GSP was outstanding at takedowns. Merab is on a whole other level...

[HoiceNJuicy]

Jesus, the man is a, uh, a MACHINE!

 

[milliniar]

More takedowns in less fights means your opponent gets up more.

 

[DiazSlap]

Merab…*yawn*

 

[DiazSlap]

More takedowns in less fights means your opponent gets up more.

Comparing Merub to GSP is like comparing a small,hyper, humping dog to a racehorse.

 

[Söze Aldo]

More takedowns in less fights means your opponent gets up more.

Also, GSP was taking down decently bigger guys too which arguably ups the difficulty level. What GSP was able to achieve with his MMA wrestling without any collegiate background is still incredible.

 

[Contempt]

Yeah but GSP wasn't a takedown machine before the Sera upset, when he started to fight super safe. People tend to forget that he was known as a striker before that.

 

[chinarice]

Jesus, the man is a, uh, a MACHINE!

76 or something percent TD accuracy for GSP to Merab's like 30 some percent. It outlines a crazy pace that Merab can set and how amazingly effective GSP was at taking people down.

 

[Tweak896]

Newer generation guys like Torrez Finney might break new records for takedowns, just give it time

 

[Poirierfan]

Jesus, the man is a, uh, a MACHINE!

Just because you attempt more td's doesn't make you better at td's. Pee-wee Herman could attempt 100 in one fight and that doesn't make him better than Khabib. GSP was much better when he wanted to get someone down.

 

[The-AxeMurderer]

What's crazy is that Yan defended 38 of 49 TDs in their fight.

 

[SuperNerd]

Yeah but GSP wasn't a takedown machine before the Sera upset, when he started to fight super safe. People tend to forget that he was known as a striker before that.

I got curious and googled the fight metric stats.

He's actually pretty consistent. He broke and finished a lot of those guys early.

When you compare his TD attempts in his pre-Serra decisions, you get:

Karo at 8 attempts in 3 rounds.
Miller 5 attempts in 3 rounds.

Then look at his highest over 5 rounds, post-Serra.

Diaz 11 attempts in 5 rounds.
Condit 8 attempts in 5 rounds
Hardy 11 attempts in 5 rounds.


The BJ Penn fights:

Pre-Serra: 5 attempts in 3 rounds
Post-Serra: 7 attempts in 4 rounds

 

[TJH Exitium]

lol

GSP takedowns >>> Merab's takedowns

They have nearly the same # of successful takedowns but Merab has more than double the attempted takedowns

 

[Kal-El]

Yes because GSP took people down and kept them there and landed g'n'p. Merab is the best at aerobics class.

 

[Fahcough]

Some of these stats should be embarrassing to the owner. It's like the most strikes landed / most time spent in octagon .

You can't finish a fight.

 

[Cat Biscuits]

Do we have a more useful stat like the amount of ground control that came from a takedown? Merab spamming takedowns isn't any more impressive than Clay Guida doing the same his whole career.

 

[aerius]

What's crazy is that Yan defended 38 of 49 TDs in their fight.

Almost as crazy as old man Aldo stuffing all 16 of Merab's attempts and handing him a big fat zero on completed takedowns.

 

[RockyLockridge]

what are their percentages though? I'd imagine merab gets stuffed more. Merab got stuffed 16 times by aldo. there is no opponent that GSP couldn't take down.

 

[DiazSlap]

More takedowns in less fights means your opponent gets up more.

TS tried to hype up Merat but instead this thread corrected itself organically to celebrate GSP and dismiss Merub’s cardio decision-fest garbage.


One of the few times I am proud of Sherdog.

 

[pick999]

If it was the other way around everyone would be glazing

 

[Conor Strickland]

If he would've taken post prime Aldo down then I'd him over GSP but he couldn't get him down