Former UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre has sat on the sidelines since vacating the belt after UFC 167 in 2013. The Canadian hero looked a shadow of his former self in squeaking past ‘Big Rigg,’ and many felt that Hendricks had in fact done enough to win that night. Citing personal issues and the poor state of drug testing in the UFC at the time, ‘Rush’ stepped away from fighting and left behind the title he’d held for nearly seven years.
Now the belt has gone from Hendricks, who beat Robbie Lawler for the vacant title at UFC 171, to ‘Ruthless’ after he topped ‘Big Rigg’ in the rematch at UFC 181. Two wildly exciting title defenses over Rory MacDonald and Carlos Condit later, and Lawler, one of the original old school stars, is a firm fan favorite. Amid all this change in the welterweight division, the man who brought it to the forefront of the MMA world has still not announced a comeback yet.
A recent interview with St-Pierre’s mentor Kristof Midoux, who is reportedly highly influential in GSP’s decision making, reveals that UFC 205 is being discussed for the ex-champion’s long awaited comeback.
The interview was from LaPresse.ca, as relayed by BJPenn.com, check it out:
While Rodolphe Beaulieu, St-Pierre’s manager says that Georges is the only person who truly knows if he will ever fight again, Midoux has a lot of influence on “Rush” and says he would push him to fight with the current UFC welterweight champion Robbie Lawler in his return. Midoux also said that if Georges were to beat Lawler and still wants to continue fighting, he would like to see Georges rematch Johny Hendricks and win in a more decisive matter and put their controversial first fight to rest.
Midoux states that he has plans to put “GSP” through a hard training test against tough competition that will not take it easy on the former champ to see if he still has what it takes to compete with the world’s best fighters.
Midoux said that they were looking to see if New York or Las Vegas would be the possible location of a return fight, but ultimately it all comes down to timing and if St-Pierre still has the hunger to compete.
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