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Sun Aug 10, 2008 7:45 am EDT

St. Pierre tested mentally by Fitch

By Steve Cofield

Mike Swick, a training partner of Jon Fitch at American Kickboxing Academy in San Jose, predicted that Georges St. Pierre would break mentally when his boy took the fight into the later rounds. Fitch got what he wanted, a long fight, but GSP didn't fail the test. St. Pierre looked fresh in fifth round and was still better than Fitch in every facet of the game. He beat Fitch 50-44 on two scorecards and 50-43 on the other.  

"After the third round I was looking at the clock and Jon Fitch he never died," said St. Pierre, who retained his UFC welterweight title with the win. "I tried to finish him many times. I was like, my god what am I going to have to do to beat this guy? It was discouraging."

CLICK BELOW TO HEAR ST. PIERRE'S COMMENTS FROM THE PRESSER:

St. Pierre did sustain some major damage with a cut over his left eye. He was holding a huge icebag on his head and eye in the post-fight. GSP said that he wasn't going to be able to get his training partners, Denis Kang and David Loiseau, ready for their upcoming fights. He'll have to miss some time because Fitch messed up his face. GSP thanked Fitch for the vacation.

Listen to here to Kenny Florian, Roger Huerta, Dana White and Fitch from the UFC 87 post-fight presser.  

You can also listen here to the archives of the only UFC 87 post-fight show from the Target Center on Saturday night. Guests included ref Dan Miragliotta, Florian, trainer Greg Jackson and St. Pierre.

Other pre-fight interviews here include Heath Herring, White, Tonya Evinger, Amir Sadollah and Matt Serra.

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  1. BOSS
    1. Posted by BOSS Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:32 pm EDT

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    way to go GSP. fitch is not even near his level. hes tough and can take a beating, but he doesnt have a good enough game. he needs to go to WEC if he wants to win any kind of title
  2. Someone plz KO Anderson Silva
    2. Posted by Someone plz KO Anderson Silva Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:30 pm EDT

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    Yeah...GSP cannot be considered a top 2 fighter in the next poll b/c he clearly cannot finish.
    1. Fedor
    2. Silva
    3. Penn
    4. GSP
  3. o
    3. Posted by o Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:43 pm EDT

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    OMG! i cant believe how bad GSP beat Fitch..i really thought Fitch would be a very tough test for GSP...he landed his jab any time he wanted he was also the 1st person to pass Fitch's guard in the octagon..was fitch overrated..NO..that is just how good GSP is
  4. yasmin
    4. Posted by yasmin Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:04 pm EDT

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    It's excessive to say "GSP cannot finish". He just finished Hughes and Serra! It's also silly to rank GSP below Penn since GSP has actually beaten Penn! (And I'm not one of those who question that decision.) Furthermore, GSP has improved tremendously since that fight and I believe he will beat Penn even more decisively in the rematch. But I agree with ranking GSP below Fedor and Silva. He showed signs of fatigue, weakeness and desparation the likes of which we have never seen on the faces of Fedor and Silva.
    1. Emilianenko
    2. Silva
    3. St-Pierre
    4. Penn
    4.
  5. urwrecked
    5. Posted by urwrecked Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:45 pm EDT

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    Cannot finish??? I just thought Fitch was on an all time win streak and was a well conditioned tough nut to crack. There were three times I thought he was out and he gutted it out. Boy you MMA fans are hard to please.. I look at it more as he hung in there then GSP couldn't take him out. He hit Fitch with everything but the proverbial kitchen sink.. Fitch just wasn't gonna go out that way. He is no slouch. GSP is just that good..
  6. Steven W
    6. Posted by Steven W Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:47 pm EDT

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    urwrecked, if you really are a woman, i just might love you
  7. Clint
    7. Posted by Clint Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:27 pm EDT

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    Were any of you suprised by the new "Takedown" stats at this UFC? Interesting stuff. I am not sure if I am a fan of this or not, but right now I like the idea! The GSP "Time on his back" was an excellent stat too!
  8. Big Lou
    8. Posted by Big Lou Thu Sep 03, 2009 6:50 pm EDT

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    Fitch is over rated just a strong wrestler he has know mma game....could he be the next Matt Hughes who has been exposed for being the most over rated ufc hall of famer middleweight champ... God can't wait to see GSP and Penn...... This time GSP will not take a round because he took penn down once.... Penn will destroy him....
  9. j!
    9. Posted by j! Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:38 pm EDT

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    lgt28 are you kidding? that comment is so stupid I kinda just want to ignore you but I can't. Take a look at his fight history and after the beat he received from the best welterweight in the world he kept on trying to push forward. Anyway I'll just leave it at that since I can already tell how stupid you are with your "....strong wrestler he has KNOW MMA game..." KNOW? NO nimrod! and did you just call Matt Hughes the MIDDLEWEIGHT champ? lmao!!!!!!
    It's funny that I think this is the first time I agreed with Urwrecked and Clinton M.
    Word up on the stats but I think they're going to be extremely limited in the future.
  10. j!
    10. Posted by j! Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:38 pm EDT

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    ...beating*... still not as bad as KNOW and NO lol
  11. slap arse
    11. Posted by slap arse Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:28 pm EDT

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    give lgt28 a break, he still got one thing right, BJ Penn will give GSP a beating, don't believe, consider the new BJ Penn we see in the ring, he is the real deal, and except for Fedor, no one comes close to a real scapper. No disrepect to Silva, who is brilliant, but pound for pound? shrink any of those guys down, or better yet if BJ was the same fighting weight as anyone who could beat him?
  12. bankshotbobby
    12. Posted by bankshotbobby Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:02 pm EDT

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    What a performance! When's the last time we saw a number 1 contender so thoroughly dominated? GSP is a true MMA fighter. We've seen great wrestlers who were good in other areas, or great strikers who were good in other areas. But what is GSP not great at?
    "consider the new BJ Penn we see". how about consider the best GSP we've ever seen. where does Penn beat him? On his feet GSP's to fast and his combinations are only rivaled by SIlva. And on the mat, his wrestling is overpowering. I know BJ has good submissions, but if he cant control GSP on the ground it doesnt help. His only hope would be landing a strike while standing the way Serra did. But as we saw Saturday, GSP's boxing is much better also. He could've won that fight with his jab.
  13. chano
    13. Posted by chano Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:02 pm EDT

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    Congrats GSP for defeding your title and coming out with a victory!
  14. smoovevibe
    14. Posted by smoovevibe Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:30 pm EDT

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    My top:
    Fedor
    Silva
    GSP
    Penn
    Faber
    GSP is still in my opinion too big and strong for BJ Penn. BJ is obviously one of the best pound for pound fighters but that being said size matters and thats the difference. Not that BJ couldn't win.. but I give the edge to GSP.
    And fitch is a very good fighter it's funny in the UFC besides the LHWs there is a pretty big gap between the champs and the #2 guy. I think the gap is similar at 155 because once Ken FLo does fight BJ he will get whooped... and thats no disrespect to Ken Flo at all who is a hell of a fighter but BJ is on another level. I'd like to see Ken FLo in a cross promo fight against FAber at 145. I think Ken Flo could easily make that weight and that would be a war. Rich Franklin is about the best guy thats not Anderson Silva and Silva continues to make Rich look like hes at home bloggin about MMA instead of fighting in it.. yet I still take Franklin against any other 185 pounder.
    My point: we need more cross promo bouts... Dana needs to suck it up and realize that theres more money in unity sometimes. At some point they're going to all have to come together anyway or there will never be a true champ.

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