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Georges St. Pierre

December 17, 2011 by · Comments Off on Georges St. Pierre 

Georges St. Pierre, Seldom will you see the best fighter in a division — and one of the best fighters in the entire sport — be sidelined for a number of months and watch as interest in the division climbs, but that’s what should happen with the UFC’s welterweight ranks in 2012.

Last week, Georges St-Pierre tore his ACL, removing him not only from his scheduled title bout with Nick Diaz at UFC 143 in February, but sidelining him for a good eight months, minimum. While no one wants to see any athlete get hurt or lose a massive star like St-Pierre for the better part of the year, his temporary hiatus has me more excited about the welterweight division than I’ve been in some time.

There is no question that St-Pierre is tops in the 170-pound ranks, but when it comes to figuring out where everyone else stacks up, everyone you ask will give you a different answer. Starting later this month and throughout the next year, we might get a clearer picture of the pecking order, and we could have a few new stars emerge in the process as well.

First and foremost, this becomes Diaz’s chance to claim the second position in the division and run with it. He looked outstanding picking apart BJ Penn at UFC 137, and gets an early 2012 opportunity to become the de facto champion of the division when he battles Carlos Condit for the interim title at UFC 143. A win over Condit in February could set up some interesting matches throughout the rest of the year, and a sustained run with the gold around his waist would place him in a position to welcome St-Pierre back to the cage whenever he’s cleared to return.

After getting bumped twice, Condit finally gets a bounce to go his way, although at the expense of a part-time teammate. I’ve always been a big Condit fan, and was looking forward to his meetings with both Penn and St-Pierre before they were both postponed. Now he gets a chance to challenge for the interim title and stake his claim to the temporary top spot in the division.

George St Pierre Vs Josh Koscheck

December 12, 2010 by · Comments Off on George St Pierre Vs Josh Koscheck 

George St Pierre Vs Josh Koscheck, If two athletes who share the bench even a professional sports team were to enter a piece, it would be the hot topic of every sports talk show on television and radio. All the Internets would spit hot fire on the way he is so unprofessional and represents the continued demise of sport in the era of big-money. So why mixed martial arts be different? Why can not teammates – those who train in the gym itself and / or fight under one flag – step into the cage and slug it out with each other? They do in the gym during training camps, so why not get paid for it once? It would indeed be met with cheers and praise instead of boos and disgust.

Most fighters, of course, do not see it that way. “I’ll never fight against Jon Fitch,” said UFC welterweight Josh Koscheck, who fought and lost champion Georges St. Pierre Saturday night at UFC 124.

If Koscheck beat St-Pierre, he would have faced his training partner of the American Kickboxing Academy in San Jose, California, sooner rather than later. “I’ll go to the weight class or I’ll cut my leg and move down a weight class,” said Koscheck.

But whatever the outcome of last night’s fight, Koscheck should be forced to fight Fitch that the fight should be the most viable plan, market and promote. All team members must have to do. Although the prospect of having to punch and kick a friend in the face or legs or abs might not seem as nice as, for example, by sending them a birthday card, it’s their job. They are fighters. They chose this line of work. The nobility of the profession is to have the courage to enter a cage and see who emerges victorious.

At the time that Lyoto Machida has been at the top of the world light heavyweight UFC with the belt around his waist, popular sentiment was put in the cage with middleweight champion Anderson Silva.

Silva, Brazilian colleagues, declined. Refusal. Said he did not enter the cage with my brother. ”

Jon “Bones” Jones of upstate New York is the rising star of the UFC, the model of what is to come in the next few years in mixed martial arts. It is part of the team noted coach Greg Jackson in Albuquerque, NM Rashad Evans is the No. 1 contender at light heavyweight. Same division as Jones.

“If Rashad Evans won the belt, which I’m hoping he does, my only goal would be the toughest opponent he is, and keep whipping butt without being champion,” Jones said Media in London in October during the week of UFC Fight 120. “I would stay at 205 and the second best. That would be my goal.”

UFC president Dana White has been outspoken on the issue of same camp fighters not wanting to mix everything. And with the expansion of the UFC feather and bantamweight divisions and the influx of these fighters WEC, the subject will continue to be raised. At one point, members of the Woman cocks Uriah Faber Alpha team, a growing group of talented fighters and small, will have to enter the cage with another on television, not only in the gym.

“When you enter, you are yourself,” said UFC welterweight Ricardo Almeida, family member Renzo Gracie. “But it’s a team effort. You need a lot of people to be there for you to do training and during the difficult time for you to be able to accomplish in the octagon. And people who do not see that, too bad for them. “

St Pierre Vs Koscheck

December 12, 2010 by · Comments Off on St Pierre Vs Koscheck 

St Pierre Vs Koscheck, Crowd sings “Hey hey, goodbye … Koscheck is bleeding under the eye. They hug at the end of the fight. 09/10 St. Peter, St. Peter’s 50-45.
Winner: Georges St. Pierre, a unanimous decision (50-45, 50-45, 50-45).

Koscheck congratulated St. Pierre after the match and said it was a pleasure to fight in Montreal even though he would have liked to have put on a better show. – Todd Martin
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_b…

If there were such a thing as “gentleman fighter” George St. Pierre would it. He said he does speak to him in the octagon … GSP has spoken … “less talk more walk!”

I got to hand it to these two athletes, it takes a tremendous amount of work and focus to bring it like they do…. but the guy I most respect in this sport was not in the ring tonight …

… Matt Hughes. GSP can beat Matt before, but pound for pound fight against the fight he will have to see if GSP can match the record of Matt.
I like the style of Matt and his biblical slogan…
“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” Philippians 4:13
http://www.matt-hughes.com/

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