Gsp vs Diaz close to official

Wolfgangsta wrote:

The game plan was to stand. He stood. Jake Shields is significantly less dangerous off his back while Diaz has maybe the best ww guard ever. Gsp stands with all his opponents. Will a Nick Diaz game plan involve take downs? Of course. But whether can we construe that to fit inside the new found GSP is a boring fragile chicken who has never been exciting ever narrative is another matter. GSP is now being faulted for following his coaches gameplan.

If georgie had followed shields to the ground with any conviction after the ever so close knockdown, you might have a point. If Georgie had shifted gears, and went for the takedown, after the eye went bad, you might have a point.

But Georgie wanted no part of the ground game with shields. It was pretty obvious.

blame it on jackson if u want, but Georgie fights in super safe fashion.

dont fucking tease me

captain organic wrote:

Wolfgangsta wrote:

The game plan was to stand. He stood. Jake Shields is significantly less dangerous off his back while Diaz has maybe the best ww guard ever. Gsp stands with all his opponents. Will a Nick Diaz game plan involve take downs? Of course. But whether can we construe that to fit inside the new found GSP is a boring fragile chicken who has never been exciting ever narrative is another matter. GSP is now being faulted for following his coaches gameplan.

If georgie had followed shields to the ground with any conviction after the ever so close knockdown, you might have a point. If Georgie had shifted gears, and went for the takedown, after the eye went bad, you might have a point.

But Georgie wanted no part of the ground game with shields. It was pretty obvious.

blame it on jackson if u want, but Georgie fights in super safe fashion.

Jake ain't dangerous off his back. Noth more than Penn or Fitch. Boxing anyone with one eye is. If Gsp took dude down after the eye poke you'd say the same. GSP doesn't need faulted here. This whole thing is out of hand.

its quite obvious that GSP didnt want to take it to the ground, he has a game plan and he follows it...

Does this mean he is quote "scared"?

no, it means he avoids his opponents strengths... you make of that what you want

rumoring GSP vs Nick as coaches for TUF now. Per: Dave Meltzer so take that as a maybe not.

http://www.bjpenn.com/profiles/blogs/rumor-st-pierre-and-diaz-to

bigbeastcardinal12 wrote:

rumoring GSP vs Nick as coaches for TUF now. Per: Dave Meltzer so take that as a maybe not.

http://www.bjpenn.com/profiles/blogs/rumor-st-pierre-and-diaz-to

Hmm could be interesting with Nick involved.

That would be great. The shit talking would be on high alert.

timthebim wrote:

That would be great. The shit talking would be on high alert.

Agree, but only Diaz would be talking

TUF sucks anyway but who wants to see GSP's boring ass on there again

bobbitt15 wrote:

TUF sucks anyway but who wants to see GSP's boring ass on there again

I would stand GSP to get to see Nick Diaz.

yea gsp is the most boring unwatchable fighter of all time now suddenly

killerofchicken wrote:

no, it means he avoids his opponents strengths... you make of that what you want

That wasn't always the case.

He outwrestled Hughes (3rd time & subbed him the same way Hughes subbed GSP), Kos (1st time), and beat Serra on the ground (BJJ guy).

He plays it way too safe. I think a training camp in the old chute boxe camp would fix him.

You're not going to change GSP's nature.

bobbitt15 wrote:

TUF sucks anyway but who wants to see GSP's boring ass on there again

He had some good moments, when he brought his drunk french lover on to the show, and GSP is a great trainer and the fighters seemed to have learned a lot, TUF has been loosing steam, cause people tune in for the coaches as much as anything, and Brock and Junior barely said three words to each other, and Kos was the only one talking last time, I sitll think Sonnen or Mayhem should get it with Bisping, good tv.

I'm doubting Nick's mental fitness to be coach, even if it is only TUF.

I think he'd be a great training partner, or maybe an assistant, but a coach? Dunno about that.

http://www.mmafighting.com/2011/05/25/dana-white-gsp-wont-fight-in-montreal-roadblock-in-way-of-dia/

LAS VEGAS -- Talk of a Georges St-Pierre vs. Nick Diaz, champion vs. champion fight is premature, UFC president Dana White said on Wednesday. Furthermore, St-Pierre, the UFC welterweight champ, is not likely to fight on a rumored December card in Montreal.

Buzz regarding a St-Pierre vs. Diaz fight has circulated since Diaz began campaigning for it shortly after his April win over Paul Daley, and then again after St-Pierre defeated Jake Shields at UFC 129. Last week, several news sites reported the two were likely to meet in December.

On Wednesday, White shot down the likelihood of the possibility.

"I think it is a given that he's not [going to be fighting in Montreal]," White said when asked about it. "I don't know where the hell that came from."

A possible fight with Diaz is complicated by contractual issues. Diaz is a Strikeforce fighter, and though he doesn't have a contract with Showtime, pulling him out of the Showtime rotation may cause some difficulties with Zuffa's new cable TV partner. Though White didn't go into specifics about that, or any of the issues that would preclude Diaz from fighting St-Pierre, he said the fight was not close to happening just yet. When asked to give odds on the fight's possibility, White shrugged.

"I don't know," he said. "If I gave you a percentage, I'd be speaking out of turn. I honestly don't know. Nothing has been worked out. Nothing has been talked about."

Diaz was in Las Vegas last week, and the two sides took part in a meeting. White said the meeting came about after he heard boxing promoter Don Chargin talking about the possibility of Diaz boxing Jeff Lacy.

"Everyone was like, 'What's he going to do? Is he going to box? What do you think about him boxing?'" he said. "I was like, 'I think I'm going to sit down and talk to him, and talk him out of boxing. That's what I think.' And that's what happened.

When pressed on whether Diaz is altogether out of the picture, White stopped short of that, but reiterated that several issues have to be worked through before that fight could materialize.