Sorry, but your poor excuses and justification
And I am honestly disappointed. because GSP speaks so much about respect and the sport of MMA< and yet he put the whole MW division on hold for almost a year until he finally agreed to fight Bisping, only to leave the division.
This is the biggest point: At the time GSP started calling for a Bisping fight [June 2016] - He was skipping ahead of Jacare, Romero, Weidman, Mousasi, Whittaker, Rockhold and more.
As a result, Jacare, a guy fighting since 03' a guy who earned his shot got derailed. He would have beaten Bisping and held the strap. Instead, closing in on 40, he'll never get close to the belt again.
Romero is in the same boat. The dude basically cleared out a division, and eventually got derailed after earning his shot numerous times.
Rockhold destroyed Bisping in the first fight. Got caught in the second fight. Instead of getting a rematch, he was sent into limbo with bizarre match-making to manufacture the GSP fight.
Weidman was a star after beating Anderson. He was a huge PPV earner, and instead of managing him correctly, he got fed to top five after top five ruining his reputation but when GSP/Bisping talk started, he had just one loss to Rockhold.
Mousasi. The guy earned his shot but because there was a ridiculously long log jam with no title shot in sight, he was forced to leave to Bellator.
Finally Whittaker. The one upside. He ran the gauntlet, beat the best of the best, got an interim belt, and still couldn't get a title shot. Now he has to fight for a vacated belt.
GSP talks about fairness, and improving the sport for the athletes, and yet he's single handedly fucked the careers of numerous MW's. If he simply wanted the MW belt, he should have waited until he was ready to fight and just fought whoever was champ. I have zero respect for his actions.
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