Serra was never in GSP's league. It was a fluke like Randleman's Ko vs Cro Cop. And I'm sure there are more, I just don't feel like researching it at all rn. I think age has more to do with it than anything. A 22 year old Volk could make it back and be grea, unlike an older one we saw get koed 2 times in a row now. It's easy to say .. old champs eventually lose and never return to greatness. There's tons of those, all older with many miles on them. Being Koed also takes away from their invinciblity to other fighters, which is a big factor as well. GSP was never a ko artist. Always a point fighter, so I don't think a claim that Matt changed his style, just obviously had to be more cautious in 2nd fight. I also believe he took Matt lightly since he was a late replacement fighter in the 1st fight and had trained most of his camp f9r a9me9ne else entirely. I said I agree for the most part that brutal ko's end many fighters, but like I said it's older fighters so it can't be said of young guys. I would think many young guys have been koed, and move past to become champs or at least have very good win loss %. Olivera has been koed more than once and made it to be a champ. I could look thru many records and add more, but not going to bother. Point is same, yes older guys get brutally koed and lose the belt, hardly ever make it back to that level, but age is a key factor...as much as the ko is. I think a 5 round beat down without a finish would be just as detrimental if not more so.
