He can potentially have a good reign at 185. He was mixing up the stand up well and had Bisping looking silly a couple times. I think people are underestimating him against guys like Rockhold and Romero.
His standup was great. Fight iq was amazing. Hands and power were improved. But yea, cardio wasnt there at 185, or 36 years of age maybe. He wasnt the athlete of old
Southpaw76 - His standup was great. Fight iq was amazing. Hands and power were improved. But yea, cardio wasnt there at 185, or 36 years of age maybe. He wasnt the athlete of old
Everybody not named Dominick Cruz has looked like DOG SHIT after being out a year to 15 months or longer, he took four years off, fought in a different weight class against a guy that was competitive at 205 with Rashad Evans right before Rashad won the title.
Non N00B -All valid points. Im probably one of the biggest gsp nuthuggers but i do think for him to continue to win he will need to rely more on his grit and intelligence than his physical attributes however. Would love for him to come back even better and win at 170 or 155Southpaw76 - His standup was great. Fight iq was amazing. Hands and power were improved. But yea, cardio wasnt there at 185, or 36 years of age maybe. He wasnt the athlete of oldEverybody not named Dominick Cruz has looked like DOG SHIT after being out a year to 15 months or longer, he took four years off, fought in a different weight class against a guy that was competitive at 205 with Rashad Evans right before Rashad won the title.
He probably also had a massive adrenaline dump from coming back after all that time.
The muscle makes it harder but he won’t be that bad next time. Will he be his old self cardio? Probably not but a better skilled GSP doesn’t need to be he just needs better than that was.
He slowed down, but didn’t gas out.
He took some deep breaths after the 3rd round against Nick Diaz but finished strong.
He looked tired against Hendricks but finished strong as well.
He’s definetly not as explosive as he was in his prime.
Blew his wad and still had enough to finish it, don't see that often.