Georges St. Pierre Will Fight With Jake Shields At UFC 129
Posted On Tuesday, April 12th, 2011 By admin
On April 30 in Toronto, more than 40,000 fans expected to attend at the Rogers Center. UFC 129 will smash the promotion’s attendance record.
You’ve been anticipating this fight for a solid five years if you’re a longtime MMA fan. Over the last half decade, no two guys have been more dominant at 170 pounds than Georges St-Pierre and Jake Shields. Four years ago the UFC champ GSP hasn’t lost a round since his upset loss to Matt Serra; Shields has won 15 straight fights.
It presents a new challenge for each fighter, what makes this bout particularly interesting. Shields will be the most dangerous submission artist St-Pierre has ever faced, as one of the world’s very best Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioners. Meanwhile, Shields has fought at 185 pounds before and even manhandled Dan Henderson, who usually fights at 205 pounds.
St-Pierre will be the strongest pure wrestler Shields has ever faced, on the reverse. Generally, Shields dominates a fight once he takes it to the ground; he could have trouble doing so against the freakishly strong GSP.
GSP studies his opponents eternally and shows up for every bout ready to fight them wherever they’re weakest. Shields’s clear weakness is in the standup game. His striking is very remedial. Meanwhile, St-Pierre made his name as an electrifying Karate striker and trains in boxing with the legendary Freddie Roach. In UFC 129 picks, St-Pierre is -450 while Shields is +350.
