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For what it's worth the 8 guys on press row I sit with to report on fights 4 had St Pierre 4 had Hendricks.......
St Pierre had more strikes and an 1 more takedown over the fight.
That is difficult to comprehend when you look at the 2 fighters after the fight and your eyes tell you who won.
Hopefully Hendricks will learn if you are going to beat the champion when he is probably the most popular UFC fighter of all time you better do so convincingly. With the entire arena behind GSP and the scrutiny the judges have come under there has been a lot of talk about a crowds ability to impact score cards. I think that is clearly what happened here tonight.
Hendricks looked like he could have taken GSP down 2-3 more times in rounds 4-5 and I think that would have been the difference in him winning the fight vs losing a tight decision.
I think before any of us pass to quick of judgement on the decision and GSP's victory we should probably see the individual score cards and see what rounds were scored for GSP. I think there were clearly 2 rounds Hendricks won easily 1 GSP clearly won so if the other 2 coin toss rounds went GSP's way it is what it is. I will have a much harder time with the decision if any judge gave GSP the 2 rounds Hendricks clearly won.
Just one man's view
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