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UFC 124’s Fight Within the Fight: The Wrestling of Koscheck & St. Pierre

Filed under: UFC, FanHouse Exclusive, NewsMONTREAL — Wrestling in mixed martial arts is somewhat equivalent to special teams play in football. It’s grinding, it’s unglamorous, and nobody pays specifially to watch it. Yet ultimately, it can be one of t…

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MONTREAL — Wrestling in mixed martial arts is somewhat equivalent to special teams play in football. It’s grinding, it’s unglamorous, and nobody pays specifially to watch it. Yet ultimately, it can be one of the most important factors in winning and losing.

UFC 124 main eventers Josh Koscheck and Georges St. Pierre have used wrestling as the basic building block of their respective careers. For Koscheck — a former NCAA All-American and wrestling champ — it was in the early stages, when he had little more to fall back on. For the champion St. Pierre, it was upon realizing he needed to add the extra element to his arsenal.

The fight within the fight of who controls the wrestling game could well decide who emerges from UFC 124 as the UFC welterweight champion.

Listen to The Bum Rush Radio Show Episode 11.1 Featuring Phil Baroni and Stefan Struve

Realizing that we forgot to touch on UFC 124 on last week’s episode of The Bum Rush, we put together a pretty decent little show for this week, which although it clocks in at just over 30 minutes, is packed from top to bottom with goodness.
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Realizing that we forgot to touch on UFC 124 on last week’s episode of The Bum Rush, we put together a pretty decent little show for this week, which although it clocks in at just over 30 minutes, is packed from top to bottom with goodness.

In this episode, which could be argued is our pound-for-pound best, perennial Potato Nation favorite, Phil Baroni stops by to talk about a number of topics, including his upcoming UFC 125 bout with Brad Tavares, the fact that he’s one of the last old school brawlers and his thoughts on his American Kickboxing Academy teammate Josh Koscheck’s championship bout with Georges St-Pierre Saturday night.

Stefan Struve also checks in with the guys to discuss his online rivalry and UFC 124 heavyweight scrap with Sean McCorkle, how he got his start as a fighter, which fighter he looked up to growing up and much, much more.

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Josh Koscheck: ‘Maybe I Am a Bad Guy’

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MONTREAL — MMA Fighting spoke to Josh Koscheck about his UFC 124 welterweight title fight against Georges St-Pierre on Wednesday. Koscheck talked about how the Montrealers have received him, preparing for the biggest fight of his life, his improvement as a fighter since the first time they fought and much more.

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MONTREAL — MMA Fighting spoke to Josh Koscheck about his UFC 124 welterweight title fight against Georges St-Pierre on Wednesday. Koscheck talked about how the Montrealers have received him, preparing for the biggest fight of his life, his improvement as a fighter since the first time they fought and much more.

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.

Georges St. Pierre: Josh Koscheck Has No Idea What He’s in for at UFC 124

Filed under: UFCMONTREAL — Georges St. Pierre smiles the smile of a man who knows something the rest of us don’t know. Whatever it is, we’ll have to wait until Saturday night to find out. Josh Koscheck will, too.

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MONTREAL — Georges St. Pierre smiles the smile of a man who knows something the rest of us don’t know. Whatever it is, we’ll have to wait until Saturday night to find out. Josh Koscheck will, too.

There’s a scary thought about GSP: that as good as he is — and some consider the UFC welterweight champion the best pound-for-pound fighter on the planet — he’s just reaching his peak as an athlete. At 29 years old, it’s a feasible theory.

St. Pierre surrounds himself with the greatest coaches and training partners he can find, he obsesses on the little details that will take good to great, and he willingly accepts the notion that the brain is the most underrated and underused weapon in fighting.

He’s evolved to the point that he’s as complete a fighter as exists in the sport, capable of fighting in multiple styles, and because of that variable of the unknown, he thinks challenger Josh Koscheck has no idea what he’s in for at UFC 124. The result, he hopes, is a finish, an endpoint that St. Pierre has been stressing for the last several months.

GSP Plans to Never Talk About Josh Koscheck After UFC 124

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MONTREAL — UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre has often been accused of being too packaged in interviews or press conferences, but his final answer in the lead up to UFC 124 might have been the most raw emotion and passion he’s ever exemplified while answering a question prior to a fight.

When asked about potentially fighting Josh Koscheck after Saturday night, St-Pierre said he doesn’t want to hear or think about the American Kickboxing Academy fighter ever again.

Watch the video of his response below.

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MONTREAL — UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre has often been accused of being too packaged in interviews or press conferences, but his final answer in the lead up to UFC 124 might have been the most raw emotion and passion he’s ever exemplified while answering a question prior to a fight.

When asked about potentially fighting Josh Koscheck after Saturday night, St-Pierre said he doesn’t want to hear or think about the American Kickboxing Academy fighter ever again.

Watch the video of his response below.