UFC Launches Official Website for UFC 129: St. Pierre vs. Shields
by Nick Thomas on Apr 11, 2011 8:22 PM EDT
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Georges St. Pierre - "I will dictate the pace of the fight and I will fight my fight. It will finish with 'Still UFC Welterweight Champion: GSP'."http://129.ufc.com/ - More pictures after the jump.
Jake Shields - "He's never had a great wrestler and jiu-jitsu guy. I think that my jiu-jitsu is going to be a whole new level for him."
Forrest Griffin - "Shields by Sub or TKO early. GSP by decision or TKO late. I have commitment issues."
Mike Swick - St-Pierre by decision
Ryan Bader - St-Pierre by decision
Joe Stevenson - St-Pierre by TKO
Dan Hardy - St-Pierre by decision
Kenny Florian - St-Pierre by TKO
Main bouts:
Yves Jabouin (15-6) vs. Pablo Garza (10-1)
Claude Patrick (13-1) vs. Daniel Roberts (12-1)
Ivan Menjivar (21-8) vs. Charlie Valencia (12-6)
Jason MacDonald (24-14) vs. Ryan Jensen (15-7)
John Makdessi (8-0) vs. Kyle Watson (13-6-1)
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his mouth is too foul for Canada
but no seriously, I’d be surprised if he got in. misdeameanors disqualify, and he has to have one of those at some point.
First time I've
ever seen GSP listed at 5’11. I believe in his non-UFC days he was even listed at 5’9 at times. During the UFC I always saw 5’10.
I like the push for this fight, but I really see this fight going any different than the Koscheck fight. Shields has some really shitty standup. That’s all I’m going to say.
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Did Kos ever go for a take-down though in that fight? Shields has a really good takedown. If he can get it to the mat he could do it, it’s just impossible to envision.
Try as I might I can’t picture it, but crazier things have happened. Shields is really good, and probably no one else can beat him, but I don’t see how he stands a chance in this.
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Kos was able to get him down late in the first
After that I can’t really remember how many he went for
Conducting an experiment on knocking people out in particular ways would be unethical.
he tried quite a few times
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by Cory Braiterman on Apr 11, 2011 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions
He got at least two, maybe three, and he held GSP down when he got him there, I think.
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by James Brady on Apr 11, 2011 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Nowhere near enough over 5 rounds...
And Kos is meant to have a good takedown. Most of 25 minutes he was in GSP’s world getting jabbed to death.
If Shields can’t do a LOT better than that, he will suffer the same fate. I expect GSP will mostly just tool him on the feet in a conservative manner, bust his face up with jabs and some superman punches, and avoid too much damage.
Kos was 1/4 iirc, but that is deceiving in a way because once he lost depth perception he had no chance of taking him down (or doing much else, aside from surviving). Watch the later takedown attempts – he literally misses by feet from where he should have been going.
Then again, Kos has much better takedowns than Shields, but Jake’s “ugly” takedowns have managed to get just about everyone down at one point or another. Neither GSP nor Shields have ever shown anything particularly great off their backs that I can recall, and I think that if Jake is going to catch GSP it will be via a mid-scramble submission, not via a top control-based submission or a UD.
Wouldn’t shock me if he does, but I really expect to see GSP on his bike, jabbing away…
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by The American Ronin on Apr 12, 2011 3:09 AM EDT up reply actions
GshP via
brutal KO.
Its time for Georgey to mix up a little bit.
K-Flo picked Jardine to win vs. Gergard
Then again, how many sure things are there?
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by High Knee Destroyer on Apr 12, 2011 7:53 AM EDT up reply actions
Florian and Stevenson are dumb.....
to not pick GSP via Decision.
I pray to one god......and his name is Kazushi Sakuraba.
Shields survived a huge right from Dan Henderson
GSP isn’t even close to the power puncher Hendo is.
GSP will never TKO anyone again, his gameplan does not allow himself to be in a position to deliver a strong enough strike to TKO anyone he’d be facing.
I’d like to see St.Pierre use that vicious looking spinning back kick that he was working on with Rogan.
I would too,
but he will have to be careful not to miss. GSP doesn’t want to give away any free takedowns.
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by ElliotMatheny on Apr 11, 2011 8:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Sean Pierson is going to wreck Foster. That’s all for today.
Still a Beer Monster.
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I dunno man.
Pierson has had trouble with guys like Foster in the past, and sure as hell isn’t a spring chicken.
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by ElliotMatheny on Apr 11, 2011 9:46 PM EDT up reply actions
I see GSP either flash KOing Shields while doing a knee as Shields shoots in, or GSP also just jabbing out a decision or possible late round TKO.
I also see Shields lnp-ing a decision. I honestly see submissions as being a none factor for both guys. Both of them have great sub defense, that is going to be the first thing tossed out the window. GSP has more ways of winning this he’s got the better chance.
There's about zero chance Shields wins by LNP
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by Austin Martin on Apr 11, 2011 8:56 PM EDT up reply actions
I disagree
Shields’ one and only chance to win, and it can’t be discounted, is via mid-scramble submission.
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by The American Ronin on Apr 12, 2011 3:11 AM EDT up reply actions
I think scramble submissions are his best chance too.
by High Knee Destroyer on Apr 12, 2011 7:54 AM EDT up reply actions
uh
Jake Shields – "He’s never had a great wrestler and jiu-jitsu guy.
uh…
Koschek? Hughes? Fitch? I’ll concede he hasn’t had a bjj guy in ages, but son… c’mon
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by Cory Braiterman on Apr 11, 2011 8:59 PM EDT reply actions
Prime Matt Hughes definitely
Koscheck…maybe. If Hendo gassed out as badly as he did in the Shields fight.
Prime Hughes would get crushed by Dan Henderson.
Absolutely crushed.
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by pdl on Apr 11, 2011 9:14 PM EDT up reply actions 5 recs
Koscheck and Fitch, sure, prime Hughes probably not.
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by The American Ronin on Apr 12, 2011 3:11 AM EDT up reply actions
Fitch probably could have
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by Austin Martin on Apr 11, 2011 9:10 PM EDT up reply actions
you beat me to it
And how about Penn? Arguably the greatest BJJ guy to make 170.
Unless he means a wrestler who ALSO has top-drawer BJJ.
I sometimes think these athletes pull their comments from the “Big Book of Sport’s Cliches” so they don’t have to think too much. Give me Frank Mir and Sonnen any day.
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I think they're just not natural smack talkers
Shields certainly has it in him – see: Twitter feud with Mayhem (that photo of him shrugging next to his cabinet full of belts is still one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen) – but I don’t think a lot of guys really feel like smack talking GSP when he’s such a gent in and out of the cage.
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BJ. Forgot about him.
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by Cory Braiterman on Apr 11, 2011 9:12 PM EDT up reply actions
shit
even Fitch has great Jits, it’s just holding someone as strong and skilled on the ground for long enough to throw some kind of submission on them is nearly impossible. Especially since you know GSP is training for that.
Maybe the first round, but after that GSP is going to be a sweaty, strong bastard whose going to be intent on keeping it standing and using the kickboxing that got him to the title in the first place. I think Koscheck even has better standup then Shields. Then we go back a couple more fights and see GSP tagging guys like Alves, Dan Hardy, BJ Penn who are known for their great stand up. Gonna be a long night for Jake.
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by LowkickGreed on Apr 11, 2011 9:03 PM EDT up reply actions
kos
definitely has better standup than Shields
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by Cory Braiterman on Apr 11, 2011 9:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeh man
and he had his eye turned into a vagina. What is going to happen when GSP gets all sweaty and Shields can’t take him down? plus the fact that he looked kinda shitty and gassed against Kampman. I know it was “a bad cut” but, realistically who knows how he will show up. We know GSP will be ready for 5 rounds.
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by LowkickGreed on Apr 11, 2011 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Excited to see Makdesi fight again. Too bad he didn’t make the Spike showing
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Great card!
I am interested in every match… I do wish Machida were fighting anybody but Randy. I like them both. But Machida needs a dominating win to get some cred back .
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I feel like Georges will finish Jake in devastating fashion.
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Makes sense
GSP has nothing to fear from Shields striking, so it would make sense for him to want to stay in the center of the octagon and pick him apart
Conducting an experiment on knocking people out in particular ways would be unethical.
its gonna be like Koscheck
but worse
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by Earl Montclair on Apr 11, 2011 9:11 PM EDT up reply actions
If it goes 5 rnds
I’d love for GSP to come out on the press conference like, “I could have finished him at any point passed the 3rd, but I just wasn’t done hurting him yet”
Conducting an experiment on knocking people out in particular ways would be unethical.
I have just lost interest in this fight honestly.
All I care about now is Anderson Silva vs. Cung Le
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by Earl Montclair on Apr 11, 2011 9:15 PM EDT up reply actions 6 recs
That whole idea blew my mind. I still haven’t recovered.
Conducting an experiment on knocking people out in particular ways would be unethical.
He could have said anyone. Fucking ANYONE
other than Cung Le. I would have cut him nore slack if he said someone in the wrong damn division. But Cung Fucking Le?!?!?! Lawd.
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by Earl Montclair on Apr 11, 2011 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions
I'd like to see Leonard Garcia fight Anderson.
New middleweight champ by majority decision.
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I would like to see Nik Lentz fight Anderson
It would be the vertical version of the Chael fight.
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by Earl Montclair on Apr 11, 2011 9:31 PM EDT up reply actions
And you just know he would fucking get it too, even if he looked like he had been through a chipping machine…better to be lucky than good I suppose…
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by The American Ronin on Apr 12, 2011 3:14 AM EDT up reply actions
It literally took me minutes to realize wtf he said
It was like i heard the words and my mind recoiled in horror at the very idea it was hearing
Conducting an experiment on knocking people out in particular ways would be unethical.
I’ve got GSP via tko in the 3rd.
I also think that Aldo is going to win via “surprisingly competitive”.
Then Bocek via sub and Machida via impossible to connect with. Randy forgets that Tito caught up with Machida a couple of times and Machida threw him off like a ragdoll. Machida isn’t that easy to control, not nearly as easy as Vera.
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I also think that Shields’ BJJ is somewhat overrated. While it’s quite good, he’s a bit better at just all out grappling then submitting.
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I don't know
his ADCC run was quite impressive. He’s a strong guy, but that’s a bit different when put into an MMA context where you can be elbowed, punched, and kicked while trying a submission, so i’ll agree with you with that for sure.
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by LowkickGreed on Apr 11, 2011 9:23 PM EDT up reply actions
I fully expect Bocek to tap Henderson in the 1st round.
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Can I say that’s retarded without sounding insulting? Just the first thought that came to mind when I read your post. Only way that happens is if Bocek nails an arm in body triangle RNC BJ style.
by Karl Hamner on Apr 11, 2011 10:04 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
LOL my sarcasm can really catch people
I got Bocek taking this in a FOTN candidate but no way does Hendo loses that quickly.
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by SSreporters on Apr 11, 2011 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Unless GSP is injured
I don’t see how Shields will lay-and-pray him or hold him down.
It’s kinda like the Jon Jones “he’s never faced” argument.
Jones/GSP has never fought a guy with high level (wrestling/boxing/striking/BJJ) and I think he’ll struggle with (opponent) abilities.
Rinse and repeat.
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Shields wont LNP GSP.
He’s gonna work for the sub.
Will he get it? I don’t know. But people need to watch some of his fights. He finished 8 of his last 11.
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Kampmann arguably won the fight
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very poor argument.
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by the-gentle-way on Apr 12, 2011 1:03 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
The fight was there for Kampmann to try to take, given Shields’ condition, but I don’t see any way he won it as he fought it…
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by The American Ronin on Apr 12, 2011 3:16 AM EDT up reply actions
Tough Kampmann
Tougher GSP. A tough opponent doesn’t justify his LNP, or at least it doesn’t mean he won’t do it against GSP.
Plus a serious pre-fight back injury
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by The American Ronin on Apr 12, 2011 3:16 AM EDT up reply actions
I don't think Shields will be able to take him down either
Honestly I’d give Diaz a better shot against GSP than Shields.
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Well that's because he has great BJJ
But that implies GSP has to get taken down and held there. I think St. Pierre is just too strong.
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by SSreporters on Apr 11, 2011 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions
What ever Joe Rogan or the UFC tries to tell me in the preview shows, Shields is not even close to being able to win this fight.
The last time Shields submitted somebody with even one ounce of bjj defense was 6-7 fights ago. Yeah he has great BJJ but realistically he hasn’t even submitted any great grapplers at all throughout his MMA career, and he is isn’t really a threat off his back. He can’t punch worth a shit even from mount and he is about to fight the most explosive guy in the division.
GSP isn’t Dan Henderson, Jason Miller, Robbie Lawler or Paul Daley…. He isn’t getting taken down at will and he sure as hell isn’t getting setup for takedowns off of Shields’ weak striking. GSP won’t knock Shields out but he definitely will win a one sided decision as usual.
by vicesquad26 on Apr 11, 2011 11:50 PM EDT up reply actions
I think Mayhem is a damn talented fighter and a serious challenge on any given night
but if he can lock up an RNC on Shields, GSP probably can too.
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agreed
but i was focusing on the fact that he is super easy to take down
by vicesquad26 on Apr 12, 2011 12:34 AM EDT up reply actions
The real problem is you rely on Joe Rogan and the UFC to inform you of Shields skills.
Get on Youtube and see for yourself, he’s a real threat.
Learn JiuJitsu, it's fun.
Just watch the Shields/Askren training video and it is very easy to see how GSP, who is an inferior freestyle wrestler to Askren, gets submitted mid-scramble when Jake is thinking BJJ-first and GSP is not.
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by The American Ronin on Apr 12, 2011 3:18 AM EDT up reply actions
Good reply buddy.
If I did rely on Rogan I would be thinking GSP is going to get submitted in 2 secs, and I would have thought Vitor would have knocked out Anderson in 3 and that Brandon Vera would have used his elite Muay Thai to crush Thiago Silva.
I’m not doubting Jake’s super high level of jiu jitsu, but he is no Demian Maia, Werdum or Jacare. As stated many times by other people, Shields also isn’t the wrestler that Fitch or Koschek are and they couldn’t get him down.
Theres always a punchers chance and theres always a chance of falling into a submission but the only way Shields realistically has a chance to win this fight is if GSP has a brain fart decides to give up his back or give him an arm.
American Ronin – training isn’t fighting and Askren always gets subbed mid scrambled in training…. albeit by Marcelo Garcia :P
shields is in the same league as werdum.
Jake placed 3rd in the adcc as a purple belt.
As far as the difference between training and the fight goes. If you can’t do it in training it’s almost guaranteed you can’t do it in a fight. Training is the hard part. that’s where the fights are won.
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by the-gentle-way on Apr 12, 2011 10:16 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
shields is in the same league as werdum.
I think Jake has some seriously slick BJJ, but I don’t know about this.
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by Chris Barton on Apr 12, 2011 10:55 AM EDT up reply actions
every time someone is picking shields,they are talking about that damn henderson fight
I mean, henderson gased after the 2 rd,what else u need to say about that fight.
Why they aren’t talking about how mayhem almost choked him to death, but shields was saved by the bell.LMAO.
Mayhem is no joke though, he survived against GSP (back when he finished everyone), Jacare and Shields – that is a serious fucking gauntlet for anyone in the world to run.
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by The American Ronin on Apr 12, 2011 3:19 AM EDT up reply actions
That's my SOTN pick, Roberts has some nice jits.
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ah..
GSP might win via tko, the way koscheck looked after his fight with GSP.
Shields is a wrestler base with bjj
Koscheck is a wrestler base with.. mediocre kickboxing (I thought he had much better kick boxing until the GSP fight)
Shields will try to take this to the ground, and GSP will control the pace of the fight.
The problem with fighting a guy like GSP is he is so well rounded, he will definitely be striking against Shields and make him uncomfortable, then take him down, rinse and repeat
Is shields going to be comfortable on his back against a strong wrestler/striker/submission person, someone who does everything and plans to do it
I don’t see it going to a decision. Either Shields catches GSP mid-scramble or GSP finishes Jake who will be willing to take risks trying to get the takedown. Won’t be a KO for sure, but I could see a TKO stoppage, especially up there.
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by The American Ronin on Apr 12, 2011 3:21 AM EDT up reply actions
Shields only chance of winning is by SUB.
He has zero chance to LnP GSP and he sure as hell wont be able to out strike him. GSP has the best Takedowns and the best Takedown Defense in the UFC. His weakest game is his BJJ which he has been working with Roger Gracie to improve (I think it was Roger might be wrong)
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The way GSP tapped before
that Hughes armbar was fully extended, I’m saying Shields by sub rd 2.
Just Breed!
Watching GSP walk to the center of the octagon for that first hughes fight, i thought he was going to puke. He even admitted as much, he couldnt look hughes in the eye. he was nervous and in awe. GSP is most certainly not going to be shell shocked against shields like he did hughes. no way he taps out like that again
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My question is
What do you do with Shields if he loses this fight? That would be a loss to GSP to go along with a very poor performance in his first UFC bout. A lot of fans will probably consider him to be overrated and overhyped, and they might have an argument there in that case.
Thoughts?
by High Knee Destroyer on Apr 12, 2011 8:04 AM EDT reply actions
GSP by TKO?
I’m not sure why anyone thinks GSP can finish Shields by TKO, nobody’s finished Shields in over 10 years!! And he’s faced powerful strikers (Daley, Lawler, Henderson), too. I’m just not seeing GSP finishing Shields, especially after seeing Shields handle Hendo’s best shots.
Don't buy into the Shields hype
Who believes Jake Shields to have better BJJ skills then BJ Penn, put your hands up? Exactly!! This fight is going to end early via TKO!! Watch the Shields vs Henderson fight and it is obvious that Hendo is not 100 percent!! Shields is about to get a rude awakening…UFC should have tested him vs some top contenders before he got a title shot. And by the way Lawler, Daley? Are you kidding me?
Shields is LITERALLY (as Goldie would say) twice the size of BJ Penn… BJJ skills are all fine and dandy, but if you’re not big and strong enough to use them against your opponent, not much point.
Shields has a combination of size, strength, wrestling and ground game that isn’t often seen. A combination that GSP hasn’t seen since his first fight against a prime Hughes, but back then, GSP was giving up a lot in the experience department. And even then, Hughes was no where near as big as Shields is, with him being 3-4" taller than Hughes.
And Hendo looked more than fine in that first round, he landed a few solid H Bombs, dropping Shields, and landing mean strikes once on the ground too. He just couldn’t finish him, mostly because Shields recovers quickly and was able to do just enough to survive. I honestly don’t see GSP coming as close as Hendo did to finish Shields.
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