UFC welterweight champ Georges St-Pierre knows that his opponent, interim champ Carlos Condit, will be a dangerous challenger when they face off at Saturday’s UFC 154 in Montreal.
“The Natural Born Killer” earned his moniker while amassing 26 finishes—13 by way of knockout and 13 by way of submission—out of his 28 career victories, an impressive display of his dangerous skill set that the St-Pierre camp will definitely need to be in tip-top shape for. Owning wins over some of the welterweight division’s top fighters, Condit will look to spoil St-Pierre’s return to the Octagon, unless the champ can systematically pick him apart.
While we won’t know exactly what St-Pierre and his team will have in store for Condit until the cage doors close on Nov. 17, here are five keys to victory that the Canadian will likely need to keep in mind in order to reclaim the undisputed welterweight belt.