oh hell yeah GSP won, gotta see him in penn in a rematch. Glad Spike got some airplay and the belt is in the right hands GSP is a class act
Isn’t Penn dropping to 155?
Hmmm. Wonder what happened to the MMA expert, Smitty88? GSP won by knockout and Sylvia retained his belt.
BTW BJ Penn injured his ribs while twisting to counter Hughes while they were on the ground. BJ owned Matt for 2 rounds, injured his ribs, and then Matt beat down a semi-defenseless BJ in the third.
Suggestion: try to do some research before you open your big stupid mouth. BJ’s rib injury was verified on UFC.com, among several other sites.
Better yet stick to what you know best, which is juggling balls in your mouth.
Sylvia displayed good ground skills. I thought that once Monson took him to the mat, it would be over.
Sylvia’s reach was just too much fro Monson to overcome - But he’s one yolked sumbitch.
Congrats to GSP - he owned the fight. Hughes never showed up. Was he trying to prove something by trading punches with GSP? Hell - even my 12 year old daughter was yelling at Matt to take it to the ground.
On a semi-related note: Toyo Tires had a broader coverage than Biotest did tonight. I was disappointed in the ad placement. You guys need to be more visable - and that means have more fighters than just one wearing the Spike logo. Perhaps you should insist that Biotest be made visable as well.
WOW! The fall from such pompous heights must have been almost as devastating as the left kick to Hughes’ head…
Hughes has been a great champ. I look forward to the rematch.
I almost could not believe the progress St. Pierre displayed. Congrats to GSP for having a superior game plan and managing the skills to make it happen. A dominating, well executed victory…
Good fight for GSP. Not sure why Hughes seemed to want to stand with him. Two back-to-back kicks to the nuts has to take something out of you though.
[quote]HLDM wrote:
I almost could not believe the progress St. Pierre displayed. Congrats to GSP for having a superior game plan and managing the skills to make it happen. A dominating, well executed victory… [/quote]
Agreed. He and Penn are pretty much protype MMA fighters. I hope BJ stays at welterweight and gets a rematch. I still think BJ won their first fight.
[quote]Smitty88 wrote:
GSP will lose that is a certainty.
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Would you care to make some stock picks while you’re on a roll.
[quote]rainjack wrote:
Sylvia displayed good ground skills. I thought that once Monson took him to the mat, it would be over. [/quote]
Did we watch the same fight? The only thing Sylvia did correct (in regards to ground game) was be tall. He had that total advantage over Monson; that was all IMO.
Obviously, he is good in other aspects. But, Sylvia has to be the most boring fighter to watch in all of UFC.
[quote]rainjack wrote:
On a semi-related note: Toyo Tires had a broader coverage than Biotest did tonight. I was disappointed in the ad placement. You guys need to be more visable - and that means have more fighters than just one wearing the Spike logo. Perhaps you should insist that Biotest be made visable as well.[/quote]
Forgot to mention this in my last reply…
Toyo was a sponsor for the entire event. SPIKE is only GSP’s sponsor, not the event or any other fighter. At least, as far as I know. That would explain logo placement.
[quote]Blood is Metal wrote:
rainjack wrote:
Sylvia displayed good ground skills. I thought that once Monson took him to the mat, it would be over.
Did we watch the same fight? The only thing Sylvia did correct (in regards to ground game) was be tall. He had that total advantage over Monson; that was all IMO.
Obviously, he is good in other aspects. But, Sylvia has to be the most boring fighter to watch in all of UFC.[/quote]
I’m pretty sure we saw the same fight - you must have gone to take a piss, though when Monson passed Sylvia’s guard, and Sylvia still controlled the ground game.
I’m not saying Sylvia is an exciting fighter to watch - but Everyone was saying that if Monson took him to the ground, the fight would be over. He did, but Sylvia was not submitted.
[quote]Blood is Metal wrote:
Toyo was a sponsor for the entire event. SPIKE is only GSP’s sponsor, not the event or any other fighter. At least, as far as I know. That would explain logo placement.[/quote]
I dodn’t realize that Toyo was the event sponsor.
I’m betting 85% of those that saw the Spike t-shirts thought that GSP was advertising a cable channel.
Didn’t matter if Matt took GSP down or not. GSP stuffed Matts attempts to go down brushing them away.
I think Matt got a taste of GSP power and found no angles left. Matt was fucked up or down as far as I could see and I’ve watched this over and over.
He looked powerless against GSP. So proud of GSP. He fought a very tough opponent. He made a statement winning this fight the way he did.
GSP ain’t in line anymore.
monsons conditioning sucked
[quote]rainjack wrote:
I’m betting 85% of those that saw the Spike t-shirts thought that GSP was advertising a cable channel. [/quote]
I questioned this in the thread where T-Nation originally announced their sponsorship of GSP and Tim Patterson replied that they were not concerned because the logos for Spike TV and their product were very different.
[quote]brunottfn wrote:
monsons conditioning sucked[/quote]
Yeah - he looked gassed at the end of the 4th.
Did you see his training methods?
[quote]treco wrote:
Donut62 wrote:
GEORGES FUCKING ST PIERRE YEah! Cro Cop style, LHK, that made up for the piece of fucking shit that is the HW division in the UFC. Yeeeeehhhhaah!
GSP & OSU over Michigan on the same day.
Donut willing be nursing a hangover on Sunday… ;)[/quote]
I just laughed out loud, as I am reading this with sunglasses on because bright things make my eyes feel like bleeding…
[quote]rainjack wrote:
Sylvia displayed good ground skills. I thought that once Monson took him to the mat, it would be over.
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Agreed completely, RJ. That was the first significant ground game we have seen from Sylvia, and surprisingly it did not suck at all. That was an ADCC champ he was rolling with, and he managed to nearly secure an Americana or something. Ugly, but I think Tim shut up everyone saying he’s a one trick pony.
Anyways, I still dislike him and continue to be unimpressed with his shitty stand up.
[quote]Donut62 wrote:
Anyways, I still dislike him and continue to be unimpressed with his shitty stand up.[/quote]
Amen. it must suck to be a champ that gets booed even in victory. between attempting the triangle, weak n/s, and americana, vs a true grappler at least he showed some depth to his game. too bad its a game I dont think anybody is really into. its a shame monson wasnt able to pass guard to any effect or really do anything with the few times he had control. I cant help but wonder if the height advantage made it almost impossible for jeff to win.
In other UFC heavyweight related news, I got to meet Arlovski 2 weeks ago and take pics at a in store appearance. As we were getting into the car, my girl dropped her digital camera. As soon as I can get the pics off the card somehow ill post em.
[quote]solarflame wrote:
Didn’t matter if Matt took GSP down or not. GSP stuffed Matts attempts to go down brushing them away.
I think Matt got a taste of GSP power and found no angles left. Matt was fucked up or down as far as I could see and I’ve watched this over and over.
He looked powerless against GSP. So proud of GSP. He fought a very tough opponent. He made a statement winning this fight the way he did.
GSP ain’t in line anymore. [/quote]
He stuffed a couple attempts late when Hughes was hurt. Hughes didn’t look to take it to the ground right away, that much was obvious. Bad gameplan for Hughes as GSP proved his standup to be vastly superior. I would have liked to see it go to the ground for a bit. That would have been interesting.