Would you give GSP a chance against any top 5 middleweight?

[pankrat]

what do they bring to the table that GSP hasn't faced before

Machida is the only one here GSP wouldn't be the favor to win.

also GSP already beatten Hendricks

If you need to ask that question you are definitely clueless

It seems you saw the W in fight finder but try to watch the actual Hendricks fights.
Well, the top MWs would give him even a harder time, so there would not be room for the judges to screw it up

 

[Franklin U.]

I agree there are too many biased GSP fans who think that at age 40 he's still as good as he was at 28. I have no idea why anyone would think that of any athlete in any contact sport, but there you go.

However, the knee injury seems to be a pretty good reason for him not to come back, or to come back worse than before. Not all knee injuries are the same, not all operations are successful (if you Google you'll get a number around 80% success rate for ACL surgeries, so you expect 20% failure rate, making it very possible he's one of the 20% -- he sure seemed slower and with poorer footwork in his post-ACL fights). Which is another reason he should stay retired. An old guy, with one fight in six years and a knee injury that wasn't completely successful should not be fighting. He should definitely not be gifted another unearned title shot at any weight division. If he's really still good then let him prove it by working his way back up the rankings.

....and those stats u gave are factual ( as far as what the numbers say --- even NFLers). I dont know where gsp stood but I did see Hendricks work him and when he did choose to stand, things became tougher and that scar tissue gave way .He had a solid jab but he certainly could be hit.

 

[tripleo]

Mate, Romero decapitates GSP. 2020 Rockhold kills him. Even 2020 Weidman decisions him. GSP was using brute strength to get on top on everybody and hold them. He ain't having any advantage over these guys. He said is himself, he has no business fighting at 185.

Yoel lost his last 4, the only advantage he has over GSP is strength

Rockhold has no chin anymore, and he lost to Bisping who GSP easily beat

 

[MichaelT]

Yoel lost his last 4, the only advantage he has over GSP is strength

Rockhold has no chin anymore, and he lost to Bisping who GSP easily beat

Did you see what Rockhold did to a younger in prime Bisping, do you think GSP can handle that? And how is he going to hurt Yoel? He's got no chance controlling him on the ground. Guy traded with Costa and came out with less damage.

 

[tripleo]

Did you see what Rockhold did to a younger in prime Bisping, do you think GSP can handle that? And how is he going to hurt Yoel? He's got no chance controlling him on the ground. Guy traded with Costa and came out with less damage.

the one GSP would have no chance against would be Prime Spider and Paulo Costa

 

[boyer]

GSP would knock glass jaw Rockhold out.

 

[boyer]

the one GSP would have no chance against would be Prime Spider and Paulo Costa

Maybe not prime Spider*, but he'd beat him today.

 

[Hirashin]

Yoel lost his last 4, the only advantage he has over GSP is strength

Rockhold has no chin anymore, and he lost to Bisping who GSP easily beat

Yes he lost if you look at his record, he won them all here on sherdog. It doesn't really matter if he won or lost his 3 title fights, he is olympian coupled with good boxing, he murders gsp.
Luke is shot, but GSP was never a hard hitter. Even this 2020 version of Luke dismantles GSP.
Weidman is a big D1 wrassler who also has problems with big hitters. GSP was never as big hitter. Weidman suplexes him.