Dana White’s Defense Against Georges St-Pierre Doing More Harm Than Good

kook·y1. strange or eccentric. In a sport where masculinity is prized and the symbols and accoutrements of male pride are displayed, splashed and painted across various $100 T-shirts, custom headphones and the ugliest jeans you ever saw, it is not surprising that UFC president Dana White would tell former welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre to “be a […]

kook·y1. strange or eccentric. In a sport where masculinity is prized and the symbols and accoutrements of male pride are displayed, splashed and painted across various $100 T-shirts, custom headphones and the ugliest jeans you ever saw, it is not surprising that UFC president Dana White would tell former welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre to “be a […]

Georges St-Pierre in Repose and the Emergence of MMA’s Most Unlikely Radical

If there’s one word that best describes the MMA career of Georges St-Pierre, it might well be steady. Throughout his historic decade-long run in the UFC, St-Pierre was so dominant that he was routinely lambasted for being boring. During interviews, his composure bordered on contrivance. In a sport where professionalism is often the exception to […]

If there’s one word that best describes the MMA career of Georges St-Pierre, it might well be steady. Throughout his historic decade-long run in the UFC, St-Pierre was so dominant that he was routinely lambasted for being boring. During interviews, his composure bordered on contrivance. In a sport where professionalism is often the exception to […]

Georges St-Pierre Says UFC’s Leniency with Drug Testing Influenced Break

Georges St-Pierre recently admitted that his decision to take a break from the sport of MMA was influenced in part by hard feelings toward his employer, the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).  Before his last fight inside the Octagon at UFC 167 against Johny Hendricks, GSP butted heads with both the UFC and Hendricks over the […]

Georges St-Pierre recently admitted that his decision to take a break from the sport of MMA was influenced in part by hard feelings toward his employer, the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).  Before his last fight inside the Octagon at UFC 167 against Johny Hendricks, GSP butted heads with both the UFC and Hendricks over the […]

Georges St-Pierre Makes 1st Public Appearance Since UFC Hiatus

Good news and bad news for fans of the UFC’s longtime, now-former welterweight champ Georges St-Pierre. The 32-year-old made his first public appearance since announcing that he was going to take a break from mixed martial arts, taking the field during a National Lacrosse League game between the Edmonton Rush and Colorado Mammoth. He was […]

Good news and bad news for fans of the UFC’s longtime, now-former welterweight champ Georges St-Pierre. The 32-year-old made his first public appearance since announcing that he was going to take a break from mixed martial arts, taking the field during a National Lacrosse League game between the Edmonton Rush and Colorado Mammoth. He was […]

Georges St-Pierre Said Belt Was Stolen After UFC 167 Bout with Johny Hendricks

Georges St-Pierre recently relinquished his welterweight title and left the sport of MMA, but plans to rob the UFC legend of his championship status appear to have begun immediately after his UFC 167 win over Johny Hendricks.  Speaking to reporter Jean-René Dufort on the French-Canadian television show Infoman (interview begins at 40:49), GSP said that his championship strap from […]

Georges St-Pierre recently relinquished his welterweight title and left the sport of MMA, but plans to rob the UFC legend of his championship status appear to have begun immediately after his UFC 167 win over Johny Hendricks.  Speaking to reporter Jean-René Dufort on the French-Canadian television show Infoman (interview begins at 40:49), GSP said that his championship strap from […]

With Silva and St-Pierre Out, Who Will Fill the UFC’s Superstar Void in 2014?

In the end, it was fitting that Anderson Silva and Georges St-Pierre left the party together. The Octagon’s two biggest stars began their respective title reigns a little more than a month apart in 2006 and—though St-Pierre’s was briefly interrupted by Matt Serra—they’ll likely always be linked in our minds. But if 2013 is remembered […]

In the end, it was fitting that Anderson Silva and Georges St-Pierre left the party together. The Octagon’s two biggest stars began their respective title reigns a little more than a month apart in 2006 and—though St-Pierre’s was briefly interrupted by Matt Serra—they’ll likely always be linked in our minds. But if 2013 is remembered […]