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It's not so much that I blindly trust in DW. The man is a compulsive liar. However, everything with GSP is just a bit too convenient. He waits till Bisping becomes champ at 185 to return - a weight he alleges makes him feel uncomfortable - instead of returning to 170 to fight Woodley, a much tougher opponent. After winning, he claims that he has colitis so he doesn't have to defend against Whittaker.
GSP wanted a MW title. The opportunity was there, and to make good money with a popular fighter.
Pretend you don't hate this human being. What expectation do you have? You want him to wait for a tougher fight, because history will remember that MW championship as a better one? To appease his haters?
Of course a person takes a door that opens for them.
The truth is, the only people who thought GSP was going to defend that title, were the guys who wanted to hate on him for not doing so.
GSP's preoccupation with his legacy, ironically, has become a detriment to his career ever since Matt Serra knocked him silly. He's gone from a finisher to a decision machine who avoids and handpicks certain opponents in order to protect his reputation.
I think that's a fine conclusion, but I think it's lazy.
Ask yourself which of his opponents fought harder than he did. Fitch? Condit? It didn't go well. When wasn't GSP the aggressor in a fight? A lot of GSP opponents fought to survive and not get out classed/embarrassed.
Look at how a guy like Dan Hardy gets finished. In wild exchanges, going on offense. in the GSP fight he never goes on offense. Dan Hardy is fending off GSP for 25 mins. A millisecond different and Condit goes to sleep, not Hardy. That makes GSP a lousy fighter? No it doesn't. It makes him greater imo.
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