1. Please don't act like those other fights you mentioned were equal to, as asked for, as lucrative, and as marquee as Anderson vs gsp. That fight had Marinated long enough, was as ripe as fuck, and gsp griped and ducked. But I agree that champions who clean out a weight class should then logically fight up. Shame on those who don't rise to the occasionwhen asked/ when it makes sense. Gsp shares in that shame.
2. Lol I'm not singling gsp out. If a fighter is to go down as a top 5 p4p great, that's fine, but don't act like ducking Anderson is off the table and is taboo to mention. That's a huge blemish, along with not being able to finish a fight. We have to be reasonable and keep things in perspective to properly rank fighters all time. Anderson didn't go up in weight to fight a reigning champion. But he went up in weight. 4 times. Gsp never did it once. So don't act like they are equal just cause they each never fought the bigger Champ one weight class up; Gsp never even went up in weight. And the reason is likely that he couldn't finish a fight as a champ in his own weight class. so again, I'm saying let's not act like gsp and Anderson are equally deficient here.
3. You say Frankie, Henderson are exceptions, but most people rank Aldo, jones, Cruz, and most importantly gsp, ahead of them p4p all time, which I find ridiculous. Fear of fighting a bigger fighter, and ducking what would have been the highest paying fight of your career should be an automatic negative impact on ones all time p4p ranking esp when a handful of fighters actually had to balls to do it and prevail.
I'm not a fan of defending ducking, excuse making, and then coming back 3 years later when the man you ducked is no longer in the title picture. It reeks of fear. I'm not a hater of gsp, just his actions and attempts to smokescreen the ducking by mentioning 15 lbs as a deal breaker, then all of a sudden it's not a deal breaker when bisping is champ, coming off of a horrible ass whooping at the hands of, and razor thin split decision over, Dan Henderson.
But I really don't hate gsp, I just hate when competitors violate the spirit of fighting.