UFC 129 Results: Georges St. Pierre is still a Champ, defeats Jake Shields via Unanimous Decision
Posted on April 30, 2011, 11:45 PM by Anton GurevichUFC Welterweight Champion Georges "Rush" St. Pierre retained his title once again after another dominant performance, this time against the former Strikeforce and EliteXC Champion Jake Shields.
Georges St. Pierre controlled the action throughout the fight, with punishing jabs and spinning back kicks. St. Pierre looked for a knockout against Jake Shields with an overhand right, but was unable to deliver his first TKO victory since UFC 94. GSP managed to knock Jake Shields down three times, but decided not to follow the challenger down to the ground for a finish.
Jake Shields failed in utilizing his wrestling and Jiu-Jitsu skills. Shields struggle to get a hold on Georges St. Pierre, not speaking about taking the Champion down to the canvas. Still, Shields displayed improved striking skills and did relatively well for all five rounds on his feet.
One of the results of those improved striking skills was Georges St. Pierre's left eye. Shields hurt St. Pierre's left eye with his right hand in one of the exchanges, what eventually cost GSP his vision. St. Pierre was still unable to recover, and expressed his concerns about the injury in a post-fight interview.
This way or another, Georges St. Pierre is still the UFC Welterweight Champion of the World, after defeating one of the most decorated Mixed Martial Artists on the planet. St. Pierre is now 22-2 in his MMA career, with 9 consecutive victories inside the Octagon.
For more on GSP's injury, stay tuned to LowKick.com.
Photo: Francis Specker.
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Not the best match for the biggest main event in history
right..
but I think it wasnt that bad at all..
it was..well just a GSP fight..
It was great. GSP gave Shields every chance to win by defeating him in standup but shields couldnt. Great fight, im happy how it ended.
Cant be mad for GSP for standing up with him can you?
Thumbs up for the random dude Dana White let put the belt around St Pierre's waist
my conclusions. gsp will not go up to middleweight cos he wont dominate like he can at 170 and he doesnt want his legacy to be ruined. Rory macdonald is someone to keep an eye on. Aldo not at his best but still getting the win in an exciting fight. Machida proving seagal is the best coach in the world!!! Coutures retirement is the right time. Now a bit of a rant. For me personally(this will get weaks) i dont consider him one of the best of all time, or a great as many people do. before you weak me, just take a minute to actually look at his whole career, he loses and wins, who he beat and at what time etc. Yes i agree he was old when he was competing and he did well, and yes he won titles at 2 weights which was a great achievement, but did he ever dominate those divisions? and could he hold onto those titles? also did he jump into the heavyweight scene when it wasnt actually very good? beating tim sylvia, certainly not a great. Then have a Look at his last 6 fights, 3 wins, 3 losses. Those wins included a dodgy decision over vera, a win against grandad coleman and beating TONEY. He surprised people by winning some fights that maybe people thought he couldnt, but was that based more on people thinking he couldnt cos he was old? anyway, Its just my view.
hes legacy in my book he wont have a legacy cause i dont rember great moments in his carrer sure hell have a lot of wins but no legacy unless he start finishing guys in fashion thats how u get remeber
no ..but I think he shouldnt be that gunshy..
and to get booed in the own country is kinda..a hint
great really i mean gsp has to be the most boring fighter in the history of the ufc he looks like a guy tryin to set something up for 5 rounds and never does .ever since the serra fight hes been so careful and to a gameplan its trebblie to watch sure he wins but guys like him are bad for the sport cause there no exticment to his fight but yet ever bodys says he the best fighter in the world what a joke
he is one of the best in the world you say he is boring because he doesn't finish fights and sticks to a gameplan..you say he is bad for the sport when in reality he is good..he proves you don't have to be a complete barbarian to be the best. he brings psychology back to mma he sticks to his gameplan..and really if you think about it he is the champion his challengers should come to win.. the fact that over the past few years he has dominated all his opponents without struggle should make you bitch at his challengers to start trying to beat him..people like you are bad for the sport you bitch and moan everytime a fighter doesn't finish when mma is not all about the finish..its about technique and strategy..gsp is one of the best get over it
i agree
I forgot that SHIELDS is the champion,not GSP, how can anyone can GSP for being conservative? Shields should have been way more aggressive.
meant to say GSP is champ...sry been drinking tonight
I completely agree. Sheilds didn't come with the killer instinct. He did good(in terms of causing damage), but he didn't fight like he was trying to win.
OK people serious, are most of u rele that stupid to think that GSP should have gone crazy aggresive with the loss of vision in one eye? Or do u just not know mma? Yes some of his fights are boring, but if u think him and Kos were boring u should go watch WWE cuz u dont belong in the MMA world. How can a guy who loses vision in one eye and still win not be the best? That being said u see the same in AS with his win over Chael. Overcomes injury and beats Chael last minute. Difference in fights? AS HAD to finish that as he had already lost 4 rounds.
It must be crazy to be booed in your own country....ouch...
They were in English speaking Canada. It isn't really his own country they just have the same gov. It is like someone from MA getting booed in AL.
george play it safe st pierre, DAMN, he doesnt look to finish he looks at the clock.. disappointing!
if he doesn't move up to 185 i'm boy-cotting his next fight. He says he wants to finish than doesn't even try. disappointing.
He was looking to finish he just couldn't.
no
dam right
Did you not see him drop Shields with a brilliant head kick? GSP was looking quite good up until Shields punchede him in the eye, then GSP played it safe cos he couldn't see which is the sensible thing to do and why he is the champion. people attack GSP for boring fights but in this instance he has a valid reason for not attacking more for the last couple of rounds.
I agree....That's true. It's not like he trains blindfolded or anything :-D ... He was beating him with 1 eye. People should be on Shields case for not being able to get a half blind guy to the ground.
hes afriad of get caught and losing everthing thats y he plays it safe not cause he got poke in the eye
You mean the head kick that was perfectly placed but had not power. If GSP committed to that kick the fight would be over. Everything he does is not to loose. Every punch, every kick, every takedown is thrown not to loose instead of with the intent to win. I'm sorry I'm not wasting my hard-earned money on a fighter like that.
boring one at that
I was disappointed but glad he won. I wanted the finish.
here are links to the UFC Drunkcast with Rogan's friends who are the people who were playing the shot game, which is why Rogan was saying to drink a shot.
Part 1
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/14391972
Part 2
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/14395866
i dont care how good gsp is, im sick and tired of watching his 5 round snooze fests, for all i care gsp and anderson silva should go find another sport. lets not forget before every ppv starts we see a gladiator. gsp has no hart
maybe no hart but plenty of heart
Haha plenty of heart! Well that's pretty sad woodstock doesn't want to see the two most dominant champs the UFC has ever had.
man i wish there was a finished, dammit George playing it safe again.Fighting is just like sex, you get frustrated when you don't finish.
I was not impressed with your performance Mr. St. Pierre
gsp called for a finish and once again he didnt.. yawn oh well at least hes the champ
U do realise he sustained an eye injury. what do you expect him to do go nuts and open up wildly? gsp had half his vision gone, depth perception out the window.
well one thing i can say between silva and gsp at their prime and fedor at his prime is that fedor would never play it safe and never has,against nogiera, against werdum,against silva,against anyone yet ppl would consider "gsp" and "silva" as the top 2 fighters ever.
I guess my point is that when you are considered the top fighter in the world,most fighters play it safe(gsp,silva) to maintain their championship and their rein, while a select few (fedor) fought to truly be the best and finish.
I don't see how Silva plays it safe. Did you look at his resume of finishes.
NOONE except GSP can say anything about GSP's way of winning, we do no know how bad his eye is or how painful/disturbing it was for him, it could've completely destroyed his gauge of the range and therefore if he engaged he could've been taken down.
i admit george dissapointed me a bit i think he could of finished it on at least two occasions however it was still a impressive fight and that eye injury may have affected gsp in the last three rounds. jake getting 2 rounds on two score cards is ridiculous he did nothing the whole fight its almost as bad as the judge giving aldo 50-45 when he clearly losr that last round and the second was really close
That Aldo/Hominick judge was an even bigger joke than you think, he scored it 50-43!! When did they start using blind judges?
As for GSP having the opportunity to finish..I disagree. An example of that would be the Henderson vs. Shields fight. Henderson went for the finish and couldn't do it..twice..then ended up on his back getting positioned and punished. St. Pierre being a smart fighter didn't go to the ground and end up in Shields' trap. He did the right thing. Shields has good recovery from getting knocked down.
Im sick of it.
gsp cant even finish my mom
he has fought now 20 consecutive rounds without finishing any1
very very dissapointed
GSP did not dominate Shields. He eked out a decision and may have taken more damage than his opponent. I don't go by compustrike and I had GSP ahead but they actually had Shields landing a couple more strikes. As for "failing to utilize his wrestling", Shields really didn't put much effort into it. He only attempted two or three takedowns.
Absolutely, GSP didn't try to finish (no surprise there), but neither did shields, i dunno what sheilds is thinking with 2 min left in the fifth, throwing little jabs at george, losing eery round on points..ugh
And george was like 1 for 20 on that overhand right he kept throwing.
I agree with you that Shields could have and should have done more to end the fight but I don't think it is fair to say Georges didn't try to finish. He floored Jake with a head kick and was putting a ton of power into the overhand right. If he had been more effective with it though, I still don't see him putting Jake away. The fact of the matter is that Jake is a really hard guy to finish. Having seen him survive Dan Henderson's best punch I had no hope that GSP would finish him with strikes. All in all the biggest disappointment for me was that Jake didn't try to utilize his ground game more but seeing him be so effective with his striking against Georges made up for it. I actually enjoyed the fight overall.