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Jon Jones, Georges St-Pierre, Ciryl Gane, Featured in New Netflix Series ‘The Cage’

Jon Jones, Georges St-Pierre, Ciryl Gane, Featured in New Netflix Series 'The Cage'UFC superstars Jon Jones, Georges St-Pierre, and Ciryl Gane will all appear in a new Netflix original series focusing…

Jon Jones, Georges St-Pierre, Ciryl Gane, Featured in New Netflix Series 'The Cage'

UFC superstars Jon Jones, Georges St-Pierre, and Ciryl Gane will all appear in a new Netflix original series focusing on the world of mixed martial arts

Starring Melvin Boomer and directed by Franck Gastambide, The Cage tells the story of a young professional mixed martial artist working his way up the ladder of the French circuit where he faces off against a heated rival. In the trailer, which you can see below, the protagonist (played by Boomer) competes for the popular Poland-based promotion KSW but has big dreams of making it to the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Jon Jones, Georges St-Pierre, Ciryl Gane

Along the way, Boomer’s character gets help from two of the greatest MMA fighters of all time, Jon Jones and GSP, in addition to former interim UFC heavyweight champion Ciryl Gane.

“Dreaming of going pro, a young fighter struggles to be seen until an unexpected combat lands him a shot at the big time — and a brutal rival in the cage,” the official synopsis reads.

GSP returns to acting while Jon Jones takes on his first role

St-Pierre, who is no stranger to acting, unveiled the project on social media.

“I’m thrilled to finally share with you a project that we’ve been passionately working on with an amazingly talented team!” he wrote on X. “We’ve poured our hearts and souls into this, and it’s almost time to unveil it to the world! Stay tuned!!!”

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Previously, the former two-division UFC champion has appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, playing the role of Batroc the Leaper in Captain America: The Winter Soldier and the Disney+ exclusive series, The Falcon & The Winter Soldier.

As for Jon Jones, this will be his first acting gig.

Jon Jones, Georges St-Pierre, Ciryl Gane

The three UFC stars will be joined by other athletes from the world of combat sports, including former WBC Muay Thai world champion Samy Sana, seven-time Muay Thai and kickboxing world champion Anissa Meksen, and UFC standouts Taylor Lapilus and Morgan Charrière.

The Cage will stream live on Netflix starting Friday, November 8.

UFC Hall of Famer Believes the Promotion’s Lack of Star Power is Due to Shorter Championship Reigns

UFC Hall of Famer Daniel Cormier Explains What Makes a Truly 'Great Championship Reign' TodayLengthy UFC title reigns seem to be a thing of the past. It doesn’t feel like it was that…

UFC Hall of Famer Daniel Cormier Explains What Makes a Truly 'Great Championship Reign' Today

Lengthy UFC title reigns seem to be a thing of the past.

It doesn’t feel like it was that long ago that we all sat in front of our TVs on Saturday nights and marveled at the dominance of UFC champions like Anderson Silva, Georges St-Pierre, and Demetrious Johnson, all of whom carried their respective titles for a combined 6,663 days.

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Other fighters such as Jose Aldo and Jon Jones have had undeniably impressive title runs with ‘Junior’ defending the featherweight title seven times and ‘Bones’ notching 11 total defenses across two different reigns as the UFC light heavyweight champion.

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With championship reigns seemingly getting shorter and shorter, Cormier believes that could offer an explanation as to why the UFC is sorely lacking star power these days. ‘DC’ also offered his take on how many defenses a fighter needs in this day in age before reaching that coveted Hall of Fame status.

“I think the reason we don’t have that star, is it’s hard to be a long-reigning champion,” Cormier said on a recent episode of Good Guy/Bad Guy with Chael Sonnen. “That’s the problem. The game has gotten so hard now, that Anderson [Silva] had what, 11 title defenses? Jon Jones had 13? Who is doing that anymore? We talked bout Sean O’Malley as if he had a great title reign, but he defended the belt one time. Imagine if he did it seven times…

“A long title reign is very difficult. It’s what’s needed to become a real draw. You cannot just be a flash-in-the-pan champion. Unfortunately, [Israel Adesanya] was a draw because he held that belt for a long time, but since he lost the belt, the number isn’t as great…the reigns aren’t as long [now]. I was talking to some of the guys on the weigh-in show… what would you consider a great championship reign today? For me right now, I think defending that belt three times. Winning the title, defending it three times, I think it gets you in the Hall of Fame because it’s so hard to hold on to the belt today” (h/t BJPenn.com).

Valentina Shevchenko, Kamaru Usman, and Amanda Nunes have the most dominant UFC title reigns in recent years

Nowadays, a reign like the ones that Silva, GSP, and ‘Mighty Mouse’ had just don’t seem to exist. The closest we’ve gotten to it thus far has been Valentina Shevchenko who defended the women’s flyweight title seven times before surrendering the belt to Alexa Grasso in March 2023.

Since then, ‘Bullet’ has regained the title and will look to resume her dominance over the division in 2025.

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The next closest thing to her impressive run was Kamaru Usman’s successful defense of the welterweight title five times in less than two years, though four of those five fights came against Colby Covington and Jorge Masvidal.

Israel Adesanya and Amanda Nunes also defended their middleweight and bantamweight titles five times apiece.

‘The Last Stylebender’ ultimately surrendered his belt to Alex Pereira in late 2022 before taking it back five months later while Nunes opted to lay down her gold and retire last year following a dominant performance against Irene Aldana at UFC 289.

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Georges St-Pierre’s Coach Questions Merab Dvalishvili’s ‘Abysmal’ Finishing Rate: ‘Fans Will Get Sick Of Him’

Merab Dvalishvili comfortably beat Sean O’Malley on the scorecards to win the UFC bantamweight championship at UFC 306. He secured six takedowns, ten minutes of ground control, and outstruck the champion to silence all the doubters. “The Machine” had to wait a long time to get his first UFC title shot. After losing his first […]

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Merab Dvalishvili comfortably beat Sean O’Malley on the scorecards to win the UFC bantamweight championship at UFC 306. He secured six takedowns, ten minutes of ground control, and outstruck the champion to silence all the doubters.

“The Machine” had to wait a long time to get his first UFC title shot. After losing his first two fights in the promotion, he won ten in a row and fired through top tier competition like Henry Cejudo, Petr Yan, and Jose Aldo to become the undeniable contender.

Many believe that Dvalishvili’s fighting style is one reason why the UFC didn’t push him as much as other stars like Sean O’Malley, Umar Nurmagomedov, or Ilia Topuria. Here’s what Georges St-Pierre’s coach thinks on the matter…

GSP’s Coach Criticzes Merab Dvalishvili For Rarely Threatening To Finish Sean O’Malley Or Past Opponents

Firas Zahabi discussed the UFC 306 main event on the Tristar Gym YouTube channel recently. The coach admitted to loving Dvalishvili’s unhinged personality and smartness inside the Octagon but couldn’t help but notice the lack of finishes on his record.

“His finishing record is abysmal guys. I gotta be honest. I’m telling you guys I love the guy he’s the new world champion I think he’s awesome. However, his finishing rate. Imagine you could take down almost everybody you’ve ever fought and you literally only have one submission. That doesn’t make any sense. It doesn’t make any sense. You’re literally taking everyone down, how come you never finish?”

Zahabi highlighted that Dvalishvili has had the potential to take down all his opponents (except Jose Aldo). Still, he only has one submission win in his pro MMA record which is as baffling as it sounds.

According to GSP’s coach, Dvalishvili must prioritize finishing his fights as a champ. His title victory already has MMA circles divided and a couple of similar performances might stop him from reaping all the benefits of being a UFC champion.

“If he doesn’t do it. I’ll tell you something. The fans will get sick of him. They’ll get sick of him running around the ring and just taking people down. Running around the ring and taking people down, like, they’re going to get sick of that. He has to entertain the crowd, he has to show finishing ability. If he doesn’t, can be disastrous to his career.”

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‘Georges It Is Past Your Bedtime’ – MMA Fans React After St-Pierre Posts UFO Update On Social Media

Former UFC welterweight and middleweight champion Georges St-Pierre will always be remembered as one of the greatest to ever do it. That was the case when he retired on top of the sport back in 2013 but his return at UFC 217 in 2017, where he defeated Michael Bisping to win the 185-pound belt, added […]

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Former UFC welterweight and middleweight champion Georges St-Pierre will always be remembered as one of the greatest to ever do it. That was the case when he retired on top of the sport back in 2013 but his return at UFC 217 in 2017, where he defeated Michael Bisping to win the 185-pound belt, added to it.

However, if there’s one thing that was slightly bizarre about the time that St-Pierre decided to go on hiatus after his welterweight title reign, it was his fascination with aliens.

It has been some time since the days where “GSP” would make comments that would have fans both puzzled and concerned all at the same time. But if you thought that he had moved on from this passion of his, you are sorely mistaken, as a recent social media post proves.

St-Pierre looked to get his followers talking about the latest development in UFO sightings, claiming that, “If you are not aware of this topic, it is high time you learn more about it.”

Fight Fans React To Georges St-Pierre’s Recent Dive Back Into The World Of Aliens & UFOs

It certainly didn’t take MMA fans too long before giving their take on St-Pierre’s latest social media post.

In addition to some mocking remarks, his statement did seem to generate the desired conversation regarding UFOs and UAPs with a fair amount of responses back to him with follow-up points.

“Most of the time it’s the government trying out new military stuff that will quite frankly be announced to the public 50 years from now They’re always ahead.”

“Thank you for raising awareness on this subject, George! I’ve been covering this topic extensively. More people need to realize this is absolutely real and the implications of this phenomena are extremely significant for our world. We need answers.”

On the other hand, there were those that were, once again, puzzled to say the least.

“Georges it is past your bedtime”

“GSP talking about UFOs did not see that coming”

“welcome to the gang George”

“Talk about when they kidnapped you”

“You were a UFM in the UFC- Unbeatable Fighting Machine”

“That was a curve ball”

“7 Missed Calls from Joe Rogan”

“Thanks for the heads up George’s St-Pierre I’ll keep an eye on the situation”

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Dana White reveals MMA Mount Rushmore, includes UFC stars Conor McGregor, Ronda Rousey

Dana White reveals MMA Mount Rushmore, includes UFC stars Conor McGregor, Ronda RouseyUFC CEO, Dana White has revealed his quartet of fighters who feature on his Mount Rushmore of mixed martial…

Dana White reveals MMA Mount Rushmore, includes UFC stars Conor McGregor, Ronda Rousey

UFC CEO, Dana White has revealed his quartet of fighters who feature on his Mount Rushmore of mixed martial arts — and while some choices may be surprising — the promotional boss has stuck to combatants who have competed in his organization.

White, the long-time president-turned-CEO of the UFC, was quizzed as to whom would feature on his Mouth Rushmore in a mixed martial arts setting — and chose former two-weight champions, Georges St-Pierre and Conor McGregor — as well as female trailblazer, Ronda Rousey, and likely nobodies surprise, incumbent heavyweight best Jon Jones, whom he had tirelessly championed recently.

Dana White reveals MMA Mount Rushmore featuring UFC stars

“You’ve got to go with Jon Jones,” Dana White said. You’ve got to go with Ronda Rousey. Women would not be fighting in the UFC if it wasn’t for her.”

You would have to put GSP (Georges St-Pierre) in there and absolutely, positively Conor McGregor,” Dana White explained. “He elevated and changed the game globally.”

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Receiving both props and criticizm aplenty following his choices, White had been accused online of simply picking fighters from the promotion who landed himself and the promotion some of the most lucrative cards in the history of combat sports.

Picking Rousey for her inaugural bantamweight title reign and presence amongst a male-dominant space during her early years in the sport, White then called upon Canadian icon, St-Pierre — who struck gold during two separate eras in the sport — in two separate divisions to boot.

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Furthermore, after providing a positive update on the fighting future of McGregor — White picked the charismatic Dubliner who became the first two-division champion who held belts simultaneously back in 2016.

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Singing the praise of the polarizing Jones ahead of his expected return at UFC 309 in November, White included the outspoken Rochester native — having very-publicly proclaimed him as the greatest combat sports fighter that’s ever lived, and comprising a gushing video package during the broadcast of the Contender Series last week.

UFC’s Georges St-Pierre on PED testing: ‘If the organization has power in their testing it’s corrupt’

UFC's Georges St-Pierre on PED testing: 'If the organization has power in their testing it's corrupt'Former two-division UFC champion, Georges St-Pierre has claimed that if any organization has links or “power” when it comes…

UFC's Georges St-Pierre on PED testing: 'If the organization has power in their testing it's corrupt'

Former two-division UFC champion, Georges St-Pierre has claimed that if any organization has links or “power” when it comes to their testing – it’s likely going to cause come claims of corruption, as well as potential questions of a conflict of interest.

St-Pierre, a renowned mixed martial arts legends – heralded as one of the greatest fighters to ever combat in combat sports, enjoyed a lengthy reign as welterweight champion twice in the UFC – before snapping a retirement to snatch the undisputed middleweight crown.

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Minting himself as a two-weight champion back in late 2017, Georges St-Pierre submitted then-middleweight kingpin, Michael Bisping with a rear-naked choke in their title fight at Madison Square Garden, before a bout of debilitating ulcerative colitis forced him back into retirement.

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Georges St-Pierre hints at UFC “corruption” with drug testing

A major proponent for the introduction of drug testing during his era atop the promotion’welterweight pile, Canadian star, St-Pierre has claimed any organization utilizing their own power when it comes to testing for performance enhancing drugs or substances in their company, is very much “corrupt”, however.

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“They’re [the UFC] not with USADA (United States Anti-Doping Agency) anymore, but I think they hire another organization to do the tests now,” Georges St-Pierre told Theo Von during a podcast appearance. But I do believe that if you want to avoid corruption, it needs to be a seprated entity that do the tests than the organization itself. If the organization has power in their testing, it’s corrupt.”

Over the course of his gold laden spell with the UFC, St-Pierre avenged his sole professional losses to both Matt Hughes and Matt Serra with knockouts, as well as chalked up impressive wins over other contenders including the likes of Frank Trigg, Sean Sherk, B.J. Penn, Josh Koscheck, Jon Fitch, Thiago Alves, Carlos Condit, Nick Diaz, Jake Shields, and Johny Hendricks to name a few.