I will add to the the revered Manji's thoughts on this.
Georges St. Pierre is turning into a modified "lay and pray" specialist. It's an effective technique and GSP is absolutely dominant at being able to take his opponent where he wants and keep him there, but it's boring as hell to watch.
Other than matches where he overpowered greatly undersized opponents or guys he has previously beaten (Matt Hughes III, Matt Serra II and BJ Penn II*) GSP has looked like a guy just trying to control position to win, rather than be the dynamic, all-around threat that he he was earlier in his career. Think Josh Koscheck, Jon Fitch, Thiago Alves and now Dan Hardy. All good fighters, but not great ones.
I'm shocked that he hasn't improved his ground and pound or his submissions (that armbar against Hardy was sloppy) to take advantage of the dominant position he always has. This is not like Anderson Silva, who appears bored and disinterested - almost sparring or shadowboxing with them - when fighting guys who have no business in the cage with him, like Thales Leites and Patrick Cote, and possibly Demian Maia next month.)
Part of me wonders if the loss to Serra made GSP, dare I say it, gunshy?
If so, it's somewhat understandable, but what GSP and his team might not realize is that it will lead to the fans turning on him - hoping that he loses and once he does, he'll become a semi-pariah. I think the same will happen to Floyd Mayweather Jr. if and when he fights Manny Pacquiao and loses.
The Shane Carwin - Frank Mir match wasn't entirely shocking - Carwin has thunder in his fists and Mir's clench fighting was surprisingly atrocious. One would think a veteran like Mir would try a little harder to dictate the terms of the fight. Kudos to Carwin - he's legit.
As for Brock acting like an "idiot" or a "goof," who do you think told him to go in the cage? Dana White - to hype the next fight. (Lesnar left before the GSP fight and was only in NJ to go in the cage to "challenge" the winner.) Seriously, you guys who don't like Lesnar have to get over it and realize that MMA is a business. And Brock is good - GREAT - for business.
I found the rest of the card sub-par for a PPV. Especially given the poor showings in the main event. And the refereeing was abysmal. The Palhares extended heel hook on Drwal (which, injurious or not, deserved "Submission of the Night" over Pellegrino's choke) and Carwin repeatedly pounding on the back of Mir's head and then being allowed to smash an unconscious Mir 4-5 times were both unfathomable.
Top Jimmy said:
Mir/Carwin looked as close to fixed as I've seen since that other promotion had guys jobbing to Kimbo Slice.
Between this and the "Silva" comment, I'd say you don't get out much, do you?