What do you guys think about this fight ?
St-Pierre is a better striker, no quesitons asked... but wrestling wise, Hugues said he wanted to go back to his roots. My personal opinion is that they are not in the same category as far as wrestlers anymore. St-Pierre is by far the better wrester.
Since his loss to Hughes, St-Pierre has fought against Dave Strasser, Jason Miller, Trigg, Sherk, Penn, Hughes, Matt Serra, and Josh Koscheck. Against the four strongest pure wrestlers ? Trigg, Sherk, Hughes, and Koscheck ? St-Pierre landed all eight takedown attempts and stuffed nine of 10 attempts against him (Koscheck landed the lone takedown).
In total, St-Pierre has landed 17 of 19 takedown attempts (89%) and defended 14 of 17 attempts (82%) since his loss to Hughes three years ago. Put another way, St-Pierre has spent less than one minute on his back in the last three years.
Hugues better have a Plan B... because St-Pierre was training for the olympics wrestling tryouts when he got asked to fight, he's in phenomenal shape !
St-Pierre is a better striker, no quesitons asked... but wrestling wise, Hugues said he wanted to go back to his roots. My personal opinion is that they are not in the same category as far as wrestlers anymore. St-Pierre is by far the better wrester.
Since his loss to Hughes, St-Pierre has fought against Dave Strasser, Jason Miller, Trigg, Sherk, Penn, Hughes, Matt Serra, and Josh Koscheck. Against the four strongest pure wrestlers ? Trigg, Sherk, Hughes, and Koscheck ? St-Pierre landed all eight takedown attempts and stuffed nine of 10 attempts against him (Koscheck landed the lone takedown).
In total, St-Pierre has landed 17 of 19 takedown attempts (89%) and defended 14 of 17 attempts (82%) since his loss to Hughes three years ago. Put another way, St-Pierre has spent less than one minute on his back in the last three years.
Hugues better have a Plan B... because St-Pierre was training for the olympics wrestling tryouts when he got asked to fight, he's in phenomenal shape !
Comment