UFC 167: St. Pierre vs. Hendricks (11/16 on PPV)

[BigHouseUSA]

bullshit

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Winner:

 

[grif]

According to Dana White none of y'all are right and GSP is fighting Hendricks in a rematch "IMMEDIATELY."

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

According to Dana White none of y'all are right and GSP is fighting Hendricks in a rematch "IMMEDIATELY."

...which is really the best possible outcome for UFC anyway. The rematch will do gonzo business. There would be no rematch if Hendricks wins that decision.

 

[Jmiles]

Yea not surprised by the outcome either. Kuzzy nailed it. Hate that it went down like that either way. Round one was what it came down too.

Lol at ravin blaming the UFC for that decision though lol

 

[JimLeavy59]

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Significant strikes:

GSP 110, 46% landed
Hendricks 85, 44% landed

Fight Metric had the fight for Hendricks.

Hendricks won imo, but I can totally see giving R1 to GSP, and can totally see GSP winning in a ten point must system. Not the highway robbery people are saying.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

To me, the fight was as even a fight as you could get.

I had Round 1 as a draw. They then alternated back and forth the rest of the fight.

:kanye:

Now, was Hendricks' rounds more significant than GSP's? Maybe. But not enough for a 10-8 round to give him the fight.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

I know I did tonight. :sex:

MMA is by far my best money maker, only rivaled by tennis (and my tennis reads have dropped badly this year, live play is essential for money making in that sport). Its a shame the plays arent more frequent.

IMO, its just an avenue to make a few bucks. You got to make a large volume of wagers to make anything significant because the odds making pays for their lack of highly intelligent lines.

 

[Steel Mamba]

...which is really the best possible outcome for UFC anyway. The rematch will do gonzo business. There would be no rematch if Hendricks wins that decision.

How would there not be an immediate rematch? For as long as GSP defended his title and how good hes been for the UFC, you think they move on after that?

 

[JimLeavy59]

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

How would there not be an immediate rematch? For as long as GSP defended his title and how good hes been for the UFC, you think they move on after that?

You could be right, but there definitely will be one now, and controversy equals cash.

I will say that the way Dana treated GSP in that presser was disgraceful, attacking him for wanting some time off, and pressuring him into an immediate rematch by saying he "owes" it to UFC & the fans.

If anybody has earned the right to take some time off to clear his head and decide his next move, it's GSP. He's not the one who scored the fight. Dana is just the worst sometimes.

 

[Steel Mamba]

You could be right, but there definitely will be one now, and controversy equals cash.

I will say that the way Dana treated GSP in that presser was disgraceful, attacking him for wanting some time off, and pressuring him into an immediate rematch by saying he "owes" it to UFC & the fans.

If anybody has earned the right to take some time off to clear his head and decide his next move, it's GSP. He's not the one who scored the fight. Dana is just the worst sometimes.

As good as GSP has been to the UFC, I think this is probably the first situation where he didn't handle things professionally. Whatever he's going through obviously didn't come up all of a sudden, so the right thing to do would be to talk to Dana privately and explain his situation in advance. Not make this announcement after a fight to everyone's surprise. At the end of the day he's still a vital employee, who can show up to work and just announce that today is their last day (with no explanation) and they'll be gone for a year or however long. You sit down with your boss and discuss what's going on first and GSP didn't do that.

Dana comes off harsh, but in terms of pure principle, he was in the right.

Understandably GSP doesn't realize it yet, but he does owe an immediate rematch to the UFC and the fans, that title is tainted until then.

 

[Jmiles]

GSP is and always has been a head case. No surprise in his post fight interview at all.

 

[Epidemik]

Rumors are that GSP has a "unwanted" child on the way, that the woman wants to keep and his father is dying.

 

[Steel Mamba]

http://www.mmamania.com/2013/11/18/...-ailing-father-rumor-not-reason-step-away-mma

bad rumor, I'm guess him having a kid on the way is true though

 

[Steel Mamba]

Joe Rogan calling for GSP to retire:

http://www.mmamania.com/2013/11/19/...to-retire-memory-loss-ufo-alien-abduction-mma

Sounds like he's suffering from some serious brain injuries.

 

[CrimsonGhost56]

kinda scary how he says he blacks out while driving and has no idea how he gets places

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

kinda scary how he says he blacks out while driving and has no idea how he gets places

I dunno about ya'll, but if I'm taking a solid hour long commute home or something like that, I'll turn on some tunes and kinda jazz out...I don't think the "blacking out" is so much a problem on a mindless ride home...

Thinking those black outs are the result of an Alien Abduction though...

That is scary.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

I think he needs to pack it in. Fuck the macho bullshit, I hope he doesn't get wrapped up in that and does the right thing for his long term health. Sucks if we don't see the rematch, but we'll live.