Aldo's chin.... what do you make of it now? Is it glass?

And then you get the very next UFC, with Lawler and Condit, and you get all what you expected with McDonalds and more

 

Yeah...nationality is important in regards to taking a punch! That's why George Chuvalo and GSP are often mentioned together. Canadians and their chins, rock solid. If you're fighting a Canadian don't aim for the face. Brazilians are more susceptible there.

 

I wouldn't say GSP's chin is "rock solid".

Serra, who admittedly is heavy handed (more at 155 than 170) bingo'd him.

 

GSP is not known for a rock solid chin. I was making fun of the guy for thinking people get ko'd because they're Brazilian.

 

He wasn't invulnerable or the MMA answer to Chuvalo, no, but I do think Rush had an excellent chin - and that sole defeat by stoppage actually reinforces that.

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It wasn't as though Serra touched him once and he went to sleep. Georges got hit with no less than four hard, flush, overhand rights - staggered by all of them but not going down - just on his feet, with a few hooks mixed in, and then got drilled a few more times while flat on his back and was still lucid and scrabbling to hold onto Serra for a bit. That's a lot of bombs to eat from a heavy-handed guy and still have your wits about you.

I'm not going to say that was a green St. Pierre as he was the welterweight champion heading in and had already picked up victories over the likes of BJ, Karo, Sherk, Miller & Trigg and was deadlocked at 1-1 against Hughes - but he was still just on the cusp of entering his full-blown peak and prime, near the end of the process of ironing out some of the kinks in his style that would make him more difficult to hit during his lengthy 2nd reign.

That was the problem, to me, in Serra I, more than his chin - the fact that Serra was able to catch him with something as telegraphed as his overhand right using nothing but a wavy jab-feint to set it up.

 

If you followed MMA at the time, Serra was supposed to be a complete walkover for GSP. To have that done by someone who wasn't even known for his stoppages at 155 say's a lot about your chin, especially when Matt never did that to anyone else at 170.

GSP was very sensitive around the whiskers. No one can deny that. It's just that he was so dominant against top strikers that many never saw him have to deal with their power due to him handling them with ease.

You say he wasn't in his prime yet he SCHOOLED Hughes! GSP was in his prime then, believe.

Georges was super tough and, to an extent, had great recovery powers. But your chin is shaky if Matt Serra, a BJJ specialist is knocking you out yet nobody else in GSP's division or his optimal division.

 

It seems his "tactic" was to come out from the opening bell and charge forward in a straight line, with no head movement, hands down and his chin in the air. He also has a glass jaw. And this ladies and gentelmen is an MMA atg.

 

The first Serra fight had nothing to do with his chin. The first shot caught him behind the ear, blowing out his eardrum. After that his balance was completely gone.

If Georges had a weak chin he wouldn't have been able to go the full distance with hard hitters like Condit and Hendricks taking bomb after bomb. Condit hit him with a high kick late on in their fight that would've put most welters to sleep.

 

It nearly did.

 

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You mean Condit's Headkick? No way. He lost his balance for a second but recovered almost immediately. In any case it's silly to say his chin is subpar based off that one fight against Serra given the circumstances.

 

you forgot the **** ass judging that ruined the night, and it wasn't that great imo, lawler was lacklustre lacking activity and condit hadnt fought in a long time :twisted:

 

Lost his balance? He went down like a sack of spuds because he was wobbled.

 

You're just arguing semantics now. He momentarily lost his footing and took a tumble but recovered almost immediately. If he was really badly hurt, a killer like Condit would've finished him. He didn't go down in a stiffened heap or come close to getting KO'd like you are insinuating.

 

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He kind of stiffens up and then falls and then he gets his bearings.