How is it a lie when the issue was in large part due to bulking up? He wasn't fighting Khabib at 185 lbs. Danaher has spoken about it in detail. GSP had a terrible camp for Diaz, Hendricks and then the Bisping fight.
Dana has no issue giving Conor title shot after title shot and we all know Conor has never defended anything aside from Rape Accusations. He didn't even defend Cage Warriors titles.
Dana gifted Jon the vacant HW title against an easy match up with Cyril and he is letting him "Defend" against Stipe while there is a legitimate "Interim" title holder in Aspinall. Jon won't even agree he will defend that and in fact has publicly stated he is likely to retire. Stipe is more likely to defend against Tom if he win then Jon is yet the UFC and Dana have no problem with it.
Dana's whining about "Contractually Obligated" to defend applies to every UFC champion. They have to defend, vacate or be stripped. GSP could have held onto the UFC MW title for months or years and left the UFC, Whittaker and the MW division in limbo but he chose to let them move on without concern for clinging to the title like McGregor did.
Leading up to the fight like when he was having major stomach issues? The "Its in my contract" line was straight from Dana's mouth. Every champ is "Contractually Obligated" to defend. Its defend or vacate. Nobody has it in their contract where the UFC can chose a contender and he can show up and fight you whether you agree to or not. Maybe now with the UFC/WWE merger into TKO they will have "Money in the Bank" style clauses but that didn't exist back in 2017.It was clear GSP never intended on defending that shit.
Every single interview leading up to the Bisping fight people asked him if he was going to defend and he never said Yes I will defend it. He instead said it very politically "It is in my contract that I have to defend it!"
So GSP probably didn't want to lie about it, so he didn't. But that made it very clear to me that he was never going to defend it.
Leading up to the fight like when he was having major stomach issues? The "Its in my contract" line was straight from Dana's mouth. Every champ is "Contractually Obligated" to defend. Its defend or vacate. Nobody has it in their contract where the UFC can chose a contender and he can show up and fight you whether you agree to or not. Maybe now with the UFC/WWE merger into TKO they will have "Money in the Bank" style clauses but that didn't exist back in 2017.
Its funny you are saying he never wanted to lie but he post I replied to stated he lied?
Prime BJ Penn easily murders any version of Masvidal, and the fact that you don't know that is absolutely adorable.
I remember Dana spouting that line. Sounds to me like GSP was following the script Dana was saying. Dana tries to bully GSP like when he retired the first time and Dana said GSP owed the UFC & Hendricks a rematch.What do you mean from Dana's mouth.
LOL bro, talk about revisionist history.GSP fought very few fighters with KO power that could defend TD’s extremely well due to the evolution of the division at his time. Like every fighter in the top 10 today is vastly more dangerous in a well rounded skillset than who GSP fougt his whole career. When he fought more evolved fighters with TD defense wrestling and could turn his lights out he was headed towards the door. He absolutely is a great though
You may not agree but Usman? Really? IDK man he had a great career but idk if GOAT.I agree and I love watching a GSP fanboy crying, the most fragile and pathetic fanbase ever
I can see that and that could very well be true, but I don’t think it’s out of the question to say that Dana was/is bitter towards GSP.I think it's not a grude but Kamaru is still active so Dana is promoting his assets
yeah for sure...Superior skills? whats that?wooden boxing and foot stomps...wow what a toolbox to draw from.
GSP would double leg Usman all day. Usmans supposed superior wrestling wouldnt be superior at all, considering GSP's proven skill. Fuck me even Edwards took Usman down and Colby was too chicken shit to try.
Usmans boxing is rather rudimentary and wooden, As previously mentioned, GSP's awesome jab would catch him every time.
Usman wont be doing his pissy foot stomps on GSP, he wouldnt even get him against the cage to be able to do that .
Who was the better competition? Colby, Mas? Give me a break.
You forget , or dont have a fucking clue, that GSP was the master of game planning, would have him figured out from the start , not that theres is much to figure out besides footstomps and cage pinning.
What did Usman have ? EPO induced stamina. SkIllZ
GSP will always be the GOAT , and you will always be the fan of mediocrity , backing a cesspool of losers.
I dont need to watch fightpass, I was watching them as they happened.
Usman just wasnt that good.