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ladies and gentlemen this is a very bad matchup for condit. GSP would have also been a very bad matchup for diaz also. I'm a firm believer the toughest style out there close to beating gsp is that of jake ellenberger.
As we all know, gsp is the type of fighter who can dictate where the fight will take place, as opposed to condit who goes with the flow. gsp doesn't need to strike with condit because the takedowns will either be there on a silver platter or condit will be more than happy to be on his back and go for a sweep like he did with dong kim. Is it realistic that gsp will get swept like dong kim did at ufc 132? i don't think so and if gsp ever got swept like that, it would look so bad on his legacy. gsp will look for takedowns, ground and pound, and submissions vs carlos condit. Diaz does not care about wrestling and so all those kicks from condit was huge, but kicks will never work vs gsp because of the takedown threats. If you look back on condit's record, his submission defense is very suspect to me. Even vs Diaz in round 5, he allowed diaz to take his back and allow both hooks to get in like that, the more i gather everything up, the more i would say that dong kim really fucked up giving up at ufc 132, that must have really been demoralizing for him. How is carlos condit's takedown defense? This is really too easy for gsp fans that need a challenge.
Johnny Hendricks, Jake Ellenberger, and Rory MacDonald are all the type of matchups that would give gsp a real challenge. They have power which you cannot train for but will they have the technicality when called for? Will the wrestling be enough to neutralize gsp's takedowns and how is the jiu jitsu defense? I doubt that rory macdonald would ever fight gsp but the key to beating gsp is to be able to keep the fight standing and be the better, technical, and more powerful striker. And if you don't have the wrestling background, then a really sick jiu jitsu background like that of andre galvao or rousimar palhares would be necessary to make sure the fight stays standing on the side of gsp. In other words, an above average ground game will not be good enough. In my opinion, i believe one day sometime in the future we will see rory macdonald and erick silva fight for the title.
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