After a month long absence, the UFC is back, with 129 in sold-out Toronto, home of UFC welterweight champion Georges St Pierre (GSP).
Possibly the best pound-for-pound fighter in MMA today, GSP will be put to the test when fighting Jake Shields in the main event of the evening, a former Strikeforce fighter who is on a 15-fight winning streak.
Graduating from the famous Cesar Gracie camp in wine valley San Francisco, Shields trains with current Strikeforce welterweight champion Nick Diaz and current Strikeforce lightweight champion Gilbert Melendez, who both defended their belts at ‘Daley vs Diaz’ in early April.
Over the past three to four years Jake Shieldd has formed a new version of MMA called AJJ (American Jiu Jitsu) and has gone on to form his own academy in California.
Possessed with the skills to beat GSP, Shields has been written off due to his past two performance where he was lackluster in his unanimous decision wins over Dan Henderson and Martin Kampmann.
GSP on the other hand has been dominant in his fights, not losing a round in his past eight wins and not looking in any trouble whatsoever. With sparring partners like Joe Stevenson, Jon Jones, Keith Jardine and trainers like Winklejohn and Greg Jackson, I am sure the focus has been on wrestling and takedown defense.
Although GSP hasn’t fought anyone with a better ground game than Shields, my pick here is that GSP will once again win a unanimous five-round decision in front of a record breaking 55,000 Canadians.
I have talked a lot about the Main Event here but be sure to watch the co-main event featuring UFC Featherweight champion Jose Aldo, defending his belt against UFC/WEC veteran Mark Hominick. The hot favourite here is Aldo, looking to retain his belt and secure his place in the top five pound-for-pound fighters in the world.
And one more thing, don’t miss UFC Hall of Famer Randy ‘The Natural’ Couture when he faces the tough task of stopping the motivated Lyoto ‘The Dragon’ Machida, who is primed for a win after coming back from the only two losses of his career.
I can’t wait for Sunday!
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