GSP just way to good of shape for Hughes. cardio is the key to winning fights. i learnt that the hard way.
GSP was too good a sprawl and brawler for Hughes. That result had nothing to do with cardio. It was finished early in round 2, btw.
i dont need cardio to kick your ass.
"I think the key is the pace GSP keeps. He pushed the action the whole fight, w/o cardio w/ that pace he woulda gassed in the first round."
GSP wore Hughes down from strikes more than cardio. Hughes was also TKOed at the end of round 1, tt barely went 2 rounds. Hughes was hardly gassed.
Cardio is just one factor out of many. You can be in shape to fight 20 rounds but what does that mean if you dont have the skills?
True but it isnt GSP's cardio that let him fight like that and move like that off the bell. It might let him keep it up but the riddum is more than simple cardio.
Like GSP said himself in the behind the training preview, cardio is like having a tuned up car for a good race car drive but what if you have a greatly tuned up car but you get someone who doesnt know how to drive it?
hah yea oki Dylan. i know ppl who have trained with you and they gave me the inside story. the only reason you win in sparring cuz u grab peoples private parts.. i heard the stories.
the simple word is.. athlete = GSP
GSP=Evolution of the sport. A truly well rounded fighter who is highly proficient in all levels of fighting. Just wait 10-15 years, who will see some rediculous fighters.
I'm with Wasa-B, more a result of the cumulation of stikes than cardio IMO.
Matt doesn't show bad cardio normally.
Hughes wont gas in under 2 rounds until he's over 60. Like belt color, sometimes screen name color gives one the illusion that they know more than they do.
"Like GSP said himself in the behind the training preview, cardio is like having a tuned up car for a good race car drive but what if you have a greatly tuned up car but you get someone who doesnt know how to drive it?"
Not nit-picking here but it was more, "You put the best racer in a shit car, and it's not going to go nowhere." And I completely agree that cardio had very little to do with that win. I mean, not to say it had little to do with it, GSP obviously had great cardio. Hehe, to keep the car analogies up, he didn't even fall under the F line.
Whatever he said, the opposite is true as well, that was the point.
chopping the legs and keeping it standing by GSP all day
Is GSP's Karate background Kyokushin?
The knockout reminded me of Chuck v. Babalu 1. There was no fient or level change before the shot attempt so both fighters telegraphed the shot from the start. Result was, as hard as both kicks were, the momentum of Hughes and Sabrol made the impact harder.
Of course it had to do with cardio, if GSP didn't have great cardio he would never have been able to fight at that pace, and he would never have got past Penn to have a title shot to begin with.
Hughes may be a cardio machine, but it was his third fight in less than 6 months, and his second in less than 2. Trying to peak 3 times in such a short period of time is almost impossible.
GSP on the other hand had not fought since March and was able to prepare perfectly for this fight. He has known since then that he was fighting Hughes, and nobody else, and was able to train perfectly.
"Is GSP's Karate background Kyokushin?"
YOU KNOW IT!!!!
But seriously, it is, and he credits it for a lot of his striking from what I've
been told. :)
Heh. Yeah, sweet. Those kicks had evil intentions.
From BodyBuilding.com:
A boxer must train in a sport specific manner if he wishes to be successful inside the ring. Many old-school trainers continue to preach the importance of long, early morning roadwork sessions. The great majority of boxers today still run 4 or 5 miles on a daily basis. These long aerobic running sessions do little to prepare the boxer for the physical demands he will face inside the ring.
Boxing is anaerobic in nature. The sport has been estimated as approximately 70-80% anaerobic and 20-30% aerobic. Anaerobic means to conduct an activity without oxygen. Anaerobic exercise, like boxing, stresses the muscles at a high intensity for short periods of time.
A perfect example is a fast combination that a fighter throws in the ring. The aerobic portion of the match takes place when the boxer circles the ring, perhaps catching a quick breath. Aerobic exercise is defined as low intensity activities performed for extended periods of time.
It is quite clear that a long slow distance (LSD) running is not a sport specific form of conditioning for boxing. A fighter must pattern his training after the physical demands of the sport. Why spend 100% of your time running in an aerobic manner when the sport is primarily anaerobic in nature? There is no answer to this question.
Intervals
Rather than wasting valuable training time with LSD running, a fighter should make more valuable use of his time by training in a sport specific manner. One of the best ways to condition the body for boxing is through interval running. Intervals consist of intense, sustained running for a set distance or time.
GSP's great cardio is key to his 'riddum' and pace. Hughes was using his strikes to set-up his takedowns, but GSP disrupted his balance and timing and effectively shut-down Matt's bread and butter. Otherwise Hughes would have been taking his double-leg shots from like 10 feet away.