Georges St-Pierre, knockout artist or snooze specialist?

Georges “Rush” St-Pierre hasn’t been living up to his nickname as of late. He earned the nickname by finishing his opponents in spectacular fashion in his bloodthirsty quest for the Ultimate Fighting Championships Welterweight Title. In The Octagon, Rush looks like a 65-year old man who can’t find his Cialis. He simply cannot finish anymore.
St-Pierre, since winning the belt has gone on to win five, five-round decisions in his six title defenses. Currently riding a long, nine-fight win streak, St-Pierre is considered the top fighter in the world at any weight. Sherdog.com ranks him as the top pound-for-pound fighter in the world, ahead of fan favorite, behemoth Anderson “The Spider” Silva.
With his most recent title defense against Jake Shields, there is a lot of curious talk about what is next for the champ. The most highly anticipated matchup is the superfight that has long been in talks between The Spider and St-Pierre. I have to question at this point whether that would even be an interesting fight anymore, or if St-Pierre would even walk out of the cage alive.
I can admit that when I first began watching the sport in 2009, I hopped on the bandwagon, and rooted for the champ. St-Pierre, who is more commonly referred to as GSP rather than his original nickname, was a very interesting fighter going into the historic UFC 100 in January 2009. That bandwagon seems to have crashed, and I am pretty certain it is because the driver watched one of GSP’s recent fights and fell asleep at the wheel.
The champ’s most recent title defense, against +300 underdog, Jake Shields. The only way he could win the title was if he got hold of a submission and could end the fight. Shields looked lackadaisical in his takedown attempts, all of which got stuffed by the champ. After about four lazy takedown attempts, Shields abandoned the ground game and attempted to stand with GSP. This, I thought, was the time for the bandwagon to be pulled out of the ditch. This would be an epic knockout finish, after all St-Pierre did say, for the first time in a while, that he would finish his opponent.
In a struggle to keep my eyes on the screen as I watched from Buffalo Wild Wings, I found myself more and more interested in the Parmesan garlic wings sitting in front of me as the fight dragged on. Jab after jab, GSP showed no signs of even wanting, much less trying to end the fight. Shields, who has some of the weakest standup in all of MMA, managed to bloody the champ and even damage his nose. GSP barely managed to cut Shields.
Whether it be boring or not, the man wins, but I don’t know how much longer that can go on. It seems his game is actually getting worse with time. The scariest thing of all, is that he put up a pitiful performance in his defense at 129, but he still won. There is only one welterweight left in the world that can dethrone GSP. All I ask at this point of UFC President Dana White is this: Bring Nick Diaz to the UFC.