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Originally Posted by doyawanna
GSP seemed to be just a little tentative, and not really throwing combinations. He never really mixed up his striking or seemed as dynamic as usual. He didn't look awful, he just looked "flat" (the best word I can think of). He wasn't bouncing, wasn't moving in and out of range, wasn't really very active in testing Serra's defenses. Just kind of flat, and he got caught as a result. Serra was the better fighter that day, but I don't see it happening like that again.
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That's true. He wasn't coming in with the jab much like he used to--he used to be quick wiht a step in, jab to the face, jab body.
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Serra set up the hook that caught GSP nicely by throwing body shots. To me it looked like GSP's hands were dropping everytime he came in to throw a body shot and he wasn't protecting his head.
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That's true too. He was throwing some pretty mean right hooks to the body. GSP countered him nicely a few times when he did this, but it seems that they had the desired effect of getting GSP to drop his hands eventually.