Renowned coach Firas Zahabi believes Khabib Nurmagomedov may be unstoppable at lightweight, but he won’t brush off Tony Ferguson’s chances. Many agree that Ferguson should be next in line for a shot at Nurmagomedov’s UFC lightweight g…
Renowned coach Firas Zahabi believes Khabib Nurmagomedov may be unstoppable at lightweight, but he won’t brush off Tony Ferguson’s chances. Many agree that Ferguson should be next in line for a shot at Nurmagomedov’s UFC lightweight gold. It’s a fight the UFC tried to book several times, but never came to fruition. Still, Ferguson hasn’t […]
Firas Zahabi has sounded off on Conor McGregor for his latest incident which involved allegedly punching a man in a bar. Many in the MMA community have given their takes on it. Now, Zahabi, who is the coach at TriStar Gym in Montreal and trains the legendary Georges St-Pierre, among others, says McGregor’s value is […]
Firas Zahabi has sounded off on Conor McGregor for his latest incident which involved allegedly punching a man in a bar.
Many in the MMA community have given their takes on it. Now, Zahabi, who is the coach at TriStar Gym in Montreal and trains the legendary Georges St-Pierre, among others, says McGregor’s value is zero for what he has done, and he is a pathetic excuse for a human being. (H/T MMA Mania)
“I don’t care what anybody says, it is indefensible,” Zahabi said. “There is no defense to this except that this guy is a pathetic, sorry excuse for a human being. What a disgusting display. I don’t care how much money you have. I don’t care how famous you are in the world. If this is the type of person you are, your value is zero. Your value is zero.”
Not only does he think McGregor has no value, but he says it is an embarrassment for everyone in MMA and he disgusted a ton of people.
“This is an embarrassment to MMA, an embarrassment to us all,” the coach said. “When the media or people from other sports say MMA people are animals, they’re savage, they’re violent, they’re the barbarians of sports, it’s going to be harder for us to defend.
“I’m sure 99 percent of all Irish people who saw that are disgusted,” Zahabi continued. “99 percent sure his coaching staff are disgusted. Everybody’s disgusted at this thing. He probably thought nobody was filming. We know that when nobody’s looking, McGregor will do the most disgusting acts. Those are his true colors. It’s just purely disgusting. I could not be more disappointed.”
There is no question what McGregor did was terrible. Yet, Zahabi believes that is the real McGregor everyone is seeing and he is very disappointed in him.
What do you make of Zahabi’s comments towards McGregor?
Former UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley will now be benefiting from the greatest welterweight of all time in Georges St-Pierre. Appearing on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show on Monday, “The Chosen One” revealed that he is training with St-Pierre and head coach Firas Zahabi at Tristar Gym in Montreal, Canada. “It’s a blessing to be able […]
Former UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley will now be benefiting from the greatest welterweight of all time in Georges St-Pierre.
Appearing on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show on Monday, “The Chosen One” revealed that he is training with St-Pierre and head coach Firas Zahabi at Tristar Gym in Montreal, Canada.
“It’s a blessing to be able to train with Georges St-Pierre,” Woodley said. “Yes, people. I will be training with Georges St-Pierre. We will not fight, that’s very obvious. There’s no point for me not to train with one of the greatest, if not the greatest welterweight of all time to sharpen myself. That’s something that motivates me.”
Woodley, of course, is referring to previous talks of him potentially facing “GSP” which never came to fruition. And with St-Pierre now retired, it makes all the more sense for them to train together.
Woodley Still Mixing Up Training Camps
Woodley won’t be doing his whole camp with Tristar, however — he will still be training with Roufussport and American Top Team (ATT) as he’s done before. He is simply adding more options to help him get better as a mixed martial artist:
“No, no, I got a great camp,” Woodley responded when asked if he was doing his whole camp with Tristar. “The good thing about my camp and the reason why we move the way we do is because of the humility. I talked with Duke Roufus, he knew I was training with him, [ATT coach] Din [Thomas] knew I was training with him. They were excited to hear what I learned and picked up. They wanted to know if I was going to continue training with him.
“…The ego-free humility martial art form of training allows me to be able to do this. [ATT owner] Dan Lambert, the same way I can train at Roufussport — it allows me to be able to do that and be the best fighter because that’s the end goal for everybody.”
What do you make of this news? Do you think Woodley will be even better now?
Tyron Woodley isn’t messing around for his UFC return. The former UFC welterweight champion appeared on today’s (Mon., August 5, 2019) episode of ‘Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show’ to discuss his return to the Octagon. “The …
Tyron Woodley isn’t messing around for his UFC return. The former UFC welterweight champion appeared on today’s (Mon., August 5, 2019) episode of ‘Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show’ to discuss his return to the Octagon. “The Chosen One” suffered a discouraging loss to current champion Kamaru Usman at March’s UFC 235. Since then he’s been on […]
Kevin Lee is on a two-fight losing streak and has changed camps to TriStar in Montreal, Canada. Why “The Motown Phenom” decided on TriStar is simple. He gets to learn under Firas Zahabi and gets to train with arguably the greatest fighter e…
Kevin Lee is on a two-fight losing streak and has changed camps to TriStar in Montreal, Canada. Why “The Motown Phenom” decided on TriStar is simple. He gets to learn under Firas Zahabi and gets to train with arguably the greatest fighter ever in Georges St-Pierre. “He understands it. We’re martial artists, we’re competitors,” Lee […]
Georges St-Pierre may be retired, but his coach isn’t doubting a potential comeback. Back in Nov. 2017, St-Pierre took on Michael Bisping for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) middleweight title. The bout headlined UFC 217 inside Madison S…
Georges St-Pierre may be retired, but his coach isn’t doubting a potential comeback. Back in Nov. 2017, St-Pierre took on Michael Bisping for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) middleweight title. The bout headlined UFC 217 inside Madison Square Garden in New York City. St-Pierre captured the gold via submission. It would end up being “Rush’s” […]