Georges St. Pierre successfully defends his title with a Unanimous Decision victory over Josh Koscheck
Posted on December 12, 2010, 12:09 AM by Anton GurevichGeorges St. Pierre successfully defended his UFC Welterweight title, this time defeating the arch rival Josh "Kos" Koscheck at the main event of UFC 124 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. St. Pierre controlled the action during all three rounds, thanks to a sharp jabs and low kicks to Josh Koscheck's left leg.
Koscheck's right eye began to swell between the first and second rounds, letting Georges St. Pierre to amp the pressure and continue executing his striking gameplan. Koscheck managed to stop some of Georges St. Pierre takedowns, but this fight was decided on the feet. Koscheck hyped up this fight, saying that he will force GSP to stand with him and win via a knockout, but even when most of the fight was on feet, he couldn't come even close to his wish. GSP's jabs were the driving force in the fight, keeping Koscheck at distance and slowly making more and more damage to his face.
Koscheck had nothing to sell in this fight. It was the same Josh Koscheck who lost to Thiago Alves and Paulo Thiago in a striking contest. St. Pierre proved Koscheck he's a few leagues above him, beating the loudmouth challenger in his own game. The fight was almost stopped between Round three and Four due to Koscheck's eye injury, but the AKA product showed a great spirit by wanting to continue the bout.
The ability of Georges St. Pierre to dominate his opponent in all areas of Mixed Martial Arts proves his status as the #1 P4P fighter in the World. It was a tremendous display of an elite Mixed Martial Artist, who defended his title for the fifth time. George St. Pierre improves his MMA record to 21-2, beating some of the toughest Welterwieghts in the world.
Jake Shields is expected to be GSP's next challenge, in what would be one of the most high-profile bouts in history of the sport. Jake Shields was among the spectators in the Bell Centre, and will surely have a lot of food for thoughts following GSP's impressive performance.
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Jake Shields should not be the next contender. I think it's time for GSP to move up. Jake would get destroyed standing up, and he would not be able to take GSP down. It's a bad match up for Shields.
I'm pretty sure Shields is going to be his next opponent prolly in Toronto too, but I agree Shields will lose, GSP's take down defense is one of the best in MMA n Shields could barely take Kampmann down and standing up GSP would beat him
That;s why Shields went to Thailand lol
Shields will take GSP down. I am picking GSP but it is not an easy fight.
I still think GSP needs that one last statement to clean out the division. Shields is a threat, great wrestler with great BJJ. Kos did take GSP down and did look good while wrestling with GSP. That being said, I think GSP would beat Shields.
Wrestling wise Shields is no koscheck
Go GSP would like a nock out but sure bloodied him up
Dominating performance. Pretty much undisputed P4P #1. Fights smart low risk which is probably why he's had a lack of finishes lately but hey he dominates.
Great win for GSP....
i dont mind the gsp vs shields match up. if were all really lucky maybe shields will get knocked out. id like to see him get his ass beat
i'd like to see fitch get one more crack at gsp before he moves up. could really care less about shields he would just get picked apart on his feet and gas in the latter rounds dont want to see it or even hear about it
When they were hugging at the end Kos was probobly like; "Dude i woulda kicked your ass if i wasn't blind lol"
Good fight though on GSP's part...
lol!
i dont care if u guys say im hugging GSP's nuts!
GSP is the P4P #1 on my list
All I want for Christmas is for a GSP fight to end within the first 24 minutes and 59 seconds of the fight. A man can only dream tho
Great fight. I must admit my heart skipped a beat once or twice during the fight, when that JK right was being thrown. At one point in the first, I thought we were about to see a replay of the Matt Serra KO; JK clipped Rush in the back of his head, with his forearm.
If I had one criticism of GSP's stand-up tonight, is that I would have expected him to be circling away from that right (all night) and he really didn't.
All in all, it was a great performance and another great scalp on his belt. In regard to him moving up, I'd like to see him deal with Shields, Fitch and Sanchez, before he does.
...and still Champion: GSP
Agree 100%. Also, Shields is the only one who is a real threat to GSP. I think Georges wins but not by much.
Carlos Condit - GSP has to fight Condit. I really want to see that fight.
Sanchez? Really? Sorry but I just can't see that being in any way competitive... GSP would tear through Diego. Fitch is a possibility, although he's already been absolutely dominated by GSP once. Personally, I'd prefer to see a new fight against a new opponent.
@ jw
Yeah - I'd like to see him fight DS and he would be a new opponent. I'm not saying he's earned it, yet. However in two fights, why not? I've always like Diego and think he's a true gamer. I think his game has grown quite a bit, particularly since his loss to Penn. He's mentally very tough and has a heck of a pace; solid stand-up and great ground. Would GSP win? Probably, but not victory is guaranteed and Rush would not take him lightly. Rush takes no fighter lightly. I think it would be an entertaining fight. Can GSP do to Diego, what Penn did to him? I'd watch it.
Cheers,
Wing Chun
OMG, GSP won by decision again, "the most boring ufc champ". Keep hating haters, cause that guy he's not fighting scrubs.
he's the best, period. a decision is not a disease haters.
Complete total domination..... Lost for words.... Best of luck to Jake Shields to even win a round against GSP in the future...
Condit should definately be next, He is the only threat.
This is why GSP will never be on my top list. He needs to open up. Is he that afraid to lose? Live a little. It's a good and smart win, i don't deny that, but jabbing for 5 rounds. And it was a jab clinic, it totally handcuffed Kos and screwed up his whole rhythm. But Kos should have really opened up in the later round, nothing to lose, he should be ashamed of his performance. Far and few there was a couple of times where i thought Kos would land something, but never came.
@Tender
lol what an idiot that was a masterful display from GSP if the jab is working why would he not use it if Kos can't avoid it and why should he let loose and take risks ? it's about winning first that being said i enjoyed the technical master class GSP put on display. MMA fans like you piss me off WE all keep saying this an a legitimate sport etc,etc then complain when we GSP puts on a display like that shame on you. by the way who's your p4p no.1 ? A.Silva ? he was mine but GSP just took that spot and A.Silva MIGHT get it back if he beats Belfort. People underestimate just how good GSP is Alves,Fitch and Kos are no joke and he's a cut above them all and neither was Hughes in his prime
are people dense or what? Why don't you think a little and try to comprehend what i wrote. All i criticized was his ability to open up and a tad bit afraid of getting caught again. Look he knew the jab was working he could have attempted some more strikes and land a powerful combination but he was contempt to jab. I true great would see that and follow up not keep jabbing. The dude is a soldier, he follows orders and sticks to his game plan.
shields, dont even waste your time. you truly are boring anyway so **** off
ps. if your not satisfied because a fight didn't end in a KO then you don't belong here. GSP executed an excellent gameplan which his trained for day in and day out. Thats the whole point. In every sport a gameplan is developed and guess what that is? TO WIN. People come on here complaining the fight didn't end the way THEY wanted it to. MMA is NOT street fighting.
Why don't I belong here. Because none of the fighters actually did what they said they would? If GSP said that he's going to decision a victory by jabbing a lot. I wouldn't say much, and probably would want to watch the fight. If Kos said that he would eat GSP's jab all night long and lose, i also wouldn't watch the fight. So what if he executed a perfect game plan, good for him, he won. I don't believe winning is everything, it matters how you win. If GSP wants to be considered as the greatest he's gotta bring something extra, simply winning isn't going to do it. But he's got a lot of time left and i'm excited to see him and Kos progress.
Raindrop and the idiots that sharped your post, you are not proper mma fans. John makes a very valid point. Fighters like W Silva fight to entertain as much as they fight to win. Smart fighters who want to be the best always fight to win regardless of entettainment. To execute a gameplan like GSP does takes bags of talent and amazing discipline as well as the brain power to determine what the best gameplan is for what opponent you have. If you cannot grasp this fact enough to at least acknowledge or understand mma then tune into Kimbo's bum fights and other such street fights. This is mma fools. Learn!!
GSP chose a course of action that he had calculated would cause his opponent problems. How many fighters do this on a regular basis and are successful? If you are going to moan about GSP's brilliance then you really don't belong here.
How can you say i'm not a proper mma fan? You don't get do you? I understand the beauty of his game plan. I appreciate all those guys that fight smart, it's nice to see what kinda of a game plan they are going to bring to win fights. I've probably been an MMA fan as long as you if not more, about 10 years. Noneoftheless i was not impressed with his performance, beautiful game plan, but he could have done a lot more, he could have attempted some more power shots go after Kos when he was hurt. Why didn't he? I don't know.
All i'm saying is GSP said he was going to finish or go for a finish. Did you see that? No. He wanted to win. I don't blame him for winning, it's pretty absurd to do so. I maybe a hypocrite but thats life deal with it. Obviously i'm not a fan of GSP but i don't disregard him as a smart and talented fighter, and currently one of the best on a planet. But if you say you are going to finish or attempt do so, don't lie. Same with Kos, should have left it all out there, he didn't look like he was there to win.
Dan Henderson cudn't KO and aut wrestle Shields. GSP got no chance Shields will destroy GSP in all aspects
Oh geez. Dan gassed after the first round, he couldn't knockout a ten year old girl if he wanted.
god people GSP dosnt need to move up, hes at least got 2 more fights at WW. he'll prob get shields (which is stupid), and then he'll prob get winner fitch vs penn. all in all i think fitch deserves another shot. he's only lost to gsp and idk if penn should get a title shot after 2 wins. but GSP dosnt need to move up. everyone wants to see him fight silva so bad but more than likely it will never happen while both of them hold a title
I don't think that just because you are dominant that you have to move try to move up. Nothing wrong with just being the greatest WW of all time.
Shields will simply get slaughtered against GSP, pretty sure that fight will make this fight look close. Shields takedowns are much much worse then Kosh's and his striking is some of the worst in WW division. Only way Kosh wins is if GSP does a bad takedown and gets guillotined.
my upinion the GSP hater come from 1 place ill show sume respect and won't say it
even though it may not have been the most "exciting" fight in the world i still thought it was an amazing 1, as i was in awe of just how technically skilled and focused GSP was for the whole duration of the bout ,however i still would have liked to see Koscheck ko'd by George. I think GSP probably will fight twice more at welterweight before moving up to middleweight. The two fights are as follows, GSP vs Shields and possibly GSP vs the winner of BJ and Fitch.
Shields is a tough kid, but I'm surprised that he gets the title shot. Kapmman is a strong 2nd tier fighter but isn't a top contender, and Shields had problems with him, so I'm not quite sure why he gets GSP.
Maybe they want to build the hype up quickly and not risk having Shields exposed by another fighter.
Fitch, assuming he can take care of BJ, has done waaaaay more to deserve it. Mind you, I think Dana knows that Fitch has no chance of beating GSP.
I like the idea of a superfight between Silva and GSP, but think it might make more sense for George to continue dominating at 170 and maybe go down as the greatest welterweight of all time.