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Originally Posted by Fruit Ninja
And peeps make fun of boxing, that was a ****ing Robbery. Pierrre got fuced up.
Hate when i see any combat sport get hosed in this manner. They put so much work into it only to be ****ed by something they couldnt control
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I've been a big GSP fan ever since I saw his first fight. My untrained eye absolutely agrees that Hendricks won this fight. He really beat him up pretty good. I was sure he won...until I realized it was a split decision. As soon as Buffer started reading the first instead of saying unanimous decision I had a feeling GSP was going to keep his belt.
There are so many little pitter patter shots thrown in these fights, and it's hard to know how those things are judged. Also, takedowns vs. escapes...which gives more points? There are all sorts of things like that that happen in these fights, and if you're not sitting there with count clickers in your hands and really scoring these things it's tough to know. I really wish they would talk to judges after fights like they do the fighters, or maybe in the press conferences or something. Tell us WHY!?
I've watched every UFC since number one, and what I can say after all these years being a fan of this sport is that the theory that "you have to really take it from a champion" seems to hold true more often than not. Seems like if you're a challenger and it goes to a decision you're probably going to lose. To take a belt away, especially from a long time holder like GSP, you've gotta finish him one way or another.
All of that said...Hendricks was robbed.