Georges St. Pierre talks training, fighting and his role in Sleeping Dogs

In an article by Seth Kelly with photography by Jim Wright, UFC Magazine’s October/November issue goes inside the training and recovery of UFC’s Georges St. Pierre and fills the fans in on other projects that GSP was working while he was recuperating.Following his April 2007 title loss to Matt Serra at UFC 69, St. Pierre asked former Muay Thai and MMA amateur champion, Firas Zahabi to become his full-time coach. According to Zahabi: “A lot of guys said he was done. I had a lot of people say,

Just how good are Carlos Condit’s chances against Georges St. Pierre?

With betting odds just recently coming out for November’s long-awaited return of UFC Welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre, the discussion of his bout with Carlos Condit begins to heat up. Medically cleared to fight yesterday, GSP has come in as a quite sizable favorite over the interim champ Condit. Perhaps this has something to do with the huge amount of controversy stemming from Condit’s acquiring of the interim belt over Nick Diaz. More likely, it has something to do with the long reign of St.

Rory MacDonald confident he can defeat any Welterweight, but will not fight Georges St. Pierre

Rising UFC Welterweight contender Rory MacDonald recently destroyed a very game opponent in Che Mills at UFC 145, and now it appears that the sky is the limit for the 22-year-old prospect. Training out of the TriStar Gym in Montreal under the tutelage of Georges St. Pierre, MacDonald has quickly shunned all talk of fighting GSP. However, it may be soon that MacDonald will find himself in the contradictory position of fighting for the Welterweight title, albeit against his mentor should the situation arise.

Freddie Roach says Anderson Silva is "just way too big" to fight Georges St. Pierre

Renowned boxing trainer Freddie Roach, who has worked with both UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre and UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva, compares the punching power of each fighter and discusses the oft-debated “Superfight” between the two. Roach explains that it’s a match-up that he has discussed with St. Pierre in the past and admits that, due to the size difference, it is unlikely to ever materialize.

Georges St. Pierre remains open to fighting Nick Diaz

The one thing that UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre seemed to want more than anything else on Saturday night was to see Nick Diaz stand in the center of the Octagon with his hand raised in victory. In the days leading up to the event, St. Pierre made it clear that he wanted to face Diaz in his next bout, however that opportunity was denied him by a Carlos Condit victory.
There were many fans that also wanted to see St. Pierre meet Diaz and while that fight may not happen as soon as St. Pierre