"Wrestling wins championships. Look at most of the champs right now, and some of the people that have a hard time. Anderson Silva is one of my favorite fighters, and you've seen that he has trouble with good wrestlers like Chael Sonnen. Cain Velasquez is one of the best wrestlers out there. Georges St-Pierre is a phenom. He's one of those athletes that comes around once every 100 years. The guy could probably go wrestle in the Olympics. You saw he used to struggle with wrestling. Now he's a master of it. Jose Aldo has a couple of holes in his game. We saw besides maybe his gas tank, it could be wrestling. Mark Hominick is not a great wrestler, and he was taking him down. There's no secret anymore. Wrestling wins championships." - Clay Guida
Fans were left with a bitter taste in their mouth following Guida's victory, one that saw minimal action outside of hair flips and shoulder strikes. Guida's bobbing and dancing on the feet made it difficult for Pettis to commit to any strikes, while Guida did his best to eliminate any openings Pettis might have for submissions on the ground.
Guida brought up a harsh reality in his post fight interview, four out of the seven weight classes are ruled by wrestlers. Frankie Edgar at lightweight, Georges St. Pierre at welterweight, Jon Jones at light heavyweight and Cain Velasquez at heavyweight. Edgar, Jones and Velasquez continue to put on exciting fights despite their wrestling based styles but it certainly raises a valid point going forward with the sport.
With the continued success of wrestlers and their sheer dominance, how long until former All-American wrestlers rule every single division? Will the sport ever reach that point?
Source: 5 Knuckles
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