UFC 129 a Knockout

By Ethan Rabidoux

Let me start off this blog post by stating the obvious; last night’s UFC Pay-Per-View wasn’t the greatest PPV the MMA juggernaut has ever produced.

That’s true. But it was still pretty damn good.

The fallout this morning in the media has been an unbelievable amount of bitching about the main event between Georges St. Pierre and Jake Shields.

Check it out: http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/mma/news?slug=ys-meltzer_stpierre_ufc129_victory050111

I simply can’t get my head around the complaints. Obviously I would have liked to have seen a knockout or some kind of dramatic finish but that really isn’t St Pierre’s style. It never has been.

On occasion he thrills the crowd with some spectacular finisher but he’s climbed to the top of the Welterweights with his very disciplined and patient fighting style. St Pierre’s fight last night was exactly how I thought it would go…

With one big exception. Shields did much better than I anticipated. There’s no doubt that St Pierre won the fight. He landed more body blows and he remained in control the whole match but the hits landed by Shields did more visible damage.

St Pierre was a bleeding good from above his eye by the end and the match never went to the ground. St Pierre was able to keep the whole match as a stand-up fight which is what he prefers whereas Shields is stronger on the mat.

Despite that, Shields stood his ground and did well. GSP had to skip the post fight press-conference to go the hospital.

Given everything I just said, that’s not a bad main event match. The outcome was what everyone wanted with a few unexpected surprises tossed into the mix.

Everyone wants to see something climactic especially on a historic night. Instead, fans got a very good bout that went the distance and surprised everyone.

When viewed from that perspective, people need to cool their jets. UFC 129 was a knockout.

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