GSP v Shields Result

FC Welterweight Championship - Georges St. Pierre (c) vs. Jake Shields

Round 1 - Shields with some awkward kicks as St. Pierre throws the jab. Shields pawing with the jab. Body kick by GSP and Shields catches it looking for the takedown and GSP remains on his feet and turns Shields into the cage. GSP throwing spinning back kicks that don't quite get there. GSP loosening up and starting to land the jab hard. Shields has probably landed more strike through the first half round but GSP's have more on them. Shields trying for leg kicks and St. Pierre lands a right hand. Hard jab by GSP knocks Shields backward. Another big jab. Body kick by GSP and Shields catches it but again can't get the takedown. Jab again by GSP. Right hand smacks the face of Shields. Right hand by GSP again lands hard. 10-9 GSP.

Round 2 - Jab by GSP. Jab again. Jake lands a right hand finally. Shields keeps throwing leg kicks but isn't really landing. Hard jabs by GSP continue as do leg kicks and overhand rights. Right hand again by GSP. Jab by GSP and a huge overhand right and Shields is hurt and his legs are wobbly. He survives but St. Pierre keeps landing hard shots. Body kick lands for Shields. Jab by GSP again. They clinch up and GSP lands a right and gets out. More overhand rights by Georges. Spinning back kick is caught by Jake. GSP with an Ali Shuffle. 10-9 GSP easy.

Round 3 - Shields trying to push the pace early but eats a jab without landing anything. Shields keeps jabbing and can't land. GSP with a right hand again. Right hand again and Shields is hurt and he shoots but gets stuffed. Uppercut by GSP. Shot from way too far outside is avoided by Georges. Left hand by GSP lands. Right hand again. Jab by GSP. Right hand again. This is getting really repetitive. GSP is swelling a little around his eye from the jabs of Shields and he drives in and gets a a takedown. 10-9 GSP.

Round 4 - GSP said between rounds that he can't see out of his left eye. He gets a takedown but stands right back up. Jab by GSP. Head kick by GSP drops Shields but Jake is able to recover by trying to get a takedown. They're back to standing. I've given up at this point on calling every shot. Shields is giving the "come on" but hey...do something other than get beat up, Jake. A few jabs land for Jake and Georges is starting to bleed a little bit. 10-9 GSP.

Round 5 - Jab by GSP. Left hand by GSP again. Occasionally Shields lands a right hand and it's what caused the small cut on GSP but there's just not really any steam on it so it's not likely he can get any sort of KO with it. Right hand again by GSP. Right hand again. I really think the eye injury has allowed for Shields to look more effective at times than is really the case. Shields lands a glancing right hand. The fight ends and it was not exactly a great fight. 10-9 GSP.

Official Scorecards: 50-45, 48-47, 48-47 all for Georges St. Pierre. Georges St. Pierre wins by unanimous decision.

UFC 129 GSP v Shields

UFC 129: St-Pierre vs. Shields is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on Saturday, April 30, 2011 at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario.

Background

The event will be the sixth that the UFC has hosted in Canada and the first in Ontario since mixed martial arts was legalized in the province in August 2010. The Toronto event was originally titled UFC 131 by the promotion, but later changed to UFC 129 as its early 2011 schedule started to fall more firmly into place.

It is expected to be the largest UFC event in history and will coincide with a two-day UFC Fan Expo at the Direct Energy Centre UFC officials had originally planned for the Rogers Centre to be configured to hold 42,000 fans for UFC 129. The UFC put those tickets on sale to UFC Fight Club members in a special pre-sale on February 10, 2011, selling nearly all of them. They released and sold more tickets the following day to UFC newsletter subscribers in a second special pre-sale. UFC 129 then sold out when tickets went on sale to the general public on February 12, with officials scrambling to up the number of seats to 55,000.[8] Selling out all 55,000 tickets for gate revenues exceeding $11 million, the event shatters both MMA attendance and gate records in North America.

John Makdessi was rumored to face Jonathan Brookins at the event; however, it is now being reported that Makdessi will will fight Kyle Watson.

In a conference call for UFC: Fight For The Troops 2 in January 2011, Dana White confirmed that UFC Featherweight Champion José Aldo would defend his title against Mark Hominick on this card, provided that Hominick defeated George Roop. White also stated that, regardless of the outcome of the Hominick/Roop fight, Aldo would still defend his Featherweight Championship at this event. Hominick defeated Roop, via first round TKO, to confirm his place as no. 1 contender, and solidify the bout with Aldo.

Rory MacDonald was expected to face James Wilks at this event, but Wilks was forced from the card, and replaced by Nate Diaz.

On February 11th, it was announced that Matt Hamill will no longer fight Phil Davis at this event and will instead fight Quinton Jackson at UFC 130.[14] In a Twitter post, Davis said he was "sorry the fight had been removed from the website, and would be fighting in Toronto regardless." Davis was expected to face Jason Brilz until Tito Ortiz had to pull out of his UFC Fight Night: Seattle fight with Antonio Rogerio Nogueira. Davis headlined that event against Nogueira, while Brilz is now expected to fight Vladimir Matyushenko at this event.

On February 27, 2011, it was revealed that two of the preliminary bouts would air on a Spike TV card.

UFC Primetime will return to build up the GSP/Jake Shields title fight.
Official Fight Card
Main Card

    * Welterweight Championship bout: Canada Georges St-Pierre (c) vs. United States Jake Shields
    * Featherweight Championship bout: Brazil José Aldo (c) vs. Canada Mark Hominick
    * Light Heavyweight bout: Belarus Vladimir Matyushenko vs. United States Jason Brilz
    * Light Heavyweight bout: United States Randy Couture vs. Brazil Lyoto Machida
    * Lightweight bout: Canada Mark Bocek vs. United States Ben Henderson

Preliminary card (Spike TV)

    * Welterweight bout: United States Nate Diaz vs. Canada Rory MacDonald
    * Welterweight bout: Canada Sean Pierson vs. United States Brian Foster

Preliminary Card

    * Featherweight bout: Canada Yves Jabouin vs. United States Pablo Garza
    * Welterweight bout: Canada Claude Patrick vs. United States Daniel Roberts
    * Bantamweight bout: Canada Ivan Menjivar vs. United States Charlie Valencia
    * Middleweight bout: Canada Jason MacDonald vs. United States Ryan Jensen
    * Lightweight bout: Canada John Makdessi vs. United States Kyle Watson