UFC 158: GSP vs Nick Diaz - Title Fight

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I expected more creativity out of Nick grappling. He's done some wonderful standing kimuras that turn into scrambles (see the Sherk fight) but wasn't even remotely close in this fight.

I did lol IRL when he went for a gogo in the 4th IIRC(???). Should have pulled guard and tried it when he rocked GSP in the 3rd. Alas, Diaz got worked both standing and on the ground.

I do think GSP has declined defensively on the feet in recent bouts. He's been wobbly in his past two fights (dropped via LHK from Condit).

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Originally Posted by Ponderception

I expected more creativity out of Nick grappling. He's done some wonderful standing kimuras that turn into scrambles (see the Sherk fight) but wasn't even remotely close in this fight.

I did lol IRL when he went for a gogo in the 4th IIRC(???). Should have pulled guard and tried it when he rocked GSP in the 3rd. Alas, Diaz got worked both standing and on the ground.

I do think GSP has declined defensively on the feet in recent bouts. He's been wobbly in his past two fights (dropped via LHK from Condit).

I wonder how much of that is ring rust though and how much is diminishing athletic ability. Regardless the other guys always look "off their game" against GSP and that's a credit to him.

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Originally Posted by BigCatDaddy

I wonder how much of that is ring rust though and how much is diminishing athletic ability.

Probably both, in addition to GSP being a bad matchup.

[BigCatDaddy]

Originally Posted by Ponderception

Probably both, in addition to GSP being a bad matchup.

How do you think he handles Johnny? He seems like a horrible matchup for GSP. GSP jabbed the shit out of Koschek and kept his distance, I think he probably does the same thing against Johnny, but Koschek brought nothing on his feet like that Hendrix left.

That's why I love GSP. He's so versatile that he negates his opponents strengths in every fight.