georges st pierre ufc 74

“I’m in the best shape of my life. Physically, mentally — everything is good right now…. It [Josh Koscheck] is a great challenge. It may be the toughest fight of my life, but I’m in great shape for it. Mentally, physically — I have no issues. Everything is going well in my life.”

– After his disappointing title loss to Matt Serra at UFC 69, former welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre tells CBSSportsline.com that all of his physical, mental and personal issues that he claims affected him in that fight are now fixed. And, he is more prepared than ever before for his upcoming fight with Josh Koscheck at UFC 74: “Respect” on August 25.

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Comment by robb
2007-07-25 08:34:53

I do feel that Koshceck is not on the same level as GSP skill wise. But Seems to be mentally stronger. If you can beat Matt though he should be able to crush Josh. Allthough that’s what everyone said about Serria.

 
Comment by MMAFAN204
2007-07-25 08:35:57

If GSP is serious and he has gotten back to the basics and what got him to the top…….KOS is in for a long night! …… Or short night if GSP treats him like Hughes!

Dont get me wrong I think KOS is a great fighter but I dont think he can handle GSP if he is indeed fighting at his peak!

I think GSP will take this in the second round TKO!

This MIGHT be the fight of the night!

 
Comment by ViolentMike
2007-07-25 08:40:20

I wonder if GSP is serious when he says that Kos may be the toughest fight of his life? How can he consider Kos a stronger opponent than Matt Hughes and BJ Penn?

 
Comment by dabby1968
2007-07-25 08:46:47

isnt that the same thing he said before Serra knocked him out ?

 
Comment by Matt
2007-07-25 08:49:52

KOS has better take downs, and a better stand up than Matt Hughers in my opinion. Once they are on the ground though, Hughes is a freak of nature, and KOS is dwarfed by Hughes GnP.

 
Comment by creeks
2007-07-25 08:51:25

I think he is mentally trying to prepare himself he admitted himself he had issue’s when it came to his mental preparation for a title fight especially against a weaker opponent(serra). This is also a weaker opponent but the mind can’t tell the difference between true and false if you believe what your saying!

 
Comment by PhilQNY
2007-07-25 08:54:01

[quote comment="111889"]isnt that the same thing he said before Serra knocked him out ?[/quote]

…” Cut & Paste ” ..that is the same thing he said going into the Serra fight..I’ve learned let ur fighting do ur talking..for his first title defense..It was BIG talk small fight.

Kos is on the same playing field as GSP when it comes to physical attributes..he is a game fighter..this fight, depending who shows up for this fight..should be a WAR.

 
Comment by noel
2007-07-25 09:01:29

[quote comment="111887"]I wonder if GSP is serious when he says that Kos may be the toughest fight of his life? How can he consider Kos a stronger opponent than Matt Hughes and BJ Penn?[/quote]

B/c Kos’ wrestling ability is 2nd to none in the UFC. He might not be able to stop his takedowns.

 
Comment by "Mr. NC-17"
2007-07-25 09:03:01

Did he or did he not say the same exact thing when he fought Serra?

 
Comment by noel
2007-07-25 09:11:19

[quote comment="111907"]Did he or did he not say the same exact thing when he fought Serra?[/quote]

True, but he also said the same thing before his 2nd fight w/ Hughes, so I can never tell anymore which GSP is going to show up b/c he seems to say the same thing before every fight now.

 
Comment by PW
2007-07-25 09:11:58

[quote comment="111907"]Did he or did he not say the same exact thing when he fought Serra?[/quote]
Practically word for word, although he left out the parts where he says he is going to give 0, leave it all in the ring and let his fighting do the talking.

 
Comment by PW
2007-07-25 09:13:29

Dang it, that was supposed to say one hundred and ten percent. Damn stupid non-alphanumeric characters ruining my jokes.

 
Comment by ddc
2007-07-25 09:16:48

After the fight GSP may say, ” I did not take the fight as seriously as I should have.” Or we could hope he wakes the hell up and knocks Koschek into next Thursday. I really prefer this scenario not the latter.

 
Comment by Josh
2007-07-25 09:33:24

GSP is an extremely dangerous opponent. I do think his mouth and cockyness tend to get the best of him. If he wins, I hope he doesnt talk trash, if he loses I hope he doesnt talk trash. That a problem with alot of fights anymore. They all say somthing like “Well im coming off an injury”, or “I wasnt

 
Comment by Josh
2007-07-25 09:34:37

prepared enough”. It bull, just be a man and say somthing like chuck “You know, I got caught” or he showed up I didnt” , or “guess I need to train harder”.

 
Comment by I_did_a_mistake
2007-07-25 09:45:39

GSP is gonna whip his ass. The only way Kos will win is if GSP does a mistake……like forgetting to train

 
Comment by Mahde
2007-07-25 09:53:12

[quote comment="111907"]Did he or did he not say the same exact thing when he fought Serra?[/quote]

I guess we’ll find out when the fight is over. I’d like to see this fight last a little while, then end with a GSP victory. A victory against either Matt for the title would be awesome for his career and his confidence because it would either mean avenging an embarrasing loss or winning the rubber match between him and the #1 contender.

 
Comment by AaronW
2007-07-25 09:57:26

I hope Kos kicks his ass.

 
Comment by Luppers
2007-07-25 10:07:42

He is in the best shape of his life, mentally and physically, just ask the people locked up in his basement.
This guy loses, he is gonna crack…

 
Comment by machine
2007-07-25 10:08:25

I’m going to pre-empt the posts that I know will be coming in shortly to this thread by saying the following:

Whether you like GSP or not, nobody can define him by his loss to Serra. Just like nobody can define you by whatever the last mistake or lapse of judgement you had(yes, the same you whose reading this post right now).

You see, GSP is as good as they say he is, hugger or not. Unlike many other fighters people are quick to annoint as the “best”, GSP earned any and all hype surrounding him by SOUNDLY defeating the absolute BEST in his weight class (sherk, penn, hughes, trigg, karo). This applies not only to GSP but to any other fighter in any other weight class who has done the same.

 
Comment by Likwid
2007-07-25 10:11:22

I had a really bad nightmare yesterday….

It started out with me ordering the wrong version of UFC74.. I accidentally ordered the French version (i live in montreal).. So the announcers spoke french.. (YIKES!!)…

And the dream ended with GSPvsKOS going to split descision.. with KOS winning.

Then i woke up..

lol

 
Comment by Titojr.
2007-07-25 10:16:47

Heard that before, then after the fight “Oh I didnt train that hard and I was injurd…blah blah blah” (after he lost to Serra). Same always happens with Tito. Tito and GSP are 2 of my favourite fighters but I wish they would just shut up with statements like that followed by excuses.

 
Comment by Luppers
2007-07-25 10:37:38

[quote comment="111953"]I’m going to pre-empt the posts that I know will be coming in shortly to this thread by saying the following:

Whether you like GSP or not, nobody can define him by his loss to Serra. Just like nobody can define you by whatever the last mistake or lapse of judgement you had(yes, the same you whose reading this post right now).

You see, GSP is as good as they say he is, hugger or not. Unlike many other fighters people are quick to annoint as the “best”, GSP earned any and all hype surrounding him by SOUNDLY defeating the absolute BEST in his weight class (sherk, penn, hughes, trigg, karo). This applies not only to GSP but to any other fighter in any other weight class who has done the same.[/quote]
The greatest fighters in the world dont get beat like GSP got beat, see Fedor, Minotauro, cung li..

he is not as good as everyone tries to make him seem. Just ask Teh Terra…

 
Comment by john
2007-07-25 10:41:10

[quote comment="111885"]I do feel that Koshceck is not on the same level as GSP skill wise. But Seems to be mentally stronger. If you can beat Matt though he should be able to crush Josh. Allthough that’s what everyone said about Serria.[/quote]

Koschek might be in a comma after this fight

 
Comment by john
2007-07-25 10:42:59

Cant wait to see karo fight someone tough. Karo vs GSP, Karo vs Deigo 2,
Karo vs. matt hughes, karo vs.fitch

Karo is envolved in all exciting fights. win or loose

 
Comment by Stafo
2007-07-25 10:52:10

This is good to hear. I just hope it’s the truth and not all talk. UFC 69 he was claiming good conditioning, good traininig, good focus, and it turned out to be fabricated

 
Comment by PW
2007-07-25 10:52:53

[quote comment="111968"][quote comment="111885"]I do feel that Koshceck is not on the same level as GSP skill wise. But Seems to be mentally stronger. If you can beat Matt though he should be able to crush Josh. Allthough that’s what everyone said about Serria.[/quote]

Koschek might be in a comma after this fight[/quote]
What do Kos’ punctuation skills have to do with anything?

 
Comment by Freddy
2007-07-25 10:54:55

GSP is awesome, no doubt. There’s some negative sentiment b/c of the loss hangover. BUT!!

I HATE COMMENTS LIKE THIS!!! What else is he supposed to say?? “I haven’t really been taking this seriously and I’ve been eating mostly deep fried foods and drinking lots of beer. I did manage to go for a walk last week, I hope that’ll do for my cardio.”

As for injuries, any fighter that would admit in an interview to being hurt has obviously been hit in the head too many times.

 
Comment by someone
2007-07-25 11:37:44

GSP just sounds like a sports cliche by recycling his pre-fight speeches. Maybe it’s the language barrier. Anyway, it’s all the more puzzling to me why a great, engaging personality like Rampage isn’t getting more publicity.

 
Comment by machine
2007-07-25 11:41:23

[quote comment="111966"][quote comment="111953"]I’m going to pre-empt the posts that I know will be coming in shortly to this thread by saying the following:

Whether you like GSP or not, nobody can define him by his loss to Serra. Just like nobody can define you by whatever the last mistake or lapse of judgement you had(yes, the same you whose reading this post right now).

You see, GSP is as good as they say he is, hugger or not. Unlike many other fighters people are quick to annoint as the “best”, GSP earned any and all hype surrounding him by SOUNDLY defeating the absolute BEST in his weight class (sherk, penn, hughes, trigg, karo). This applies not only to GSP but to any other fighter in any other weight class who has done the same.[/quote]
The greatest fighters in the world dont get beat like GSP got beat, see Fedor, Minotauro, cung li..

he is not as good as everyone tries to make him seem. Just ask Teh Terra…[/quote]

Luppers, I am very confident in the fact that you know your statement is bogus. C’mon bro, are you having a bad day & looking to take it out on the forum?

 
Comment by Pat
2007-07-25 11:42:19

[quote comment="111887"]I wonder if GSP is serious when he says that Kos may be the toughest fight of his life? How can he consider Kos a stronger opponent than Matt Hughes and BJ Penn?[/quote]

I don’t think he means he’s the toughest OPPONENT, but his toughest FIGHT considering he’s coming off the most devastating loss of his career.

 
Comment by Luppers
2007-07-25 11:51:49

[quote comment="112002"]Luppers, I am very confident in the fact that you know your statement is bogus. C’mon bro, are you having a bad day & looking to take it out on the forum?[/quote]What the hell? Im having a fine day… My point, GSP doesnt have the mental toughness to get through these fights. Guy is none stop injured, then he goes down like a straight bitch in his first title defense. Sorry… great fighter, not the best in the world though like 90% of the nuthuggers on this any any other site boast him as.

 
Comment by jjdnb
2007-07-25 12:08:19

/agree Karo is a beast.

I’m not sure who i want to win or who actually will win between GSP and Kos…I like them both. Only prediction i have is that it will be a great fight

 
Comment by Fidel Cashflow
2007-07-25 12:23:28

Thats BS that he didn’t train for serra… didn’t he say something like he only trained for 2 weeks or whatever?

I can’t stand KOS though, so I still want GSP to win

but i have a lot less respect for GSP after he made excuses post- serra fight.

 
Comment by Mark Johannus
2007-07-25 12:27:01

[quote comment="111953"]I’m going to pre-empt the posts that I know will be coming in shortly to this thread by saying the following:

Whether you like GSP or not, nobody can define him by his loss to Serra. Just like nobody can define you by whatever the last mistake or lapse of judgement you had(yes, the same you whose reading this post right now).

You see, GSP is as good as they say he is, hugger or not. Unlike many other fighters people are quick to annoint as the “best”, GSP earned any and all hype surrounding him by SOUNDLY defeating the absolute BEST in his weight class (sherk, penn, hughes, trigg, karo). This applies not only to GSP but to any other fighter in any other weight class who has done the same.[/quote]

Amen!! One GSP ROLLED over everyone (with the exception of BJ) in the whole stacked ww division. One loss and people are saying the guy is mentally weak..yada yada yeda…..c’mon man….

Whether you like the guy or not, you have acknowledge is UFC resume. One “fluke” loss can happen to anyone at anytime. Anyone can get caught….

GSP! for president…..that’s right….I’m a nuthugger!!!

 
Comment by I_did_a_mistake
2007-07-25 12:34:04

[quote comment="112047"]Thats BS that he didn’t train for serra… didn’t he say something like he only trained for 2 weeks or whatever?

I can’t stand KOS though, so I still want GSP to win

but i have a lot less respect for GSP after he made excuses post- serra fight.[/quote]

What are you talking about? He said he didnt train very hard but still gave props to Matt Serra.

 
Comment by UFC_FAN
2007-07-25 12:42:26

I wonder what Kos’s game plan is for this fight. Try to wrestle knowing GSP beat Hughes, the most dominant wrestler, or strike against him as did Serra, knowing GSP is much more dangerous on his feet. And when I recall Kos’s jab-fest against Diego, as if he didnt want to mix it up. I just don’t think that will fly against GSP. Anyone know a winning gameplan or what would give him the best chance. He needs to leave it all in the octagon or he is already beat.

 
Comment by kickbox
2007-07-25 12:53:33

[quote comment="112034"]/agree Karo is a beast.

I’m not sure who i want to win or who actually will win between GSP and Kos…I like them both. Only prediction i have is that it will be a great fight[/quote]
kos and great fights dont go together

 
Comment by machine
2007-07-25 12:58:08

[quote comment="112014"][quote comment="112002"]Luppers, I am very confident in the fact that you know your statement is bogus. C’mon bro, are you having a bad day & looking to take it out on the forum?[/quote]What the hell? Im having a fine day… My point, GSP doesnt have the mental toughness to get through these fights. Guy is none stop injured, then he goes down like a straight bitch in his first title defense. Sorry… great fighter, not the best in the world though like 90% of the nuthuggers on this any any other site boast him as.[/quote]

Maybe not best in the world but definately top 5. Theres no way you could disagree with that. I’m not trying to get you to like the guy but you gotta admit he’s one of the better all-around fighters in MMA today.

 
Comment by mcanena
2007-07-25 13:01:28

I want GSP to destroy Koshcheck sooo bad,out of all the fighters in the UFC Koshcheck and Rashad Evans are my leastest favourites,
GSP will crush Koshcheck by the blood of 10,000,000 peasents I swear it!

 
Comment by derreck
2007-07-25 13:04:42

I am sick of these guys saying that it’s the hardest fight of their lives or that they aren’t taking this fight lightly and trained even harder. Then you find out after they lose they took the fight lightly and they barely trained. DON’T BE CONDESCENDING! JUST TELL US THAT YOUR TRAINING HARD AND YOU LOOK FORWARD TO KICKING THEIR ASS. WE KNOW YOU ARE BETTER AND WE KNOW YOU KNOW YOUR BETTER THEN THE OPPONENTS, DON’T BE CONDESCENDING….

 
Comment by machine
2007-07-25 13:13:37

[quote comment="112069"]I wonder what Kos’s game plan is for this fight. Try to wrestle knowing GSP beat Hughes, the most dominant wrestler, or strike against him as did Serra, knowing GSP is much more dangerous on his feet. And when I recall Kos’s jab-fest against Diego, as if he didnt want to mix it up. I just don’t think that will fly against GSP. Anyone know a winning gameplan or what would give him the best chance. He needs to leave it all in the octagon or he is already beat.[/quote]

Kos simply needs to play to his strength which is wrestling. It’’s the best chance he’s got against specifically GSP & his striking is crisp enough to set-up the shoot.

I’m both an admitted Kos fan as well as a GSP fan but GSP needs this win where Kos can walk away with an “L” against GSP & wear it proudly as long as he puts up a fight. After GSP’s loss to Serra, it’s a must win for him or it’s back down to the bottom of the 170 pound ladder.

 
Comment by someone
2007-07-25 13:28:00

[quote comment="112069"]I wonder what Kos’s game plan is for this fight. Try to wrestle knowing GSP beat Hughes, the most dominant wrestler, or strike against him as did Serra, knowing GSP is much more dangerous on his feet. And when I recall Kos’s jab-fest against Diego, as if he didnt want to mix it up. I just don’t think that will fly against GSP. Anyone know a winning gameplan or what would give him the best chance. He needs to leave it all in the octagon or he is already beat.[/quote]

For one, Hughes didn’t use his wrestling in the fight he lost to GSP. He wanted to win the fight standing and it didn’t work. Two, Koscheck standing is a counter-fighter and since Diego gave him nothing to work with, nothing really happened in that fight. (That is not a defense of that bore-fest, btw). GSP on the other hand will have a ton of offense and I expect Kos to look a little more lively and certainly showing more than his jab. I think his game plan is probably to play it cautious, but hopefully it will still be an exciting fight.

 
Comment by yoda
2007-07-25 13:39:19

What excuse will this Frenchy have this time?

 
Comment by BustYourFace
2007-07-25 13:45:29

GSP getting ready to RECV another devistating beat down!!!

 
Comment by Kevin Kelly
2007-07-25 13:50:53

Josh Koscheck via unanimous decision no questioning that !

 
Comment by jay
2007-07-25 13:51:13

[quote comment="111898"][quote comment="111889"]isnt that the same thing he said before Serra knocked him out ?[/quote]

…” Cut & Paste ” ..that is the same thing he said going into the Serra fight..I’ve learned let ur fighting do ur talking..for his first title defense..It was BIG talk small fight.

Kos is on the same playing field as GSP when it comes to physical attributes..he is a game fighter..this fight, depending who shows up for this fight..should be a WAR.[/

Kos’s physical attributes may be the same as GSP but GSP is a more well rounded fighter than KOS. Also some of the fighters that GSP has beated were better fighters than KOS is. GSP is pissed off at the way his last fight went down and is training hard for KOS and when the fight comes the old GSP will be back and he will smash JOSH.

 
Comment by BustYourFace
2007-07-25 13:57:44

[quote comment="112136"][quote comment="111898"][quote comment="111889"]isnt that the same thing he said before Serra knocked him out ?[/quote]

GUYS PLEASE QUIT QUOTING THIS GUY!~!!!! EVERYONE AGGREES!!! THAT HE IS AN IDIOT WHO TALKS A BIG GAME

 
Comment by BustYourFace
2007-07-25 13:58:37

No lets talk about something we dont agree on like Tito is a pu$$y or Rampage’s chain makes him look like a lil sally gurl?

 
Comment by Jr
2007-07-25 15:37:06

I have a feeling KOS will come into the start of this fight with the same strategy he did against Diego then swith to his bread n butter if things start going bad. This should be an exciting fight with both fighters being extremely talented, explosive and have excellent cardio. IMO KOS has better takedowns/wrestling then Hughes. My pick is KOS split decision

 
Comment by Fidel Cashflow
2007-07-25 16:03:03

[quote comment="112057"][quote comment="112047"]Thats BS that he didn’t train for serra… didn’t he say something like he only trained for 2 weeks or whatever?

I can’t stand KOS though, so I still want GSP to win

but i have a lot less respect for GSP after he made excuses post- serra fight.[/quote]

What are you talking about? He said he didnt train very hard but still gave props to Matt Serra.[/quote]

I know he gave him props in the days immediately following the fight but I remember something coming up about him saying he trained for only a short while or something…

could be wrong.

 
Comment by tripleainto
2007-07-25 16:31:01

I’m going to be there live for this one, making the trip down to Vegas from Canada…my first UFC live and I can’t wait.

Unfortunately, the last time, he let all the positive feedback about him get to his head (along with a Serra Punch), but things will be different when he gets the title back down the road.

It was a little disappointing to hear St. Pierre’s comments and excuses after the Serra fight but it was his most devastating loss to date and he is only 26. Certain aspects of Serra’s rebuttal was pretty weak imo as well.

GSP will go straight to the title and will keep it for a long while. He’s learned from his mental mistakes and I think we will see a return of the St. Pierre of old. Think of what happened after the initial Hughes loss.

No matter what happens, win or lose, UFC or TKO, it doesn’t matter, I’m always gonna be a true GSP fan.

GSP for Prime Minister: “I will run the country ‘fairly squarely’.

 
Comment by thenovemberact
2007-07-25 17:15:43

[quote comment="111889"]isnt that the same thing he said before Serra knocked him out ?[/quote]

Something along those lines

 
Comment by Holdin Ropes
2007-07-25 17:16:13

All fighters in welter weight division fighting at 100% body, mind and soul.

It comes down to GSP and BJ Penn joint 1st and Matt Hughes third

 
Comment by RobH86
2007-07-25 17:56:03

A good fight I think but not a super fight like they’re making out. Is Kos that good?…S’pose time will tell.

 
Comment by john
2007-07-25 18:21:56

When can we get some fighters in the lightweight division, and middleweight division. Henderson should be fighting at middleweight, lets get shinya akoi, takanori gomi, kazou Misaki, Dennis Kang, Paulo Filho, “Mach” Sakurai lets getem all over here. Not to mention Nick Diaz(ater the bullshit suspension). I also want to see Arona, Rogerio, Sokoudjoi, Wanderlei, josh barnett, Yoshida, and of course Fedor. Dana white has done a great job so far, but come on, plentty of talent left to sign still. Hope he continues the trend of announcing new fighters at almost every Pay Per View.

By the way, can anyone tell me when some new Pride dvds will be released (shockwave 2006, bushido survival, 2006 absolute grand prix, pride 33?

 
Comment by Jordan
2007-07-25 18:37:26

[quote comment="112014"][quote comment="112002"]Luppers, I am very confident in the fact that you know your statement is bogus. C’mon bro, are you having a bad day & looking to take it out on the forum?[/quote]What the hell? Im having a fine day… My point, GSP doesnt have the mental toughness to get through these fights. Guy is none stop injured, then he goes down like a straight bitch in his first title defense. Sorry… great fighter, not the best in the world though like 90% of the nuthuggers on this any any other site boast him as.[/quote]

Weigh out Matt Hughes and Matt Serra, there’s a huge comparison there. He bought into his own fight, even trained with Serra, He would’ve known exactly what level Serra was at, at the time.
He took the Matt for granted and got wooped. He trained for Hughes. Watch his first MMA fight with Ivan Menjivar, he was getting wooped, Serra focused straight up on Striking and caught a not so sharp GSP.

I guess Liddell aint shit either, or sorry not elite. The guy is only 25 with 2 losses, whoopty doooo we aint talkin bout Mike Tyson, Matt Hughes got served by BJ.

The difference is whether or not GSP will allow his last loss define him or act as a negative turning point in his career.
Ease up on the quick to judge, we’re talking about MMA here….soooooo unpredictable

 
Comment by EmondRight
2007-07-25 18:53:21

it’s unbeleivable how one punch can change things…

GSP become a better fighter after his first lost to Matt Hughes.

The guy is a trooper! With too much talent!!

 
Comment by john
2007-07-25 19:08:51

[quote comment="112109"][quote comment="112069"]I wonder what Kos’s game plan is for this fight. Try to wrestle knowing GSP beat Hughes, the most dominant wrestler, or strike against him as did Serra, knowing GSP is much more dangerous on his feet. And when I recall Kos’s jab-fest against Diego, as if he didnt want to mix it up. I just don’t think that will fly against GSP. Anyone know a winning gameplan or what would give him the best chance. He needs to leave it all in the octagon or he is already beat.[/quote]

For one, Hughes didn’t use his wrestling in the fight he lost to GSP. He wanted to win the fight standing and it didn’t work. Two, Koscheck standing is a counter-fighter and since Diego gave him nothing to work with, nothing really happened in that fight. (That is not a defense of that bore-fest, btw). GSP on the other hand will have a ton of offense and I expect Kos to look a little more lively and certainly showing more than his jab. I think his game plan is probably to play it cautious, but hopefully it will still be an exciting fight.[/quote]

I pretty much agree with your whole analysis on the hughes fight, as well as the fact that Kos n GSP should be a very exciting fight, that GSP should win.

It would be terrible if GSP comes out looking like Arlovski did after his 1st loss against Tim Sylvia. GSP should be ok. GSP ground and pound 2nd round.

Is the Pittbull ever gonna get back to his old self?

 
Comment by DJ
2007-07-25 22:05:56

Don’t forget, English is GSP’s second language so he does not want another message to get lost in the translation. He is trying to pay respect to his opponent before the fight as he always does – it just sounds repetitive and simple.

Anyhooo, KOS is in for the experience of his life. GSP is a man on a mission with something to prove. Look at what happened the last time he was in this position. GSP is going to put on a clinic and put those doubts to rest about his heart. And, we will see GSP/Hughes III in early 2008.

 
Comment by Gord
2007-07-25 22:39:06

[quote post="2824"]Heard that before, then after the fight “Oh I didnt train that hard and I was injurd…blah blah blah” (after he lost to Serra). Same always happens with Tito. Tito and GSP are 2 of my favourite fighters but I wish they would just shut up with statements like that followed by excuses. [/quote]
Excuses, are you talking about all ONE of them?

 
Comment by Gord
2007-07-25 23:07:39

[quote post="2824"]I’m going to pre-empt the posts that I know will be coming in shortly to this thread by saying the following:
Whether you like GSP or not, nobody can define him by his loss to Serra. Just like nobody can define you by whatever the last mistake or lapse of judgement you had(yes, the same you whose reading this post right now).
You see, GSP is as good as they say he is, hugger or not. Unlike many other fighters people are quick to annoint as the “best”, GSP earned any and all hype surrounding him by SOUNDLY defeating the absolute BEST in his weight class (sherk, penn, hughes, trigg, karo). This applies not only to GSP but to any other fighter in any other weight class who has done the same.
The greatest fighters in the world dont get beat like GSP got beat, see Fedor, Minotauro, cung li..
he is not as good as everyone tries to make him seem. Just ask Teh Terra…[/quote]
Ya , great fighters like Fedor that can’t finish the best guys (decision wins aren’t as dominant as you like to think). GSP finishes his peers in dominant fashion. You must have missed Nog getting KTFO by a guy that is too dumb to finish a fight that he already won. Fedor got beat in 17 seconds ,oh maybe he had a bad night like GSP. I know it was a cut ,but that is why they stop the fight because you WILL get KTFO when you can’t see. Fedor wins by decision and GSP finishes. Who is more dominant?

 
Comment by Gord
2007-07-25 23:29:31

[quote post="2824"]Josh Koscheck via unanimous decision no questioning that ! [/quote]
There is plenty of questioning that.

 
Comment by Theman
2007-07-26 00:20:11

I agree that it’s going to be an awesome fight, both are pure athletes, the type who can excell in any sport really. I’d have to give it to Kos though. I think he’s better at wrestling and he’s obviously improved his standup since TUF. He’s only getting better. People give GSP a huge standup advantage, but I just think everyone is underestimating Kos.
I actually like GSP more as a person, but as a fighter I’d have to go with Kos, I can understand why someone would go with GSP, but my two cents is Kos by dec.

 
Comment by Scott
2007-07-26 05:39:04

This is going to be a great war. GSP is going to come in strong and clean out the welter weight division again. This fight is a 1st rd KO for GSP! WAR GSP!!!

 
Comment by zoodles
2007-07-26 05:43:22

You know, people focus too much on the whether someone wins or loses. You lose once and suddenly you’re shit? Come on. Gsp is an exciting fighter and I would personally like to see him on every card win or lose, because I just love watching the guy fight , same with LIddel among many, many other fighters. And as for the pomme de Terra Serra, how can anyone say GSP took him seriously. did you see how many sloppy high kicks gsp threw? Who does that when they take someone seriously? Looking forward to this fight, hopefully georges unorthadox striking will neutralize Kos boring tactics and we’ll see a good fight.

 
Comment by Ade
2007-07-26 08:10:16

As much as I dislike Koscheck there is no doubting his talent and skill. This is definately going to be a tough fight. Either way, I hope GSP does a Frank Trigg on him and totaly wipes the floor with him. Josh Koschek is a cocky arrogant w’nker already, could you imagine what he would be like if he won. Kick his head off GSP!

 
Comment by Pat
2007-07-26 10:01:40

[quote comment="111970"]Cant wait to see karo fight someone tough. Karo vs GSP, Karo vs Deigo 2,
Karo vs. matt hughes, karo vs.fitch

Karo is envolved in all exciting fights. win or loose[/quote]

Yeah, he fought GSP and lost.

 
Comment by Pat
2007-07-26 10:04:25

[quote comment="112694"]This is going to be a great war. GSP is going to come in strong and clean out the welter weight division again. This fight is a 1st rd KO for GSP! WAR GSP!!![/quote]

Yeah, it’s gonna be a long wait for a title shot. So he has time to fight Kos, Fitch, and Sanchez.

 
Comment by machine
2007-07-26 10:59:52

[quote comment="112852"][quote comment="112694"]This is going to be a great war. GSP is going to come in strong and clean out the welter weight division again. This fight is a 1st rd KO for GSP! WAR GSP!!![/quote]

Yeah, it’s gonna be a long wait for a title shot. So he has time to fight Kos, Fitch, and Sanchez.[/quote]

GSP vs Sanchez or Fitch………….GSP wins hands down. He’d walk through Diego and speed-bump fitch. I’m a Fitch fan btw.

 
Comment by Mark Johannus
2007-07-26 12:44:52

All I know is this….I really can’t wait until the end of August to see GSP fight again….I’m going on withdrawls…..can’t wait to see him back his dominating ways!!

“boom…i it him in da head and he was out!!!”

 
Comment by Pat
2007-07-26 15:27:05

[quote comment="112903"]
GSP vs Sanchez or Fitch………….GSP wins hands down. He’d walk through Diego and speed-bump fitch. I’m a Fitch fan btw.[/quote]

I said “and”. He’ll take them all on at the same time! lol ;P

 
Comment by AaronW
2007-07-27 08:15:44

[quote comment="111953"]
Whether you like GSP or not, nobody can define him by his loss to Serra. Just like nobody can define you by whatever the last mistake or lapse of judgement you had(yes, the same you whose reading this post right now).

[/quote]

I define his character by that fight though and his lying and excuse making. I used to be a fan of his to a degree, now I can’t stand him.

 
Comment by nathan
2007-07-28 02:53:52

Gsp by first round tko, mark my words.

 
Comment by brac
2007-08-03 09:51:51

[quote comment="111966"][quote comment="111953"]I’m going to pre-empt the posts that I know will be coming in shortly to this thread by saying the following:

Whether you like GSP or not, nobody can define him by his loss to Serra. Just like nobody can define you by whatever the last mistake or lapse of judgement you had(yes, the same you whose reading this post right now).

You see, GSP is as good as they say he is, hugger or not. Unlike many other fighters people are quick to annoint as the “best”, GSP earned any and all hype surrounding him by SOUNDLY defeating the absolute BEST in his weight class (sherk, penn, hughes, trigg, karo). This applies not only to GSP but to any other fighter in any other weight class who has done the same.[/quote]
The greatest fighters in the world dont get beat like GSP got beat, see Fedor, Minotauro, cung li..

he is not as good as everyone tries to make him seem. Just ask Teh Terra…[/quote]

Did you not see the Iceman against Rampage? It’s MMA and anyone can get caught on the button on a given night.

 
Comment by brac
2007-08-03 10:01:01

You know how to stop KOS take downs? Take him down. GSP is bigger and stronger. I think GSP needs to take KOS down and work his GnP. If he does this he could stop the fight in the first or second round and shut that goofy KOS up.

 
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