Tag: FanHouse Exclusive

Georges St-Pierre Admits Josh Koscheck Gets Under His Skin

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MONTREAL — MMA Fighting spoke to UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre prior to his UFC 124 title defense against Josh Koscheck. GSP talked about traveling to the Philippines prior to this fight, how he dealt with Koscheck’s antics on The Ultimate Fighter, the pressures of fighting at home and how he expects the fight to finish.

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MONTREAL — MMA Fighting spoke to UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre prior to his UFC 124 title defense against Josh Koscheck. GSP talked about traveling to the Philippines prior to this fight, how he dealt with Koscheck’s antics on The Ultimate Fighter, the pressures of fighting at home and how he expects the fight to finish.

Daniel Cormier on Koscheck-GSP: ‘In Reality, Josh Is the Better Wrestler’

Filed under: UFC, FanHouse Exclusive MONTREAL — Like millions of others, Daniel Cormier has watched in awe at the excellence of UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre. Unlike the masses, however, Cormier has earned the right to either critique o…

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MONTREAL — Like millions of others, Daniel Cormier has watched in awe at the excellence of UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre. Unlike the masses, however, Cormier has earned the right to either critique or praise perhaps the most lauded part of GSP’s game, his wrestling.

While Cormier is known to some fans as a rising Strikeforce heavyweight, he’s also a two-time US Olympian in freestyle wrestling.

Count him among the people that are stunned by St. Pierre’s rapid wrestling progression despite no background in the discipline, but he parts ways with the group at the suggestion that GSP is a better wrestler than his UFC 124 opponent, Josh Koscheck.

Sean Pierson Thought About Quitting ‘1000 Times’ Before Getting UFC Shot

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MONTREAL — MMA Fighting spoke to Canadian Sean Pierson at Wednesday’s UFC 124 media workouts about his upcoming fight against Matt Riddle, taking this fight on short notice, his long road to the UFC and more.

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MONTREAL — MMA Fighting spoke to Canadian Sean Pierson at Wednesday’s UFC 124 media workouts about his upcoming fight against Matt Riddle, taking this fight on short notice, his long road to the UFC and more.

Stefan Struve Doesn’t Think Sean McCorkle Is on His Level

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MONTREAL — MMA Fighting spoke to Stefan Struve prior to his UFC 124 fight against Sean McCorkle about his opponent’s excessive trash-talking leading up to the fight, how it affected him, why he isn’t impressed with McCorkle and much more.

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MONTREAL — MMA Fighting spoke to Stefan Struve prior to his UFC 124 fight against Sean McCorkle about his opponent’s excessive trash-talking leading up to the fight, how it affected him, why he isn’t impressed with McCorkle and much more.

McCorkle: I May Not Be Better Fighter, but I’m Better Looking Than Struve

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MONTREAL — MMA Fighting spoke to Sean McCorkle at Wednesday’s UFC 124 media workouts about his upcoming fight against Stefan Struve, how he made it to the co-main event in just his second UFC fight, his greatest trash-talking lines leading up to the fight and much more.

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MONTREAL — MMA Fighting spoke to Sean McCorkle at Wednesday’s UFC 124 media workouts about his upcoming fight against Stefan Struve, how he made it to the co-main event in just his second UFC fight, his greatest trash-talking lines leading up to the fight and much more.

UFC 124 Expected to Set Attendance, Gate Records; UFC 131 to Break Them

Filed under: UFC, FanHouse Exclusive, NewsMONTREAL — Canada may be known as the “Great White North” to many, but when UFC officials look at the vast North American country on a map, they only see green.

Upon the promotion’s first trip to Canada in 20…

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MONTREAL — Canada may be known as the “Great White North” to many, but when UFC officials look at the vast North American country on a map, they only see green.

Upon the promotion’s first trip to Canada in 2008, they promptly shattered the North American MMA attendance record, with 21,390 fans paying over $5 million to witness Georges St. Pierre recapturing the UFC welterweight title. That number was eventually topped at another Montreal show, and now it’s expected to fall again at Saturday night’s UFC 124 when St. Pierre takes on Josh Koscheck.

Neither the gate nor attendance records will last very long. UFC’s director of Canadian operations Tom Wright says the company’s Ontario debut at Toronto Rogers Centre next April will soon be the record-holder.