Posts Tagged ‘Georges St. Pierre’

GSP Signs Multi-Year Deal With Hayabusa

By Andy Cotterill (andy@mm-eh.ca) It’s always nice to see a local company make it on the big stage, and the Edmonton, Alberta based Hayabusa Fightwear is doing just that. Hayabusa already has a huge presence in the sport of mixed martial arts, with many fighters in organizations such as the UFC, Strikeforce, and Bellator enter into [...]

Video: GSP Doesn’t Consider Himself Champ Anymore

Props to Heavy.com

Video: GSP Tours Japan

Check out this really great video from MMA Weekly.  In it, Canadian UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre spends some time visiting different locations in Japan during his visit to attend UFC 144 tonight.

Video: GSP recovery ahead of schedule — doesn’t want Diaz to retire

Georges St-Pierre goes one-on-one with Jon Anik on FUEL TV’s Ultimate Insider to discuss his insights while watching Diaz-Condit.  Hear his surprising assessment, how he’s preparing for Carlos Condit, and how he really feels about Nick Diaz. Watch this and other features on UFC® Ultimate Insider, hosted by commentator Jon Anik, Tuesdays at 10:30PM/7:30PM on FUEL [...]

Video: GSP “I will be the underdog.”

Props to Jennifer X. Williams and The Fight Fix.

GSP Talks About Rooting For Diaz At UFC 143 and more

By Andy Cotterill (andy@mm-eh.ca) A rehabbing Georges St-Pierre will be a very interested – and conflicted – ringside observer to the UFC 143 main event this weekend. Having been the undisputed welterweight king since 2008, his knee injuries will force him to sit and watch Condit and Diaz claim his crown on an interim basis. [...]

Video Plus More – GSP Talks About Timeline For Return To The Octagon

By Andy Cotterill (andy@mm-eh.ca) UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St-Pierre visited the set of HDNet’s ‘Inside MMA’ with hosts Bas Rutten and Kenny Rice recently, and the Montreal-based fighter disclosed that if all goes well he hopes to compete before 2012 is up. GSP – “Hard training will be in July, and fighting again — for [...]

Canadian UFC Salaries for 2011

By Andy Cotterill (andy@mm-eh.ca) UFC Welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre tops the list of Canadian earners in the Ultimate Fighting Championship in 2011, according to a report at mma-manifesto.com. St. Pierre ranks 18th out of 337  total fighters, earning $400,000 for his sole fight, a unanimous decision win over Jake Shields at UFC 129 in April. [...]

GSP Surgery Update

By Andy Cotterill (andy@mm-eh.ca) UFC Welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre has undergone reconstruction surgery for the ACL injury that forced him to withdraw earlier this month from his planned meeting with Nick Diaz at UFC 143 on Feb. 4. St.Pierre posted the follwing comment and photo on Facebook today.  Photo used by MM-eh with permission [...]

Video: Nick Diaz addresses eviction from UFC 137 main event

Check out this Youtube video of Nick Diaz lamenting his ouster from the UFC 137 main event match against Georges St. Pierre for his UFC welterweight crown.  You can read all about it in our article from earlier today. In the 29 minutes since the video was posted, it’s already gotten an impressive 17 pages [...]