It wasn’t the easiest win of his career, but UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre definitely put on an impressive performance while headlining Saturday’s UFC 154 in Montreal.
Fighting in front of his hometown crowd, Canada’s king of the Octagon triumphantly returned to mixed martial arts with a hard-fought, unanimous decision victory over interim title holder Carlos Condit. Reclaiming sole possession of the welterweight crown, St-Pierre proved that his knee is fully healed and that he’s ready to rock the mixed martial arts world.
As always, though, there’s going to be critics of the champ’s performance, mostly due to the fact that St-Pierre once again did not finish his foe. However, this time around, that critique is not going to fly as there were a lot of reasons to be impressed by the champ (unless you’re Nick Diaz).
Here are five reasons why GSP’s return was a very impressive performance.