‘Rush’ had received an offer from Oscar De La Hoya for a boxing match and he wanted to take him up on it, but UFC boss Dana White blocked the fight.
“Trust me, if this fight would have happened, I would have moved to Los Angeles to [famed boxing trainer] Freddie Roach’s gym and made a full training camp, leaving no stone unturned,” he said. “Unfortunately, Dana White didn’t want it.
“It is what it is. I can’t be mad at him. People have said to take him to court, but that makes me look like the bad guy, and I don’t want to spend money on lawyers and all that.”
White, quite famously, does not get on with De La Hoya and he hasn’t allowed any current UFC stars to get involved in exhibition fights, Triller, the Paul brothers or any of that stuff.
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Ben Askren had retired when he took the fight with Jake Paul and Tryon Woodley’s UFC contract had expired when he decided to take the fight, too.
St-Pierre still keeps himself in incredible shape and did so on the chance that he might get to have the dream fight with Khabib Nurmagomedov.
Khabib has now retired and White showed little interest in making that happen anyway, so now he is training guys at Tristar gym in Monreal, Canada and staying in shape that way.
Figuring this might've been caused by the stress of several back to back championship level fight camps he decided to take time off to let his mind/body recover. In his last fight with Johnny Hendricks at the post-fight interview (I believe), GSP commented on how 'rounds went missing' and he needed to take time off.
Average Frequency: On average, UFC fighters compete between two and four times per year [1]. This range takes into account factors such as injuries, training schedules, and the UFC's event calendar. Individual Circ*mstances: The frequency of fights can vary for each fighter based on their individual circ*mstances.
“My toughest opponent was Michael Bisping and the guy that give me the toughest fight was BJ Penn in our first fight," St-Pierre told Fighters Only. “The guys I think that are the toughest, now? Well, there are a few.
“GSP didn't want that fight. We had these deals where, at that time, Anderson Silva was in a very unique position. He could have gone down [to welterweight] to fight Georges St-Pierre, they could have come up with a catchweight…GSP didn't want to move up [to middleweight] to fight Silva.”
Georges St-Pierre: GSP is the greatest welterweight of all time, having won the UFC welterweight title twice and making nine successful title defenses. He only lost to two men in his career, Hughes and Serra, and made clear statements in rematches that he was the better man.
“GSP” became the gold standard in the welterweight division, bouncing back after losing to Matt Serra in 2007. GSP held onto the title for six years, and he never lost that welterweight belt before deciding to return to face Michael Bisping at UFC 217 for the middleweight championship.
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The amount of training depends on the fighter's competitive level. Some UFC fighters may train for 2-4 hours per day in the lead-up to a fight, while off-season fighters may train 4-8 hours per week. Amateur fighters may need to fit training around their life commitments, so from 2-6 hours per week.
He began wrestling training between 19 and 20 years of age at the Reinitz Wrestling Center's Montreal Wrestling Club headed by Victor Zilberman, and continued training there until the end of his career. He was also coached by world champion Guivi Sissaouri.
But I felt like I had too much on my shoulder and I felt claustrophobic”. A lot of us might have gone through situations where even our near ones failed to understand our mental issues. 'GSP' was probably concerned about such cold behavior from the UFC fans, which made him announce his retirement all of a sudden.
On December 13, 2018, St-Pierre revealed on La Sueur podcast that he had recovered completely from ulcerative colitis, but had not yet decided whether or not he would return to fighting. St-Pierre announced his official retirement on February 21, 2019, at a press conference at the Bell Centre in Montreal.
GSP returns after almost a decade of retirement. Former UFC welterweight and middleweight champion Georges St-Pierre is making a return to compete at UFC Fight Pass Invitational 16 (FPI) on December 14, 2023. UFC announced the return of GSP during the UFC 290 press conference, and in a Tweet on July 6.
On December 7, 2017, after being diagnosed with ulcerative colitis, Georges vacated his UFC middleweight title and announced his retirement from professional MMA competition on February 21, 2019, following the UFC's refusal to organize a superfight against UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov.
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