Intentional? Sure looks like it

[Brent Smith]

http://www.mmatko.com/georges-st-pie...slow-mo-video/

Somebody feel free to embed I'm notsmart enough

[Matt "Gumby" Glach]

http://www.mmatko.com/georges-st-pie...slow-mo-video/

Wow that's a pretty good view

(guess the forum doesnt want to embed that video)

[LeeCunningham]

Meh, it looked more like he was trying to set up a right hand. I used do this a lot when sparring myself, though I have never injured anyone's eye. Accidents happen.

[Brent Smith]

Yeah I'm def not saying it really was intentional but that's a shitty way to throw a job. Very well could have changed the pace of the fight by taking away one of gsp's eyes. Shields doesn't seem like that kind of fighter though

[Taylor Culbertson]

I blame George for being a fucking pussy.

[Matt "Gumby" Glach]

I blame Greg Jackson and Firas Zahabi... Steven Seagal would have told GSP to strengthen his eye muscles using an ancient technique that he actually invented.

[David Rosado]

Looks intentional to me. That doesn't looks like a set up. It looks like a slap. Shields is an MMA fighter. He's not stupid. He knows that fingers can poke eyes and seem incidental. He knows that he should be mindful of fingers. And from what I know, if people wanna say it was his muay thai training, a set up is done with the palm facing forward with a straight arm, not a slapping motion.

That's just an opinion. I can't read Shields mind. But using common sense, it looks intentional and it def wasn't a jab.

[Corky]

Haha exactly or maybe gsp wud have won with a front kick

[David Rosado]

GSP would've still won by decision. He knocked dude down with a head kick and did nothing with it. Last time he knocked someone down with a headkick he finished with a barrage of punches and elbows (GSP/Hughes 2). George Safe Pierre doesn't finish anymore. Eyepokes aside, it would've still been the same fight.

[AndyK5]

I am also not saying it was intentional since I can't even load that video for some reason, however when I was watching the fight, it looked like Shileds never really made a fist with his hands, and his fingers were always pointing forward. Now I know that an open palm is a way to parry an incoming jab that GSP is known for in these days, however even before the poke, I thought to my self " man this guy is gonna poke him in the eye eventally while throwing his fully extended fingers to GSP's face"