I love GSP, but he avoided 3 dangerous opponents

[Garnet_StrongerThanYou]

1. Hendricks Rematch with no USADA or VADA

2. Anderson Silva at 185 pounds

3. Robert Whittaker at 185 pounds.

He had legitimate reasons for not fighting all 3,

1. He was burnt out and wanted stronger drug testing
2. He didn’t want to change weight classes and give the weight advantage to Anderson.
3. Had Colitis and had a shitty time making MW.

But he still didn’t fight when he could have.

He’s like a much less extreme version of Conor Mcgregor.

Conor only fights when he has nothing to lose and everything to gain.

GSP fights when the positives outweigh the negatives for himself and his legacy.

He’s a smart guy.

 

[EnthusiastCultivator]

Anderson had a chance to fight GSP but blew the opportunity after that horrific fight with Maia. GSP was even there cageside and was ready to do a face off with Anderson had he won in an impressive fashion.

 

[chitoortiz]

I’m not impressed with this thread

 

[Mike]

Seems unreasonable

 

[BobblyStruggles]

If GSP vs Whittaker happened I would be very sad.
Both are some of my favorite fighters period and I don't want to see either lose.

 

[C0NCH3TO]

Fighters don’t have the duty to move up in weight. Sure, it’s awesome and becoming champ champ is a whole new level of greatness but it could backfire badly. That’s why great ones rarely do so unless it’s an unbelievably convenient matchup, they have lots to lose. The one fight Gsp definitely avoided and people have the right to shit on him for is a Hendricks rematch.

 

[mmacrisis]

Since GSP doesn't book fights not sure I would say avoided anyone. Silva was fought at 170/185/205... not sure that would of favored GSP at that time anyway but would of loved to see it happen.

With regards to Whitaker, he was 1-2 when GSP retired (before the Bisping fight). So not sure what you are talking about.

 

[Slatersan]

Anderson Silva and Whittaker as champ:
Gsp - “no way my tummy hurts.”

Bisping as champ:
Gsp - “where do I sign?”

 

[LouisBolanos]

If fighters were investments then guys like Sakuraba and BJ would be GME - max risk, max reward, max entertainment. GSP on the other hand would be a savings account - virtually zero risk, virtually guaranteed single digit % per annum reward, 100% by the book and next to no entertainment value.

 

[Lethal_Striker]

I’m not impressed with this thread

This thread can't handle your riddum.

 

[JudoThrowFiasco]

I'm far from a gsp zealot but he was on record before the Hendricks fight saying he was going through personal issues and was going to take a break; and, by all indications he had some serious colitis issues with the weight gain for the bisping fight which seems valid with how much size he lost since that fight by following strict diets

 

[Mammothman]

George "Contractually obligated to defend the MW belt" St-Pierre welched pretty bad once he was done with Ping, sad thing is that everybody knew he was going to pull that weasel move.

 

[The Schmoop]

I don’t blame him for denying Hendricks the rematch after Johnny Welched on pioneering stricter testing with his opponent.

Anderson stated he wanted to compete at 170 again but not to fight GSP ( https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.sp...o-170-if-he-gets-shot-at-conor-mcgregor-71982 )

 

[dragonsfly]

He was the favourite against Spider stylistically and would have beaten him.. While he did beat Hendricks via points.. Whitaker was however the danger he avoided because he was stylistically a nightmare

 

[CerebralKnievel]

You should probably develop a life and worry about more important things.

 

[TheMessiah]

GSP was one of the biggest ducks of all time. Just think about it, Whittaker, Khabib, Anderson and Woodley all called him out but somehow he only fought a one eyed 40 year old cyclops.

 

[Garnet_StrongerThanYou]

GSP was one of the biggest ducks of all time. Just think about it, Whittaker, Khabib, Anderson and Woodley all called him out but somehow he only fought a one eyed 40 year old cyclops.

Let’s be fair here. Khabib wasn’t his fault.

Dana wouldn’t let GSP steal the 155 pound strap and run again.

 

[acannxr]

1. Hendricks Rematch with no USADA or VADA

GSP was talking about retiring leading up to the Condit fight.

2. Anderson Silva at 185 pounds

You could say that about Silva avoiding Jones and Jones avoiding Heavyweight.

3. Robert Whittaker at 185 pounds.

I don't buy the colitis excuse, at all.

 

[r-harper-1]

I’m far from a GSP fan ....I don’t consider turning down fights outside your weight class ducking

 

[FlyingDeathKick]

GSP and Khabib both played it relatively safe, fair play to them though.