Georges St. Pierre says his knee surgery was a "huge success"
Posted on December 14, 2011, 09:44 AM by Anton GurevichSpeaking via Twitter, reigning UFC Welterweight title Georges "Rush" St. Pierre revealed about having a successful surgery to fix the torn ACL in his left knee.
St. Pierre was originally scheduled to defend his UFC Welterweight strap against Nick Diaz at UFC 143 in February, but was forced to pull out of the bout after severely injuring his knee during training. The French-Canadian is expected to stay out of action for at least 10 months, but today, it looks like "Rush" could make his comeback sooner than later:
"Dr. ElAttrache says my surgery (ACL patellar tendon autograft) was huge success! Ligament very strong. Tks for support! pic.twitter.com/CB2blPAW"
UFC 143 is now headlined by the Interim UFC Welterweight Title bout between Nick Diaz and Carlos Condit. The event will take place on February 4th at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Josh Koscheck vs. Mike Pierce will serve as the co-main event.


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"Thank-ayu ey-Doctor. You saved my ass." -GSP
GSP never dodged a fight or ducked anyone. It's unfortunate to read such negative comments from some people who have probably never been to a gym and can't even imagine what a fighter (or any serious athlete for that matter) undergoes to reach GSP's level. This just shows how fickle some ignorant mma fans are...Should Jon Jones fall tomorrow, these same fans will forget all his accomplishments and poke fun at him...Just sad.
I actually respect GSP because of him being a Fedor Fan
you're right, im sure he didn't want to fight nick diaz, of all people, so badly that he decided to have a SURGERY to avoid him. look what koscheck did to daley, vs nick almost getting knocked out twice by him...
ill admit that nick brings a different kind of fight than koscheck did, but still, if you think diaz REALLY will win, or that gsp is scared, you're out of your mind. Nick is way too slow, and relies on his pitter patter bs, gsp wont be infront of him or on the cage like bj penn was. i really cant wait for this to happen, and i dont think nicks jj its so good that gsp has to worry on the ground either. gsp by 25min of dominance, then nick will throw a tantrum and get kicked out of the ufc
You mean 25 minutes of hold em down till the end of the round, don't you. Why can't you at least be more creative with your prediction? GSP is more than capable of being able to stand with Nick; so why not say GSP will knock Diaz out and get some juices flowing in the MMA world. That would be a statement for GSP and a welcome surprise for MMA fans, something no-one would expect of him.
But no, you gotta feed us some of the same, bland, manufactured GSP Lay and Pray prediction that everyone is expecting out of him anyway. You may as well watch an old GSP fight if that is what you want.
Not only have I been to a Gym, I have had several professional MMA fights. I also trained years ago with many Team Quest fighters. My personal opinion is that GSP is a giant **ssy. A lot of fighters fight with injuries. GSP chooses not to and he is thankful for that. You can see the fear in his face when he squares off in confrontation with Nick.
True story..
...What? What i got out of that comment was that the doctor saved his career. Why So sensitive?
Even though i only used to be a GSP fan, i'm very very very happy that his knee surgery went well.Injuries suck, ESPECIALLY that one.
what you choose to see... fact of the matter is if you need time off for surgery then its far far from dodging anything yeah you can fight with an injury but why risk it.. as he says its his job its not worth loseing your ability to walk and have it mess with your whole life..
my two cents
I have had two partial ACL tears since high school wrestling back in 1990. I still participated in MMA, Wrestling, Nogi grappling tournaments, water/snow skiing. As do many people.
The one thing GSP has always lacked that LEGENDS possess is passion and balls.
If he grew some balls, the rest of the nay-sayers would become GSP fans in a heartbeat. As would I. But he doesn't have them because he is a cry-baby coward.
@bjfanvad i stop reading at "i have had two partial ACL tears :D" your acl is very vital in all your knees flexion and abduction. I've had many cases like this to tell you honestly i don't think you have any clue on suffering one. all in all nice story.
Well aren't you just the toughest, bjfanvad. Fighting with injuries like that doesn't make you tough or attest to the fact that you have balls. GSP is hardly a cry-baby or a coward. He is the UFC welterweight champion, trains like a mofo and is an amazing athlete. Just because he doesn't fight injured, doesn't mean that he lacks passion or balls. It simply means that he is intelligent, and wishes to have a long and prosperous career. Until you accomplish a fraction of what GSP has, or step into the cage with him and give him a beating, you should probably refrain from posting such idiocy.
LOL thats about the time I stopped reading... of course
with his tears and the other guy who fought are champs with
a lagacy and would risk there careers....I think the Condit/Daiz
fight is great cause now now question about who deserves it now
and for the lucky winner no excuses from the champ and as for questions or he's dodging Condit is the only one cause Daiz was literally hiding at one point stress or for whatever my self dont think either are scared and both are very dangerous
bjfanvad, you dont have to lie to kick it bro!!!
You know doing that doesn't make you though it makes you stupid.
Of course it was a success, nothing was wrong with it..
Champs have it so good these days that they just refuse to lose what they got...playing safe, ducking opponents, refusing to move up in weight class...Aldo should move up, AS should fight Chael or move up, GSP should fight AS...just waiting for the same pathern with Jones.
Shouldnt you be at school?...where's your parents ?
You're no champ but you should probably move up to fightting in real life...
Knee surgery SUCKS.... have to be so careful with PT, etc. Probably ends more athletic careers than anything else. If you ever have to have one, choose the best freaking sports ortho guy you can find! I've met some guys who are on their 3rd surgery because they thought just any old ortho could do it- buyer beware! I'm sure GSP had some 5 star expert do his, hope he heals well!
Brasil I don't even know how to respond to that extremely weak comment. I'm never going to get that 10 seconds back that it took me to read it.
Well Mr know it all..that is just my take.
Sure hopes he makes a full 100% recovery, it would be a shame if we never saw the same dominant GSP ever again.
I am sure the figther hinself, his family/frinds and camp will of course think otherwise and strogly disagree with mee (weak me), but from a fans perspective I beleive we are just missing the figths that really matter..come on...tire of GSP grinding or jabbing to a decision, or AS wanting to fight Bisping or Aldo almost killing himself to lose weight...that is clearly the easy path...My comment about Jones is a looking forward comment...if the goes thru Rashad and Hendo will he start behaving like the above?
Uhhh..GSP has a reach advantage over most people he fights.....if we want to be equal about our crying when we talk about jones' advantages
1 foot reach advantage??
Im surprised GSP can finish a surgery......haha nah just kidding all the best to him, hope he gets better soon and comes back stronger than before
The doctors face looks like he was about to say "Mr Diaz sends his regards"
So...you're a tough guy for fighting with injuries in a sport where injuries could end your career? F uck all you stupid f ucking idiots.
lol, well said. But, i think they believe that people who don't fight with serious injuries are cowards.
GSP Don't be scared Homie.... War Diaz...
just a bunch of Canadian haters because Canada is ranked the best counter in the world theres my 2 cents
I contest, my brother lives in Michigan and once saw a jar with 10,000 jelly beans in it and he guessed how many to the exact jellybean. So I think the USA has the best counters.
I approve, I'm Canadian but I think that the best counters are in USA ;)
USA hands down, who else has a defecit so big no one is quite sure just how ig it is?
better do your reading before say that its all over the internet just read or do i have to post the links for you USA is the most hated country and everone wants to migrate (here) and thats the last comment ill say on my topic
what the heck are you talking about? This is a MMA site
Guys above were bashing the USA
Dr: " Everything went according to my game plan, I haven't lost a medical round in years
GSP: " I was impressed by your performance "
The Doctor is about to take advantage of a hurt GSP, and the NEW WW Champion of the Worldddddd
GSP haters are f.u.c.king tedious premature ejaculators.
The whole bunch of them are the whiniest little b.it.ches.
How old are these people who say GSP is afraid to fight anyone? How the hell is ANY UFC fighter afraid, let alone the dominant WW champion for years?
These so-called fight fans find pleasure in insulting fighters--and having a man-crush on others. It's all a personal drama to these losers. It's not a sport to them--it's a facking soap opera.
it's like: Yer chicken! Am not? Are so? No, you're askeered. Am. not....etc. Puerile nonsense.
Fortunately, this site has a few true fight fans, but lately
Well said.
Same can be said about GSP nut-huggers.... fact is GSP has a style that doesn't rub well with a lot of fighting fans. Period.
I had torn ACL and i trained with it about 2 months and it popped about 1 or 2 times a week in training and i had to stop. So i think its safe to say this was the smartest thing to do. ps. My knee is better than it was before surgery and it took only 2-3 months to heal.
This picture looks like a segment on WWE if a fighter is injured... :D
It is nothing but pure stupidity to fight with serious injuries, it is amusing to watch all the idiots on these sites that think they know better thou.
There is a massive difference, medically speaking, between having a small tear in your ACL, and actually haven it torn.
You can train/fight through a tear, but if it's actually torn, not only is any activity more strenuous than walking almost impossible, if you don't have surgery, you'd have a hard time even walking properly.
Not that I'd accuse people on this site of being over-exaggerating drama queens...