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This might be the driving force behind getting the fight done. Khabib will want this fight and I'm willing to bet they could agree on a catchweight somewhere between 162-165lbs. Khabib is just as big as heavy as GSP.

Jon should consider himself lucky he still has a job. If the UFC bumped his pay or gave him any sort of perks right now it would seem silly. Just suck it up and take the fight and sell the PPVs.

I think it's a waste of time. Fight makes no sense. Let Askren try and entice Nick Diaz to get back in there. Ponzinibbio would be exciting.

It's kind of sad that GSP is forced into retirement because DW doesn't want to put him in super fights with top guys. Would have liked to see what GSP could do at 165lbs with the skills his accumulated over the last few years. As a hardcore fan there are few guys I would have liked to see...

... you mentioned fast twitch muscle. You should probably look into what happens to that type of muscle fiber as you age.

We've done this thread 100x already. No.

It's time to go coach the highschool wrestling team Johnny.

I'm not even sure lowering the price of the PPV would be enough. TImes have changed and the market is much more saturated with MMA than it used to be. Back in the day when there were only like 10 or 12 cards a year you'd make sure you got your buddies together and made a night of it. Wasn't as...

Access to the Russian national wrestling squad in Montreal definitely played a part.

Ali is a clown. 50 million a fight for Khabib is outlandish.

If you made an Olympic wrestling team, you're at the absolute top of the heap in terms of raw wrestling skill. Doesn't always mean you can immediately translate it into "MMA wrestling". Ben Askren has had a long, long time to adapt his wrestling to MMA though.

These threads always make me laugh. Newer fans with no sense of what the landscape was like back then.

Absolutely. With MMA much more popular than it once was and with inevitable changes to how weigh ins are performed, it's time to revamp the weight classes. 135 145 155 165 175 185 195 205 215 265 I don't know that there are enough big guys to mess with the high end of the structure.

Back in the day I'd have agreed 100%. I still think GSP takes it - but I think Ben has developed his game a fair bit since the time these two probably should have fought.

Anything but GSP vs Askren is a sin. That fight answers a lot of questions old school MMA fans have been asking for years. I've wanted to see it a long time.

GSP is bigger, faster, stronger. His wrestling is strong enough to stop Khabib. His striking is much better than Khabib. If he did get taken down he has high level black belt BJJ. GSP all day.

I think you might be the only one man. Hendricks is done done done.

Laughable. The 2m plus % of PPV in and around 3-8% is what Khabib is worth. Awesome fighter, but he couldn't crack 1m PPV buys without a Connor or a GSP.

Best part is the page after that where he calls Bjorn Rebney Bjork under oath. What a guy.

I actually always assumed GSP might be a tad on the spectrum too. Or perhaps just really introverted and has learned to adapt. Agree with you though.