Who do you think would’ve won an immediate rematch between GSP and Hendricks?

[Perrichet]

GSP should finish the fight if he's that dominant. You guys are hilarious putting the blame on his opponents for his decision victories.

Yeah because finishing a guy who’s on the defensive is so easy.

Look at the majority of his fights. His output is much greater than his opponents.

It’s not about putting the blame on his opponents for not finishing. GSP does what every athlete intends to do and that’s win. You guys blaming him for not finishing is hilarious

 

[Njmma209]

He said he was bored and wanted them to challenge him.

Makes sense from a certain point of view.

How else can you explain his near perfect finish rate as a challenger?

He was bored so he had to make MMA fans suffer the boredom too?

Just another reason why he’s not the GOAT.

 

[Sweater of AV]

Yes he should and you can see him let off the gas when he has people hurt a lot in that run, like yelling at the tv for letting up shit

But that is what he said, he wanted them to bring the fight to him like a challenger should, like he does as a challenger and have them every opportunity to do it.

It would sound more like bullshit if his finish rate as a challenger himself wasn’t like 99%.

And he came back off the couch and finished a hard to finish MW champ that was a LHW contender

I mean if that's what you want to believe that's cool. But at the end of the day he couldn't finish anyone in 7 straight fights. That's on him, especially if he's as dominant as is being claimed. He was fighting not to lose instead of fighting to win.

 

[Sweater of AV]

Yeah because finishing a guy who’s on the defensive is so easy.

Look at the majority of his fights. His output is much greater than his opponents.

It’s not about putting the blame on his opponents for not finishing. GSP does what every athlete intends to do and that’s win. You guys blaming him for not finishing is hilarious

Again if he's as dominant as being claimed then the onus is on him to finish the fight and putting the blame on his opponents is hilarious (which is what I was responding to initially).

I'm aware his output was significant but that just means he wasn't a very good finisher. He won those fights, I'm not taking anything away from him in that regard.

 

[Perrichet]

I mean if that's what you want to believe that's cool. But at the end of the day he couldn't finish anyone 7 straight fights. That's on him, especially if he's as dominant as is being claimed. He was fighting not to lose instead of fighting to win.

“He was fighting not to lose instead of fighting to win”

So what were his opponents doing?

 

[90 50]

I mean if that's what you want to believe that's cool. But at the end of the day he couldn't finish anyone 7 straight fights. That's on him, especially if he's as dominant as is being claimed. He was fighting not to lose instead of fighting to win.

And so where the challengers.

He felt as a champ he should fight to retain his belt and they should be challenging him and trying to finish instead of staying alive.

Sucks but the stats back up his claims.

 

[Sweater of AV]

And so where the challengers.

He felt as a champ he should fight to retain his belt and they should be challenging him and trying to finish instead of staying alive.

Sucks but the stats back up his claims.

The stats actually say he didn't finish fights when he was champion. You're making far too many excuses for him, which is sad because he was an impressive champion.

 

[sonhow]

I'm a GSP fanboy but I was hoping Hendricks won the decision because Georges left the sport after the fight.

But it was a close fight that could have gone either way and anyone that says otherwise is biased as fuck. Georges has many haters around these parts. Maybe more than any other fighter except Ronda.

 

[90 50]

Again if he's as dominant as being claimed then the onus is on him to finish the fight and putting the blame on his opponents is hilarious (which is what I was responding to initially).

I'm aware his output was significant but that just means he wasn't a very good finisher. He won those fights, I'm not taking anything away from him in that regard.

He has one of the highest finish rates In MMa if you include all his fights.

As a defending champ is where he has thebdecisions streak.

 

[Sweater of AV]

“He was fighting not to lose instead of fighting to win”

So what were his opponents doing?

They were fighting against a better opponent.

 

[Deleted member 549255]

GSP

Lol

And so where the challengers.

He felt as a champ he should fight to retain his belt and they should be challenging him and trying to finish instead of staying alive.

Sucks but the stats back up his claims.

GSP has 7 straight fights go to decision during the prime of his career and 8/9 fights lol

GOATs finish fights. It’s as simple as that.

 

[90 50]

The stats actually say he didn't finish fights when he was champion. You're making far too many excuses for him, which is sad because he was an impressive champion.

That’s exaty my point.

He said he let them have the time to challenge him, his decision streak is at defending.

When he’s a challenger he almost always finishes people.

I don’t like it, I’m not making excuses for him.

It’s what he said , and I don’t agree with the mentality but the stats back up his claim as that was his thinking vs he just couldn’t finish.

I’m just saying I beleive him, due to the stats.

Not that I liked or agreed with his actions

 

[elanimalsantana]

Hendricks retired GSP. Hendricks won the rematch by default.

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GSP was retiring anyway, but came back years later and won the Middleweight strap by stoppage. Hendricks is now stopped by male porn starts on Indian Reservations. Now who really won?

BTW, GSP is incredible in rematches, just ask Serra, Hughes, and Penn. To think that Hendricks A) actually won the first fight and/or B) would've won a rematch (or that he "retired" GSP) is just shertarded haterism, and showing the post fight pictures means NOTHING. You should take a look at
post fight poictures of Ali and Frazier after their first fight and using the dmage to the face you guys say Ali win hands down.

 

[Sweater of AV]

He has one of the highest finish rates In MMa if you include all his fights.

As a defending champ is where he has thebdecisions streak.

No, he is not anywhere close to having the highest finishing rate in all of MMA. He finished 14 of his 26 wins. That's just above 50%.

I'm sorry I think you're a little too biased to have a reasonable discussion on this one. Cheers.

 

[rjmbrd]

I'd pick Hendricks, and I scored the fight for him (like most MMA media members did as well)

Georges is the better overall fighter, but he needed a break. The injuries had built up and frankly he was just taking too much head trauma.

I'd favor Georges after a year or so break, which he needed. If they ran it back immediately I think Hendricks would have won again.

 

[20falarVerdades]

Confidence is everything in the fight game

GSP retired, one of the reasons being the potential rematch

Clearly he wasn't confident in fighting Hendricks again - the Canadian was scared

It is very safe to assume that Georges would get finished by Hendricks in their second bout

 

[MarkyMcFly]

He has one of the highest finish rates In MMa if you include all his fights.

As a defending champ is where he has thebdecisions streak.

This is just too much man. Numerous times, have knockout "artists" made it to the top of the division....only to stop finishing their opponents. Why? No, not becasue they are SO good that they slack off...it's becasue their level of opponent has risen as well.

 

[90 50]

No, he is not anywhere close to having the highest finishing rate in all of MMA. He finished 14 of his 26 wins. That's just above 50%.

I'm sorry I think you're a little too biased to have a reasonable discussion on this one. Cheers.

Only 4 decisions were not title defenses.

All other non defenses were finished, wins and losses

 

[Levi_]

This thread is silly. Anybody seen Hendricks lately?

Hendricks tanked as a fighter right after this, and looked extremely different. Without the roids, GSP totally smashes him.

Hendricks is not anywhere near contender level without roids. He is one of the fighters that underwent a total transformation with USADA.

 

[HendoIsChamp]

GSP destroys careers. Hendricks was one of his victims.