I agree, Odin.
Except the "MMA standup" part: GSP's background is Kyokushin karate, not the Muay Thai usually studied by MMA types.
So in a sense, he used the "ineffective" karate and beat MMA training, neh?
I guess I now have the video proof that high kicking is viable in MMA contests
Isn't Kyokushin a carbon copy of muay thai?
I think without the Gi its very hard to tell the two apart...after all GSP was hardly in Horse stance now was he never the less its called Mixed Martial Arts for a reason if he was just kyokushin im sure his takedown defence would not have been as good.
who said high kicking wasnt viable in MMA??Im sure Mirko ''cro cop'' would be the first to disagree him being an open weight mma champion and all.(not to mention an endless list, if your interested im sure youtube have a video dedicated to MMA High kick knockouts )
but as MMA stand-up goes GSP owned Hughes....especially since he was very calm with his movements as opposed to near manic style of the chute box camp! ( :
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