What is the current sentiment on GSP?

Was goat when he retired. Solidified that with his bisping win. Too bad he got sick. I feel he would have beaten most current mws too.
 
BigMuffler said:
He's the closest thing to a perfect fighter besides Jones, who isn't clean.
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Hard to argue with that. 26-2, avenged both losses, currently on a 13 fight streak, 11 of those fights are title fights, fought in 15 title fights which means over half his 28 fight career were title fights. Went 20-2 in the UFC fighting mostly top guys the entire time. People may have reasons why they aren't a fan but his resume is undeniable.
 
AnotherOldGuy said:
Anybody who won't get into the cage with a UFC level fighter calling anybody who does get into the cage a 'scaredy cat' is incredibly pathetic. Its like an overweight guy who gets winded walking around the block calling anyone who makes it to the Olympics 'unathletic'.

Having said that, he's neither one extreme or the other. He's neither an assassin (he hasn't killed anyone) nor a scaredy cat (he gets into the cage with UFC fighters).

He seems fairly smart (I'm told his French is educated, and he speaks a second language, which takes a reasonable amount of intelligence), and he took an opportunity in fighting Bisping.

There's no such thing as an athlete who everyone thinks has done it all. Jordan, Gretzky, Ruth, Bolt, Pele, Ali all have their critics. For that matter, so do Einstein, Darwin, Mozart, Michelangelo, Shakespeare; thinking there's someone who everyone is going to say 'did it all' is naive.

And he clearly inspires some people and aggravates others.
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You are clearly aggravated by him by the tone of your post.
 
rearnakedchoke said:
Was goat when he retired. Solidified that with his bisping win. Too bad he got sick. I feel he would have beaten most current mws too.
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He had trouble with Bisping until that flash KO. Bisping is like at the bottom of the top contender food chain. What makes you think GSP wouldn't get eaten alive?
 
AnotherOldGuy said:
Anybody who won't get into the cage with a UFC level fighter calling anybody who does get into the cage a 'scaredy cat' is incredibly pathetic. Its like an overweight guy who gets winded walking around the block calling anyone who makes it to the Olympics 'unathletic'.

Having said that, he's neither one extreme or the other. He's neither an assassin (he hasn't killed anyone) nor a scaredy cat (he gets into the cage with UFC fighters).

He seems fairly smart (I'm told his French is educated, and he speaks a second language, which takes a reasonable amount of intelligence), and he took an opportunity in fighting Bisping.

There's no such thing as an athlete who everyone thinks has done it all. Jordan, Gretzky, Ruth, Bolt, Pele, Ali all have their critics. For that matter, so do Einstein, Darwin, Mozart, Michelangelo, Shakespeare; thinking there's someone who everyone is going to say 'did it all' is naive.

And he clearly inspires some people and aggravates others.
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Are you for real? Comparing sports to science and the arts?


BTW, he's a joke - he tapped to strikes. <45>
 
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Predictable, boring, opportunist who did the least he had to do in order to win.

A champ on paper but not The People’s Champ.
 
Sherdog thinks he's a good fighter with a big belly.
 
JackSchtotll said:
Are you for real? Comparing sports to science and the arts?


BTW, he's a joke - he tapped to strikes. <45>
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Its an analogy, not an equivalence. That should be obvious to anyone with high school education.

Worse than tapping to strikes, he tapped to a lock. Ask any doctor which is worse, a broken arm or being hit in the head when you're already concussed. Only the medically ignorant think a broken arm is worse.
 
brainwash said:
You are clearly aggravated by him by the tone of your post.
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Not even slightly, you're projecting your own feelings onto my words. Or as they say, 'believing is seeing'.

Aggravated writing is much livelier, and full of invective; if you read more you'd recognize the difference between that and simply calling out silly behavior.
 
AnotherOldGuy said:
Its an analogy, not an equivalence. That should be obvious to anyone with high school education.

Worse than tapping to strikes, he tapped to a lock. Ask any doctor which is worse, a broken arm or being hit in the head when you're already concussed. Only the medically ignorant think a broken arm is worse.
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blah blah blah....medically this and that. You're neither a fighter, nor a medical doctor. So stop this ridiculous repetitive nonsense.

This is shameful
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