PLEASE rewatch round 1! Over and over! And tell me what GSP did besides for the failed submission attempt and less effective striking? I don't see how people think the 1st round was so close! Try watching with the sound off. Really focus on the fight.. Did you see those elbows Hendricks landed against the fence on GSP? That and the overall control is just too much to deny.. 1,2,4 Hendricks.

Patrick Vilone Fight Metric had the following stats for round one: -Hendricks landing 27 total strikes in round one vs 26 for GSP -GSP landing 19 significant strikes vs 18 for Hendricks I feel that's pretty close, just my opinion. If you or anyone else differ on that that, cool. Everyone has their own take on it. But the elbows that you mentioned are the main thing that swung me in the favor of Hendricks in that round. I felt that was really the only major thing to happen in the first round damage-wise. He elbowed GSP hard against the cage and that cut up GSP over his right eye. Felt it was a close round, but to me, those elbows were the most significant thing to take place in the round in terms of damage, and made me chose Hendricks as the victor of that round.

yea but thats all bs, the 2 men in there know what happened, its about 2 wills going against eachother and 1 breaking, by the end of it they both know what would happen the 2nd time now that theyve seen the others skills. gsp quit

mmadigest Fight Metric isn't gospel at all.They could score a leg kick the same as and uppercut landing flush.

***** I rewatched it and this time I didn't just focus on Hendricks. It was close but GSP winning can definetely be justified. A lot of the times Rogan an Goldberg screamed Hendricks didn't even hit him. I thought Hendricks won, but watching it again I noticed that he hit the guard of GSP a lot! And the first time, I was so hyped on Hendricks winning that I didn't even notice all the hard punches he got hit with. His eyes were rolling back several times. Great fight and equally fun to watch the second time!

It's not Georges to give. Though you are a champion, you do not get to choose whom to give the belt when you retire.

Yeah, he didn't seem very determined at all for that fight. I have a feeling his MMA career is quickly winding down, even given his quick win over Shogun.

***** Interesting...

I'm a big Chael Sonnen fan but he is not a 205er... At all.

Oh wow! I guess it's official then. Calm down everyone it's settled. Speciez figured it out, end of story.

There is no way in hell Gsp won the first round! He got takendown and was getting smashed in his head with elbows

you work for the NSAC too

exactly what Hendricks is saying at the end is why he won the fight. to me he clearly won 3 rounds, and could have won the 3rd as well because there wasn't much going on in that round. the 5th round is the only round that gsp actually won.

See the thing is under the current rules GSP won that fight no questions asked.......But if damage were a complete tier in scoring Hendricks obviously would have taken this...think about it if GSP landed 3 of his jabs and Johnny landed one of his overhand rights who would you rather be? Everyone blames the judges but really its the scoring system itself that's the issue.

yes that is what we might thinking because he was all smille as though he had deserved to win this fights & like as though he deserved to be called the champions again, during the fight he was put into in half ko & get smashed in the face by hendricks & we could even say he would celebrate his victory with his team , his family, friends and everything included with arnold .

snowman Sirkus yes dana has believed as though the king of king of the ufc is gsp , than gsp told to joe rogan after the fight without the slightest conviction gsp said he would like to take vacations !! I said to myself in the moment, wtf gsp gonna take vacations freely !!!! this man is deeply fucked in his skull !

You start off by saying that he could win in todays point scoring system, which is the only relevant scoring system for this discussion seeing as it is the one being used, so that basically takes away the point of anything else you said on that matter. Damage isn't in the scoring criteria being used, so regardless of whether it should or shouldn't be utilised (in the scoring) that point is irrelevant. I don't really care about taking sides, but how bout we look at the most bullshit point of them all. Only punching at 70% because his hand wraps were done wrong? I'm sure that would be the only thing in your mind when you are fighting for a world title. God forbid you have to persevere through anything, hey Hendricks?! That'd be outlandish wouldn't it! What do they think you are, like, I dunno, some kind of world class fighter or something?!?! So anyway, if he really sticks by that excuse and calls it the truth, what was the point of him winning anyway? How long do you honestly think he would last at the top if he can't even perform properly due to something barely significant, if even significant at all? If you cannot respect GSP for all he has been through and done at this point, you are a very strange man, and i'm 100% (70% even?) sure you haven't earned his respect. Tell me how much you don't care, and then realise how much he doesn't either. Everything goes round and round my friend, everything does.

Gustafsson was out on his fuckin feet in the fourth. Quit dreaming asswipe. Although Hendricks clearly won

I m with ya badger

Gus, yes...Hendricks, not so much. GSP won 3 rounds

Adam Bartlett thanks homie, finally a sensible person

In the NSAC point scoring world GSP won 3-2... In the real world Hendricks won. If you didn't see that decision coming before Buffer said it then you haven't watched many close decisions. The champ always gets it. I'm not saying it's right, but it wasn't a fucking surprise rookies.

Nice Copy/Paste lol

Mike Olive lol i saw his comment earlier too

He did more damage and had way more critical strikes. But GSP out-scored him in strikes. Unfortunately it seems like the NSAC scoring system doesn't account for critical strikes the way they should. Just because a guy can pop a zillion jabs out there, doesn't mean he should win the round if the other guy is landing less strikes but bombs.

The funny thing is if you look up the actual stats,Hendricks landed more strikes overall including Jabs. But in some parallel universe the Judges think GSP won this fight o.O

Drew Sparks Hendricks lost round one because GSP's guillotine put Hendricks in a more vulnerable spot that the elbows GSP took while in the clinch. A good submission attempt will always beat out strikes in the clinch. That was the fight right there.

CdnGamer GSP barely even had that Guillotine choke in he himself let it go because he knew he wasn't in the right position to get it.

Doesn't matter, it was more dangerous than the strikes from the clinch.

literally means, he got fucked.... lol

This here, this is the epitome of the truth. Nothing more is needed to be said.

No its not, if Hendricks out struck GSP (which he did) and GSP's face is all battered then it makes sense...the Nick Diaz fight is a stupid comparison because Diaz landed barely anything

I'm a huge GSP fan and i agree Johny should have gotten the decision..

No!JDS GOT ROBBED!

What color was the robe?

No man GSP won that

Even with what Johny perceives to be a bad decision in the first round, they were still tied going into the 5th. One guy (GSP) left everything he had in the cage, while the challenger (Johny) decided to just hold on and win what he thought was his decision. That's a risky game to play sir and you paid dearly for it.

" don't hate the player, hate the game " as the saying goes. lool.

"GSP left the UFC because of Dana White's bullshit."nope.

Gsp didnt leave because of Dana. He left because he's been getting beat up bad in his past couple of fights and the tremendous stress that comes with it. The only reason Dana was somewhat mad at GSP was because GSP was talking about taking a break from the sport while still remaining champion, leaving noone able to challenge for the title. Now that GSP has vacated the belt, Dana has no problem with GSP walking away and doing whatever he wants, because the belt can still be fought for. Dana is mad at the judging and refereeing. That's it. Fuck all you pussies hating on Dana White. Bunch of pussies can't handle being told the truth

Dana built this sport, he's allowed to shit on GSP if he wants to.

Dana White built the UFC? The fighters built the UFC.

yeah and Jones is Huge for a light heavyweight !

LT TRAORE you mean tall? he doesnt weigh that much

LT TRAORE He weighs in at 205 like the rest of em. So.......

yeah but huge or big is relative to the height also, & in his division light heavyweight compared to the previous champions of the ufc light heavyweight he is the only one champions of this division which is 6 ft 4 and his huge reach of 84 with his size he should be in the big heavyweight not here and dominated more smaller than him he could be more competitive with those making the same size !!!!

Hendricks walks around at 210-215, he is not a small guy. I had the pleasure of watch him workout in Stillwater Oklahoma.