Jon Fitch UFC 127 Fight Journal

by Jon FitchFiled under: UFCJon Fitch will be providing MMA Fighting with exclusive blogs leading up to his UFC 127 showdown against B.J. Penn on Feb. 26 (live on pay-per-view at 10 p.m. ET). Check out his debut below. There is less than two weeks to go before I trek Down Under and battle B.J. Penn, and I'm not sure which of those two things I'm more excited about. I'll be facing Penn on Saturday, February 26 at Sydney's Acer Arena and couldn't be happier with either the opponent or venue. I'm at the stage in my career right now where I want to be fighting for titles and in main events. I am now a mature and seasoned headline fighter and I want to experience more of these big nights. I don't want to be appearing in the preliminaries or at the bottom end of a main card. I am going to use this opportunity to prove to everyone that I am deserving of a second UFC welterweight title shot. I've long competed at a good level and actually have the secon...