2023-07-07 02:27:50
Officially retired since 2019, Georges St-Pierre said until recently that his career in the Ultimate Fighting Championship was over. But, to everyone’s surprise, he announced on Thursday that he will return to the octagon… to fight in Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
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Still in love with mixed martial arts (MMA), St-Pierre will step into the arena at the UFC Fight Pass Invitational 6 on December 14.
“Towards the end, when I retired, I was training and something was missing,” admitted the 42-year-old Quebecer during an interview in Las Vegas.
” I like kick competition gives me and I want to feel it once more, just like the adrenaline. I think it’s an option for fighters who want to continue competing, making money and having fun with fans and the big UFC family,” continued one of the biggest names. MMA champions and ambassadors in an excerpt posted on the UFC Fight Pass Twitter account.
The opponent of “GSP” is not yet known, but already fans have been fired up on the web and some would like to see him face Russian Khabib Nurmagomedov, another member of the UFC Hall of Fame.
Always in great shape
St-Pierre’s last fight dates back to 2017, when he defeated Britain’s Michael Bisping for the middleweight belt.
Since then, the one who is also nicknamed “Rush” has always kept in shape. Moreover, it is not uncommon to see videos of St-Pierre in training on social networks, he who is not afraid to show his muscular body despite the quarantine.
” It’s finish [la carrière dans le UFC]he reiterated in an interview with Journal in May. I’m still in shape and people think I’m training for a fight. I train because it’s my way of life and I like to be in shape. »
“I like the confidence it gives me. I will continue to train until the moment I die,” he added.
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“GSP” had served a good right to Josh Koscheck, en route to a championship victory at the Bell Center in Montreal, in 2010.
With Elon Musk
St-Pierre has not been forgotten by mixed martial arts enthusiasts and he even found a new challenge by offering his services as a training partner to Elon Musk for his duel once morest Mark Zuckerberg .
The two bosses of Twitter and Meta (Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp) have agreed to face each other, but the date and place have not yet been revealed. Rumors speak of Las Vegas or the Colosseum in Rome!
The discipline in which the clash will take place has also not been revealed, although Zuckerberg is doing well in Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
A few days ago, “GSP” published a photo with the man who co-founded Tesla. St-Pierre and Musk were joined by researcher and podcast host Lex Fridman and jiu-jitsu specialist John Danaher.
“Great training session with three men that I really admire. In this photo there is an IQ [quotient intellectuel] combined of 1000. Without including me, ”wrote on Twitter the native of Saint-Isidore, in Montérégie, adding emojis of men crying with laughter.
– With QMI Agency and Mathieu Boulay, Le Journal de Montréal
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