Predictions?

[ross]

I watched the couture and St Pierre fights and have to say I wasnt very impressed with what I saw of GSP given how he is hyped. He telegraphs his work, like those apinning kicks and the over hand rights. His opponent looked tired very early, it was sloppy rubbish really. The Machida kick was good as it would have been very hard to see that coming, rather than GSP thinking hes Jean Claude Van Damme with the theatrical kicks that do nothing.

I saw a clip on Van Damme at some expo and he is explaining to people that in boxing you have the jab and straight right hand and that the big looping punches rairly land so why not use straight kicks from your front leg like a jab. Thats exactly what
Machida did.

[VictorCharlie]

GSP is a great athlete and always comes in top shape but I have decided the thing that makes him so hard to beat and so not fun to watch is his tremendous ability to take away whatever his opponent wants to do. It creates largely one sided fights that just aren't that exciting. Shields didn't help much last night. He even said as much in his post fight interview. He had to know he was going to have to take some risks to get the tie ups and takedowns instead decided he was going to be the next Ali. Ground enthusiasts should have gotten to watch a really top end wrestling/submission fight instead we got a very boring kickboxing match.

[mattboxingfan]

I watched the couture and St Pierre fights and have to say I wasnt very impressed with what I saw of GSP given how he is hyped. He telegraphs his work, like those apinning kicks and the over hand rights. His opponent looked tired very early, it was sloppy rubbish really. The Machida kick was good as it would have been very hard to see that coming, rather than GSP thinking hes Jean Claude Van Damme with the theatrical kicks that do nothing.

I saw a clip on Van Damme at some expo and he is explaining to people that in boxing you have the jab and straight right hand and that the big looping punches rairly land so why not use straight kicks from your front leg like a jab. Thats exactly what
Machida did.

Isn't there a slight contradiction there? You say GSP thought he was "Jean Claude Van Damme with his theatrical kicks that do nothing" then say about a clip you saw of Jean Claude Van Damme and how Machida used that technique exactly and got a KO? Saying he is naff then saying someone used his move to win? Plus the kick was taught to Machida by Steven Segal!