St. Pierre vs. Serra

[javaguru]

I see the majority of this thread favor St. Pierre.

I'm throwing in with GSP.

 

[Jacob Creutzfeldt]

He is now.... That's why I'm saying you (and Jacob) are wrong. His wrestling / BJJ skills are much better as of that last fight. I don't agree that GSP's bread and butter was wrestling, however. The detail you heard in the video about GSP wrestling with the canadian National team is evidence of himself wanting to be well rounded. But His original martial arts style is Kyokushin karate and is definitely more known as a stand up fighter. Anyway Yes , it takes years of training to hone skills and not sure where I said otherwise

GSP's stand-up is not his bread and butter. He isn't a power hitter and he doesn't connect with high accuracy. He mixes his strikes up and down well. He wins by submission almost as much as by TKO and those TKO's are mainly via GnP, not standup. Extreme athleticism and versatile offense are his strengths. Defense and countering skills are his weakness.

 

[the_alcatraz]

GSP's stand-up is not his bread and butter. He isn't a power hitter and he doesn't connect with high accuracy. He mixes his strikes up and down well. He wins by submission almost as much as by TKO and those TKO's are mainly via GnP, not standup. Extreme athleticism and versatile offense are his strengths. Defense and countering skills are his weakness.

I think one of the things that he was working on really hard was his counter skillz.

I hope he wins. I think he deserves it.

 

[the_alcatraz]

I'm throwing in with GSP.

Spartacus or moto or hurricane should start up a thread in the bookie forums.

 

[PICK3]

I'm throwing in with GSP.

I'll go with Serra

 

[Jacob Creutzfeldt]

I like both fighters. Many people applaud GSP for his improvement, but never mention the improvements Serra made. I think Serra is acting the role of villain because this fight is in GSP's homebase.

I hope it is a great fight and suspect it will be. I'm rooting for neither guy, I'm rooting for a great fight. I think GSP will beat Serra by late TKO. I wouldn't put money on that bet as I think Serra matches well to GSP and could very well win.

 

[the_alcatraz]

I'll go with Serra

He's a tough puncher, but isn't so good with his ground game.

 

[PICK3]

He's a tough puncher, but isn't so good with his ground game.

He's a BJJ black belt

 

[javaguru]

I'll go with Serra

You just raised my confidence in picking GSP.

 

[the_alcatraz]

He's a BJJ black belt

I don't like his ground game bro...I think it's too by-the-book for my taste.