MMA community reacts to potential retirement of Georges St-Pierre
Today, news surfaced that former UFC middleweight and welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre plans to formally announce his retirement from mixed martial arts at a Thursday morning press conference in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The reports on this topic suggest St-Pierre has elected to hang up the gloves because his desired fight with UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov has failed to come to fruition.
Unsurprisingly, this massive Georges St-Pierre news generated some interesting reactions from his fellow fighters and a few other notable members of the MMA community.
See some of the best reactions to this surprising news below:
— Funky (@Benaskren) February 20, 2019
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— The Diamond (@DustinPoirier) February 20, 2019
Hearing of Georges announcement tomorrow pic.twitter.com/Rm3xG2IRTt
— #OnAmission4Gold (@KelvinGastelum) February 20, 2019
Congrats, @GeorgesStPierre! The Hall of Fame awaits… 🇨🇦 https://t.co/3uU0Dtk0v7
— Jon Anik (@Jon_Anik) February 20, 2019
Thank you @GeorgesStPierre https://t.co/W9lsJxHEnr
— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) February 20, 2019
All you need to know about GSP’s legacy:
— Phil Murphy (@Phil_Sports) February 20, 2019
In his twilight, GSP’s “one for the road” is wanting arguably the nastiest guy on the roster https://t.co/g5i4qAE9Je
GSP has nothing left to prove. He didn’t need to come back after four years away from the sport either. But he did, and he finished Bisping to the win the middleweight title. So both times he left MMA he did so on his terms and handed back a title each time. 🐐
— Michael Stets (@Michael_Stets) February 20, 2019
GSP beat the cream of three full generations in the then-deepest division in the sport, redefined the business side of MMA, and always got his financial worth from one of the stingiest companies in sports. A legend who deserves more credit than he could ever receive. https://t.co/boHU6EV7Lk
— Patrick Wyman (@Patrick_Wyman) February 20, 2019
Finally!! He’s admitting he’s a superhero https://t.co/0WxyVGcmnN
— ike vallie-flagg (@IKEVF) February 20, 2019
Here's a look at some GSP's rankings in the UFC record book: pic.twitter.com/u3XRfp2fUp
— MMA By The Numbers (@NumbersMMA) February 20, 2019
The most interesting reaction to this Georges St-Pierre news, of course, came from Khabib Nurmagomedov himself, who encouraged the Canadian legend to hold off on his retirement.
“Let’s do it in November.
After this fight you can retire. I grow up on your fights, and have nothing but respect for you, and I believe showed that to you George when you were in Moscow.
But, it would be honor for me to share Octagon with one of the greatest fighters of all time.
Let’s do it 155 lbs, or I give away 5lbs to you, cause you newer done 155.
Well, it’s your choice 155 or 160, Montreal, NYC, Moscow or Abu Dhabi.
Send me location my Friend” – Khabib Nurmagomedov on Instagram
Georges St-Pierre last fought in November of 2017, in the main event of UFC 217. On that night, he returned to the cage after a prolonged absence, defeating Michael Bisping to claim the UFC middleweight belt. St-Pierre vacated the middleweight title shortly thereafter.
His next most recent fight occurred all the way back in November of 2013, when he defended his well-guarded UFC welterweight belt with a hotly contested decision win over Johny Hendricks. The former champ is 26-2 overall.
What’s your reaction to the potential retirement of Georges St-Pierre?
This article first appeared on BJPENN.COM on 2/20/2019.
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