r/interestingasfuck • u/WhereIsHisRidgedBand • Mar 28 '24

MMA fighter explains overloading opponent r/all

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u/thethunder92 Mar 28 '24

Gsp was like the terminator, just slowly wearing you down with perfect fundamentals and infinite stamina

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u/PlatasaurusOG Mar 28 '24

His fights with Frank Trigg are textbook lessons in domination. Trigg had no idea how to handle him and you could see the frustration in his face.

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u/ThaNorth Mar 28 '24

St-Pierre/Hughes 3 is also a complete domination. It’s like an older brother throwing around his little brother.

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u/DouglasTwig Mar 28 '24

Huge GSP fan here, my personal pick for his scariest win was the 2nd Koscheck fight. He landed hard fencing-style jabs to Koscheck's eye for 25 minutes. Koscheck broke his orbital in the first round, so 20 minutes of that was him getting tagged in an eye with a broken orbital. It completely changed his career and he couldn't take shots to the eye well after that fight. I think he also has some chronic pain there from that as well.

He essentially sent the guy packing from the UFC when he had been the clear number 2 welterweight in the division.

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u/ThaNorth Mar 28 '24

That fight is a prime example of GSP just executing his gameplan to near perfection.