Georges St-Pierre narrowly defended his title against Johny Hendricks. The fight scoring has drummed up controversy as the vast majority of fans, fighters, and media saw the fight for Hendricks. The fight featured several very clear rounds, but the hinge round on the scorecards was the first round, which was closely contested. Both fighters had their moments in that first round, and the biggest thing Hendricks should see when looking back to see why he lost is the fact that he fought to protect a lead he assumed he had. No matter what, fighters cannot assume close rounds went their way in this sport. St-Pierre stayed on the attack even after he was hurt in the second round and made clear impressions on the judges in the third and fifth rounds. And it was that fifth round in which Hendricks seem to let off the gas and be far more defensive and content to wait out the clock to claim his title. No matter how you scored the fight, the result makes it clear that was a poor choice and that Hendricks should have stayed on the offense as he has just won the fourth round on everyones scorecard. This fight was very close, I personally scored the first round for St. Pierre and thus had him winning a hotly contested fight, but I cannot fault the popular opinion of a Hendricks win.
Posted on: Sun, 17 Nov 2013 22:42:14 +0000
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