What made GSP such a huge draw?

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Other dominant champions like Jon Jones, Demetrious Johnson and José Aldo were just as impressive as GSP. He never talked trash and didn't have an overly exciting fighting style in his championship reigns. The excitement came from him figuring out puzzles but that's another topic.

Yet Georges st pierre pulled bigger numbers and checks than the rest of his dominant peers, without having to sell fights with trash talk or spectacular finishes. Why is that?

 

[ThunderStruck]

He fought the best competition in all mma history.

 

[Octupus Samurai]

True definition of martial arts.
People look for Jones and see a fake manipulative/shitty person fueled by peds

 

[Ares Black]

People love greatness, but he was also humble and charismatic.

 

[Pizza Werewolf]

Riddum, Nipple tweaking, and not being impressed by your per-for-mance.

 

[13Seconds]

He fought the best competition in all mma history.

He did. Dude went through and passed 3 generations of fighters in his division.

But why was he so marketable? Why was he THE ticket selling, PPV buying machine?

People love greatness, but he was also humble and charismatic.

I know i love humbleness. But historically the casual fan hasn't. The flat out truth seems to be that the "hardcores" find humbleness boring as well. Just look at the attention the Jamahal Hill/Paul Craig fight got in here.

What is GSP's secret?

 

[Ares Black]

I also think that a lot if haters tuned in hoping to see him lose. They almost always left disappointed.

 

[MyFavSport]

Canadians have bad taste

 

[Ares Black]

He did. Dude went through and passed 3 generations of fighters in his division.

But why was he so marketable? Why was he THE ticket selling, PPV buying machine?

He had a lot of fans, and he had a lot of haters. Sort of the same reason Rousey was (and McGregor is) such a big draw.

It definitely isn't all fans hoping to see them win.

 

[Prologue]

I've always been convinced its because of his likeness to Frank Dux (aka JCVD)

Virtually identical

 

[Domitian]

He had the Canadian fans in his pocket. People like winners.

 

[Ares Black]

Canadians have bad taste

 

[Mesos]

-Good Looking
-Squeaky Clean Image
-Country behind him
-dominant run

Hes a promoters dream

 

[ElLunico]

He had all of Canada behind him.

He was also charismatic in a quirky/dorky way.

 

[Argonaut]

He accumulated all the fans that his opponents had.

 

[TheSpider]

His deluded Canadian fanbase who have no other Canadian to cheer for

 

[Prologue]

He did. Dude went through and passed 3 generations of fighters in his division.

But why was he so marketable? Why was he THE ticket selling, PPV buying machine?



I know i love humbleness. But historically the casual fan hasn't. The flat out truth seems to be that the "hardcores" find humbleness boring as well. Just look at the attention the Jamahal Hill/Paul Craig fight got in here.

What is GSP's secret?

I think for GSP is that he's a Canadian that fits that stereotypical "polite to a fault" personality. More than humble, like wouldn't hurt a fly outside of beating people up in a cage. The character contrast sets him apart from the regular humble dude types.

 

[Marko Polo]

His dominance became a spectacle in itself a bit like Khabib, but Khabib was on another level to GSP.

 

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[Prologue]

His deluded Canadian fanbase who have no other Canadian to cheer for

Me every time I see Rory Mac lose in the post-retirement GSP era.

Feels like waiting for Erick Silva's comeback at this point.