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Filed under: UFCTORONTO — This is the UFC 129 live blog for Georges St-Pierre vs. Jake Shields, the main event of tonight’s pay-per-view at the Rogers Centre.
St-Pierre (21-2), who is making his sixth consecutive welterweight defense, defeated Dan Ha…
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TORONTO — This is the UFC 129 live blog for Georges St-Pierre vs. Jake Shields, the main event of tonight’s pay-per-view at the Rogers Centre.
St-Pierre (21-2), who is making his sixth consecutive welterweight defense, defeated Dan Hardy and Josh Koscheck last year. Shields (26-4-1) has won his last 15 fights and won his UFC debut last October in a split decision against Martin Kampmann.
The live blog is below.
Filed under: UFC, NewsThe crowd in Toronto on Saturday night was unprecedented for the UFC, with 55,000 fans more than doubling the promotion’s attendance record. But while the fans themselves were something new, the man they came to see did the same o…
The crowd in Toronto on Saturday night was unprecedented for the UFC, with 55,000 fans more than doubling the promotion’s attendance record. But while the fans themselves were something new, the man they came to see did the same old thing: UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre once again won a thoroughly dominant unanimous decision victory, defeating Jake Shields in the main event at UFC 129.
The judges scored it 50-45, 48-47 and 48-47 for St. Pierre, and although those score cards were closer than the usual for St. Pierre, they represented what has become commonplace for the UFC champ: He wins decisions easily, rather than putting opponents away spectacularly. St. Pierre said afterward that he wasn’t happy with his own performance.
“I couldn’t deliver much,” St. Pierre said. “I’m sorry for the fans. I wanted to make a knockout or a submission.”
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TORONTO — MMA Fighting spoke to UFC middleweight Jason MacDonald about his triangle choke submission win over Ryan Jensen at UFC 129, the relief of winning his job back, his reaction to the crowd’s support and more.
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TORONTO — MMA Fighting spoke to UFC middleweight Jason MacDonald about his triangle choke submission win over Ryan Jensen at UFC 129, the relief of winning his job back, his reaction to the crowd’s support and more.
Filed under: UFCGeorges St. Pierre won the decision over Jake Shields at UFC 129 in Toronto, but he also injured his eye and got showered with boos in his home country. Was it a Pyrrhic victory for the UFC welterweight champ, or just a sign that fans a…
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Georges St. Pierre won the decision over Jake Shields at UFC 129 in Toronto, but he also injured his eye and got showered with boos in his home country. Was it a Pyrrhic victory for the UFC welterweight champ, or just a sign that fans are too hard on the dominant St. Pierre? The answer depends on how you look at it.
I. GSP vs. Nick Diaz is now the biggest (only?) welterweight title fight the UFC can make. It’s not that he’s run out of credible challengers. Carlos Condit, for instance, could still be an interesting challenger. It’s just that, after yet another disappointing decision, convincing fans to pay for the next GSP fight will be a challenge. A superfight with Anderson Silva would probably do it, but that’s a ways off, if it happens at all. The champion-versus-champion nature of a GSP-Diaz is the only thing at 170 pounds that would sufficiently energize the mainstream fan base. With Diaz’s style – not to mention his penchant for crazy talk before, during and after a fight – it’s a fight that practically sells itself.
If you didn’t think last night’s UFC 129 card lived up to the hype, then perhaps it’s time to do some serious thinking as to why you watch MMA…Yes, GSP once again failed to finish an opponent, but it’s easy to criticize when there’s zero chance that Jake Shields will crawl through your TV and […]
If you didn’t think last night’s UFC 129 card lived up to the hype, then perhaps it’s time to do some serious thinking as to why you watch MMA…Yes, GSP once again failed to finish an opponent, but it’s easy to criticize when there’s zero chance that Jake Shields will crawl through your TV and choke you senseless. And if Lyoto Machida’s ‘holy effin hell’’ KO of Randy Couture didn’t blow your mind, not to mention several other ‘I’m still shuddering’ stoppages, then there’s no sense talking any further.
Now, regardless of the fact that St. Pierre obviously didn’t get the stoppage, he did defeat yet another top ranked fighter. So with Shields out of the way, and hopefully GSP won’t be out long with his eye injury, what the hell is next? Is the welterweight division finally cleaned out without a dust bunny in site? Well, now that Strikeforce is the property of Zuffa, UFC Prez Dana White has apparently conceded that a fight with a certain Mr. Nick Diaz, could be possible…(Thanks to MMA Weekly for the quotes).
“I imagine I could do whatever I wanted to do if I really wanted to, but we have a contract with Showtime and he’s a Showtime fighter. I don’t know we’re going to have to see how this whole thing works out. That’s an interesting fight,” White said about Diaz coming over to face St-Pierre…. “I can do what I want to do.”
Yup, that’s some sweet news, although there is all this business about Diaz doing some boxing on the side to make some extra scratch. Either way, the fact that GSP vs. Diaz is now a real possibility is pretty damn cool.
Filed under: UFC, NewsTORONTO — The end doesn’t always come gracefully, even for heroes. Randy Couture is and will forever be one of mixed martial arts’ seminal early figures, its building blocks. Fifty years from now, when we have better perspective,…
TORONTO — The end doesn’t always come gracefully, even for heroes. Randy Couture is and will forever be one of mixed martial arts’ seminal early figures, its building blocks. Fifty years from now, when we have better perspective, maybe we can write a fair and true portrait of his importance, but it’s fair to say it was massive.
“The Natural’s” era, though, is now over. Years after most pro athletes retire, Couture was still competing, excelling in a young man’s game, but no more. His epic run came to a definitive close on Saturday night, overshadowing everything in its path, including UFC 129, the 55,724 filling the Rogers Centre in the biggest MMA show in North American history, as well as Georges St. Pierre‘s sixth consecutive title defense. It ended with the legend going out on his shield.