George St-Pierre.
Anderson Silva.
Lyoto Machida.
Wait.
Scrap
Machida.
This
is for those guys whose current records are eternally flawless.
Although...
for how long will these records be left unblemished?
Shogun Rua and Lyoto Machida’s
sequel in UFC 113 gave “The Dragon” his first MMA loss. And it was not match that he could have won. From
the get go, Machida wanted to snipe on Rua’s faults and when he finds a weak
spot, he’ll do everything to torment Shogun. Unfortunately, it was Rua that saw
the chinks in Machida’s armor which led to Lyoto getting floored and getting
beaten.
In
UFC 123, the losers of the Shogun/Machida and Rashad/Rampage
fights faced off. Rampage Jackson
and Lyoto Machida were desperately in need of wins. Although Machida went nuts
in the third round, his passive pace in the first two rounds were enough for
Rampage to clinch the victory. For Machida, this is his second straight defeat.
For
some insane reason, if you add the recent title loss of Brock Lesnar to Cain Velasquez, being the favourite... doesn’t mean
that they are the victors anymore.
And
yeah, you can also add BJ Penn’s
shocking consecutive losses to Frankie
Edgar.
The
only fighters worthy for such adoration are GSP and Anderson Silva.
Almost
three years after he won the UFC Interim
Welterweight Championship from Matt
Hughes and almost 32 months after he won the actual UFC Welterweight Title from Matt
Serra, Georges St-Pierre’s title will be up for grabs anew.
Come
December 11 (December 12, Manila time)
Georges St-Pierre will battle the flamboyant Josh Koscheck for the prestigious title. This is not the first time
GSP has faced Koscheck. He first faced Kos in UFC 74 where Rush won via unanimous decision. The win became the
first of seven straight victories that catapulted GSP as the top dog in his
division. This time Koscheck wants nothing more than to lose again. After
Koscheck dismantled the “cheapshotting” Paul
Daley in UFC 113 held in GSP’s
hometown of Montreal, Quebec, he
vowed to everyone that he will defeat GSP and win his title.
The
GSP streak started when he lost... and he will end the streak when he wins...
And
the prize for breaking the streak is the UFC Welterweight Belt.
Meanwhile,
Anderson Silva is out to defend his UFC
Middleweight Title against MMA journeyman Vitor Belfort. Returning to the Octagon, the 14-year pro will
headline UFC 126 against The Spider at
Las Vegas on February 5 (February 6, Manila time). Silva is shooting for his
twelfth win since conquering Chris Leben
in his 2006 UFC debut. Belfort is a scary striker with tremendous grappling
skills. Since both guys are Brazilians, expect this to be a more technical
match... for Belfort’s sake. Silva at 35, showed signs of slowing down against Chael Sonnen but in the end Silva
caught Sonnen with a triangle out of nowhere. Belfort needs to deal with the
strikes but also be wary of Silva’s “sudden shifts”.
Defocusing
on Silva for a measly second could be a world of entanglement from The Spider.
If
you ask me, Silva should win against Belfort. While The Phenom looks like a Transylvanian vampire with a seriously rock
solid body, I think Silva will have a chance to extend his streak. However,
Silva shouldn’t give Belfort a fighting chance because that would be stupid. If
Sonnen didn’t tap out, he would have definitely lost his title.
As
for GSP, he better be wary of Kos. He has been on a tear as of late. After the
freak loss against Paolo Thiago, he
won two UFC fights in slightly over two months against Frank Trigg and Anthony Johnson. In his fight against Daley, he
made use of his striking ability which was Daley’s forte and manage to destroy
his game. If you saw how Kos dedicated himself to training in his last fights,
you’ll understand how the former Ultimate
Fighter original has evolved. Known purely as a wrestler, he discovered a
sudden knack to dismantle opponents with his punches and kicks. He can also
perform bunch attacks which was almost nonexistent in his earlier days.
The
confidence he has unearthed could be enough to make himself the right person to
destroy GSP.
But
for Kos, he can trash talk in various frequencies but what’s certain is that if
he wants to defeat GSP, he needs to dig deep and bring more than his A-game.
GSP is bar none, the most perfect UFC fighter as of late. He can knee, kick,
punch, grapple, and intimidate like hell and if he gets a chance to show his
dominance then Kos will find it hard to wrestler the belt away from GSP.
This
makes UFC 124 seriously interesting.
Kos will invade GSP in his turf and that should definitely make this epic
battle even more awesome.
Will
GSP join Machida or will GSP win like how he always does?
Game
over.
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