Is gsp vs Hendricks still the most controversial fight of all time ?

[DoctorsStoppage]

arona beat fedor

haha nice
but not according to rings rules.
and we all know fedor kos arona in mma in 30 seconds. i remember fedor holding on when he had clear gnp positions, he held up but you could see he wanted to pummel aronas face bad

 

[HeffDoesWant]

Hendricks went from almost beating arguably the GOAT to going 3-7 in his next 10 fights (3L’s by TKO) when USADA entered the picture.

Nothing sus at all bro....

I was just looking at his record and for the last fight he got Costa, seems harsh in retrospect. And that's from a guy who doesn't like him at all.

 

[HeffDoesWant]

TJ Cruz worthy of a mention.

Only time I heard people say someone lost because he threw to many strikes.

 

[Brigfa]

No, it's not.

The fight was close enough to be a draw, so giving it to either guy doesn't make it a robbery.

McGregor getting away with at least 19 fouls against Nurmagomedov was far more controversial.

Man you found a way to bring Conor and Khabib to an unrelated thread, good job lol

 

[m249viking]

Hendricks tapped

 

[Prex32]

i remember everyone being upset over the decision. scored it clearly for hendricks too

 

[Turf Skirmish]

The fight was razor close. It should have been a draw.

 

[AbominableJoman]

Anderoid Silva vs Derek Brunson is the most controversial decision anyone has ever seen. A “pity decision”, if you will…

 

[mjoln]

Without rules you can say Hendricks won. But if you understand how scoring works, its GSP who won that fight.

 

[GearSolidMetal]

Its been a very long while since a thread discussing close decisions was hijacked by flame wars about GSP/Hendricks.

Yup, its been an entire 75 hours.

I bet another one will come up within another 48 hours.

 

[Draxton]

Jones vs Reyes?

 

[bambammccoy]

Some real revisionist history going on in this thread. Exaggeration is real.

Biggest robbery of all time. Hendricks totally won that fight, and if the fight was judged with today's rules and what makes a 10-8 round, then Hendricks would have officially won because rounds 2 and 4 would have been scored as 10-8 for Hendricks.

I believe it is still the only MMA robbery where 100% of the media scored it for the loser. At the time no one counted it as a title defense this being ambigious is revisionist history by GSP fans.

 

[bambammccoy]

Ross Pearson boxed up Diego had him whiffing shots and eating punches for 3 straight rounds, not even competitive.

One judge scores it 30-27 for Diego...

 

[RockyLockridge]

So you admit Hendricks only won 2 rounds in a 5 round fight, glad you're not delusional on that point.

It's not boxing and knock downs are not automatically 10 - 8 rounds. GSP recovered very well after the knockdown in round two.

1,3,5 GSP not a rubbery at all.

Another over looked fact is that Hendricks was completely blown up in the 5th and would have eventually gotten finished had the fight continued as he had nothing left after FAILING to put the champ away in the 4th.

Lyoto vs Shogun 1 is the far worse, Shogun won at least 4 of those rounds.

People ignore how close the second round was, GSP controlled quite a bit of the round despite taking damage early.

 

[Lee_]

It's controversial because Hendricks plummeted so badly right afterward when USADA came- his body and his performance totally changed. He is as guilty as they come, but chose to drop off the roids rather than get caught, with great consequence for his career.

But if you think he wasn't massively jacked for that fight, you dream. GSP was a better fighter, and will always be a better fighter. While Hendricks was dropping the roids and losing 70% of his fights , GSP moved up and got a KO over the MW champ. No comparison.

 

[PPVpoints]

That fight hurt GSP's legacy a lot, it's essentially a loss he didn't care to even try and make right by re matching Hendricks.

He pretty much admitted there was a fighter better than him during his era by not re matching Hendricks after losing.

Now imagine how bad Usman would have smoked him.

 

[RockyLockridge]

Now imagine how bad Usman would have smoked him.

He'd beat Usman easily

 

[ThePitterAnderSon]

Personally, I would call this fight the most controversial

 

[ryun253]

Ricco beat Big Nog

 

[ThunderStruck]

A. I interpret Keith Kizers perspective as GSPs camp giving him the run around and Kizer (NSAC) was an objective party in this situation. It’s pretty clear he blames GSPs camp for the testing not occurring.

B. Hendricks originally accepted the GSP VADA offer and then retracted it. Then he accepted the NSAC offer of random testing through a SLC WADA accredited lab. But the testing never happened.

C. Hendricks wanted the NSAC proposed testing. I know he was calling it WADA testing in that interview. He’s not the smartest guy. I’m gonna just agree to disagree here cause I’m calling it a night on this thread.

A. Kizer was not objective at all. In no way a company that offers a service would ever refuse it after receiving an email like the one he received. Theres a reason he was fired soon after.

B. Hendricks never accepted the NSAC offer. He just threw the WADA word and GSP's camp did all the work contacting NSAC and asking for their services. Hendricks did NADA and he even admitted later that he had no intention to do ANY additional testing, be it VADA or NSCAC enhanced testing.