Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-31529160-20170811161845/@comment-32783267-20170813160220

GBL1111 wrote:

Nyanimations wrote:

Guys, I would like to ask what would have happened if GSP and T-Wood actually fought? I'll post my guess under your reply. Hmm, been years since I saw GSP, but... let's see: a bunch of stuffed takedowns by Woodley, with lots of staring and enough pot shots to out-point GSP. A bit like the Maia fight but with a better chance of a decent exchange or two (Woodley simply playing defense whenever an actual risk occurred). Yeah, same here too. Woodley just put on full StoneWall Defence against Maia resulting in almost ZERO offence as a trade off.

Judging from his pre-champ performances plus that punching power, he could give GSP trouble. That said, as you said GSP hasn't fought for years so it would be hard to judge.

My dream stimulation would be that GSP's takedowns are being stuffed early on, so GSP decided to change his approach by rearranging T-Wood's face with jabs, ala Kos. That would give him some edge to win by Judges' Decision for GSP... unless T-Wood turns into 'One-Punch Man' Woodley and flushed GSP to win by KO or Judges' Decision by 'Broken Fighting Spirit' ala Wonderboy in UFC 209.