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Originally Posted by rivethead
I think you should watch the GSP/Penn fight again. GSP isn't succesful in taking Penn down until the second round, when Penn is already gassed. Thus, people postulate that a fresh Penn's TDD > GSP's TD's. It wasn't a matter of Georges "taking him down pretty much whenever he wanted, " it was a matter of GSP taking him down pretty much after he was gassed.
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actually im trying to watch the fight again but i cant find it anywhere online, care to help?
like i said before (keep repeating myself, i don't know if im not making things clear or what) his cardio played a factor in the fight just like his eye poke in the first round-had gsp not got poked in eye he might have done alot better in the stand up game-even so his stand up wasnt too bad, just because gsp looked more bruised doesnt mean he was getting completely dominated, i mean gsp did land alot of good shots including a spinning back kick right to the mid section, he hit bj with a few hard shots but theres something wrong with bj's head lol, i dont think i ever remember him looking bloodied or bruised in the face and everyone knows he's never been knocked out, that guy has a brick for a head man
aside from that, bj's cardio will play a factor in the second fight as well, i mean in the 3rd, 4th 5th rounds gsp is gonna have an easier time taking him down then in the beginning of the fight for two reasons: one, its natural for a fighter to get tired after 3 rounds especially fighting at gsp's pace, second, gsp's conditioning and cardio is a lot better than bj's, he's just a freak athlete - unless bj doesn't get worn out the entire 5 rounds (which is almost impossible) then gsp is gonna get pretty much every take down attempt in the later rounds