Now that it’s been officially announced that Georges St. Pierre will defend his ufc Welterweight Championship against former EliteXC and Strikeforce Champion Jake Shields, many fans and insiders are assuming two things. The first is that GSP will beat Shields, and the second is that GSP will finally move up to Middleweight once he does. But hold that thought: Dong Hyun Kim, the “Stun Gun” which put a halt to Nate Diaz’s resurgent UFC career at UFC 125, has other plans. In a new interview, Kim recently said that beating Diaz gave him the confidence necessary to both call out GSP and know that he can be the one to finally end the long-reigning champion’s multi-year unbeaten streak.
For those of you who don’t remember or may not have seen UFC 125, Kim’s first words following his Unanimous Decision victory over Diaz was “My name is Stun Gun and I want GSP”. And in a new interview first seen on MMA Junkie, “Stun Gun” shared the following sentiments: “I can take [St-Pierre] down… GSP takes other fighters down and ground and pounds. I want to do that to GSP… This is it for me. I’m trying to become better every fight. It’s tough to fight fighters from the UFC because everybody is so good. I’m just trying to become better.”
I hate to come down so harshly on a UFC performer, but “Stun Gun” showed me nothing in the Diaz fight that would lead me to believe that he holds a candle to GSP. Diaz consistently got the better of Kim when the two stood up, leaving Kim with basically no other option than to take Diaz down. And both Diaz brothers, especially Nate, have always suffered from poor takedown defense. They basically let themselves get taken down because they’re so confident in their ground game, since they train with Cesar Gracie. And on the ground, Diaz was constantly hunting for submissions. Kim did little more than hold Diaz in place and fend off submission attempts.
As an MMA fan first and foremost, I was outright unimpressed with Kim’s performance at UFC 125. His stand-up isn’t anything to write home about, and he looked downright afraid to stand with a striker the caliber of Nate Diaz. His inactive, holding-in-position ground game also helped turn the fight into an almost-boring encounter. This was a tough loss for Nate Diaz, of that there can be no doubt. But Kim is blowing the win out of proportion.
“Stun Gun” barely squeaked by Nate Diaz, and GSP is miles above both Diaz and basically all the other 170-pounders in the UFC’s Welterweight division. GSP is perhaps the most complete MMA fighter of all time, and Kim simply doesn’t have any of the tools necessary to beat him. He’s got dominant takedown ability, but it pales in comparison to GSP’s. He’s got a decent striking game, but GSP can jab you for five rounds and still leave your face a badly-bruised, broken mess. Kim is simply digging his own grave if he continues to call out GSP.
But what about you, fans and friends? What’s your opinion on “Stun Gun”? And do you think he would be a worthy challenger to GSP?
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Dong Hyun Kim deserves a shot at GSP.. undefeated in the ufc.. defeating diaz and sadollah two ultimate fighter winners.. it’s be a hella grappling match between DHK and GSP!! I wouldn’t count out DHK against GSP.. and DHK could win it with a shocker just like how Matt Serra did it!!
Well you cant diss on someones game plan, Kims game plan was to take Diaz down, if you’re going around saying he had bad stand up then you’re obviously just trying to look for his faults instead of his main skills. Hes on a 6 or 5 fight win streak in the ufc, so they gotta give him a bigger fight, Diaz was quite the big name to give to him now he needs someone better like Jon Fitch or at least thiago alves.
First of all DHK OUTSTUCK nate on the feet until he gassed out. when DHK’s cardio improves, he will be at the top of the ww division; now I dont think he”ll be able to beat gsp but he can take gsp down at gnp him for sure and he can make it a more competitive fight than any other other contender did
I like Stun Gun, but I rekon he is wanting this fight a lil to early, Put him up against Kapmann or Condit, Beats them then will see,
Dream on Stun Gun. GSP is by far the superior fighter. The man is amazing in everything he does. It was dissapointing seeing Diaz lose, especially since I feel he is a better fighter than he was able to display on that particular evening. But even if Stun Gun had beat him while he was in top form, there’s a long way to go between Diaz and GSP.
I agree with matbaby, im pretty sure it was his game plan from the beggining. and i also see him going through everyone at welterweight BESIDES gsp. but who knows. he does have many knockout wins and his name is stun gun for a reason. remember serra vs gsp !!!!! anything can happen
Look at the face of Marcus Davis after he fought Nate Diaz. Diaz may not have one-hit KO power, but his “punches in bunches” style does a lot of cumulative damage.
i dont think he was going for takedowns because he was “scared” of Diaz’s striking(the man has decent boxing but NO power) it was obviously his game plan from the start.
he would lose to GSP but i thought it was pretty impressive how easily he controlled and basically dominated in Nates dangerous guard.
i get hes foreign and all but he has practically a 6 fight win streak in the UFC and is undefeated out of it.
who the hell did Hardy beat to get the title shot(not to add kim would def beat Hardy)
and Nate really really wasn’t getting the better of the stand up until the third where Kim completely gassed.
honestly i dont think he can beat GSP…but i can see him beating a Kapmann,Hardy,Condit etc.
you are selling him way too short imho