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Originally Posted by Dr. MMA
Well it also depends on your wrestling too. A lot of BJJ practioners don't have the great takedown ability possessed by some wrestlers. GSP never needed to pull guard because he has been highly successful in taking down his opponents. Shields is actually a very good example because he rarely pulls guard (well he does it much more in BJJ tourneys). He has great wrestling and takes his opponent down quite frequently, so he probably doesn't see the need in pulling guard. Then again a lot of fighters have better top games than bottom.
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I agree that GSP doesn't need to pull guard to win fights (obviously lol) but if his guard game was dangerous at all he wouldn't avoid it as much as he does. And pulling guard doesn't mean he has to jump guard standing... it just means to intentionally use his guard for offensive purposes.