UFC 129 Results: FightMetric Report for Georges St. Pierre vs. Jake Shields and More
by Mike Fagan on May 3, 2011 3:00 PM EDT
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Stat-magnates FightMetric released UFC 129 reports for Georges St. Pierre vs. Jake Shields and Jose Aldo vs. Mark Hominick. The breakdown:
- The most interesting piece of data from the main event? Jake Shields landed more strikes in the fight (96-92) than Georges St. Pierre. St. Pierre, however, held the advantage in Significant Strikes (85-78), head strikes (54-40), and power strikes (30-8).
- Why does FightMetric award round four to St. Pierre, despite Shields having the advantage in Significant Strikes (14-13)? First, FightMetric's definition of a Significant Strike is "all strikes at distance and power strikes in the clinch and on the ground." Significant Strikes is a useful stat, but it's important to look at the strike breakdown. St. Pierre landed more to the head (11-7) and more power shots (5-3). GSP also completed a takedown, while Shields failed in his two attempts.
- Speaking of takedowns, St. Pierre was successful twice in three attempts. Shields went 0-for-6. If that number seems high, keep in mind that FightMetric counts each yank on a single-leg as a separate attempt. I have yet to rewatch the fight, so I'm not sure how many of those six attempts belonged to a single sequence.
- St. Pierre racked up 311 points in FightMetric's Effectiveness Score algorithm. For context, he scored 357 against Josh Koscheck, 553 against Dan Hardy, 395 against Thiago Alves, 331 against B.J. Penn (through 4 rounds), and 814 against Jon Fitch,
- In the co-main event, we have another challenger outlanding the champion, and still losing the decision. Mark Hominick outlanded featherweight champion Jose Aldo in total strikes (147-131), strikes to the head (112-107), and strikes to the body (31-7).
- Unfortunately for him, most of that disparity came in the fifth round, a round where Aldo landed all of 3 strikes to Hominick's 62. Despite Aldo's futility (he did receive credit for a guillotine attempt as well), it was not enough to award Hominick a 10-8 round.
- FightMetric did award Aldo a 10-8 in round one. He outlanded Hominick in Total Strikes (36-14), Significant Strikes (25-4), strikes to the head (27-12), and power strikes (22-0). Aldo also completed two takedowns in the round.
- Power strikes were the big differences in the fight. Aldo outlanded Hominick in the category 76-31. FightMetric credited him with a knockdown in round four.
- John McCarthy became only the second referee to officiate 200 bouts in the UFC Octagon. He joins Herb Dean (244) in the exclusive club. Mario Yamasaki (163) and Steve Mazzagatti (158) are the closest to admission.
- Going back to the main event, Georges St. Pierre became the first fighter in UFC history to record 2000 total strikes in the UFC. He reclaims the top spot from Jon Fitch (1973). The closest fighter to Fitch is B.J. Penn with 1516 strikes.
- You can now catch FightMetric box scores in USA Today. It's a feature they've run since UFC 128, but just now got around to announcing. Also note that the strikes category is Significant Strikes, not Total Strikes.
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I think that's why fans are so hard on GSP these days.
Everyone’s waiting for the guy that fought Fitch to show up when in reality that was a once in a lifetime performance by GSP, unlikely to be replicated again.
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by lowellthehammer on May 3, 2011 3:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Or the guy who fought BJ the second time
Or the guy who beat Hughes twice
Or the guy who fought Jay Hieron
Or the guy who has a TKO stoppage from KNEES TO THE BODY
Or the guy who has a TKO stoppage from KNEES TO THE BODY
Pft. That’s nothing. Kongo has a sub win from ELBOWS to the body.
How long ago was that Hieron fight?
You seem to be misunderstanding. I’m not disparaging GSP.
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by lowellthehammer on May 3, 2011 4:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, I debated about putting Hieron in there
And he’s still one of my favorite fighters, I honestly love watching him fight.
I just really wish he’d open up more sometimes. I loved the Koscheck fight up until round 5. At that point, I was really getting annoyed at the lack of crosses/head kicks. Overall it was a great performance, and I loved seeing Kos get destroyed like that, but I can’t help feel a little unsatisfied after watching the second GSP/Hughes fight again. Where did that guy go?!
That was Rush. Rush is dead.
You have Serra to thank for that.
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by lowellthehammer on May 3, 2011 4:21 PM EDT up reply actions
That run to the title was something though wasn't it?
Miller/Trigg/Sherk/Penn/Hughes was a hell of a line-up at that time. Showed off a lot of different aspects of his game, ran through former contenders like it was nothing, showed heart and resolve in coming back to steal the fight against Penn, and then capped it off by making Hughes look like an amateur and knocking his block off. What I wouldn’t give to see how GSP turns out without that loss to Serra hanging over his head.
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by lowellthehammer on May 3, 2011 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Yup
Unfortunately, I wasn’t following the sport at that time. The first UFC event I watched live was St. Pierre/Serra II, so I missed most of that. I’ve seen all those fights since then, but it would have been nice to watch them unfold.
Looking back was interesting though. I was a newbie in the sport at the time, but I remember thinking “Holy shit, GSP fought Sherk?! Who the hell sanctioned that?!?!”
Well not to surprised.
Once your blind in one eye and lose depth perception and range is fucked to shit you tend to get out struck. GSP very well could have lost had he been fighting any other WW that can strike at a decent level.
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GSP kicked him so hard he’s turning French. Just watch, next week his name will be “Jacques”.
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by alicks on May 3, 2011 3:43 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
•In the co-main event, we have another challenger outlanding the champion, and still losing the decision. Mark Hominick outlanded featherweight champion Jose Aldo in total strikes (147-131), strikes to the head (112-107), and strikes to the body (31-7).
Further proof that if only there had been a 6th round Hominick would have smashed Aldo. I’m starting a petition for 6 rounds in UFC championship fights right away!
...and a little mutant cage fighter would have spawned helping Mark to beat Aldo into a 6th round defeat!
by SammyBeez on May 3, 2011 3:52 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
GSP’s remark to Jackson in the corner about his eye is mentioned as though he was panicking or lacking heart somehow. I think it’s less to do with heart and more to do with him being a perfectionist and wanting everything to go as he expects it to..
Isn't he just naturally a very nervous kinda guy?
I seem to remember reading (more than once) how he mindfucks himself and gets overly concerned with things like injuries (see also: groin injury vs. Alves).
Plus, eye injuries are scary!
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That and being blind in one guy can be a career ending injury
People talk about it as if he couldn’t see due to swelling, or because blood was dripping into the eye. This was not the case; he had every right to be legitimately worried
How I scored the co-main and main event
Aldo vs Hominick
Round 1: 10-9 Aldo
Round 2: 10-9 Aldo
Round 3: 10-9 Aldo
Round 4: 10-8 Aldo
Round 5: 10-8 Hominick
Final Score: 48-47 Aldo
St-Pierre vs Shields
Round 1: 10-9 St-Pierre
Round 2: 10-9 St-Pierre
Round 3: 10-9 St-Pierre
Round 4: 10-9 St-Pierre
Round 5: 10-9 St-Pierre
Final Score: 50-45 St-Pierree
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should say 45 on Aldo/Hominick never type and play Dragon Age 2 at the same time
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by MattParker117 on May 3, 2011 3:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Typo
331 against B.J. Penn 9 through 4 rounds)
Should that “9” be an open-parenthesis?
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by Scott C. Broussard on May 3, 2011 3:54 PM EDT reply actions
Also, McCarthy was out when the UFC was running tons of events. When he was “the man,” they were 4-5 events a year.
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Oh Meh Gawd, what's wrong with you people?!
Ok, seriously, what the f*ck is wrong with you people?! I keep reading this everyday who GSP didn’t deliver, how he didn’t finish Shields, I mean are you f*cking serious? THE DUDE FOUGHT WITH ONE EYE!
Does anyone understand that? ONE freaking EYE. How can you be aggressive when your depth perception is gone, when you don’t even see the left side?!
GSP should be APPLAUD for not pussying out of fight, because he had EVERY reason to do so and nobody should be against it, either.
Serious, we’re talking about “fighter safety” and “let’s bring MMA to mainstream” then you go and piss on a fighter who fights with one eye injured!? That’s insane guys, truly insane.
Considering that, he looked spectacular, I mean he was as tough as Hominick. He could have said “ok, I can’t see, no point in fighting with one eye” and it would be rational to do so, but he didn’t.
He didn’t want to let the 55.000 fans down, he didn’t want a NC, he wanted to finish the fight as badly as everyone wanted to see it.
Oh, and a big f*ck you to Joe Rogan, too. He freaking heard GSP say “I can’t see out of my eye” and he didn’t even begin to THINK that might be the cause for his hesitation to commit. No, he just kept wondering “why doesn’t he do that or that” I mean, really, Joe, really? Fighting with one eye and he doesn’t get insane and start throwing punches and takedowns, yeah I wonder what could be the case.
Serious, GSP is one of the greatest fighter in MMA, his heart is big, his will is greater and he puts everything into making this sport more mainstream and when he gets injured and fights for 3 rounds with only one good eye, you go and piss on him. Shame on you, MMA fans, shame on you. And you, Joe Rogan, as well.
by OTAKUSAN on May 3, 2011 4:12 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
How come you'll use one word off the "7 Dirty Words" list but not another?
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Breathe.
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by lowellthehammer on May 3, 2011 4:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Leave GSP alone!
Seriously though- my recommendation is don’t get worked up about the reactions of MMA fans. Many of them are closer to the “Just Bleed!” stereotype than they would like to admit. That type of fan has never been into any other sport and has little appreciation of how difficult it is to consistently dominate against the best competition.
by BilboMcFonzie on May 3, 2011 4:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah and here’s the thing with today’s generation: they just don’t respect anything anymore. They show no commitment. I mean, sure, when GSP dropped Hughes, when GSP destroyed Fitch and Serra, he was THE MAN! But now that he showed some growth as a fighter and as a person, everyone’s turning on him.
I mean, it takes two to tango, right? Shields had 3 rounds to attack a visibly injured GSP, but he didn’t do jack sh*t and nobody said anything. But GSP, with one eye injured, should have been the aggressor! Yeah, AGRH! Attack with one eye, whatever.
Also, yelling for a KO or blood is making you look as barbaric as some still perceive MMA nowadays. While they might be wrong about the sport, I’m beginning to think they’re accurate about the casual MMA fan…
by OTAKUSAN on May 3, 2011 4:39 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Wish I could rec this more.
Thanks for putting it the way you have. I am quite surprised to see these unwarranted rants from people who cite the fight as yet another example of GSP’s perceived inability to finish off opponents.
I think these ‘fans’ will soon get what they deserve when they lose a marquee athlete to an irreparable injury.
I want to see GSP fights for another 5-6 years and to see him fall to an injury which could have been rectified by proper and due care would be an indictment of the way MMA is run today. If the majority consensus is that GSP didn’t go ‘for the finish’ in the present fight with Shields, then I am glad that MMA is perceived by most as a sport for hot-blooded, juvenile, slap-happy folks. Any sport whose administrators and fans treat their athletes with such contempt DOES NOT DESERVE mainstream recognition like the one received by football and basketball.
Woot
You said it all better then I ever could. As a testament to his skill, he still dropped shields with a headkick after the injury. He didn’t lose the fight; he just didn’t mess up Shields in his standard way of doing things
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by sitnam90 on May 3, 2011 4:29 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Nothing too suprising here
I think it’s pretty evident that the eyepoke threw off his whole game.
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by sitnam90 on May 3, 2011 4:19 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
yeah . . . stats, you can always look at them from a different perspective
Going back to the main event, Georges St. Pierre became the first fighter in UFC history to record 2000 total strikes in the UFC. He reclaims the top spot from Jon Fitch (1973).
Of course GSP will continue to land more punches than Jon Fitch. He’s fighting way more rounds. Please note:
- GSP landed a total 174 strikes against Dan Hardy in 5 rounds.
- Carlos Condit only landed a total of 26 against Dan Hardy in 1 round.
- GSP landed a total 136 strikes against Josh Koscheck in 5 rounds.
- Paulo Thiago landed a total of 7 strikes against Josh Koscheck in 1 round.
Just because he’s landed a whole bunch of leather doesn’t necessarily mean it is great when compared to other fighter’s performances against the same opponents. Just saying.
I tend to be biased towards strikers . . . exciting strikers.
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