UFC 129-- April 30, 2011 (Prediction Contest)

Easy. It's going to the scorecard.

 

I can't see-Jake Shields
We're going anyway-Jake Shield's corner

Good job guys. SMH.

 

out of all the fighters that are capable of busting GSP up.It ends up being Jake Shields This is pretty lackluster performance by GSP

 

Canada finally booing.I don't blame them,Shields is one dimensional and GSP playing it safe and looking like shit doing it.

 

St-Pieere is lucky there is no sprawl and brawl master at ww (and don't give me Alves).
His stand up is very average, and he's really weak mentally. still, his wreslting is somthing else

 

wow, that was closer than expected

 

What utter crap. Seriously, neither guy fought with any urgency. Did Shields think he was ahead or something. WTF?

By the way, I have no desire to see GSP-Silva. GSP just got minced up by Jake freaking Shields pathetic striking.

 

I hate to say it but MMA has been boring this year.Boxing has been way more entertaining so far

 

That was the most pathetic main event since Silva-Maia in my opinion.

But overall, this card was fun.. Did you watch the entire card? What's boring about a flying triangle or a Seagal kick KO or a spinning back fist KO or a skull-sized hematoma?

Main Event sucked balls but the card was far from boring.

 

Shields has always been a pathetically boring fighter, so I am not surprised by his lack of urgency at all. Way to go on such a huge opportunity Jake.

As for GSP, another safety first performance as expected. He really should have turned the heat up. If he REALLY couldn't see out of the eye, I guess he gets somewhat of a pass, but well, it was a fairly crap performance.

Couple of things.

1) How the fuck do you give 2 rounds to Shields? Lacklustre as they were, GSP clearly won every round.

2) How the fuck did 2 of the 5 punches that Jake landed manage to bust up Georgie boy's nose and eye? ::

 

I'm curious if anyone watched the Shields-GSP fight and walked away still thinking GSP is a better striker than Paul Daley...

Personally I don't think GSP really looked far superior to Shields in the stand up, and that's pathetic.

 

Watching the post fight press conference. Dana telling how he was talking to Couture in the cage after his fight. He said while they were talking Couture's tooth fell out.

Damn, what a kick.

 

:atu:

 

Both GSP and Jake Shildls are boring mother fuckers, wouldn't care a bit in never seeing either of them fight.

 

I'm not going to rip on you guys because the main event was boring, or because the largest crowd in history were forced to booo.

But... how the hell did some of you pick Shields? Don't you guys follow this shit? ::

My advice - start picking these fights months in advance. When they're signed. The UFC hype is strong. And they're tricking you guys.

 

How come after shitty big events in MMA nobody says the sport is dying.

 

GSP is due, a striker with good takedown defense and he gets KTFO.

 

Great question. I think that MMA is just now hitting its stride. There are foreign countries climbing over each other to host events. The global appeal is expanding and exploding daily. Be objective - the main event sucked .....ummmm that was obviously the case when the fight was signed 4 months ago. The rest of the undercard - 10 fights! - were highlight reel finishes and submissions. In terms of action value, MMA provides more matchups with greater finishes,relevant events once a month AND free fights every other month. Just my thoughts.......feel free to disagree

 

Ummmmm Jake Shields has EXCELLENT TD defense, homeboy. So did Hughes., Koscheck, Fitch,Penn.......etc He isnt due. He's safe and takes no risks. Get over it. Nobody at 170 can figure him out. Nobody at 170 is going to figure him out anytime soon. Very boring but very effective. If u want a boxing comparison,Bernard Hopkins is boring as shit but hes very talented and very effective.

Does that make sense?

 

Couple more things

1) WTF was up with the judges tonight? In the Aldo fight and GSP fight. Like ElTerrible said, the Aldo fight was very easy to score, 4-1.

Yet one judge gave Aldo the 5th round, which is insane, and I think another judge gave Hominick 2 rounds.

As boring and safety first as it was, GSP won the first 4 rounds clear as day. The 5th round was closer, but I still think GSP won it. How the fuck can you give Shields 2 rounds??


2) What on earth was up with GSP throwing his right hand like a dead weight retard punch, Chuck Liddell special? How can he throw a straight jab but a right like a 5 year old?

By the way Trpl, in regards to not wanting to see GSP Vs Silva now, that's like saying you don't want to see it after seeing the Sonnen fight. The thing is, did anyone think GSP could compete with Silva standing before this fight? It was kind of obvious his only chance would be to wrestle the shit out of Silva.

And though I do like GSP, like Wlad or Floyd he fights to win, boring as it may be, he takes almost no risks, and does everything to ensure victory.

In this particular fight, he should have taken more risks. Shields was doing fuck all, he could have shut Shields down completely if he'd stepped it up more. The only time Shields won more than 5 seconds of the fight was when GSP stepped off the gas.

Like I said earlier though, I guess it was partly the eye.

 

Agreed, those 4 guys have excellent TD defense, and are elite wrestlers.

Boring as fuck as he may be, Shields is also an elite grappler, and GSP took him down with like a 75% success rate.

The fact is GSP is the best wrestler in the sport, with the fastest, most explosive takedowns.

 

Proably the same reason we don't pay too much attention to your pathetic troll attempts considering your ignorance on on the subject.

 

Can't GSP do what Sonnon did and just not get choked at the end?

 

Yeah he can, I just don't know how much the size difference will be a factor.

 

It's a contest dude. Sometimes you have to pick opposite others to gain ground.

Personally I think my article made it pretty clear who I thought would win. But I also missed a prediction event and have to make up ground.

****This applies for GSP-Shields. For Aldo-Hominick, it was more that I thought Mark had a chance and I was pulling for him*****

 

Not at 185. Not a chance in hell.


And also, let's be honest, GSP had a little quit in him because his left eye got a little swollen. How pathetic. Greg Jackson basically had to calm him down and beg him to fight with one eye.

And it's really pathetic considering in the previous fight Mark Hominick looked like the Elephant Man and begged to keep fight. Begged.

I'm not sure how one of the best fighters in the world can be such a girl, but there is no question about GSP. First, remember his first fight with Penn where he got busted up in the first round and basically stopped fighting for a round and a half. Second, he tapped to strikes from Serra while still awake and aware. And now this.

Again, in my opinion the dude is the most athletic and talented fighter in MMA today. But man, that was embarrassing.

On to Jake Shields. The biggest fight of his life and he's got Gilbert Melendez as his chief second? WTF? In a fight where strategy and game planning were everything, he's got a fellow, younger fighter giving advice in the corner.

And it showed. Shields had no game plan. It honestly looked like he just went out there expecting it to be like any other fight. As the fight wore on he looked content to box, and consequently lose, each round. Most would respond by saying 'GSP took away his game plan'. Bullshit. After the eye injury GSP went into full safety mode. He risked nothing. And Jake NEVER pressed the issue. So again, back to the corner work, where was the advice to circle to GSP's left and throw right hand leads due to his eye issue?

 

The bigger question is how come you never get embarrassed despite continually looking like a moron in here.

As GG said, even on paper the main event was doomed to be boring. That being said, as MMA does and boxing doesn't, the card was loaded with other fights.

Let's take a look....

1) A flying triangle finish in the opening fight of the night. A freaking flying triangle????
2) Kyle Watson knocked asleep by a spinning backfist.
3) Jason McDonald locking a sick triangle from the bottom against Jensen
4) Menjivar landing a short, standing elbow and shattering Valencia's nose
5) Rory McDonald drawing on his inner WWE and repeatedly suplexing Nate Diaz
6) Machida knocking Couture out cold with a freaking Karate Kid, crane technique kick.
7) Mark Hominick looking like the elephant man and winning the last round against Aldo.

Yeah, only an absolute hater/troll would say the card sucked.

And by the way, the reason no one is saying MMA is dying is because they just had a live gate of 55,190 people.

My Canada friends will have to help me, but I'd guess if the place held a 100,000, they tickets probably would have sold.

 

Yeah the outcomes were pretty good but the fights overall were boring. MMA is not dying, but it has leveled off IMO.

 

Please give evidence of how MMA has leveled off? A UFC gym just opened up 5 miles from my house and within a month of being open they have 400 members. The sport is growing in leaps and bounds man.

 

As evidenced by the largest MMA crowd in history last night. LOL. Seriously?

And sudden, dramatic endings are never boring. What's boring about a guy jumping for a flying triangle in a competitive bout. What's boring about a guy like Hominick fighting his ass off against one of the best P4P fighters on the planet. What's boring about the normally safe Machida being more aggressive and landing an improbable front kick KO?

Everything is boring if you just read the results.