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.