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[v3xi]

As much as I like Shields, I agree he's walking into a death trap against St. Pierre. He offers zero in his stand-up, and I don't see him throwing GSP around. he barely beat Kampmann, could hardly take him down, and did very little when he did

Going by 1 fight when the past 10 fights Shields had were pretty dominant in grappling and on the ground is silly. Shields poses a very large threat to GSP and is better than GSP in a few areas of MMA which is saying a lot. I don't think GSP can go a 5 round fight vs Shields without getting taken down a few times and Shields is one of, if not the best, at keeping people on the ground.

As a GSP fan, Shields really scares me and is in no way to be taken lightly.

[Xanatos]

Originally Posted by v3xi

Going by 1 fight when the past 10 fights Shields had were pretty dominant in grappling and on the ground is silly. Shields poses a very large threat to GSP and is better than GSP in a few areas of MMA which is saying a lot. I don't think GSP can go a 5 round fight vs Shields without getting taken down a few times and Shields is one of, if not the best, at keeping people on the ground.

As a GSP fan, Shields really scares me and is in no way to be taken lightly.

I'm using the Kampmann fight mainly because I see that as his entrance to a higher level of competition. I'm not saying Kampmann is better then his last 10opponents, but remember he came from Middleweight, and had to drop the weight after a good while at 185.
I don't think he was performing to his full potential at all because of that weight cut, and I don't think it will be any different in his next fight.

And to RH:

I was never that good at math

[v3xi]

Originally Posted by Xanatos

I'm using the Kampmann fight mainly because I see that as his entrance to a higher level of competition. I'm not saying Kampmann is better then his last 10opponents, but remember he came from Middleweight, and had to drop the weight after a good while at 185.
I don't think he was performing to his full potential at all because of that weight cut, and I don't think it will be any different in his next fight.

The weight cut will be a factor for sure, but it is not an absolute that Shields next WW weight cut won't be perfect and he will be in fantastic shape. A healthy Shields can beat GSP. I would say Hendo was a step up in competition and he dominated him in the last 4 rounds, Kampmann made dumb strategic mistakes and Shields was not healthy that fight.

[Xanatos]

Originally Posted by v3xi

The weight cut will be a factor for sure, but it is not an absolute that Shields next WW weight cut won't be perfect and he will be in fantastic shape. A healthy Shields can beat GSP. I would say Hendo was a step up in competition and he dominated him in the last 4 rounds, Kampmann made dumb strategic mistakes and Shields was not healthy that fight.

no, but nothing is absolute in mma, and that's just how I feel. To be completely honest, I love GSP, but i also like Shields, and if Shields goes out and beats GSP up, I'll be happy as long as it's a good fight. Same with last night. I really don't like Kos, but if he came out and convincingly won that belt I'd be content, as long as it was exciting.

[Fedorlei Gomipierre]

Well, this certainly gives Jake Shields something to look forward to, given that he nd his K1 level striking are probably next in line for GSP.

I hate Kos, but gave him a great distinct possibility against GSP over Fitch or Shields in that he not only had a one in a million "puncher's chance", but was relatively confident in standingup(insofar as he isn't AS reliant on the ground as the other two top contenders).

Shields has scary jits and is a big WW, but his standup is abysmal.