A fighter SMARTER than GSP I haven't seen yet

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Ted Williams' head

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GSP - the combination of athletic excellence and Fight IQ brilliance.

Taking very little damage, getting punched minimally, getting kicked rarely.

GSP showed MMA that you need to use your head for more than a Reebok cap rack.

Making game plans, sticking to game plans, executing game plans... he really is the greatest of all time.

Has sensitive facial skin so always looked more beat up than he actually was.

Never using steroids, just using intelligence. A great ambassador for the sport. A true model for young fighters to aspire to.
 

La Paix

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CAREER STATISTICS:
  • SLpM: 3.78
  • Str. Acc.: 53%
  • SApM: 1.40
  • Str. Def: 72%
  • TD Avg.: 4.16
  • TD Acc.: 74%
  • TD Def.: 83%
  • Sub. Avg.: 1.1
SLpM - Significant Strikes Landed per Minute

Str. Acc. - Significant Striking Accuracy

SApM - Significant Strikes Absorbed per Minute

Str. Def. - Significant Strike Defence (the % of opponents strikes that did not land)

TD Avg. - Average Takedowns Landed per 15 minutes

TD Acc. - Takedown Accuracy

TD Def. - Takedown Defense (the % of opponents TD attempts that did not land)

Sub. Avg. - Average Submissions Attempted per 15 minutes


7 POTN bonuses

9 consecutive title defenses



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It's hard to deny this, I don't know a fighter who has a higher fight IQ (making the necessary adjustments, listening to the coaching in fight and prior). Maybe Mighty Mouse eventually, but to this point, GSP is the top.
 

sparkuri

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LOL @ "sensitive skin".


Never using steroids




If you would've just edited your post it would've been fine, but you "drunked" me.
Now you're gonna be an emotional wreck.
Remember, you brought this on yourself...:fearful:

Again, "Talk to @jason73 on a quick pick-me-up :)pill:), the @conor mcgregor nut hugger on coping skills:)gun:)."
 

tang

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Ben Askren just said in JRE, he was almost never hit during 3 fights in 2017.

MM is always sour topic but he seems to be pretty damn smart and he doesn’t even have to play the safe game like GSP.

GSP fight IQ, pretty damn high but random fighters pull some crazy fight IQ situations from time to time, not as often as GSP, but more valued imo.

Example: Ortega adjusting the guillotine choke on Swanson while hanging on was pretty high level fight intelligence in that moment.
 

Ted Williams' head

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Jones is no 1 , Gsp takes the no 2 spot.
Jon Nose Candy Jones

Had to take steroids and cheat to beat a 40 year old DC

Got the best steroids from his NFL brother

Jon Moe Howard Jones

Poking everyone in the eye, getting away with it

Georges St Pierre, no use for steroids or eye pokes

Beating the best every time out, the natural way

Winning fairly squarely
 

Mad Dog

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GSP - the combination of athletic excellence and Fight IQ brilliance.

Taking very little damage, getting punched minimally, getting kicked rarely.

GSP showed MMA that you need to use your head for more than a Reebok cap rack.

Making game plans, sticking to game plans, executing game plans... he really is the greatest of all time.

Has sensitive facial skin so always looked more beat up than he actually was.

Never using steroids, just using intelligence. A great ambassador for the sport. A true model for young fighters to aspire to.
I think you need to consider Khabib also. He knows his strengths and he fights to them and doesn't try to stand and wang with guys. Both GSP and Khabib fight smart and play to their strengths and avoid putting themselves at unnecessary risk.
 

Ted Williams' head

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I think you need to consider Khabib also.
I like Khabib but I can't compare a guy who is yet to win a championship to a guy who held the belt for 7 or 8 years and defended it successfully so many times.

Plus, GSP never missed weight or was KO'd by a weight cut. That's called being a pro imo
 

Gay For Longo

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GSP - the combination of athletic excellence and Fight IQ brilliance.

Taking very little damage, getting punched minimally, getting kicked rarely.

GSP showed MMA that you need to use your head for more than a Reebok cap rack.

Making game plans, sticking to game plans, executing game plans... he really is the greatest of all time.

Has sensitive facial skin so always looked more beat up than he actually was.

Never using steroids, just using intelligence. A great ambassador for the sport. A true model for young fighters to aspire to.
Fantastic post
 

aghof

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if the thread title is any indication, it seems the OP is either Mike Goldberg or Frank "Voice of Yoda" Oz
 

Atto

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Jon Nose Candy Jones

Had to take steroids and cheat to beat a 40 year old DC

Got the best steroids from his NFL brother

Jon Moe Howard Jones

Poking everyone in the eye, getting away with it

Georges St Pierre, no use for steroids or eye pokes

Beating the best every time out, the natural way

Winning fairly squarely
Steroids don't make you smart.