Usman would love to fight GSP with win

[Bork Neslar]

GSP would never fight him. The guy just takes fights with few risks for him, and Usman is too big and dangerous.

 

[Simple Southerner]

Lol usman beats 2020 gsp easy

 

[AnotherOldGuy]

GSP would never fight him. The guy just takes fights with few risks for him, and Usman is too big and dangerous.

That's exactly why he never fought Matt Hughes, who was the dominant WW champ. GSP waited until Hughes retired so he wouldn't have to fight him to become champ, because fighting dominant champs is risky.

Look, anyone who trains MMA takes risks from day one. You start out being worse than everyone in your club. Your first fight is one big risk -- someone who's afraid of risks never takes that first fight, let alone a second fight etc. Risk avoidance would have been very easy for GSP and everyone else in MMA -- simply don't fight. Problem solved.

GSP was gifted an unearned fight with Bisping (never having fought at MW and given a title shot after not setting foot in the cage or even training much for four years is not earning a title shot). But he took plenty of risks. Even fighting Bisping after four years of retirement was a risk. Try something like that yourself. Pick something you're good at, then don't do it for four years, and see how good you are when you start again. There's a reason Muhammad Ali (a much better and more natural athlete than anyone in MMA including GSP) took a couple of warmup fights before fighting Frazier for the title.

The point is, you just don't get anywhere in any sport without risking losing, especially when you're just starting out. Only people who've never done any sport think you can get good at one without taking risks.

And now GSP is an old guy with one fight in six years. Seriously he's probably not even top 15 in any weight division. Usman wanting to fight him makes sense financially, but its still silly.

 

[Hypetrainofthemonth]

OP and the other 4 usual Juicehead-Silva dickriders are still seething that GSP easily smoked Bisping, the same Bisping that whipped the shit out of Anderoid Silvaseline like he owed him money, with one eye

Steroid monkeys never prosper

IMO ST-Pierre should only come back for huge money fights against Conor (for the $$$) or Khabib (to add a 3rd belt to his collection).
I'm not particularly pumped about a bout against Usman... nothing against the guy, but it is .

I see nothing but facts. Good post.

 

[chaos_36]

usman hasn't really proven himself, let's see how many consecutive title defenses he gets before he loses first.

woodley, ya the ww with the shittiest title defense in ufc history, not a draw, cries like a little baby, thinks he's great but isn't, and his record speaks for itself how may fights has he won recently???

ya your right gsp had the tougher competition, had to face guys that were all probably using ped's, all prior to usada. woodley had some good fights but in terms of his title defenses he's pretty much lackluster in that category.

fighters who call out someone who was once great but past there prime need to realize you'd never be fighting the prime version so the fight is pointless, you'd never see the true outcome. younger fighters calling out gsp is just nonsense, seriously it's like a champion in the wwe calling out hulk hogan.

Lmao Woodley would smoke GSP without really breaking a sweat, you fanboys are hilarious. Who did GSP fight that was anywhere near as athletic or explosive as Tyron? Who had the KO power Tyron has? Who had the wrestling acumen he has? Who had the combination of wrestling and KO power? Things move on and MMA is no exception, GSP was great for his era but he's not messing with current top tier welterweights. Stylistically Usman and Woodley are just nightmare matchups for him. Covington and GSP might be interesting though.

 

[chaos_36]

LOL, yeah, they're not. Jake Shields beat Woodley once already.

And yet only one of them became UFC champion Lmao.

 

[I am your real dad]

I respect his willingness to fight a legend like GSP. It shows he is a fearless champion.

Having said that, Marty would get lit up by jabs and one twos until he tries to panic wrestle GSP and then he is in REAL trouble.
GSP by decision or submission.

 

[bref]

And yet only one of them became UFC champion Lmao.

Luckily for Woodley's sake, he didn't have to fight Georges for the title.

 

[B ville Famous]

Usman’s competition is much better than the one dimensional fighters and bloated FW/LWs GSP feasted on.

Usman and Colby beat anyone GSP beat during his win streak except perhaps Hendricks (who battered 32 year old GSP into retirement). I also don’t see Usman or Colby getting KOd by LW Matt Serra in their prime.

The sport has evolved and WWs have gotten bigger and more well rounded.

 

[strebitel86]

Masvidal will prevent that from happening.

 

[dildos]

Every welterweight champ since Lawler has been wanting gsp.

 

[Mike]

Of course he wants it, it's all upside for him. The question is why gsp would take that fight. Does absolutely nothing for him.

 

[macaronicaesar]

Lmao Woodley would smoke GSP without really breaking a sweat, you fanboys are hilarious. Who did GSP fight that was anywhere near as athletic or explosive as Tyron? Who had the KO power Tyron has? Who had the wrestling acumen he has? Who had the combination of wrestling and KO power? Things move on and MMA is no exception, GSP was great for his era but he's not messing with current top tier welterweights. Stylistically Usman and Woodley are just nightmare matchups for him. Covington and GSP might be interesting though.

Woodley lmao, bellator Woodley at no point in his career stood a chance against GSP. They’re in two different stratosphere’s as fighters. There is nothing threatening from Woodley at all. He’s a bum and you’re saying he beats the GOAT. Gtfo with that fucking shit. Let’s see him beat Rory first and then get back to us.

 

[Orochimaru 大蛇丸]

Lmao Woodley would smoke GSP without really breaking a sweat, you fanboys are hilarious. Who did GSP fight that was anywhere near as athletic or explosive as Tyron? Who had the KO power Tyron has? Who had the wrestling acumen he has? Who had the combination of wrestling and KO power? Things move on and MMA is no exception, GSP was great for his era but he's not messing with current top tier welterweights. Stylistically Usman and Woodley are just nightmare matchups for him. Covington and GSP might be interesting though.

Hahahahahaha holy shit some you guys underestimate previous generations so much

Even Woodley doesn't think he would "smoke GSP without really breaking a sweat"

 

[Mike]

Hahahahahaha holy shit some you guys underestimate previous generations so much

Even Woodley doesn't think he would "smoke GSP without really breaking a sweat"

Woodley has mediocre striking, plodding movement, and backs into the cage to spam telegraphed overhands. Hard to believe people think that's a bad matchup for gsp. And Woodley fought in a ww division where gsp was champ, he just wasn't good enough to earn a shot. GSP beat the guy that beat woodley. Maybe woodley shouldn't have lost to shields if he wanted that fight so bad.

 

[chinarice]

well considering he was beating up his opponent the rest of the fight and post fight they looked like this:

Can’t really blame him.

Also gsp removed any doubt who he thought won the fight by running away from the sport in his prime and avoiding a rematch.

And Johny always had a questionable gas tank, while Usman wouldn’t have that problem. he would just be a problem for gsp.

Hendricks that fought GSP would beat Usman for sure. Way better striker than Usman is. Probably would get KTFO'ed by Hendricks, seeing as got briefly staggered by Maia of all people....

The fact a bunch of LWs from Georges' era have been literring the top10 WW for years now shows how it hasn't evolved at all as a division.

Also, showing facial damage without context of round by round scoring means nothing. That damage can happen in 1 round and you can clearly lose 4 after that..... your logic dictates said person won the fight, even while clearly losing 4 rounds because "facial damage". Did Hendricks win his rounds more clearly than Georges won his? Sure. Has that ever been quantified in any scoring in UFC history? Nope. They're always 10-9 rounds, regardless.

"Also gsp removed any doubt who he thought won the fight by running away from the sport in his prime and avoiding a rematch."...... this is just your opinion

 

[Nate banged my mom]

Maybe he can call out Matt Hughes as well. Since he hasn’t been run over in quite some time

 

[chaos_36]

Luckily for Woodley's sake, he didn't have to fight Georges for the title.

Yeah because Lawler is a much easier fight than Matt Sera Lmfao you mother fuckers have revisionist history down to a tee. I love the era GSP was in but I don't let that blind me to reality. The fighters were less well trained, knew less about nutrition and exercise and were generally less well rounded. The GOATs of that era were ahead of the curve (for that time period) but would not have the same success nowadays. That's not taking anything away from Georges he was great, it's just that things have moved on.

 

[bref]

Yeah because Lawler is a much easier fight than Matt Sera Lmfao you mother fuckers have revisionist history down to a tee. I love the era GSP was in but I don't let that blind me to reality. The fighters were less well trained, knew less about nutrition and exercise and were generally less well rounded. The GOATs of that era were ahead of the curve (for that time period) but would not have the same success nowadays. That's not taking anything away from Georges he was great, it's just that things have moved on.

You're acting like Georges was the champ 20 years ago. Rory, who is basically GSP-light, completely dominated Woodley from bell to bell.

Georges had a chance to fight him and came back and fought Bisping Lmao so GTFO with that bullshit. Woodley was better than him then that's why Georges took the easier fight.

Or maybe, just maybe, it was because he wanted belts in 2 different weight classes?

 

[gevoudane]

Usman would probably kick 39 year old GSPs ass.

The better question is why?

Looks nice in the history books.