‘I don’t miss fighting at all, I never liked to fight’

Former two-division UFC champion Georges St-Pierre is among the many few fighters which have a authentic declare to being the best fighter to grace the octagon.

“Rush” entered the UFC with a 5-0 file and would struggle for the vacant 170-pound championship two fights later. He was defeated by Matt Hughes that evening at UFC 50 again in October 2004. Following the loss to Hughes, St-Pierre went on a five-fight profitable streak to earn a rematch.

Early within the second spherical, St-Pierre knocked Hughes out to seize the welterweight title. It was the dawning of a brand new period, however he hit a bump within the street in his first title protection, shedding to Matt Serra by TKO at UFC 60 in April 2007. He would by no means style defeat once more.

The Canadian defeated Serra in a rematch in dominating style to win again the belt and held it till he determined to stroll away from the game in 2013. He defended the championship 9 instances.

In 2017, after being away from the game for 4 years, St-Pierre returned to the octagon to problem for the middleweight championship in opposition to then-titleholder Michael Bisping. Late within the third spherical of the UFC 217 essential occasion, St-Pierre grew to become a two-division UFC champion by submitting Bisping through a rear-naked choke. He later vacated the title and introduced his official retirement on Feb, 21, 2019 at a press convention on the Bell Centre in Montreal.

St-Pierre was an athlete greater than a fighter. Preventing wasn’t one thing he preferred to do, however he did it in addition to anybody.

“I don’t miss preventing in any respect,” St-Pierre lately stated throughout a question and answer session with UFC followers in Paris. “I by no means preferred to struggle. I preferred the liberty that it offers me, after all the revenue, the cash, the wealth, the well being, as a result of being an expert athlete is a wholesome way of life despite the fact that it’s very harmful – the entry to issues that most individuals don’t have. That’s why I struggle for. I fought for having this freedom.”

“Now I’m retired and haven’t any extra stress, and I’m the happiest man on the planet.”

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