Like it or not GSP has become a boring fighter !!!

i actually agree... i wasnt to intrested in seeing the fight after the 1st round cause it was obvious what was going to happen

i dont think he should sacrifice potential wins by striking more or mixing it up more, but i can honestly say, unless he stepped up to MW i probably wouldnt be intrested in seeing him fight at this point in time

 

He's become too good, that is the problem. Incredibly lopsided fights are going to seem boring.
it's the same criticism that gets leveled at PBF. He's punished for being overly dominant.

 

He nearly ripped Hardy's arm off twice. He is more cautious, don't see him bust the spinning back kick to the body anymore, but he did throw some side kicks. I think his trainer is limiting the exciting fighter in him, in favor of winning fights with minimal risk..

This, is the sort of final destination of very refined, skilled fighters if they decide winning is the ultimate end. Having a takedown, and controlling wrestling skills at his level just sort of leads to this..

Whats scary is.. With St. Pierre's wrestling skill, he could basically control a fight without ever really doing anything other than feints, takedowns, and gnp without trying to improve position.... Wrestling, can be very boring, but until fights are scored differently, or knees are allowed from a stuffed takedown attempt position, things arent going to change much..

IMO, the sub attempts were great. I'd bet Hardy's shoulder and elbow are ****ed right now.

 

Don't worry he'll put on a show next time, u seen that he was very mad with himself and apologized. He doesn't wanna let his fans down. So next fight will be good

 

GSP will do a fight standing up when the guys in front of him strength' will be is work on the ground. GSP is good in every aspect of the game so he can just choose and pick a strategy corresponding to the weakest aspect of his opponent.

 

The difference between GSP and Penn/Silva/Fedor is what Hardy's face looked like after GSP dominated him for 5 rounds. Penn finishes and inflicts damage, GSP neutralizes, controls and wins decisions. Hell, even against Penn when he had like 20 lbs of muscle on the guy and dominant position for the entire fight, he still couldn't finish him, the corner stopped it between rounds.

 

yep

 

I thought it was the most exciting fight of the night. For the simple fact that he has amazing athleticism. And Dan Hardy has an amazing heart.

 

I agree with the guy who said he is just to damn good at takedowns and if your opponant is a stand-up striker, why NOT take him down. I also agree with the thread starter though. I was bored as hell.

 

You can't blame the guy for fighting smart and taking away any chance for Hardy to win. However, I do think that GSP should have been much more active on top. It isn't as if Hardy was going to sub him from his back or anything.

 

I don't think it is anything to do with being dominant and a lopsided fight being boring.
Silva is not boring and nor is Fedor. You cannot criticise GSP because he is doing what he needs to do to secure victory and he is utterly dominant in doing that. But yeah it is a bit dull to watch. That said he went for a sub and 99% of fighters would have tapped to either the armbar or the kimura.

But I would much rather watch a one sided fight like Silva-Franklin than a one sided GSP fight.

 

I agree I know he wants to fight smart but we pay his salary he should be also atleast trying to entertain us alittle.

 

GSP is not boring but yeah I agree, I wasnt impressed with his ground game.. Not enough strike landed on the ground for my taste...He is just so damn good with his wrestling, its crazy