GSP would get destroyed by a well tuned Lawler. terrible matchup for him.
People forget about how dominant a fighter was the second they step down for a while. GSP Fought an incredible amount of very touch guys, only losing twice in his career and avenging BOTH with fairly early finishes. One fight where GSP didn't look good was his last, where he had a lot of mental issues going on and didn't look himself. Not to mention his competition refused to do WADA testing in which GSP offered to pay for, then when the UFC implemented such testing that fighter has gone on an incredible decline.
I think GSP is a very bad match for Lawler. Robbie has always been weakest on the ground. His Take down defense has improved so much we don't see him on the ground these days to know if it's improved any. If GSP gets Lawler to the ground it could be a short night for the Champ. We also haven't seen how Robbie does with anyone who has a fast double leg. Hendricks had very solid wrestling but never uses a Double Leg TD and didn't have the speed to do so from distance. Condit and Rory were happy to stand and bang. GSP is on a different level with his take downs, he transitions and covers distance exceptionally well. Look at the excellent wrestlers he took down, who hadn't been before... Kos, Fitch, Hendricks. Not the three of them today but when they were on top of their game. My money would be on GSP in this fight. IF Georges want's to come back, decides to come back it's because he WANTS TO.. That means he is a motivated GSP, which is a very dangerous fighter. Georges isn't a fighter who would come back if he thought he would lose and wasn't on the top of his game. He certainly doesn't need to come back for money. This would be a very interesting fight, but not what the casual fan would expect. GSP would keep distance and mix jabs with take downs, try and get Robbie's back and submit him. Robbie would also be more defensive as he would be worried about the Take down, so wouldn't be going in guns a blazing. No matter who would win, It would be one hell of a fight and make the UFC a crap load of CASH. It would also shoot Robbie Lawler into Super Stardom if he won. But I wouldn't be counting the longest reigning WW Champion the UFC ever had out quite yet.
Hope this wasn't a curse Lawler just did. Whenever a Champion Calls out another fighter looking past the fighter he's about to face for the belt....... It hasn't gone well. Guess we'll see if Robbie still has the belt Sunday Morning.
