we know he makes 185 after 4 years off. youre pushing your narrative here bud, thats like me saying we know anderson can make 170... you didn't see anderson push himself to make 205 when jones held the belt. Stop looking at it through rose coloured glasses. If youre saying gsp was scared to move up and fight anderson, then the exact same thing can be said about anderson moving up to fight a killer in picogram Jones.
it works both ways, why doesn't anderoid get any flack for ducking jones? because people want to bash gsp based on his style and they want to nut hug anderson based on his.
I just don't get how you can push that narrative on GSP but not push it on silva and in turn push it on Jones, it comes across as insincere. Fact of the matter is, is a champ does whatver the fuck he wants to do. At least unlike MM GSP issued an open challenge to anderson to drop and fight him unlike mighty mouse who was unwilling to fight dillashaw.
Also don't get me wrong, i would have loved to see the fight and believe gsp would have taken it via smother. I cant blame the guy for not wanting to potentially get k.o'ed by a bigger guy in the prime of his career. whats the point of taking the risk when youre already at the top of your professional. Again you saw anderson balk at jones, why is this ok?
I think the god's honest truth is most people feel anderson would have beaten the shit out of GSP and wanted to see gsp loses by any means. these are the same people who called gsp a chicken for going after bisping instead of fighting tyron. Haters always gonna hate.