - think it will be a continuation of the last fight with BJ doing good early and Georges dominating in the later rounds. BJ has a puncher’s chance and could submit him, but I think Georges’ condition and wrestling will win in the end.

Chris Lytle, Welterweight - I’ll say GSP based purely on the coin I just flipped. It was tails.

So, as you can see, GSP has the edge, buuuuuut only slightly.

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