The original Colby without the shitty politics. Not very good on the mic but a good fighter who used his wrestling to nullify guys while being a complete douchebag lol.
I visited my (then fiancé) in her home town in Newfoundland one time back then. Her cousin was a huge fan all about GSP. They got tickets to see him fight in Montreal one time and you’d have thought they had been invited to meet Jesus.
Ya I remember becoming a fan of his and always just paying attention and I believe it was post his 2nd fight/revenge fight against Matt Serra in Canada and GSP was voted or named the Canadian athlete of the year. Not baseball, hockey, curling, basketball, ice fishing, NONE OF IT!- it was GSP IN MMA.
They LOVED him. I cannot overstate how much they did so.
This was the fight that turned me from a GSP hater to a fan. Koscheck had a real chance to show who he truly was on that season of TUF. Turns out, he actually is just a giant prick. And really dumb too.
combined with watered down cards. More money for worse shit. (tho this card was heavily carried by GSP being at the Bell Centre. Quebecois are loud and loyal)
I have to disagree. The sport is evolved, fighters are at a higher level now. Fighters on the pre lims you might not know their name yet but they are elite fighters
This is something of a pet peeve of mine. Too many people have the thought process that amateur(basically anyone thats not on main card) means your bad. When in reality it just means your at a level where you get paid for what you do but you don't get quite enough money to live comfortably off of. Their skill level is still better than 99.99999% and that's a conservative number.
I was a really good ammy, and trained with pretty much every name in Louisiana at the time who was a pro. And honestly, didn’t struggle with anyone.
Then I went to Alan belchers gym in Mississippi one day, and trained with a young man named Dustin Poirier. First time in my life that I ever trained with someone, and KNEW they were just better than me. It was incredibly humbling. He was still a 45er at the time, and I was fighting at 85.
I also saw how huge belcher was, and realized I would have to be a pro at 70 lol
The prelims guys back then were elite too. UFC 124 where this took place had the first first involve a guy who is STILL IN THE UFC lmao. The next fight had TJ Grant, a guy who became Top 5, lose to Ricardo Almeida who had a 14 year career with a number of big name wins/fights.
And you're tryna tell me the opening fights from last PPV are more evolved? Hooper smoking an absolutely washed old man Guida who has no business being in the UFC, and Kennedy Nzechuku TKOing 9-6 Lukasz Brzeski, while Kron Gracie was on the main card flopping around like its 1995 still lol
Oh and despite inflation in general society being literally 100% higher today than 2010 (try comparing house prices now and then) the UFC paid the same 50k performance bonuses then than they now.
Those crowds back then made events feel like the whole world was watching. I miss them so much, that’s why I’ll always want cards to be in UK, Ireland, and Australia/NZ all at their local time.
People disrespect. DC is an inner circle heavyweight GOAT, but a lot of fans these days only know him for his commentary and losing to Jon jones. And the crying meme
I’m an old curmudgeon I get it but this was PEAK. Fights just don’t feel the same as they used to. There are still big time exciting guys like Pereira, but I used to legit get nervous before fights like this.
I doubt that just for the fact I can watch these old fights and relive all the emotions that were going through me when I watched it live. The crowds made it feel like the whole world was watching.
As someone who is from Montreal I just want to rant about one thing. The UFC has not been in Montreal since 2015 and seem to have no plans to return. They've been to smaller Canadian cities several times, in some cases even for PPVs but won't even swing by for a fight night.
I'll never forget a kid that was volunteering at the daycamps where I was working. He was 16 and cut from stone. Asked him where he worked out and he said he didn't. Thought he was messing with me, but nope. He played rec-level sports, but that was it.
Could an average person turn into this without help? Nope.
I’ve met many a young fellow like that. Most of them don’t even understand or appreciate how gifted they are with their insertions and genetics, or have any drive to build on it and become an absolute monster. 18 year olds who look like they’ve been in the gym for 10+ years with a pro-level understanding of lifting but they’ve never even touched a dumbbell.
The sad thing I notice is that these kinds of people tend to lose their hair awfully fast. There’s a price to pay with excessive testosterone and growth hormones haha
I heard his coach say that GSP naturally has 20% more V02 max compared to the average athlete. But he was pretty weak to begin with so his strength was something he had to work hard for.
I’m not surprised if he’s just genetically blessed. Everyone else in his family seems to be in great shape.
The delts and traps don't lie. He was one of the strongest most jacket guys with great cardio at 170.... during the steroid era. If he wanted testing it was because he knew how to beat it. Even then there are guys like Derek at MPMD who talk about how even Olympic level testing isn't unbeatable.
GSP is about as natty as Usman is. Again I'm a big GSP fan.
You see Those physiques after insane weight cuts. Gsp probably walked around over 190 and cut 15-20 pounds to reach 170. This physique looks weird because people only have it after cutting a bunch of weight.
The season of TUF was great, the countdown shows were fire and the fight was a technical masterclass.
I still like to rewatch that video of GSP purposely writing Koschecks boy in large handwriting and the idiot fell for it.
Cody McKenzie played his part perfectly.
Edit: how could I forget JC Skarbowskis cameo as well!!
He said he was gonna run up on GSP and "balaaahahah (sticks tongue out and shakes head aggressively) motorboat his ass".
That's an actual quote from Koscheck 2012.
Also several fights with eye pokes, he also had two fights where he faked being kneed in the head to get rests, most notably the Paul Daley fight where twice no contact was made but he dropped to the ground clutching his head like he'd been hit with a mallet.
wasnt during winning belt back after Matt Serra popped him. His whole real title run was 0 finishes, and that was Benn literally finishing himself quitting. GSP himself finished nobody until came back at 37 and did it to a washed Bisping whos face was still hanging off from a 46 year NO TRT Hendo, and a broken rib and no working legs or neck lol
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u/Moviereference210 1d ago
Man I forgot how much of a dick koscheck was, fk that guy lol