Originally Posted by hambone

Word of caution, do NOT talk crap w/ GS. it only makes him more determined to dominate you.

Originally Posted by giguer

Rumor or true?
Huerta will be in St. Pierre's corner come Saturday night and says fight fans are in for a treat. "He looks even better than he did in his last fight against (Matt) Hughes," said Huerta.

Originally Posted by Sherdog Article

With the exception of adding Roger Huerta into the mix, St. Pierre was assisted by the same group of high-caliber mixed martial artists that helped him prepare for his last several fights. They include Denis Kang, David Loiseau, and the crew from Greg Jackson's camp in New Mexico: Rashad Evans, Keith Jardine, and Nathan Marquardt.

Originally Posted by ChipShank

MTKrav911, Yeah...I totally get where you're coming from. Whether it's GSP, Tim Sylvia, Shogun, Penn, Lutter...whomever...a loss in the ring is a loss. No question. Excuses after the fact don't change the statistics. And yeah...if the fighter was that off his game going into it...they should pull out.
But then again, they ARE kind of damned if they do/damned if they don't. Pulling out of a fight for anything less than being completely laid up is commonly complete "flame job" material (Lutter's comments on Franklin's pulling out of the Dec fight)....but going in half-cocked, is not much better.

By the same token, GSP is prodded for answers as to why he lost, says what is/was going through his mind and life and how it related to his prefight training & now somehow he's a whiney-bitch for admitting that he underestimated Serra and wasn't properly prepared. Serra constantly touts his underdog status & then is thin skinned enough to be that effected by someone agreeing with him. LOL

I mean seriously, before the KO...who honestly had Serra on their top 10 WW list? Top 20?
Honestly...no BS.
Yes, he is tough...Yes, at these upper levels any fighter can be dangerous on any given day...Yes, he had the proverbial puncher's chance always...But besides decisioning Shonie & then Lytle in the TUF series, where was he & what had he done in the prior few years? He really was not on the active WW radar prior to that "Comeback Season".
Without the TUF opportunity, I'd dare say that there was no way in hell, that Serra works his way up THROUGH the UFC WW ranks and earns a title shot. So from that stance, it's not totally ridiculous for GSP to have taken him a little bit lightly. Not smart...but not totally without base either.
The thing that I just don't get, is that Serra & others go on about how insulting those comments were...But really Georges' comments about taking Serra lightly are more insulting to himself, than to Serra. He's admitting that he trained poorly and was not on his game enough to realize what a real threat Serra was/is...and he's a dick for admitting that? That's more of a knock against himself, than against Serra. Admitting that he was short sighted enough to buy into his own hype-machine...That's actually a pretty big thing to admit, I would think.
Again, I ain't trying to stick my head so far up GSP's a**, that I can't see reality....but I just think that Serra's constant over reaction to those comments is more insulting that what Georges actually said. More "Mental Midget-esque" so to speak.

And honestly...what fighter ever says...."Well, I had a sh*tty training camp....my knee is a little f**ked....& a close relative died....but ya know, I'm just gonna go in there & try and see what happens". LOL J/K
But seriously...isn't it more p*ssy-ish to make a butt load of excuses first? Just in case you end up losing.