Chael Sonnen defends GSP's decision to vacate the belt

GSP has the courage to give up the belt but mcgregor loves it to hold an entire division for years on the line that he never fought in except alvarez and that fight is almost more than a year ago. never defends a belt and poses with the belt like a child.
 
when people talk shit about Chael's MMA observations they out themselves as a moron-

I don't like what GSP did,

but NOONE can justify it like Chael just did- he probably even changed Danas mind.
 
Bisping could have fought Romero when GSP hurt his eye. Just as GSP pulled out and the Romero fight was getting booked, Bisping needed knee surgery...and then he was vocal about fighting GSP on his return as their medical clearances lined up and they'd already done the world tour. By that point he interim fight with Romero/Whitakker was booked already.

The only difference GSP made, was that Bisping would have fought Rockhold instead of GSP at 216 (if he would have even accepted the fight) because Whitakker was off with surgery. Rockhold would have won (by most people's assessment), and we'd be looking at Whitakker/Rockhold for the same event anyway.

If you think about it, GSP literally didn't change anything as him or Rockhold would have won that night. At worst, if Rockhold lost, we'd be looking at GSP/Bisping on the NYE card instead as Whitakker won't be ready until late January. But lets be honest, Rockhold would not make the same mistake twice and would have walked through Bisping like he did in their first fight.

If that happened, Rockhold might have needed more time, and the unification title would have been potentially pushed back further. By GSP knocking Bisping out of the champ seat and then immediately relinquishing the belt, he literally freed the division up and let the true champ in Whitakker take the throne and fight the next legit contender in line.

GSP had nothing to do with Bisping holding up the belt. He pulled out of the Romero fight when GSP was unavailable due to needing a knee surgery. The only way GSP would have stalled things was by holding up the belt while he works out his colitis issue...he didn't, he handed the belt to the interim champ and life goes on its merry way.
If you remember correctly, GSP announced in 2016 he was coming back to fight Bisping and it was booked but then he said he needed to wait until Nov 2017 but didn't disclose why. UFC and everybody was sick of waiting on GSP and thought he was just doing his normal stalling game to get everything perfect to be able to beat Bisping. GSP then comes out and says he needed time for an injury but was 100% willing to fight for MW title and defend if he wins. Bisping had a knee problem which has always been there (just like Woodley has had a shoulder issue) and decides on surgery rather than fight Romero.
Bisping could have fought GSP first time but then GSP needed more time so Bisping knew how to get GSP the time he needed to make GSP more comfortable for he fight. All fighters have some sort of injury going on, always. Especially at GSP and Bisping's age. I'm sure they weren't 100% when they fought in November but the competition was the ideal level for them and the money was good. Injury was exploited and the Rest of the MW division be damned.
 
GSP was only interested in the MW title when Bisping became champ. He knew that was the easiest fight for him. He did exactly what he wanted to do. Become a two division champion and make another big payday. Mission accomplished. He wants no part of the real killer's at MW. As much as I dislike Luke, we all know Bisping got lucky. GSP knew what he was doing when he asked for that fight. I'm glad he let the belt go and the division isn't be held up.
Yep, nothing wrong with being opportunistic.
 
GSP has the courage to give up the belt but mcgregor loves it to hold an entire division for years on the line that he never fought in except alvarez and that fight is almost more than a year ago. never defends a belt and poses with the belt like a child.

Yep. But it's also the UFC / Danas fault for allowing him to do it.

They should have stripped him at the one-year mark for not defending.

Both he and the UFC have turned the LW championship into a laughing stock.
 
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