Georges St. Pierre is a couple weeks away from his UFC 137 Welterweight title defense against Carlos Condit and he believes that he can finish him.
GSP said of his upcoming fight with Condit:
“I do believe I will be able to knock him out or submit him. I will remain the welterweight champion.”
Now, that’s cool to be confident, but maybe not so good to be specific on your hopes for a finish, especially when you keep mentioning it before every fight and it never comes to fruition.
GSP said before his fight with Jake Shields:
“It’s hard to finish a guy that doesn’t completely come forward to attack me, you know… but I know one thing is Jake Shields is gonna bring the best of Georges St. Pierre.”
and he said before his fight with Josh Koscheck:
“”I was not happy with my last fight. I want to take the guy out. I want to finish Koscheck.”
and he said before his fight with Dan Hardy:
“I want to take him out as fast as I can and go home.”
The list goes on and on. But no doubt, GSP is a tremendous fighter who earns his victories, it’s just…maybe he should stick to simply saying, “I believe I’m going to win” and then if he actually finishes the guy, it’s a nice surprise!