UFC Debut: Georges St-Pierre vs Karo Parisyan | Free Fight
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- čas přidán 23. 04. 2020
- Georges St-Pierre, one of the greatest UFC fighters of all time, made his UFC debut at UFC 46 against Karo Parisyan as the featured bout of the preliminary card.
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*GSP and Karo shake hands after the fight*
Rogan: Georges has to be careful here, Karo’s got a devastating thumb lock.”
Such intensely biased commentary from rogan. Just likes the favourite.
LMAO…..the way this summarizes Joe’s bias commentating the fight. Watching now it wouldn’t matter as much if GSP didn’t become the legend that he did.
@@jacobstone2458 how was he biased? he said goerge won every single round even when the other commentator was disagreeing.
Lmao. So true. Rogan is tough to listen to in the booth.
@Jacob Stone
Rogan always seems to like the more “exotic” competitor, especially if they are a BJJ specialist. Rogan will liters milk their prostate.
If someone was a elite striker, GSP outstriked them, if they were elite wrestlers,GSP outmanoeuvred them. Noone did it better while staying humble the entire time. GOAT
Say it louder!!!!🤘🏻
No one! (Except Khabib)
@@eballer48 khabib was not as all rounded as GSP
@@eballer48 Khabib is no humble guy ,Like St-Pierre
and wouldnt fight Anderson SIlva.
When a judo master has a locked kimura on your arm, and you're able to escape that, you're the GOAT.
Kimura wasn't locked in? Where do people get this stuff?
@@huntertruth1139wasn’t locked but dude he was super close with 3,20 left in the 3rd. Look at Karos face you can see he literally thought he was gonna get GSP to tap
absolutely amazing awareness and strength, unbeleivable, even all of the roles
Damn Karl was only 21 and had 20 pro fights already that’s wild.
13:28 Joe Rogan "Karo looks calm"
camera man zooming on Karo having the worst day of his life
I don't understand how someone can be so knowledgeable but so clueless at the same time
@@michael43567 joe is a drone lol
😂😂😂😂
Exactly what I was thinking. Dude is so bewildered. And I'm not just talking about Rogan.
IKR LOLLLL DESPITE ALL THE BLOOD HE LOOKS CALM LOLLLLL
Karo was no “stepping stone” and to convincingly win over him on your first fight is an indicator you’re destined for greatness.
Didn’t really win “convincingly”. The fight was pretty close but your point is well taken
I agree. Karo was at the top at one point, and for GSP to come in and take a win was huge back then. I remember watching this live. I played Judo for years, and seeing another judoka was fun to watch, but GSP did what he’s always done….win. Excellent old school fight.
karo was one of my fav fighters back in the day , sure there was some controversy with him and leaving the ufc
@@paleo704 how the fuck was it close? st pierre was on top smashing this guys skull into the next dimension. are u blind? wtf did karo do? grab his arm for dear life? what a idiot u are
They thought gsp was gonna be a stepping stone for him.
They didn't give him an easy one for a debut. Karo was a beast.
It was 2nd fight of Karo and 6th of GSP lol
WHAAT NU NAGA DE Karo nat THE BEST OFW ANGTHING
@@shineed9747 stop lying.
@@shineed9747 Karo had a record of 18-2 walking into this fight. Why lying?
K😅@@shaneoconwell2945
15:25 Am I the only one who is infinitely impressed by St. Pierre‘s Kimura lock escape? That was legendary!
Definitely not, that was so crazy it's like 1 in a million, to be that tight and for GSP to over power him as if he was a child. Same can be said when Frank Trigg had a deep shot for a takedown and GSP basically said get off of me and a few secs later he basically threw over on his back, which was the beginning of the end for Trigg!
GSP had incredible freak of nature upper body strength. Look how wide his shoulders are. Long arms, he's not shaped like a normal man. Almost like he was engineered for fighting
@@starcityrc3298
Yes, Chael Sonnen talked about this when training with him. He was saying that when GSP would grab your wrist for a move, his grip was like being in a vice. Same when he got arms around you. Any time he grabbed you some way it was like, "Damn this guy is STRONG."
Gsp was training with greats and they all say gsp is strong. Not ever to he underestimated. His wrist and overall body strength is devastating. Gsp learned to balance cardio with mass. He's really the most complete fighter of all time. He has no weaknesses except HIMSELF. HIS WILL.
You're not.
Back when fighters didnt have easy debut fights... Karo was a grappling beast
No one remembers him lol could just imagine how Maia would have MAULED him.
@@patricklutherwinchester4260 lol the ignorance..... he was a beast at that time
@@lokimtg5976 You must be an Armenian like the Kardashians.
The only beast is the one on top of you.
@@patricklutherwinchester4260 I'm part of the master race gtfo here
Poor Joe, so convinced Karo was going to pull off a win at any moment.
yee, it's so funny to listen :D
For real, joe always biased and prone to hyperbole
He was riding Karo very hard all fight. He coulda been getting choked out by GSP, and Joe woulda said something like "KAROS GOT ONE OF HIS LEGS HES GONNA GET OUT OF THIS!"
@positive thoughts He's even worse on his podcast. I stopped listening years ago because he either pushes back against what the guest is saying even though he doesn't know what he's talking about, or he blindly agrees with everything they say and then the next episode he's contradicting it and saying the opposite. He's just a fake person that has to be right or has to be liked, a snake in the grass.
LOL Yea Joe was hugging Karos nuts the whole fight
this one really highlights the importance of Strength and Conditioning. Many times Georges' raw strength saved him. Karo's submissions were no joke.
I don't think that GSP could've possibly been purely stronger than Karo at that point (or any point, I think). Karo was a grappling specialist, starting at age 8. To develop strength from all that resistence, from such a young age.. ooff. I assume he was much stronger than GSP. However, he lost decisively due to being an inferior MMA athlete.
@@anonymousreviewer169 I'd disagree. You only have so much strength potential I'd reckon gsps max potential strength is just higher than parisyans also gsp had a great training regime for strength and conditioning karo like Joe said never did any dedicated strength training
@@anonymousreviewer169 GSP is still strong as hell though, Chael Sonnen commented on his strength and he held country boy Hughes down.
@@anonymousreviewer169 No GSP was much stronger. Karo himself complained about it and said the only way GSP could have been that atrong was steroids. Karo seemed to ignore that he himself didn't do strength specific training and like you assumed that his years of grappling made him strong enough.
One submission was all Karo ever had
Karo: looking utterly defeated
Joe: wow Karo is so calm, like he's taking a nap
LOL
"Karo is a master technician, amazing how he uses his face as bait and absorbs the blows while setting up Gsp for the submission. Incredible!"
And GSP out powered him and pummeled him for the next 3 minutes lol
@@patricklutherwinchester4260 You two dunces don't know what the hell you're watching. GSP beat him for sure but he didn't kick the crap out of him. He took him down and held him there while landing minimal damage. Karo on the other hand almost finished GSP in this fight.
@PJ Rivera "All that blood".... Haha! People with a random nosebleed have had more blood than that, and, yes, that kimura, not straight armbar, was close for a second. Karo reversed a takedown and if you think GSP wasn't shitting himself for a second, you're dumb. Go away, casual.
@PJ Rivera No, it started as a kimura attempt and then GSP straightened his arm out to avoid the submission. Karo was unable to transition to the straight armbar. The initial takedown reversal notwithstanding, it's a basic move taught to white belts in BJJ. Karo was not even close to getting KO'ed and your idea of how badly he was bleeding is comically exaggerated. Another dumb casual talking out of his ass. Go drink another beer.
@PJ Rivera I do know what I'm talking about considering I learned that combination Karo used ages ago. I never said GSP didn't earn the decision or that he didn't do anything effective against Karo. I just said he was indeed good and if you think otherwise you're a stupid casual.
Nice job liking your own comments by the way.
GSP beats tf out of Karo the whole fight
Joe Rogan: Karo is just looking for an opening to get a submission
Karo: *continues to get the shit beat out of him*
yea rogan was delusional the whole fight
nasomaz He wasn’t delusional. GSP almost got submitted after an opening but escaped and continued to beat the crap out of him.
Karo was tuning GSP up on the feet. Grease St Pierre had to dry hump him to win. Greasy St Pierre is the Lance Armstrong of MMA. An obvious juicer that didn’t get caught
Tay Tha Goon I can say he almost completely ignored GSP’s elbows.
It’s just that you are too impressed by someone’s one skill that you forget to know his or her weakness as well.
Well Joe was right. That's exactly what Karo was trying to do. He almost got it done a couple of times in the 1st round and once in the 3rd.
As a canadian, watching GSP dominate the sport for years was such a blessing. Classier than I could ever be. Mad respect to him and mad respect for Karo, it was so close.
I'm sorry that you have to live under Trudeau
It didn't seem at all close though.
GSP is the definition of a champion in every respect concievable. A stud a of a man!
@@jesseback3536 neither guy was super dominant. Karo almost had him a couple times with those kimura/straight armlocks
@@Veritas-dq2hs that was 99% all gsp, 1% submission attempts
19:27 Holy shit that warcry sent shivers down my spine.
Lol
You got me.
😂
🤣
W post
Joe was gargling Karo’s balls the entire fight.
Everyone thought in those days that Karo was going to be a future champ. GSP just went through him like a hot knife through butter.
True but it's probably because GSP was new and he had nothing to go off of. Towards the end he knew GSP won and wasn't even hurt. So he's not completely blind bias like some people lol.
Lol
@@bluex610 Not gonna lie in those days I actually thought David Loisseau was gonna be champ and that GSP was only OK. Boy was I wrong lol
yea but karo wasaint bad
I have a feeling this George guy will really go places.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
No he won't he retired already
@@thepatriot9969 it’s a joke
@@Twigz72 duh! I can't believe you fell for it.
I want GSP to come out of retirement and fight Usman. If he would do that and win, it would cement him as the greatest welterweight ever. I think he's already up there, but be keep saying Usman is better
GSP really showcased the future of MMA. In this fight we see it all: immaculate take downs, well timed defenses against an awesome grappler, and viscous ground and pound style strikes. Watching this live was transformative for the sport. This was writing on the wall for coaches who realized that just being the best in your particular style would no longer satisfy in MMA.
Spot on and well said.
While true, it also made the sport more boring. Everybody adopted the same style more or less, and the best athlete or the biggest body frame simply wins.
@@jotunblodtell me you're a casual without saying it.
@@jasunhamilton5008 That would be you. I watched the sport before it was popular. The fact you can't even understand what I said shows you're an NPC.
I remember being so happy when George knocked out Karos tooth.
GSP is by far my favorite, he is the epitomy how fighters should be, lets his work do his talking.. he is just a humble hard working man! love you GSP!
I was a huge fan in the early days, I’ve been turned off by the thug image. GSP epitomizes the true martial arts ethos.
Karo “felt him out in the first round” is definitely one way to put it - he felt out those elbows pretty well with his head.
Lmao 🤣
One judge actually gave Karo the first round.
He deserved it. He's a d bag.
*Elbow lands heavily*
Mazzagatti: "STOP! Lets stand up"
'HEART HANDS'
I know man what the hell was that about?
Faraz Qazi because he loves you. I’m just mess’n, he gay.
makes me think the ref got told to stand them up so the more favored fighter had a chance
That explosive bridge to pop out of that arm bar was insane. GSP is a beast from day 1
It looked like he bridged to do a type of sweep. He trapped a leg as he was bridging.
Fr & Joe Rogan seeing the sweep coming about a minute in advance & describing the actions Karo is going to take is peak commentary
Yo I'm like bruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh forill doh
Prime GSP is one of the best athletes the UFC has ever seen. So springy, bouncy, explosive
Karo “do you know who you’re talking to” Parisyan
you’re*
@Sultan Abdulhameed II Armenians never shut up about being Armenian for some reason
@@masrr3678 yeah like idek where tf Armenia is at? 😂😂😂
Everyone report Bill of Rights for spam. It’s like the 27th time he’s copy pasted that same thing in comments.
MASRR Because they’re proud of their culture and where they come from you fuck.
"Mazzegati, the referee right there. Keeping an eye on the action making sure both fighters are safe" hahah yeah, he is great at that
Joe kept taking about Karo trying to set up submissions he didn’t even mention GSP’s crazy denial rate.
What a gorgeous ground fighting clinic! Parisyan is like fighting a snake! Kudos to both these great fighters! Would love to see again every single fight both of these warriors have had in their careers.
Joe: "Georges St. Pierre has to be careful here, or he might hurt his elbow on Karo's face"
GreyMatter121, I’m a big Rogan fan but this is Spot On!!
(I read this in Joe’s voice and nearly died! 😂😂😂😂😂)
lmao !
Rogan was being a moron here.
Karo was a badass and GSP was not proven. Karo was dangerous.....but was getting his ass kicked lol.
Joe Rogan is commentating like he borrowed an interest baring loan from Karo and wants some interest relief.
Dude getting murdered. Rogan - " He looks calm".
More like dead inside
4:38 Karo is a FANTASTIC grapper. One of my favorite grappers. Why has no one made a best of Goldberg?
Not as good as GSP
What an incredible fight. Amazing. Two very skilled fighters who took it all the way down to the wick.
GSP was so consistent all his career...even his accent never changed lol
tabarnaque!
Is that how you spell it? Lol I’ve been spelling it wrong all these years lol
Russell ward in my region we spell it tabarnak, but we abbreviate it to tbnk
The real word is "tabernacle" but we say and writes "tabarnak"
edouard brasseur one of the few things I learned in my year in Montreal. Lol I’m allergic to learning French. Lol
@@russellward4624 Ya. Anglos dont really like learning french.
St. Pierre brutalizes Karo for 6 minutes straight.
Rogan: Karo has got him right where he wants him. Guy's a bulldog. Karo is remarkably composed.
how many shits do you think you've taken since this fight happened?
As he's bleeding everywhere and completely out of option , Joe making it sound like the only reason GSP was able to avoid getting tapped was brute strength . But you can see his positioning inexperience played a big roll as well .
@@mikehunt7586 more than you bitch
Rogan's commentary was horrifically bad.
@@mikehunt7586 like 3. I’m pretty constipated
I never tire of watching this fight George St-Pierre taught a master class in ass whopping 👏🏽
Regarded as one of the greatest MMA fighters of all time.
Both men so young! Karo had the edge here in this fight having triple the amount of experience. Georges showed everyone who he was.
Joe Rogan “Karo is extremely dangerous when he’s getting his head bounced off the canvas by elbows”
haha...Rogan is a fanboy
just shows how much they know and/or are influenced by other things than the actual fight..
Joe was right. Each time GSP attacked one Karo’s guard, it gave Kari room and he was working for a sub...despite being bounced.
@@ronyeahright9536 except for his martial arts experience.
@@dong9514 so what? he's still a fanboy
Karo *trying to stay alive*.
Mike and joe “gsp has to be careful here”
I mean he was damn near close to a submission on a couple occasions, so they weren't wrong.
@@azarakhsh57 yeah but I've never seen commentators so reluctant to just stfu about the guy they thought was better before the fight happened, even as he's being dominated at his own game.
Gsp Was close enough to hear it and then he stopped for a second
@@azarakhsh57 Karo ran out of stamina, he did attempt submissions on GSP but he lacked strength
Gotta love St Pierre such a humble talented man.
Great throwback of two legends
“George needs to watch out, he’s destroying Karo on the ground and viciously beating seven shades of shit out of him”
He is right where he want him!
Karo heard a rumor GSP has glass hands, so Karo did facial muscle exercises and gamed to go after those hands! (That's almost as crazy as some of the Fedor fan musings.)
Karo showed up with a knife and fork ready to eat a whole menu of GSP ground and pound
Ffs you guys are gon kill me at lunch and noone here to help me if i choke
Karo is doing a great job blocking George’s punches with his face.
This is good, gonna use this
Lol
Yeah I was watching this thinking Rogan was all over Karo's nuts.
@Really.cant.say.butYes thats a troll comment, GSP was never on the juice.... this is just laughable, everyone knows GSP was a clean fighter, never tested positive for anything, karo got mauled by a superior fighter
@@KrazieSevin Georges was definitely on something. The notion that he was this clean athlete beating juiceheads is a narrative that is way too good to be true. I'll never believe it.
George is just a beast.Even at his beginning in UFC
Karo was an elite grappler but the game was starting to change at this point. As Joe said, he never hit the weight room. It's tough to submit a guy that just far bigger and stronger. That Kamura would've finished most guys. GSP was just a superior athlete.
When given equal skill ( Karos' Judo, GSP's wrestling/BJJ ) the stronger guy usually wins.
You have no clue how it works a lot of fighters don’t lift weights that much…and I know karo personally he is insanely strong he just doesn’t look like it his physique is trrrible but I he was my roommate in rehab and I was a d1 wrestler I couldn’t even move him he through my on the ground in 2 seconds…George st Pierre is just a unique individual he had way less training then karo and dominated him because he is a freak athlete
@@joesettle3898
I thought I was a freakishly strong judo guy until a short spar with Karo put a quick end to that confidence.
I guarantee 99.9% of the people here criticizing him have never felt strength like that.
@@CNYKnifeNut it wasn't a secret that karo didn't train to his potential. He was strong but if he could've had George's dedication his career wouldn't ended so quickly.
@@joesettle3898 I always heard karo wasn't as dedicated once he got in the UFC though. I mean you can tell he had a bit of extra weight on him, which isn't normal for 155/170lbers.
I watched GSP when I was young. - Khabib Nurmagomedov
Love how Joe pauses from worshiping Karo to say "Good punch from George"
Right lol. Gsp dominated that fight. Out grappled, ground and pound. He just beat on him. They acted as if he would pull off a submission at anytime. George just rolled him over into his guard.
What a true natural. Every sport has a perfect athlete; GSP is MMAs.
Agreed. GSP was and always will, even 200 years from now, have a special place in MMA history. The original prototype of the well-rounded, super athlete who can outwrestle pure wrestlers, strike on the level of A tier kickboxers, and has BJJ sufficient to roll with lower level ADCC competitors.
Mike Goldman has legendary cometary. Joe explaining in simple terms to him has made it so even I can understand the fight game of MMA. Been in this journey for a long fun ride. Great times
Haha still miss Goldie in the ufc
13:30 *"Yup that's me, you're probably wondering how I got into this situation"*
Hahaha
"He's totally calm. *DESPITE THE BLOOD, THE ELBOWS, THE PUNCHES."*
~ Joe Rogan
Lmfao
I can't believe Goldberg thought Karo won round 1. This was easy 3 rds for GSP.
That's Mike Goldberg for ya
Yeah then Joe Rogan had to pretend it was a close round so that he wouldn’t feel like a dumbass
I don’t understand how he though wrapping your legs around someone while being pinned on your back getting punched/elbowed for 4 minutes can win you a round
@@najib9093
LMAO. So true
I guess he was talking about his defense cause he was down on his back the whole round. He got some decent blocks
Best ufc days ever reminds me of 90s jaz & hip-hop there will never be anything like it these classic fights are something special
I beleive I'll be watching this many many times.
It's like some kind of therapy. A feeling of contentment.
11:25 "St Pierre trying to gain an advantage here!" Mate, he's been beating him up nonstop for 1½ round.
Hes gotta be careful throwing punches or karo will submit him!
16:35 "he may have lost the first, but St.Pierre has a chance of winning 2 and 3." What fight is he watching, GSP has been smashing him this whole fight
9:00 superior grappler on his back the whole fight? C'mon Joe..
@@jrsixowfour8674 KHABIB NURMAGOMEDOV IS HURT, HES WOBBLY AND HURT
haha, he got an arm!!
Gsp on top getting strikes in, active
Mazzagatti : Let`s go guys come on stay busy
Gsp still on top getting more strikes in, ups the pace
Mazzagatti : Stop! Let`s stand up
What an idot of a ref
Lolol classic mazzigatti fuk imagine how many fights would have been different had this bozo not been the ref lol Fukin Steve
I wanted to headbutt my laptop
I hear he's still hiding from Brock.
I was thinking the same damn thing. Was the ref just crowd pleasing with that bullshit? GSP was pretty much throwing non-stop punches WHILE the ref tells them to keep busy, which GSP followed up with more punches and the ref stands them up. THAT WAS SOME CLASS A BULLSHIT!
The worst ref in the business
Wow just wow karo!!! AMAZING fighter!!!!.... GSP. GOD BLESS YOU 💪
19:08 "and then he started punching him, with the same arm" nuff said
And… brutally good strength! At 15.35.
Don’t know how to do that time line highlighty thing.
@@pudding7074 Use a colon ":" in stead of a period between the minutes and seconds and that will timestamp it for you.
This has all the best of St. Pierre. Top ground slams, vicious elbows that are fast and accurate as punches, Superman punch, high kicks, and his signature “Rush” takedowns. Great fight!
@Gary Pollard Yea , a defeated beast
@@narcism71 dam, we all know and could see that little buddy, no reason to get your panties all bunched up your bussy . . .
I mean can't you even let the other guy catch a compliment 20 years later even in loss ?
@@DJ-cp8hz It was nice back when the divisions were so small that really anyone under contract with the UFC was dangerous. Instead of shallow top 10's in some, and some really raw new talent being given a shot well before they're ready for the big dogs.
Now that was one hell of a ground fight on both sides
Way to go St. Pierre
Backflip too.
Joe: "st. Pierre better watch out cause Karo's gonna catch him" the only thing Karo is gonna catch is a beat down!
how the fuck did Joe Rogan get this gig? He is such a waste
"karo's just looking for a opening here" as gsp is elbowing in the face. The definition of telling one side of the story lol
GSP: *backflips*
Joe: "he almost hurt himself more doing that than the entire fight"
brutal
George: keeps top position and lands brutal ground and pound
Joe Rogan: “Karo is definitely the superior grappler. Look how well he’s taking those punches”
Joe: "Karo's looks like he's taking a nap"
Me: oh yeah, looks like he's out cold
LMAOOO
Being on the bottom actually provides more scenarios where you can get a submission and it is pretty advantageous if you know what you are doing.
Smokey McGee yes but if you aren’t doing damage or finishing a submission it won’t win rounds. I love playing from my guard but that doesn’t mean I would elect to take the bottom position with a strong wrestler on top of me throwing punches.
13:30 “he looks clam” hahaha
Karo: grabs George's finger after being hit with a double leg for the fifth time
Joe Rogan: "OH HE'S GOT A HOLD OF AN ARM HERE, HE COULD GET A KIMURA!"
Maxthekillbot Lmao did you not see how Karo almost broke gsps arm in the third?
@@johnhugon67 which fight was this?
Karo was really good, but needed to increase his body strength to even hang with fighters like GSP.
Bro Karo was already strong af, is just that prime GSP was prime GSP
@@aegisreflector1239 this was GSP debut not prime
I remember watching this fight many, many years ago training as an ardent BJJ white belt. GSP was truly spectacular
It’s truly amazing watching this now, knowing what he would end up becoming by the end of his run. Incredible
@Grant Archer lol he knows now😂
@Grant Archer also gsp on roids here.
@@FB94121 you're on roids
@@FB94121 you're on roids
@@FB94121 your mum's on roids
Joe Rogan is in love with Karo during this fight
He literally was sucking his balls.
Karo is going to this and Karo is going to do that. What a shitty commentator!
Glad I’m not the only one that thought that
Ba Doai reported
Joe was in love with all the Armenian fighters from north hollywood back then
what a great fight! George looked so good out there
Skillful fight by both. I am amazed how skilled+intelligent many fighters are today. Hardly any mistakes. A lot of things are going to hell in the world, but many MMA fighters are attaining near perfection. Lots of study+practice.
“Big for welterweight” - Weighs in at 167
Prime MMA before the PED
@@selfmade4220damn bro who asked
loool right. To me GSP is a good size for 70. He's muscualr & has a wide frame, wouldn't necessarily call him "big for a welterweight tho. Especailly looking at fighters at 70 today like Usman & Woodley
@@selfmade4220 before the PED ? this was the PED era
Trump is an idiot.. ahaha! I gave that he has good plans sometimes but that brain of his 😳
This whole commentary was funnier than Joe's stand up comedy.
That ain't saying much.
Anything is....
The funniest things are not planned.
what an awesome classic to look back on. gotta love it for sure...
Karo was so active off his back, phenomenal submission attempts. Does not get enough credit in the decision or the record books for how skilled of a performance this was. On GSPs side this is a masterclass in submission defense and wrestling. What a great fight for it’s time
HILARIOUS listening to Rogan talk about GSP like this. Making him sound generic, an praising Karo who got DESTROYED! Little did Rogan realize this was the birth and debut of the GOAT of UFC. Always will be the GOAT!
Also he was roided Up like a mofo
Georges himself told you that? Hope you realize usman or even adensanya are not as clean as you think
@@user-xg6sx5ev9u George very obviously is higher skilled than Usman even in his debut
@@cbryan3549 Ehhh. I'm a HUGE GSP fan but Kamaru is running through everyone.
@@jordanlaine7412 even now at 41yrs old St Pierre would still give Usman trouble
seeing how great gsp's grappling was so early in his career knowing that he started his martial arts training as a karate guy is really impressive. The man is a freak athlete; could probably succeed at just about anything he wanted to.
he would be a fantastic infantry soldier
@@heyfucko i think he´s too smart for this
True.
Maybe not basketball.
@@hhiippiittyy 🤣
If he continues this way, he will surely be a champion someday....
Came from the future, he becomes the Goat and avenge his only 2 loses
@@thechosenone3625 came from the future. Bro commented years after gsp retired. You didn’t get the joke
Crazy to think that the GSP we see in this fight - despite being only 21, far from his peak, and fighting WAY back in 2004 - is STILL, *already* good enough to hop in a Time Machine and compete with the best fighters of today.
His wrestling and BJJ were already elite, and hold up by today's standards. His top game, his timing on the double legs... he already had the foundation of the legendary takedown artist he'd soon become. But even his distance, speed, cardio, takedown defense... it's on par with many of the WWs of today.
And this was freaking 2004. Dude was destined to take over the sport.
Sidenote, holy shit Karo put on the fight of his career here. Like, little did he realize, he just kept it competitive and even caused threats to the future GOAT
"Despite Caro got his ass beat in this fight, he showed great promise, I think the man is a future champion" - Hoe Hogan
Joe was correct. Karo's mental health problems completely derailed his promising career.
Karo was a legit contender
Hoe Rogan*
@kommisar so did he
Mental issues and drug addiction is a bitch. Dude is wasted potential.
That’s probably the toughest ufc debut I’ve seen
Perhaps...but Anderson Silva has the best UFC debut ever, maybe
@@Spontaneous72 Justin Gaethje had the best debut fight but Silva's performance was probably the best debut, right on
@Bo Mal Patriote Karo was like 22. Not exactly a veteran either
@@walidb123 veteran not only relates to age lmao. ..he is 18-2. That's 20 fights sounds like veteran in experience to me
“Toughest UFC DEBUT” madness😂😂
Patrick Cummings v Daniel Cormier
Darrell Horcher v Khabib
Priscila Cachoeira v Valentina Shevchenko
Joe Soto v TJ Dillashaw
Brick ales at v Frank Mir
Rhys McKee vs Khamzat Chimaev
I could go on and on.
That fear in Karo eyes at the start of round 3...
and like that a star is born!
Rogan couldn't say enough good things about the guy who was totally dominated.
He is an a ss
I like how people keep bitching about this but its clear they've got no relevant information about the ufc roster right then either.
Him saying all that shit provides background if you never heard of this guy that's not GSP which you may not have give this older video more context and comes off as lil professional for someone who essentially was fledgling standup comic, side character on a sitcom, and almost lifelong mixed martial artist himself at the time probably new at what he was doing.
Sorry for the long text I know you didnt mean it in that way or werent salty like these other comment junkies lel but idk I think all the intended hate is because people are on his nuts ins a good/bad way or just either way.
Joe loves any bjj fighter
@@danterodriguez2610 not a bjj fighter lol. Judoka.
@@Firebrandt that is some word soup you wrote. I’ve read it three times and still have no clue what you’re saying
Keep the GSP content coming
That Karo guy has strong ground game. And i'm impressed by St Pierre's confidence of taking him to the ground every time. Anyway, looks like a harsh fight. I'm getting tired just watching the video.
Poetry in motion. Karo was on another level, but gsp was the new gen
Since GSP was champion for so long we just take for granted that he is phenomenal, but for those not aware of the context at the time, this was a huge step up in competition for GSP and he was not really expected to win as Karo Parisyan was a very talented rising prospect back then. This fight kind of derailed him of his illusions and he didn't really emerge as the great fighter we expected and I suggest this loss was the grain of sand in his confidence shoe that he could never really ignore. After all, if this was Georges' first fight, how much better could this kid become?
His first UFC fight. His 6th fight technically. Only 22. I'm the same age as Georges. Long time ago 2003 I believe.
I’m not sure it’s accurate to say that this fight derailed his illusions. In his next fight he won the WEC welterweight title and had the longest winning streak of his career. In fact he only lost one in the four years that followed this fight and that was a fight of the year battle. It seems like he was as successful after this fight as he ever was.
@Hog Nutz Multiple WEC guys became UFC champion though
@Hog Nutz doesn't matter. Back in the day, WEC wasn't the B League like Bellator was. They had just as much popularity as UFC did and were a serious contender to the UFC. Same as Strikeforce.
Expod wow listen to u go lol luv gsp but he was boring as Shiite
17:59 GSP is so good, his kick has its own sound effect
redhatterx thats him breathing cuz 😭
@@ybproductions2456 it was a joke cUz😭
Rogan really wanted Karo to win this fight. He wasn't even trying to hide it.
Man!!! I really miss early 2000s UFC
When times were similar
"If he comes near me he's getting popped, how bout that?" Covid-19
Is that supposed to be a Nate Diaz quote 🤔
Young Nate diaz... tuf season 5
@Dude yeah, but kinda faintly remember Diaz saying this to Karo since Karo kept fucking with him.
This made me bust out laughing 😂
Lol
Geez, if i heard this on the radio I'd think Karo smashed GSP. Joe had both nuts in his mouth the whole fight. Karo got dominated
What is this "Radio" you speak of? New tech?
“Joe had both nuts in his mouth the whole fight”: That’s the funniest shit I’ve heard (read)in a while; I started to laugh out loud and aspirated on my coffee!
GSP avoiding these submitions like he did was very impressive. All tgese years on, some top level UFC fighters could learn from these 2!
i love the way rogan is backgrounding karo and not knowing what gsp becomes.. fantastic
You guys keep saying that Steven Seagal can't fight but the way he kicked the shit out of his ex wife is a true testament of his skills
Oh wow😂😂😂
Nice comment. No way you took that from someone else??
Dana White Pfffffhahahahaha
Dana White that might be the best comment I’ve ever seen🤣
Damn Dana white that is plagiarism at its finest. Too bad I can't sue you for taking my comment. But when you can't think of something clever to say just take a clever person's comment and pass it off as your own.
People got to realize the reason Joe was all over Karo is because people finishing off their back was very common. So when gsp was able to punish someone who is that high level on the grouns as Karo it was almost weird to root for it and he was looking for the submission to land which was more common at the time. When I saw this fight I was like...dude this gsp is something else
I can't finish off my back. My girl can ride all night and nothing...
Yeah, people are stupid af. They don't understand hindsight bias and present context.
@Soul ByThePound Why are you projecting?
@@suspendedtwice4sayingrasis261 @Soul ByThePound deleted his comment after googling the word "projecting" : ( wonder what it was
@@szczurDB have her do some kegels... I kno what you mean tho, it's not easy but definitely happens sometimes
Love watching fights during this time
4:15 Right after George gets flipped, he scoots his butt back to prevent Karo from being able to torque on that arm. Genius move, comes with years of practice
thank you for that. i love how GSP also blocks Karo from jumping over his body right after that.
The funny thing is that this was only GSP's 6th pro fight and he was only 22 years old at the time of this fight. So good at such a young age, this level of competition was almost like being fed to the wolves for his 1st UFC fight. Fighters do not get this type of experienced fighter in their 1st fight anymore. Unless you were a champ in a different organization like a Michael Chandler, but he had 26 pro fights before he first fought in the UFC.
These are the subtle things rogain always fails to see. Karo was dominated the entire fight in every way shape and form. Karo was way overhyped like many fighters and GSP displayed top level of talent. Such a class act too.
"Mazzagatti the referee is right there, keeping the fighters safe" 🤣😂😂😂
Karo is a champion Judo exponent and has fought for a long time wearing a Gi , it's a different approach fighting without being able to use traditional "holds" on your opponent as you would if they were wearing a Gi also.
In that sense, his transition into MMA has demanded that he had to advance his skill set, and he shows just how well he has done that, GSP's strength and endurance is a formidable beast, all power to him, a great contest and Karo can walk away with his head held high.
George won but that flip to camora was my fave part of the fight it just goes to show how impressive George was to be able to get out of that.
Karo is the better grappler in my opinion - Joseph Rogan
He would regret it now
As GSP is making Karo his bitch the whole time.
Joe Rogan is the kind of guy who will look back and admit he was wrong.
I think GSP is better and control and ground and pound and Karo is better at takedowns and submissions
Karo great offensive ground technic