GSP is the best athlete in MMA history and there's not a close second

[Tapping Machine]

Doesn't define either as an athlete. BJ also beat the shit out of GSP the first time and lost due to GSP holding him down for dear life. And BJ is way smaller than GSP. GSP would get beaten into the dirt by Gus. Doesn't mean Gus is a better athlete.

GSP was kicking prime LHW champ Rashad Evans' ass in training, and was outwrestling him with hilarious ease

He'd be fine against Gus

GSP would probably finish Derrick Lewis if they fought right now

 

[wilKO]

GSP was kicking prime HW/LHW champ Rashad Evans' ass in training, and was outwrestling him with hilarious ease

He'd be fine against Gus

That's delusional and not true. And training isn't fighting. Bisping was KOing HWs in training...

 

[Mike K.O]

I read somewhere that GSP learned to grapple mostly during his fights, not practice.

Its hard to compete with ape technique

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Ape technique, puts people down.

 

[Tapping Machine]

That's delusional and not true. And training isn't fighting. Bisping was KOing HWs in training...

Brian Stann also confirmed that GSP used to beat up every LHW they had at Jacksons

WHICH INCLUDES JON JONES, because GSP and Jones trained together for a few years

Small Welterweight GSP was wiping the floor with huge LHW Jones in training, that is incredible and absolutely unheard of

 

[Killashaw]

Think about this fact:
Best athletes:
1. GSP
2. Lesnar
3. Rockhold
4. Romero
5. Garbrandt

What a fucking dosser.

Lesnar
Romero
GSP
Jon Jones
Diaz bros

 

[Dana's Moonface]

There have been loads of great athletes in UFC.

GSP is definitely a great pick for someone to be at the top.

 

[grimballer]

Eh... no

 

[grimballer]

Brian Stann also confirmed that GSP used to beat up every LHW they had at Jacksons

WHICH INCLUDES JON JONES, because GSP and Jones trained together for a few years

Small Welterweight GSP was wiping the floor with huge LHW Jones in training, that is incredible and absolutely unheard of

N yet Hendricks (who’s 1-4 in last 5) kick his ass so bad he had to retire...

 

[saffo]

Eh... no

This was not a race.

 

[Pancake Sprawl]

Brian Stann also confirmed that GSP used to beat up every LHW they had at Jacksons

WHICH INCLUDES JON JONES, because GSP and Jones trained together for a few years

Small Welterweight GSP was wiping the floor with huge LHW Jones in training, that is incredible and absolutely unheard of

so why doesn't he go up to LHW and beat Cormier's ass? and then HW?

shit, he's the best athlete in MMA of all time and he regularly outwrestles Jon Jones, i don't see why he doesn't become the champ champ champ champ.

 

[FighterTwister]

ATHLETIC - GSP has a natural ability to achieve certain physical goals. The term athlete is often associated with sports such as football or basketball but can pertain to anyone that is physically fit and coordinated. Natural skills with movement, eye hand coordination, the ability to learn sports quickly strength endurance. Some coaches can watch a seven or eight year old and know what sports the child might play well just by the way he or she walks or that this kid might have fun but will probably never play well. Genetics plays a strong part in the muscle tone and fast or slow twitch fibers including the range of elasticity they have or capable of.

So many MMA fighters just don't have the natural ability they can not kick above head height or perform physical tasks in the correct technique and form being restricted by their physical limitations. The persons gait is another element where the center of gravity is placed on the body type.

Combined with a physical discipline developing and training in martial arts or any other sport field to maximise proficiency and physical ability makes the candidate a strong contender.

A good example........

 

[Vegeta]

All sports
1GSP
2Ronaldo
3Nadal

 

[BeardotheWeirdo]

Think about this fact:

The Canadian Olympic wrestling team tried to recruit GSP to wrestle for them, A SPORT IN WHICH GSP DIDN'T TAKE UP UNTIL HIS TWENTIES. GSP was the best wrestler in MMA in his prime, and nobody had a quicker first step than he did. This was evident in his incredibly fast double leg shot and his elite striking.

Most great collegiate wrestlers in America take up the sport as early as five or six, Middle School at the latest, and most of those guys never make an Olympic team in their lives.

The fact that GSP was basically an Olympic calibre athlete in a sport which he didn't even spend training full-time and took up his twenties shows that he is clearly the best athlete in MMA history.

I know people are obsessed with roided guys who have big muscles but GSP has a great physique himself that is functional.

Plus, on top of his fast-twitch explosiveness, he also had some of the best cardio in MMA. Something that is very rare amongst explosive fighters

When you combine top-tier genetics with hard work and a high IQ, GSP is what you get: the best MMA fighter ever.

Best athletes:
1. GSP
2. Lesnar
3. Rockhold
4. Romero
5. Garbrandt

Nobody gives a shit about wrestling in Canada. I think there were 4 people on my (Canadian) high school wrestling team, in a school of almost 2000 kids, and none of them were very athletic, or big.

But GSP is a great athlete, he's probably the most committed to training mma, in all aspects of the game. He lives, eats, breathes, sleeps mma training.

Also, No Randleman!?

Aaron Pico came within inches of making the U.S. Olympic team, fresh out of high school. That's more impressive than being invited to join the Canadian team, and I'm Canadian.

 

[toutadixballes]

Best athletes are Roy Nelson and dada 5000 IMO.
Dada 5000 fan here btw, what a great martial artist.

 

[Anung Un Rama]

Yoel Romero >>>>>>

 

[BeardotheWeirdo]

Great athlete, but has the cardio of a 90 year old lifelong smoker

Not close to GSP, but definitely top 5

So Olympic wrestlers aren't great athletes? I beg to differ.

Hershell Walker?

 

[TeenageMutantLesnarTurtle]

Brock, Yoel, Randleman

 

[GSP_37]

GSP got good because he was able to combine the mental and the physical. You can tell he's smart.

GSP and Yoel are the closest things to super hero level ability without the super powers.

 

[AtaTheCrow]

The bike would mount Conor.

and choke him out

 

[KBE6EKCTAH_CCP]

There is something about GSPs physique which is weird.

I find that he has proportions of and moves like a black guy.

There is certainly something unusual about his physique.