Georges St. Pierre expects to return in January or February (Updated with video)
Posted on October 19, 2011, 09:55 PM by Trent Reinsmith
UFC 137 took a hit on Tuesday when UFC President Dana White broke the news that Georges St-Pierre would be forced to withdraw from his Welterweight title bout against Carlos Condit due to injury. The knee injury was not believed to be severe and Condit was also pulled from the card and put on the shelf, with the intention of giving him a shot at the Welterweight crown as soon as St-Pierre was able to fight.
St-Pierre spoke to Sportsnet.ca about the injury revealing that he first injured his MCL over the weekend, but hoped he could be ready for the October 29 fight if he trained correctly and avoided aggravating the injury. Those hopes were dashed when he injured his other hamstring while overcompensating for the original injury.
As far as how long he will be out and when he expects to be ready to fight, St-Pierre said, "The recovery I want to do it well, I don't want to do it too fast. Because now I had an injury and I tried to train on it and maybe made it a little bit worse. I need a good four weeks to do my physio and do it right. I would say maybe end of January, possibly the beginning of February (for my return) … Super Bowl, around this time." – for more see Sportsnet.ca
Further Reading: Carlos Condit: Disappointed but understanding regarding UFC 137 changes
Photo: Georges St. Pierre at the UFC 100 press conference at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino on July 9, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Francis Specker
Comments
end of january to return training ??? or too fight by then ?
GSP vs Condit
Silva vs Chael
Superbowl weekend.... If GSP and Silva win.... SUPER FIGHT
GSP vs Silva !
i wanna see chael vs dan hendersson! hendersson is the truth!
Hondata,that'll never happen.If GSP is saying HE'S an ectomorph but silva isn't,so that's why he needs more than 2 and a half years to gain weight...he doesn't want to fight.
On the bright side,bj penn v diaz is actually interesting,going to happen,and will NOT be a snoozer
sorry dude, Hendo is one ofChael's trainers
"I don't understand how guys can say they want to be the best in the world and at the same time refuse to prove that they are the best in their own practice room."
-Chael Sonnen on fighting teammates.
"I will fight any man God ever made."
-Chael Sonnen on fighting in general.
In conclusion, I don't think your point is valid, Mr. insane.
gsp duck duck goos! even his fighting syle !
jacob , you're dreaming in technicolor (and since you dont even know how to spell goose, I imagine you won't get that, but everyone who will weak you from now on, most probably will. please stop by and give me a funny immediately after his weak, thank you.)
Oh and, when the **** did GSP ever duck anyone? He'd fight anyone, I'm positive of that, and considering the fight is RESCHEDULED for later date, your comment is that much more retarded, retard.
Jan/Feb seems too soon. This macrocycle is shot. I don't see how he can do a full rehab AND peak in that time frame.
guess GSP couldn't *show up*. now THAT's irony.
He probly blew his knee out putting on his spandex shorts on.