Does Georges St. Pierre Need to Move to Middleweight?
Josh Koscheck was a top 5 fighter that had the best wrestling in the division. Matt Hughes was a top 3 welterweight that had lost his title because he moved away from his wrestling and tried to strike. Matt Serra was the #1 welterweight fighter in the world and had knocked out the former champion. Jon Fitch was the consensus #2 welterweight and had won eight UFC fights in a row. BJ Penn was a top pound-for-pound fighter, #1 lightweight, and had lost a close decision at UFC 58. Thiago Alves was ranked #2 and was on a seven fight win streak. Dan Hardy was a top 10 welterweight but had no chance. I’m sure you know by now that those are Georges St. Pierre’s last seven opponents, but they have more in common than that. All of them were easily beaten by St. Pierre. In fact, with the exception of Koscheck (who two judges scored the first round for), none of them have been able to win a round against St. Pierre. Considering all were top ten fighters at the time of their respective fights and f
