UFC 154: Johny Hendricks’ Spectacular KO & GSP Wins, But It’s Not Pretty
Georges St. Pierre defended the welterweight title for the umpteenth time on Saturday night. It was his most exciting fight since anyone can actually remember. GSP was his usual self, dominating most of the fight with the best wrestling in mixed martial arts. Despite the clear-cut victory, it was one of those fights where both men coming out looking like winners.
GSP got the win on his record, but enough can’t be said about Carlos Condit. By Stockton Rules, Condit may have actually won the fight. We’ve never seen GSP beat up like that after a fight. Condit took a major cut early, bled like a stuck pig and never slowed down. The promotional materials told everyone that Condit was a real threat to GSP and he really was. A headkick floored St. Pierre at one point, but Condit wasn’t able to finish him. So it went back to takedowns and ground & pound. Condit kept at it from the bottom and beat up St. Pierre like we had never seen before. In the end, Condit was awesome, but St. Pierre was great. It’s going to take another great to take down GSP.
Who knows what is next. GSP didn’t dismiss a fight with Anderson Silva, but he did say he would have to think about it. Jon Jones ended up on Dana White and the UFC’s shitlist when he did something similar. Will GSP be trashed publicly if he decides he would rather take a little break and then defend his belt instead of agreeing to the superfight that Dana White all but promised for this May in a football or soccer stadium in Brazil, Texas or Toronto? Time will tell.
Boom. Johny Hendricks did it again. This time, he knocked out Martin Kampmann in spectacular fashion. It was Hendricks’ 4th consecutive victory and another impressive knockout of a top welterweight contender. His last three wins have now come against Kampmann, Josh Koscheck and Jon Fitch. That’s not just solid. That’s the kind of stretch that the title-holder should be asked to face. If GSP is going to go for a superfight or take some time off or some third thing, Hendricks should probably be booked against Nick Diaz in a real number-1 contender fight.

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November 19th, 2012 at 1:58 PM
I’m a huge GSP fan but I don’t know how super this fight would be. Silva has a huge size/reach advantage and has been more dominant in his weight class that GSP has. GSP would be a massive underdog. Doesn’t make nearly as much sense as a Jones/Silva bout.
November 19th, 2012 at 1:59 PM
First GSP fight I didn’t watch since 08. Just got fed up with him playing it safe and then apologize to the crowd afterwards like he gave it his all and just couldn’t knock out his opponent. Yeah right.
November 19th, 2012 at 2:16 PM
You’re of the opinion that he has the striking and/or submission skills to consistently finish fights against top level competition? I don’t see it. I think he has to grind out fights.
November 19th, 2012 at 2:30 PM
He dominated Koscheck, Alves, and Hardy. I do think if he wanted to, he could’ve easily pushed the action on those fights. Yet he chose to jab or wrestle his opponent to death. I don’t blame him. Why risk getting caught by a desperation punch by your opponent when you can just accumulate non-threatening strikes and takedowns? I get it, but I don’t like it. It’s the same with Jake Shields or Jon Fitch. I understand why you take the cautious approach, but as a consumer I don’t have to watch it. And it doesn’t make a neanderthal to expect fighters to push the action and try to finish opponents. But too many fight fans look at you as if you are a simpleton for wanting exciting fights.
November 19th, 2012 at 3:33 PM
This was the first fight where I saw some weaknesses with GSP — granted, he was a little rusty from the layoff. That being said, I think Silva would have ended the fight against GSP, has he been fighting. Silva is dangerous on the ground — both from his back and on top. Take that with Silva’s striking advantage and that spells a disaster for GSP.
I also think Silva would knock Jones out. Jones has shown some minor areas of weakness and I think a strong striker and submission artist like Silva would win.
November 19th, 2012 at 6:01 PM
Outside of the 2 co-main events, this card was a snooze fest. UFC has got to stop putting so many cans and meaningless fights on PPV. Tom Lawlor on a main card? That’s inexcusable. Cut back on the number of events if need be.