At UFC 129, Georges St. Pierre suffered a debilitating eye injury in his fight with Jake Shields mid-way through the fight. Doctors are now saying the fight should’ve been stopped. Does that make Jake Shields the rightful winner of the UFC welterweight title?
Was Georges St. Pierre Supposed To Have Lost At UFC 129?
But isn’t there a situation where when a fight is stopped they go to the judges’ scorecards first? Surely GSP would’ve won that way. Perhaps, but that method is employed in a case where the fighter is nailed with an illegal blow:
To answer the question put forth in this headline: yes, Jake Shields should’ve been declared the winner. I take my hat off to the champion for being hard, but he fought against his own personal safety past the tipping point. Shields was the rightful winner even if the GSP team is relieved the fight did not come to a medical screeching halt.
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