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Originally Posted by CheckN0rris
So far I'm on TJ and Masvidal and strongly considering GSP. I think Chael said it, yes Bisping might be bigger, but GSP will be stronger. I think GSP will get the takedown at least a few rounds and even if he cant hold him down long, I think he will just steal rounds that way. Think it will be quite close on the feet, but GSP just mixes it up so good with his TDs
BTW there already some lines for JJ vs Rose, I think it was 1.25 for JJ to win.
Ring rust is very real and GSP has a significantly smaller frame than Michael Bisping. Bisping is a very big man who formerly competed at light heavyweight. There is no way that GSP could ever compete at light heavyweight. We also don't have any evidence that GSP will be stronger than Bisping, that is pure conjecture on Sonnen's part.
Also, Chael Sonnen is an idiot - I loved him as a fighter, but the guy is worse than useless as a fight prognosticator. You could probably make money just from fading his picks.
That having been said, I do think that GSP has more of a chance than other people in this thread are giving him credit for. I said this in another post, but the thing I keep coming back to is GSP is an extremely smart guy and he wouldn't be taking this fight if he didn't think he could win. The guy does his homework, could have picked basically anyone to fight against, and he picked Bisping. That should tell us something.
On the other hand, the size difference is real, as is the ring rust. 4 years is a LONG time. Tim Kennedy had only been off for about 15 months, and he looked absolutely horrible against Gastelum. We don't know how different GSP is going to look, but there's no way he's going to be as good as he used to be.