That time GSP ducked fighting Whittaker

Dan O'Burke said:
Clear cherry pick and duck. He's been calling out Khabib ever since (a guy he outweighs by like 30lbs) but never fought bigger guys.
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Who never fought bigger guys? GSP? Khabib? They both fought bigger people so it's a factually incorrect statement regardless
 
chinarice said:
Yeah he's not the first or last to cherrypick.

Jon did it
Henry did it
GSP did it
Izzy tried to do it
Bisping tried to do it with GSP

People acting like this board wasn't split 55/45 on this board when the fight was announced
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Yup, I'm not disagreeing. Even Leon asking for the Masvidal fight once he became champ was a clear attempt at cherrypicking. It's not uncommon but GSP clearly did it and then ducked and ran after leading the UFC on he'd defend.
 
chinarice said:
Who never fought bigger guys? GSP? Khabib? They both fought bigger people so it's a factually incorrect statement regardless
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Ok, you got me...GSP fought ONE bigger guy...Bisping who barely got medically cleared for the fight. I also never said Khabib did not fight bigger guys.
 
HuskySamoan said:
Yup, I'm not disagreeing. Even Leon asking for the Masvidal fight once he became champ was a clear attempt at cherrypicking. It's not uncommon but GSP clearly did it and then ducked and ran after leading the UFC on he'd defend.
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Yeah well the people who run the UFC are trash so I'm glad GSP stuck it to them and did shit on his terms, not this parasites'
 
HuskySamoan said:
You think GSP outweighs Khabib by 30lbs? I'm genuinely asking, maybe you're talking about someone else.
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Idk how much each guy weighs walking around but GSP is probably 185-190 walking around, what do you think Khabibs tips the scale at? Point is, he wants the smaller guy.
 
Dan O'Burke said:
Ok, you got me...GSP fought ONE bigger guy...Bisping who barely got medically cleared for the fight. I also never said Khabib did not fight bigger guys.
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Khabib wanted to cherrypick old GSP and only wanted the fight to be at a weight GSP never fought at. Don't try to change the narrative to something else.
 
Dan O'Burke said:
Idk how much each guy weighs walking around but GSP is probably 185-190 walking around, what do you think Khabibs tips the scale at? Point is, he wants the smaller guy.
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Khabib was the same size as GSP but fought at LW. The difference at most was a few lbs. This is well known.
 
chinarice said:
Khabib wanted to cherrypick old GSP and only wanted the fight to be at a weight GSP never fought at. Don't try to change the narrative to something else.
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And I'm not defending Khabib's actions. But people acting like GSP is a saint piss me off! Btw he also ducked Hendricks for the longest time (taking the Diaz fight instead) and tried the VADA thing (whim he had ties to) all the while rejecting WADA testing Hendricks proposed. He even said that he took the Diaz fight because Hendricks did not beat Koscheck impressively enough for his liking.
 
killakillakilla said:
Lol all these GSP fans trying to rewrite the narrative now pretending that GSP wanted to fight Rockhold. I might be wrong but I don’t believe GSP has ever expressed interest in fighting Rockhold. That never happened.
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Who are all these fans? The 1 OP?? lol
 
He clearly cherry-picked, but who cares? When you reach the level of GSP(tier 2) and Jon Jones(tier 1), you’ve already proven everything you needed to prove, these extra fights are just a luxury for the fans and resume.

Of course they aren’t going to risk looking bad fighting at a different weight class. GSP waited for the perfect opponent and Jones teased us for 9.5 years about fighting at HW. These are 2 fighting geniuses, can’t blame them.
 
Dan O'Burke said:
Idk how much each guy weighs walking around but GSP is probably 185-190 walking around, what do you think Khabibs tips the scale at? Point is, he wants the smaller guy.
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Khabib said when he was not cutting weight as an active fighter he was near 190lbs. Khabib always struck me as a real solid 185lb dude when he's not dropping weight. Have you seen his cuts? Some of the most brutal I've seen, had organ failure from them, missed a couple times, his face would drastically change nearly Rumble like. If Khabib rehydrates 21lbs in 24 hours to 176lbs, it's quite obvious he walks around in the 180s. You said 30lbs, I'd say 5lbs tops, I struggle to see GSP even being 10lbs heavier. They're about the same size, seriously.
 
Dan O'Burke said:
And I'm not defending Khabib's actions. But people acting like GSP is a saint piss me off! Btw he also ducked Hendricks for the longest time (taking the Diaz fight instead) and tried the VADA thing (whim he had ties to) all the while rejecting WADA testing Hendricks proposed. He even said that he took the Diaz fight because Hendricks did not beat Koscheck impressively enough for his liking.
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He ducked Hendricks for the longest time? lol you sound very impartial sir.... He took one fight against Diaz because half the MMA community of Diaz dumbasses said he was ducking the guy and knew he would make a lot of money with him because of Diaz's delusional fanbase.

Hendricks wasn't some long standing contender getting screwed for a long time. That never happened bud. Just be honest. What the fuck is the point of having a conversation about something you make up shit to have an argument.
 
HuskySamoan said:
Khabib said when he was not cutting weight as an active fighter he was near 190lbs. Khabib always struck me as a real solid 185lb dude when he's not dropping weight. Have you seen his cuts? Some of the most brutal I've seen, had organ failure from them, missed a couple times, his face would drastically change nearly Rumble like. If Khabib rehydrates 21lbs in 24 hours to 176lbs, it's quite obvious he walks around I the 180s. You said 30lbs, I'd say 5lbs tops, I struggle to see GSP even being 10lbs heavier. They're about the same size, seriously.
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Fair enough.
 
Dan O'Burke said:
No way GSP ever makes 155 safely...so false.
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Khabib barely ever did too lol he looked near death in most of the fights he made weight. Difference was 5-7 lbs at most

GSP weighed 193 at his biggest of WW. Khabib or his team have been on record saying he was like 185. 200 when he's not training for a fight
 
chinarice said:
He ducked Hendricks for the longest time? lol you sound very impartial sir.... He took one fight against Diaz because half the MMA community of Diaz dumbasses said he was ducking the guy and knew he would make a lot of money with him because of Diaz's delusional fanbase.

Hendricks wasn't some long standing contender getting screwed for a long time. That never happened bud. Just be honest. What the fuck is the point of having a conversation about something you make up shit to have an argument.
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Not making it up. GSP's comment says it all...that Hendricks was not winning impressively enough to warrant a title shot. It was a big enough deal that many in the media were talking about him being overlooked. You can't BS me, I was paying attention then.
 
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