Georges St. Pierre Still Using Gymnastics As A Big Part Of Training For Nick Diaz

with all this training this damn fight better not make it to the 2nd round or gsp seriously needs to give away his title

GSP by powerbomb

Ok, I’m gonna try something new here.
GSP and his French Canadian accent, with chalked up hands, wearing tights, and doing gymnastics, is NOT gay in the least. No, seriously…

So gsp is doing gymnastics and nick diaz is doing triathlons hmm interesting.

GSP should try Ninja Warrior, as for the fight come on Diaz heart is not in it lately. He wants to box or be tri athlete

In any event lets hope its a good fight

Brilliant. Bruce Lee was very strong because he did these exercises and had strength in his muscles at every angle.

Again fat guys who never trained criticize him for doing one of the most demanding activity(even if its extremely hard physically but i’ll never consider it a sport)out there but i bet they get tennis elbows from eating chips….

Gymnastics is really hard and great for building muscles but I believe it is not the proper training for MMA. But we shall see bc GSP is brilliant. I still think it will play out like this…GSP will be scoring with fancy kicks and punches but Nick will take the beating and keep delivering counter shots and coming in. Eventually Nick’s tenacity and pressure will wear on GSP and either 1-GSP will go for the takedown and get caught in a submission or Nick catches him with his vicious combinations!!

gsp by cartwheel, 2nd round.

Gymnasts are bad a$$e$ for real. Those guys are fricken ripped

They both have excellent conditioning, but I give the edge to Diaz. Diaz has the edge in striking as well as on the ground. GSP has the edge in the wrestling and that is all.

GSP will go for power shots to stun Diaz and directly go for the takedown to hold him there. That is why he is working on his strength, to overpower Diaz (knowing Diaz is not that strong)
GSP will also try and tire Diaz by pressing him on the cage.

I hope Diaz wins, as he is always exiting to watch vs GSP who is quite a bore. Diaz as champion would really create some exiting fights in the future.

He should also spend some moments a day practicing chess and tennis

My abs hurt just watching this…
I think the idea is simple, gymnastics develop real strength AND flexibility which is a much smarter way to make your muscles stronger than just lifting weights. As a support system, it beats body building ten-fold.
And GSP still does everything else that an MMA fighter does. Diaz is good, but there is a good chance GSP will simply overpower him.
Diaz best chance is to do the opposite of what a lot of people here are saying: take the fight to the later rounds. If he can put some pressure on GSP with his boxing without being taken down, he can get GSP to lose some power and work him in the 4th and 5th rounds.
However, in my book GSP has a 65% chance of winning this fight. Some leg kicks, long jabs from the outside and takedowns will keep him ahead in the scorecard and, if he has a chance, he will go for the kill. I just don’t think Diaz will give him that chance. GSP wins by UD.

I believe he does play chess, actually.

Not sure about tennis, though.

GSP is an artist, plain and simple. Fighters like him and Silva are legends, not simply champions.

I give Diaz about three times more of a chance than I gave hardy.

So… 9%.

GSP is in great condition but Diaz is better. Diaz has the clear and uncontested edge on the ground, I’d give GSP the power advantage, Diaz the accuracy advantage and a tie in pitter pat strikes. I don’t think GSP will want to take Diaz down. I predict Diaz via bitch slap(watch the Lawler KO, best bitch slap ever) in 3rd or GSP via unanimous, ultra boring decision because he runs around the whole 25 minutes.

dose Gymnastics do anythig to do with fighthing? I doubt it

I don’t give a sh!t what he does to train, just fininsh a f^cking fight!!!!

I do not see how Diaz takes this . I like Nick and love his fights and frankly am not a fan of GSP. That said Mr. Diaz got his ass handed to him by Diego for gods sake. I really think GSP’s wrestling will overwhelm Nick. Diaz is on one hell of a win streak and maybe he can keep it going NOTHING would please me more!

Maybe GSP should start Break dancing, I heard that takes alot of strength. He can also mix in a little River dancing too. That way he can be really elusive but entertaining!! Just saying..LOL

@Ozinator – I completely agree with you. I really don’t see how GSP’s matches are not entertaining. You guys actually prefer GSP knocking people out within the minute? GSP destroyed Hardy, broke Koscheck’s face in a million pieces, threw Fitch around, made BJ quit, thoroughly dominated Alves while injured and beat Shields with 1 eye. I loved all these matches. Silva v. Belfort type matches are spectacular for a split second, but I’d rather see a hard fought 5-rounds match than a flash knock-out.

This exercises will give more agility, flexibility and strenght. Rickson Gracie had some gymnastics like exercises routine too. Not comparing them though.

But i agree with those who say GSP should hurry the pace and deliver more KOs, he just fights in his comfort zone and dont risk much winning by decision.

I bet he writes poetry

if you consider how much strength/endurance etc that a fighter has to do ANYWAY, then doing something like gymnastics for a change of pace is a great idea.

I hear GSP doesn’t do a strength and conditioning program, though – he just trains martial arts and gets the muscles that way…?

@Shinka
He said he did lift weight to look good and be more marketable but he said it never helped his fighting.

he is only doing this so he can have a perfect back flip at the end of the fight…

@Randy Couture: touche’, my friend, touche’!

I am an ex gymnast and it is great for MMA. I train jiu jitsu for fun currently and it allows me to do things others can’t. It is great for coordination and balance! GSP is a great fighter and champion. Quit hating!

@kungfulowkick, u misunderstood the sentiment of my post. But i can see how you would. I did not mean it as an insult. It would just make him more of a fascinating character to me.