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Yeah I agree. Gotta give him at least another five to ten seconds there.
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5-10 seconds is a long time when you're just curled up not moving. I'd rather have an early stoppage rather than a late. Jones dominated from the bell. I want him to fight Cormier next depending on if he can cut to 205. He has had medical conditions in the past that may make it hard for him not to
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Can anyone beat Bones? Yes, I said anyone. That means you, Spider. I'm just not sure. Jones has a chance to go down a road no fighter before him ever has.
On the stoppage...it's a good thing they did, because if not, the fight would have been stopped between rounds and it would have went as a loss for Jones.
I'm trying to think of a good comparison for Roy Nelson...in any sport. The dude looks like he has no business being in a cage, yet he is a complete beast in there.
On the stoppage...it's a good thing they did, because if not, the fight would have been stopped between rounds and it would have went as a loss for Jones.
I'm trying to think of a good comparison for Roy Nelson...in any sport. The dude looks like he has no business being in a cage, yet he is a complete beast in there.
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A fight between Silva and Jones would probably be the highest-rated and most profitable fight in UFC history. Is anyone not watching that? It's basically the two best pound-for-pound fighters in the UFC right now facing off, both of whom are essentially undefeated in the UFC. Plus Silva pretty much always puts on a show against good opponents.
As for Roy Nelson, he's got two of the best things you can have as a fighter: an iron chin and a sledgehammer for a fist. That guy could be absolutely terrifying if he actually cared enough to get ripped.
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The guy's workout routine, if you can even call it that, is unbelievably pathetic. He had to be the worst coach I've ever seen on TUF. Absolute disaster. But, he was born to fight, no doubt about it.
I pray to God there is a Bones vs Silva superfight out there sometime. Silva isn't getting any younger, so the sooner the better. I would pay double to watch it, too. It would undoubtedly be the biggest hyped fight the sport has ever seen. Hell, I may even buy tix to the thing and go to wherever in the world they had it and still buy the PPV and set the DVR. My guess would be Vegas, as it may be the only venue/city with enough cred to handle it properly.
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Pardon the grave-digging but we've missed a lot of stuff in the MMA world. Fantastic fights such as Jones-Gustaffson, GSP-Hendricks, TUF Females, Belfort-Henderson, Machida-Munoz, and Hunt-Silva to name a few.
But none more impactful and maybe even sadder than GSP announcing that he's leaving the belt and taking some time-off (a lot of people think this will eventually lead to retirement). He's such a legend of the sport who stood on top of the world for a long time battling essentially 3 generations of contenders in what is definitely the toughest division in the UFC: the old guards (Hughes, Penn, Serra), the middle guards (Alves, Fitch, Koscheck) and the new guards (Diaz, Condit, Hendricks). Its not easy being the king after all.
Here's an article by Kenny 'KenFlo' Florian about GSP. I've posted it here but it's better if you follow the link and read it from there, more appealing and eye-friendly that way.
LINK: http://msn.foxsports.com/ufc/story/...florian-opens-up-on-st-pierre-s-hiatus-121313
GSP's friend & training partner, Kenny Florian, opens up on St-Pierre's hiatus
I'€™ll never forget the first time Georges St. Pierre called me. It was right around 2009. It was after we had already trained with each other for 10 days. I missed his call and his voicemail with his unmistakable accent was the following: "€œHi Kenny, this is Georges. Georges St. Pierre. GSP. From the UFC. I am in New York so let'€™s train!"€ He wasn'€™t saying it in a funny or cocky way; he was saying it just in case I had forgotten who he was. I still laugh about that voicemail.
On Friday the 13th, the iconic welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre officially announced his indefinite hiatus and, in all likelihood, retirement from the UFC. Not only was Georges the greatest champion of all time, he was the man who carried a whole nation on his back for every UFC fight since January 2004. Nobody has spent more time in the UFC octagon than the man known by 3 letters, GSP. He has more wins in the UFC than any other competitor in history with 19 and his 9 successful title defenses in the welterweight division are the most by any welterweight champion and the 2nd most title defenses overall. The welterweight division has consistently been one of the most competitive weight classes since the weight class was introduced back around 1999. GSP has reigned as king of that stacked weight class for a very long time.
GSP brought true respect and legitimacy to the sport of MMA. He had the good looks; consistency in the cage yet was always reverent in demeanor. Growing up a karateka in St. Isidore, Quebec, Canada, Georges was always a true professional in and out of the cage. The list of top fighters and champions that St. Pierre has beaten throughout his career is truly remarkable. In the UFC, just one slight mistake can be the difference between winning and losing and GSP was able to keep an amazing consistency in what is most likely the UFC'€™s most difficult division. Georges was the new breed back when he started competing in the UFC and he remained a step ahead of the competition to the very end. In combat, if you are not evolving and improving, you are getting worse. Not only did GSP keep up with the times, he really led the pack with his unique and brutal training regiment. Whether it was his training with the Olympic wrestling team, his sports psychology training, his gymnastics or unique strength and conditioning program, GSP was probably doing it before you. Nobody knew more than GSP just how important it was to be constantly evolving and training with the best in the world.
Several years ago before Georges was a big name, he drove his beat up car to New York City for the first time to train at the world-renowned Renzo Gracie Academy. GSP already had what he thought was some good Brazilian jiu-jitsu skills. He trained with a smaller training partner who tapped him 5 times in 5 minutes. This training partner who is now a well known black belt named Shawn Williams was just a purple belt back then and it almost drove GSP to tears. On the long drive back to Montreal Georges had seriously contemplated giving up fighting all together. Obviously we know that he didn'€™t give up. Instead he trained harder and returned again and again to Renzo's gym. This to me sums up who GSP really is. He has fears, problems and insecurities just like everyone else. He ignores them and just works at it, fanatically. He doesn'€™t pick things up like jiu-jitsu or wrestling and just dominates on day one. GSP truly isn't this freak athlete that everyone turns him out to be. He is however, a freak with his work ethic. Having him as a former training partner I have had a chance to really see what he is about over the years. The volume of training that GSP can withstand is mind-boggling. What got me to improve and fight at a high level was my work ethic and Georges always outdid me and everyone else in training. GSP'€™s work ethic was at a higher level than any athlete I'€™ve ever seen, period. If you asked me to describe GSP in one word, it would be 'MORE'€. He always did more.
GSP was also smart enough to surround himself with a world class coaching staff and the best sparring partners he could find. From coaches like Firas Zahabi, Greg Jackson, John Danaher, Gia Sissaouri, or Freddie Roach, Georges always had great eyes watching him and helping him through the complex maze of mixed martial arts combat. He sparred with excellent pro boxers, elite muay-thai champions and world class BJJers and wrestlers. If he couldn'€™t fly them in, he would go and train with them. GSP was fanatical about his training and pushed me to have that same obsession with training. If George went on vacation after a fight, it really wasn'€™t a vacation because he would always bring a coach or training partner so he could train on his '€œtime off'€. GSP would find time to have fun and relax but his training was his priority above everything else. There would be no fun if there was no training.
What was most memorable on a personal level for me regarding GSP was a story he told me after his last fight with Thiago Alves. He said that his main goal throughout his fight career was to be able to give back to his parents. After one of his fights, he had planned a trip to Brazil. Just before his trip, he paid off his parent's house, cars and any other payment that they owed. Knowing his dad would be strongly opposed; he never told them and took off to Brazil for a week. He said his mother called him crying. His father was on another phone and asked him why he did that? Georges said he laughed and told them "€œhe did it for them"€. Georges didn'€™t tell me that to show off. He told me that because he said he had accomplished everything he had ever wanted to do in his life at that time. He was the champion in the welterweight division and his parents were taken care of financially. So after that point, GSP was just competing to compete. He went on to defend his belt several times after he told me that. I knew his retirement was only a matter of time.
In 2008, 2009 and 2010 GSP was named '€˜Canadian Athlete of the Year'€ by Rogers Sportsnet. If you know how important hockey is to the country of Canada and if you know how good the Canadian hockey player Sidney Crosby is, then perhaps you realize how impressive it is that a UFC fighter beat out every athlete including 'Sid the Kid'€ for three consecutive years. Georges will go down in history as one of the best fighters in history and as one of the men who helped take this sport to the mainstream. Companies like Under Armour, Gatorade and even Hollywood recognized him as a star. GSP out positioned world-class Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belts, he out struck the most dangerous strikers and he out wrestled the best wrestlers. He did it by staying one-step ahead. In the professional sports world, we rarely see any athlete leave when they are on top. In George St. Pierre'€™s case, the norm doesn't really apply and once again, we find GSP one-step ahead.
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I saw a video of GSP who, like a little kid - grinning and full of intent, was asking Joe Rogan (UFC commentator) to teach him a spinning heel kick. He never dismissed anyone's skills even if he was world champion. Class act and the octagon will miss him.
But none more impactful and maybe even sadder than GSP announcing that he's leaving the belt and taking some time-off (a lot of people think this will eventually lead to retirement). He's such a legend of the sport who stood on top of the world for a long time battling essentially 3 generations of contenders in what is definitely the toughest division in the UFC: the old guards (Hughes, Penn, Serra), the middle guards (Alves, Fitch, Koscheck) and the new guards (Diaz, Condit, Hendricks). Its not easy being the king after all.
Here's an article by Kenny 'KenFlo' Florian about GSP. I've posted it here but it's better if you follow the link and read it from there, more appealing and eye-friendly that way.
LINK: http://msn.foxsports.com/ufc/story/...florian-opens-up-on-st-pierre-s-hiatus-121313
GSP's friend & training partner, Kenny Florian, opens up on St-Pierre's hiatus
I'€™ll never forget the first time Georges St. Pierre called me. It was right around 2009. It was after we had already trained with each other for 10 days. I missed his call and his voicemail with his unmistakable accent was the following: "€œHi Kenny, this is Georges. Georges St. Pierre. GSP. From the UFC. I am in New York so let'€™s train!"€ He wasn'€™t saying it in a funny or cocky way; he was saying it just in case I had forgotten who he was. I still laugh about that voicemail.
On Friday the 13th, the iconic welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre officially announced his indefinite hiatus and, in all likelihood, retirement from the UFC. Not only was Georges the greatest champion of all time, he was the man who carried a whole nation on his back for every UFC fight since January 2004. Nobody has spent more time in the UFC octagon than the man known by 3 letters, GSP. He has more wins in the UFC than any other competitor in history with 19 and his 9 successful title defenses in the welterweight division are the most by any welterweight champion and the 2nd most title defenses overall. The welterweight division has consistently been one of the most competitive weight classes since the weight class was introduced back around 1999. GSP has reigned as king of that stacked weight class for a very long time.
GSP brought true respect and legitimacy to the sport of MMA. He had the good looks; consistency in the cage yet was always reverent in demeanor. Growing up a karateka in St. Isidore, Quebec, Canada, Georges was always a true professional in and out of the cage. The list of top fighters and champions that St. Pierre has beaten throughout his career is truly remarkable. In the UFC, just one slight mistake can be the difference between winning and losing and GSP was able to keep an amazing consistency in what is most likely the UFC'€™s most difficult division. Georges was the new breed back when he started competing in the UFC and he remained a step ahead of the competition to the very end. In combat, if you are not evolving and improving, you are getting worse. Not only did GSP keep up with the times, he really led the pack with his unique and brutal training regiment. Whether it was his training with the Olympic wrestling team, his sports psychology training, his gymnastics or unique strength and conditioning program, GSP was probably doing it before you. Nobody knew more than GSP just how important it was to be constantly evolving and training with the best in the world.
Several years ago before Georges was a big name, he drove his beat up car to New York City for the first time to train at the world-renowned Renzo Gracie Academy. GSP already had what he thought was some good Brazilian jiu-jitsu skills. He trained with a smaller training partner who tapped him 5 times in 5 minutes. This training partner who is now a well known black belt named Shawn Williams was just a purple belt back then and it almost drove GSP to tears. On the long drive back to Montreal Georges had seriously contemplated giving up fighting all together. Obviously we know that he didn'€™t give up. Instead he trained harder and returned again and again to Renzo's gym. This to me sums up who GSP really is. He has fears, problems and insecurities just like everyone else. He ignores them and just works at it, fanatically. He doesn'€™t pick things up like jiu-jitsu or wrestling and just dominates on day one. GSP truly isn't this freak athlete that everyone turns him out to be. He is however, a freak with his work ethic. Having him as a former training partner I have had a chance to really see what he is about over the years. The volume of training that GSP can withstand is mind-boggling. What got me to improve and fight at a high level was my work ethic and Georges always outdid me and everyone else in training. GSP'€™s work ethic was at a higher level than any athlete I'€™ve ever seen, period. If you asked me to describe GSP in one word, it would be 'MORE'€. He always did more.
GSP was also smart enough to surround himself with a world class coaching staff and the best sparring partners he could find. From coaches like Firas Zahabi, Greg Jackson, John Danaher, Gia Sissaouri, or Freddie Roach, Georges always had great eyes watching him and helping him through the complex maze of mixed martial arts combat. He sparred with excellent pro boxers, elite muay-thai champions and world class BJJers and wrestlers. If he couldn'€™t fly them in, he would go and train with them. GSP was fanatical about his training and pushed me to have that same obsession with training. If George went on vacation after a fight, it really wasn'€™t a vacation because he would always bring a coach or training partner so he could train on his '€œtime off'€. GSP would find time to have fun and relax but his training was his priority above everything else. There would be no fun if there was no training.
What was most memorable on a personal level for me regarding GSP was a story he told me after his last fight with Thiago Alves. He said that his main goal throughout his fight career was to be able to give back to his parents. After one of his fights, he had planned a trip to Brazil. Just before his trip, he paid off his parent's house, cars and any other payment that they owed. Knowing his dad would be strongly opposed; he never told them and took off to Brazil for a week. He said his mother called him crying. His father was on another phone and asked him why he did that? Georges said he laughed and told them "€œhe did it for them"€. Georges didn'€™t tell me that to show off. He told me that because he said he had accomplished everything he had ever wanted to do in his life at that time. He was the champion in the welterweight division and his parents were taken care of financially. So after that point, GSP was just competing to compete. He went on to defend his belt several times after he told me that. I knew his retirement was only a matter of time.
In 2008, 2009 and 2010 GSP was named '€˜Canadian Athlete of the Year'€ by Rogers Sportsnet. If you know how important hockey is to the country of Canada and if you know how good the Canadian hockey player Sidney Crosby is, then perhaps you realize how impressive it is that a UFC fighter beat out every athlete including 'Sid the Kid'€ for three consecutive years. Georges will go down in history as one of the best fighters in history and as one of the men who helped take this sport to the mainstream. Companies like Under Armour, Gatorade and even Hollywood recognized him as a star. GSP out positioned world-class Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belts, he out struck the most dangerous strikers and he out wrestled the best wrestlers. He did it by staying one-step ahead. In the professional sports world, we rarely see any athlete leave when they are on top. In George St. Pierre'€™s case, the norm doesn't really apply and once again, we find GSP one-step ahead.
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I saw a video of GSP who, like a little kid - grinning and full of intent, was asking Joe Rogan (UFC commentator) to teach him a spinning heel kick. He never dismissed anyone's skills even if he was world champion. Class act and the octagon will miss him.
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Pretty sad moment, he was really one of the guys that brought me into the sport and one of my favorite fighters. He worked his ass off, was respectful, humble, and a likable guy. Many of you probably saw when he and Josh Koschcheck hosted TUF and Josh baited him several times into arguments or made fun of him and he just was cool as could be. I hope he comes back, but often the case we ridicule an athlete for not knowing when to say goodbye, but beg for them to come back when they leave at the pinnacle.
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A silver lining to this is that the Welterweight division has now opened up some more. The WW div is probably the most log-jammed division right now mainly because Georges held the crown for so long.
Things I'm looking forward to:
1. Hendricks VS Lawler for the WW title on UFC 171 (Who the hell would have thought that Robbie Lawler would be fighting for the belt in 2014?! Crazy, he seems to have been around for so damn long. What's nuts is he's just 1 year older than Hendricks given his lengthy resume).
2. Nick Diaz was supposedly called to rematch (#1 contender fight?) Carlos Condit but Diaz turned it down. He allegedly asked for the winner of Hendricks-Lawler, something I think he doesn't deserve right now. I think with a little bit of prodding he'll bite the Condit fight. Condit btw has become one of my favorite fighters, he always brings it no matter what.
3. Rory McDonald VS Damian Maia. Maia's ascension to the top of the division was derailed by Jake Shields as with Rory who got blasted by Lawler. Both are killers in the cage and will absolutely be interesting to watch as they re-start their title chase.
4. Hector Lombard, Dong Hyun Kim, Tyron Woodley, Matt Brown, Jake Ellenberger, etc are waiting on the wings to fight for the belt too OR at least make more noise in the division.
Things I'm looking forward to:
1. Hendricks VS Lawler for the WW title on UFC 171 (Who the hell would have thought that Robbie Lawler would be fighting for the belt in 2014?! Crazy, he seems to have been around for so damn long. What's nuts is he's just 1 year older than Hendricks given his lengthy resume).
2. Nick Diaz was supposedly called to rematch (#1 contender fight?) Carlos Condit but Diaz turned it down. He allegedly asked for the winner of Hendricks-Lawler, something I think he doesn't deserve right now. I think with a little bit of prodding he'll bite the Condit fight. Condit btw has become one of my favorite fighters, he always brings it no matter what.
3. Rory McDonald VS Damian Maia. Maia's ascension to the top of the division was derailed by Jake Shields as with Rory who got blasted by Lawler. Both are killers in the cage and will absolutely be interesting to watch as they re-start their title chase.
4. Hector Lombard, Dong Hyun Kim, Tyron Woodley, Matt Brown, Jake Ellenberger, etc are waiting on the wings to fight for the belt too OR at least make more noise in the division.
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Holy shit. Silva needs to drink more milk.