Definitely dont think Condit won, but he was doing better in the standup in the later rounds... He was very tentative early on... He was worried about GSP's takedowns and got outstruck as a result... But later on when he became loose he was landing some good shots on GSP... Carlos snuck in a few rights and some decent kicks...
Carlos was also very aggressive off of his back... not to the point of scoring a lot of points, but GSP had to be on point and he wasnt landing huge GNP shots....
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Originally Posted by goodtimes  I think this is the mindset one needs to enjoy GSP. He's not a brilliant striker; everyone saying he's a fantastic striker are kind of overlooking his weaknesses. He will never box like JDS or have the muay thai strength of Anderson Silva or Jose Aldo. Also, he's not a brilliant grappler either. He's got a great double leg and a suffocating top game, but he's not a BJJ wizard like Maia or a master of the clinch like Sonnen. He's just really good at everything.
What he's really great at is misdirection. He's good enough everywhere that people have to guess what he's going to do. His striking looks better the other guy is watching for the takedown. His wrestling looks better when they are wary of the jab. He's such a tough opponent because he forces his opponent to be better almost everywhere. |
Agree.... the guys at WW need to be careful of GSP's striking... because he is a good technical striker... but Anderson is several levels ahead of him... How much would he even have to respect GSP's striking at all...
We all know that GSP has a cookie cutter gameplan of striking with his opponent early on, keeping it safe, then goes for a takedown later on to secure the rounds... His game revolves around Jabs, rights, leg kicks and an occasional superman punch... Would he even dare take that approach with Anderson, he probably looks for the takedowns right away.