Robbie Lawler: It Wouldn’t Be Smart For GSP To Return
Reigning 170-pound kingpin “Ruthless” Robbie Lawler will look to make the third defense of his welterweight title when he meets No. 4-ranked Tyron “The Chosen One” Woodley in the main event of tomorrow night’s (July 30, 2016) UFC 201 from Atlanta, Georgia. If Lawler can indeed get by the former NCAA wrestler, he may have some lucrative fights waiting for him including a bout with all-time welterweight great and former longtime champion Georges “Rush” St. Pierre.
St. Pierre defended his title a divisional record nine straight times before vacating it in 2013 and going into a semi-retirement. Since leaving the sport, questions and rumors have swirled nonstop regarding a potential return for the Canadian superstar, but it has never become a reality, although that could change in the near future. Last month, St. Pierre told MMAFighting.com’s Ariel Helwani that he was ready to make his return to competitive fighting.
If GSP does indeed return, a fight between him and Lawler would be massive, although the “Ruthless” one doesn’t feel as if it would be a smart move for “Rush”:
“I don’t really get too excited (about a St-Pierre bout),” Lawler recently told MMAJunkie. “It’d be nice to beat him and showcase my skills against him, but I don’t think he’s coming back. It wouldn’t be a smart move for him. He’s done a lot for the sport and won a lot of fights. I’m not the guy I think he wants to come back against.”
At this point in each fighters’ career, who would you see winning this potential scrap?
