That no fighter at WW offers GSP anything. If a fighter brings it, you see the true champion come out. Until you have a fighter that can put GSP on his back or outstrike him, you will see these kinds of fights. Similar to what Silva did when he wasnt getting challenged.
ResoluteProtector said:
Imma tell you striaght up, if that's all you learned then you don't know MMA.
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What did you learn? /waitspatiently
I learned that GSP thinks only about points. He doesn't care about finishing fights or putting on a show. He only cares about doing the least work possible to get the win. Smart? Maybe. Entertaining? Not at all.
Vovchanchanator said:
I learned that GSP has no chance in hell at taking out silva
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I don't know about that. I think GSP is good enough and smart enough to take Silva down and hold on for dear life and win a decision.
Portillo said:
That no fighter at WW offers GSP anything. If a fighter brings it, you see the true champion come out. Until you have a fighter that can put GSP on his back or outstrike him, you will see these kinds of fights. Similar to what Silva did when he wasnt getting challenged.
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The worst striker at WW won two rounds against him standing. He also maimed GSP and possibly retired him.
I learned the same thing I knew going into the fight - he's a good point-scorer (decent now, since he barely edged
Shields'
striking)... and a boring "fighter". He's racking up wins, woo hoo, but he's racking up boring *** fights that nobody will ever go back to, too.
A minute and a half GSP was losing the first round of a fight when he had won 30 consecutive rounds in a row. He continued to lose the first round. This is
significant
for a guy that many see as unbeatable. Scoring alone, Shields won minimum two rounds. He did this in the stand up game against a man I think is the smarter Martial Artist there is. Technically GSP is the gold standard, but he showed his flaws in this fight.
WAY
more impressed with Shields. I am seeing a disturbing trend with GSP, as elite as he is, his striking is average at best. He looked absolutely terrible tonight. He should have easily finished the fight on the feet and honestly at times looked like the worse of the two strikers. Sad.
ResoluteProtector said:
A minute and a half GSP was losing the first round of a fight when he had won 30 consecutive rounds in a row. He continued to lose the first round. This is
significant
for a guy that many see as unbeatable. Scoring alone, Shields won minimum two rounds. He did this in the stand up game against a man I think is the smarter Martial Artist there is. Technically GSP is the gold standard, but he showed his flaws in this fight.
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I think the biggest flaw in his performance was his game plan. He was hesitant to fight Shields on the ground, but if he had been more active with his take downs Shields would have been much less successful in his striking. Greg Jackson is notorious for great gameplans but I think they bought into the hype a bit too much on how terrible Shields' striking is.
roorippin said:
ResoluteProtector said:
A minute and a half GSP was losing the first round of a fight when he had won 30 consecutive rounds in a row. He continued to lose the first round. This is
significant
for a guy that many see as unbeatable. Scoring alone, Shields won minimum two rounds. He did this in the stand up game against a man I think is the smarter Martial Artist there is. Technically GSP is the gold standard, but he showed his flaws in this fight.
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I think the biggest flaw in his performance was his game plan. He was hesitant to fight Shields on the ground, but if he had been more active with his take downs Shields would have been much less successful in his striking. Greg Jackson is notorious for great gameplans but I think they bought into the hype a bit too much on how terrible Shields' striking is.
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I disagree with his gameplan being his biggest flaw. While he may have expected Shields striking to be less effective, this is a fighter and a corner that many would agree is the best in the game. If that is the case, and St. Pierre is the "spong" then I think they would have been able to adjust much more appropriately. Besides, it's not like it hasn't been done before. And it's not like Shield's striking was that phenomenal.
ResoluteProtector said:
Wow. How much did you learn from that fight? :shock:
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I learned even a mediocre striker can tag GSP when he can only see out of one eye.
Of course Shields did land the jab to do it.
