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GSP was an exciting fighter up until the second Penn fight. He had the bulk of his fan base behind him by the time he had that fight, After that he went into the point fighting mode.The UFC probably did a better job at promoting him . Easy to push the right guy at right time in the right place .
I think he won the title right at the end of the "rock star era" of Randy , Chuck , BJ , Hughes and Tito , so he got some of that era's fame and promotional carry over .
I dont really know , I'm just guessing .
While I agree GSP was risk averse, I think people vastly overestimate how finishable GSP's title challengers were.
-Koscheck had only been finished by McFedries and Paulo Thiago.
-Fitch was undefeated
-Alves was subbed twice early on and fluke KOd by Fitch
-Hardy, tough as shit, took Condit of all people to knock him out
-Shields, Condit, Diaz, need we say more on how hard those guys are to put away?
Aside from Hardy, I can't really think of any of those fighters that GSP or even the most dangerous WWs would put away.
Which part?This is a lot of incorrect information.
Which part?
He accumulated all the fans that his opponents had.
He was boring if you were fans of his opponents. He was exciting if you were fans of the sport. Seeing a guy control a fight anyway he wanted was a real treat. No real holes and all his opponents had a weakness he could exploit. He was a pleasure to watch. Playing 3D chess while everyone else was playing checkers.I said earlier that all he did, which was a given he was gonna win by jab, jab, a weak attempt at a superman punch, jab, jab, takedown, dry hump every fight.
Then when he said he "was in a dark place" against Diaz or Condit I think? What did he do?
Jab, jab, a weak attempt at a superman punch, jab, jab, takedown, dry hump.
That was literally all he ever did.
The most booorring fighter ever
Do you have anything constructive to add as a rebuttal, or are you just going to mask your lack of knowledge behind a GIF thinking it will earn your likes?
GSP beats him tomorrow.
DBreiden is not wrong. Prime GSP walks through Khabib easily. Stronger, faster, more well-rounded, excellent takedown defense... hell... a washed up GSP causes all kinds of problems for Khabib.
Not a factualGSP tapped to strikes. GSP cried for years about wanting stricter drug testing then left the very same year USADA came in. Left the sport after his first real fight in years vs Hendricks. Left the sport in his prime, looking like he was about to give birth from all the HGH he was injecting. Greased himself vs BJ Penn. Denied the fans the greatest fight of all time by refusing to move up to fight Anderson, a fight everyone wanted, yet couldn’t do it quick enough when Bisping is there for the taking.
I can tell by the attitude that you choose to adopt here - being antagonistic in the safety of anonymity, that you’re just not my kind of guy and our philosophies don’t line up, hence why you’re so upset about me calling out one of your hero’s anyway. You’re an emotional guy and that’s fine, maybe save that side of you for your girlfriend though.
No.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?
You're right on Fitch, he was just on a long win streak in the UFC. But like I said all of those fighters are very hard to finish, even by elite standards. Most of their stoppages came as they declined.Literally the entire part I quoted.
Here's some other fun facts:
- Koscheck was finished in 2 of his 4 losses at the time - 50%
- Fitch was 19-2 when he faced GSP, not undefeated, and was finished in both losses - 100%
- Alves was finished in 4 out of his 5 losses at the time - 80%
- Hardy was finished in 3 out of his 6 losses at the time - 50%
- Condit was finished in 3 out of his 5 losses at the time - 60%
- Shields was finished in 1 out of his 4 losses at the time - 25% - but was knocked out in under a minute less than 4 months after fighting GSP
- Diaz was finished in 2 out of his 8 losses at the time - 25% - but one of those "finishes" was due to a cut, so he should really be at 12.5%.
- Diaz is the only guy on that list who was actually "hard to finish"
- Hardy was knocked out in the first round about 7 months after fighting GSP - in his very next fight
- Fitch was finished in 3 out of 4 losses after fighting GSP
The revisionist bullshit spewed by GSP fans is ridiculous. Always glorifying everything he's ever done, exaggerating, and hyping up his opponents to be a slew of unkillable juggernauts. Fuckin madness and bullshit. Your idea of how "finishable" GSP's title challengers were is skewed and wrong. Like I said, a lot of incorrect information.
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?
He had a country behind him. He is a well spoken, polite baddass that women find attractive who was dominating his sport. Canadians were extremely eager to have him represent. I can guarantee most of his ppv buys were Canadian.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?
You're right on Fitch, he was just on a long win streak in the UFC. But like I said all of those fighters are very hard to finish, even by elite standards. Most of their stoppages came as they declined.