Hendricks won that fight.
He landed the most significantly devastating shots in that fight. George landed his usual jabs and a few leg strikes, but they weren't significant. Noticed how Hendricks rocked George in that second round, to the point were GSP was wobbling.
When Hendricks took GSP to the ground, he inflicted serious damage. When George took Hendricks to the ground, he did nothing significant.
When they were both in the clinch, Hendricks controlled the pace. Hendricks would toy with George in the clinch and control positioning.
Everything GSP tried to do in this fight fell flat. Most of the time he would go for a single, he ended up simply dragging Hendricks across the octagon, while taking blows to his own face.
In my opinion, Hendricks beat the living shit out of George. Hell, short of just saying that Hendricks whooped his ass, George mentioned in the post-fight interview that this was the hardest he has ever been hit, that he couldn't keep up with Hendricks erratic pace and that he couldn't even remember what round it was. Notice how at the end of the fight, George is simply holding his arms over his head, because in his mind he probably felt as if he lost.
George got the decision, but lost that fight. Another reason why you can't apply the boxing scoring system (10-point scoring system) to MMA. Deciphering what makes a strike significant versus another is highly subjective. If you want to gauge effectiveness of strikes, look at George's face versus Hendricks. Likewise, you can take anyone to the ground, but if you do nothing while there, it shouldn't count for shit. Tripping a guy onto the mat, doesn't mean shit if he gets back up and continues to reconstruct your face.
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