Is GSP disappointing?
Is it fair to call one of the best pound-for-pound fighters on the planet disappointing? Coming off the heels of…
Is it fair to call one of the best pound-for-pound fighters on the planet disappointing?
Coming off the heels of less than optimal performance against contender Jake Shields at UFC 129, fans are beginning to grumble that St. Pierre is now officially boring to watch. No one is undermining his talent and it’s not that he’s not dominating opposition. St. Pierre is fighting in arguably MMA’s toughest division and often making it appear a matter of procedure.
But he’s routinely falling short of expectation. There isn’t a one-to-one correlation with ‘decision’ and ‘boring fight’, particularly when there’s parity in a fight. Often decisions are MMA’s best viewing spectacles, but that tends to not be true when there’s a talent disparity between the competitors. So consider: since stopping Matt Serra in 2007, 6 of St. Pierre’s 9 fights have gone to a decision. With the exception of and since his win over the much smaller B.J. Penn, all of St. Pierre’s five-round fights have gone the distance including his last four. It’s been over two years since St. Pierre stopped anyone he fought.