Everyone on here is bagging out GSP for a boring main event..

GSP himself said he wanted to finish the fight. He didn't. Criticism is warranted.

 

He has done the same thing in every fight for years now. Is Shields a voodoo witch doctor?

Tbh GSP is renowned for his wrestling, if he truly wanted to show balls he would have done his usual routine, the fact that he didn't is dissapointing.

 

Jake Shields was ko'd only once in his career. Two years before GSP's 1st fight. Anyone expecting a ko is an idiot. And why wrestle when Jakes stand up is so poor? He couldnt even deal with a jab and lateral movement

 

Yaawwwwn. So much fail in one post.

 

Here we go again ................ an outurst from a boxing fan with absolutley no clue about anything related to mixed martial arts other than the striking game :-(

OK ................. Jake Sheilds is a Caesar Gracie black belt in JJ and a 2 time all american college wrestler , he has never protested to being a stand up fighter and has been widely critisised and written off in the past because he has no stand up game .

St Pierre is an extremely well rounded mixed martial artist who came from a karate background and was at the beginning of his career a stand up fighter with excellent stand up skills , he now leans more towards his wrestling ability and general MMA strategic approach to his fights .

The critisism comes from the fact the gulf in class between these two men is / was supposed to be astronomical and that Sheilds could not take GSP down pointed towards GSP dominating the stand up and forcing a stoppage

Instead we got GSP in a fairly competetive kick boxing fight with a grappler and never looking to fully commit to hurting Sheilds , thats why he's being crititised

 

There's no need to analyse it. GSP's to blame. Its REALLY that simple.

 

No offence to you TS you seem like a decent poster, but discussing how boring GSP has become is getting more boring than his fights. Decide for your self who fault it was for the snooze fest

Good GSP
[url]http://www.mma-core.com/videos/_Georges_St_Pierre_vs_Matt_Hughes_II_UFC_65?tid=100&vid=10002483[/url]

Boring GSP
[url]http://www.mmalinker.com/external/frames/42273/GSP_Georges_St_Pierre_vs_Jake_Shields_FIGHT_VIDEOUFC_129_HQ[/url]

 

My answer to your question would be this

Sheilds was expected to try and take the fight to the ground and he didnt , this was evident when Gil Melendez (his cheif cornerman for this fight) told him not to pul guard " yet " , indicating that Sheilds's game plan was indeed at some point to take this fight down .

He didnt ever seriously look like taking GSP down therefore GSP should of stepped his foot on the gas and utilise his far superior stand up (or is it ???) , and look to do some damage to Sheilds , not dance around and take a decision in the process lose a couple of rounds to a guy he shouldnt of really lost an exchange too ??!! , that is my take on it .

Anyone defending GSP would simply say why take the risk of Sheilds getting a hold of him which again is a fair argument

 

well you should be able to expect a champ to preform like a champ sometimes.
dont even think gsp threw a hook in this fight or an upper and if he did i missed it

 

That's ****in night and day...so different...thx Stoo, I almost forgot why everyone is complaining about GSP boring fight recently... !

I think he probably threw more kick in the second hughe fight then in it's last 4 fight !

 

No Problem Nev. The kicks are sorely missed, but how aggressive GSP was in Hughes guard made me go 'Ohh ****'
I think the belt has changed Georges more than Serra, because he looked so hungry for the win in that fight