Did Woodleys performance last night confirm why GSP chose to fight Bisping?

[Perrichet]

Ducking Jones ... who had like 2 title defenses at their peak

Logic, not even once

What did Jones having 2 titles defences have to do with the fact a fight between them was talked about with the fans and the UFC but Anderson wanted no part of it?

Your reply is typical Anderson nuthugging. Just admit he didn’t want it and he’d get destroyed

 

[Portland8242]

Bisping would smoke Woodley

He almost got finished twice versus grandpa Hendo. Woodley would put Bisping in a casket.

 

[KONG-D'SNT-TAP]

He almost got finished twice versus grandpa Hendo. Woodley would put Bisping in a casket.

Hendo would destroy woodley as well. Badly. Like real fucking bad

 

[AnotherOldGuy]

How can the GOAT of MMA, Anderson Silva, get a fight against a guy who ducked him for years during their primes?

You are a silly racist hater who gets a pass around here....
You've been exposed and nobody buys your BS anymore.

If weight divisions belong in the sport, how can you duck someone not in your weight division?

Either weight divisions matter, in which case its impossible to duck someone not in your weight division, or they don't, in which case 95% of the UFC (including GSP and Anderson) are ducking the HW's.

My personal feeling is that they should get rid of weight divisions - every combat sport started without them (wrestling, boxing, judo, BJJ, and yes, MMA all started without weight divisions). However, if you're going to have them its silly to say fighters are obligated to fight outside of their division.

Ideally, both Anderson and GSP would have been fighting HW's all along. In practice neither had any reason to fight heavier champs - there's a reason GSP didn't go up in weight to fight Anderson, and its the same reason that Anderson didn't go up in weight to fight Jones, which is the same reason Jones didn't go up in weight to fight Cain: size matters in combat sport.

 

[AnotherOldGuy]

I like GSP, respect GSP, mucho respect for GSP... but he's not beating Woodley, and he knows that. Georges had two primary options for his big comeback fight at MSG: Woodley or Bisping. He saw Bisping get knocked around like a human pinball against Hendo and he chose the easier opponent, period. GSP wants no part of Woodley, and frankly I don't even blame him.

GSP is so far out of his prime (four years of sitting on his butt doing nothing at 37, with a ruined knee on top of that ... anyone who thinks he's still close to what he once was is smoking something) that I doubt he could beat many of the top five at WW anymore.

Seriously, don't people watch sport? Guys who retire and enjoy the good life for four+ years and try a comeback never do well. Watch the Bisping fight. He was slow and out of shape (when was he ever tired after one round before?), and the only reason he won was because Bisping probably spent too much time on Sherdog and so thought GSP had no power, forgetting that any strong guy can hit hard if you stand in front of him and let him unload.

GSP is back for money. Which is the same reason Woodley wants to fight GSP. If it was about challenge, Woodley would say GSP should have to earn his shot at a title by working his way up the WW ranks, like what happens in real sports. GSP wants easy money, and will look for the easiest fight that gives it. Woodley wants easy money, and a slow and out of shape GSP (one fight in five years) is the easiest money for him - almost any top five WW is a better fighter than current GSP.

GSP is the greatest WW of all time (Woodley can match that, but he hasn't yet). But now he's an out of shape, slow guy who spent four years sitting on his butt enjoying life - he's not even close to what he once was. Pretending GSP-Woodley now is a fight to make is silly, because GSP is nowhere close to being what he was.

 

[AnotherOldGuy]

Except that Jones vs Anderson never made sense from a business perspective, GSP vs Anderson did

I believe GSP shares your opinion that he would be wrecked by the Spider, hence he did not take that fight

Jones-Anderson would have been as big a draw as GSP-Anderson; in the end Jones was outdrawing GSP

GSP figured he would lose to the bigger fighter, Anderson. Anderson figured he would lose to the bigger fighter, Jones. Jones figured he would lose to the bigger fighter, Cain. Its almost as if the fighters knew that weight divisions mattered. Singling out GSP in this regard is just silly.

The solution is to get rid of weight divisions altogether (every combat sport started without them, and did fine). But in that case neither GSP nor Anderson is ever going to be champ. However, if you're going to have weight divisions, then expecting guys to fight out of their weight divisions is wrong.

 

[Njmma209]

What did Jones having 2 titles defences have to do with the fact a fight between them was talked about with the fans and the UFC but Anderson wanted no part of it?

Your reply is typical Anderson nuthugging. Just admit he didn’t want it and he’d get destroyed

No one really pushed for an Anderson/Jones fight. The only people that really did were gsp fanboys. And the only reason Anderson/Jones became a thing was because of the years of ducking from GSP regarding Anderson. Fans clamored for a superfight for years because GSP/Silva never happened so they turned their attention to Silva/Jones.

Silva/Jones made no sense compared to Silva/GSP. Jones was new era and not from the same time as GSP/Silva. Plus Jones never fought at 185 and could never.

Meanwhile Anderson started his career at 168lbs and him and GSP were way closer in size and muscle mass.

These are all facts. GSP fanboys like you cant handle these truth bombs. Let me guess your comeback is “hurr durr muh steroids”... except that argument is null because neither Anderson or GSP failed a test during their title reigns.

@20falarVerdades speaks truth also.

 

[Perrichet]

No one really pushed for an Anderson/Jones fight. The only people that really did were gsp fanboys. And the only reason Anderson/Jones became a thing was because of the years of ducking from GSP regarding Anderson. Fans clamored for a superfight for years because GSP/Silva never happened so they turned their attention to Silva/Jones.

Silva/Jones made no sense compared to Silva/GSP. Jones was new era and not from the same time as GSP/Silva. Plus Jones never fought at 185 and could never.

Meanwhile Anderson started his career at 168lbs and him and GSP were way closer in size and muscle mass.

These are all facts. GSP fanboys like you cant handle these truth bombs. Let me guess your comeback is “hurr durr muh steroids”... except that argument is null because neither Anderson or GSP failed a test during their title reigns.

@20falarVerdades speaks truth also.

No one really pushed for it.

You mean Anderson fans never pushed for it because they all knew Jones would destroy him. Even Anderson knew it.

Anderson fought at LHW multiple times so no need for Jones to make MW. Oh I forgot, Jones isn’t Irvin, Forrest or Bonnar

 

[Njmma209]

No one really pushed for it.

You mean Anderson fans never pushed for it because they all knew Jones would destroy him. Even Anderson knew it.

Anderson fought at LHW multiple times so no need for Jones to make MW. Oh I forgot, Jones isn’t Irvin, Forrest or Bonnar

Way to ignore all the facts and just speak nonsense like usual. Get rekt you can.

 

[Perrichet]

Way to ignore all the facts and just speak nonsense like usual. Get rekt you can.

You don’t know what a fact is.

Accept that Jones terrified Anderson and his nuthuggers