Kennedy: GSP Should Fight for Fans, Not for Wins
Sherdog.com Staff Feb 15, 2011
Tim
Kennedy, on “Beatdown,”
discussing Georges
St. Pierre:
“If I see another 170 UFC champion either jab his way to a win or hold a guy down for five rounds for a win, I might just pull my hair out. This is about fighting. We’re supposed to go out there and fight. … First, he’s an amazing athlete. Unquestionably the best 170 guy on the planet. Pound-for-pound definitely one of the top two guys. But the potential there -- people flock to him and worship him as a fighter. Imagine what he would be like if four of five wins weren’t by decision, if four of those five wins were by knockout. I think that aura about him would be compounded a thousand times. … He’s one of my teammates. I train at Jackson’s. I love the guy. He’s an amazing fighter. I’m a GSP fan, but we fight for the fans, not for the W. I think more fighters really need to grab on to that and put on a show.”
“If I see another 170 UFC champion either jab his way to a win or hold a guy down for five rounds for a win, I might just pull my hair out. This is about fighting. We’re supposed to go out there and fight. … First, he’s an amazing athlete. Unquestionably the best 170 guy on the planet. Pound-for-pound definitely one of the top two guys. But the potential there -- people flock to him and worship him as a fighter. Imagine what he would be like if four of five wins weren’t by decision, if four of those five wins were by knockout. I think that aura about him would be compounded a thousand times. … He’s one of my teammates. I train at Jackson’s. I love the guy. He’s an amazing fighter. I’m a GSP fan, but we fight for the fans, not for the W. I think more fighters really need to grab on to that and put on a show.”
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