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UFC 143: Georges St-Pierre Injured: Nick Diaz & Carlos Condit for Interim Title

Well, it happened again.Georges St-Pierre has once again gone down with an injury, and he will be out for 10 months, according to Dana White’s tweet.According to the tweet, GSP blew out his ACL, and Carlos Condit will now face Nick Diaz for the interim…

Well, it happened again.

Georges St-Pierre has once again gone down with an injury, and he will be out for 10 months, according to Dana White‘s tweet.

According to the tweet, GSP blew out his ACL, and Carlos Condit will now face Nick Diaz for the interim UFC welterweight title.

This just continues the jumble in the welterweight division recently, as there have been numerous switches as of late.

First it was to be GSP-Diaz. Then it was GSP-Condit.

Then that fight was scrapped due to a St-Pierre injury, and Condit decided to wait for a title shot, which he ended up losing his chance at.

Then GSP-Diaz was scheduled once again, which is now off due to a St-Pierre injury once more.

The Condit-Diaz winner will, in all likelihood, face off against St-Pierre when he returns from injury.

Originally on this card, St-Pierre was going to fight Diaz for the welterweight title, and Condit was going to fight Josh Koscheck for a likely No. 1 contender position.

It is unclear if Koscheck will remain on the card.

Carlos Condit vs. Nick Diaz will go down at UFC 143 in Las Vegas on February 4th.

Stay tuned to B/R MMA for more on this story as it develops.

 

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Georges St-Pierre Injures Knee, 10-Month Recovery Time KO’s Him From UFC 143

Filed under: UFC, NewsUFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre has injured his knee for the second time in two months, forcing him out of action once again. But this injury is much worse than the one that cost him a few weeks and a date with Carlos …

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UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre has injured his knee for the second time in two months, forcing him out of action once again. But this injury is much worse than the one that cost him a few weeks and a date with Carlos Condit in October.

This time, the champ tore his ACL and will be out around 10 months, UFC president Dana White announced.

The issue will cost him a spot in the UFC 143 main event, and one of 2012’s most anticipated matchups against former Strikeforce champion Nick Diaz.

Instead, Diaz (26-7, 1 no contest) will face Condit in a bout that White says will be for the interim welterweight championship.

As you may recall, Condit (27-5) has had a roller coaster ride in the booking department recently. After knocking out Dong Hyun Kim at UFC 132, he was going to fight BJ Penn at UFC 139, then got the slot against St-Pierre when Diaz went AWOL for two press appearances. But that opportunity came and went when St-Pierre suffered his first knee injury.

Condit didn’t end up fighting in October, instead choosing to wait for St-Pierre to heal. But even that plan went awry when Diaz overwhelmed Penn, and St-Pierre insisted upon fighting the Stockton, California native.

So Condit was moved aside and thrust into a matchup with Josh Koscheck. And now Koscheck is the odd man out.

That’s enough to make your head spin, but the long and short of it is that the Condit-Diaz winner will be the interim champ, and whenever St-Pierre returns, he’ll face the holder of that faux belt.

This is the second major injury St-Pierre (22-2) has suffered as champion. During a successful July 2009 title defense against Thiago Alves, he tore his groin and didn’t fight again until over eight months later.

By the time he returns, St-Pierre will have had over a year on the sidelines. His last bout was an April 2011 unanimous decision win over Jake Shields. He has been the champion for over 1,300 days, since wresting the title from Matt Serra in April 2008.

 

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Quote of the Day: Frank Shamrock Says Nick Diaz is Going to ‘Whoop On’ GSP


(When is Nick going to start playing the game and hit a tanning booth and wear a little lip gloss for photo shoots?)

Frank Shamrock spoke to FightHubTV recently and former UFC light heavyweight and Strikeforce middleweight champion gave his thoughts on the upcoming UFC welterweight title bout between Georges St-Pierre and Nick Diaz.

Shamrock, who admits he underestimated the Stockton native when they squared off back in 2009 in his final bout, says that he feels that St-Pierre is in for a rude awakening come February 4.


(When is Nick going to start playing the game and hit a tanning booth and wear a little lip gloss for photo shoots?)

Frank Shamrock spoke to FightHubTV recently and former UFC light heavyweight and Strikeforce middleweight champion gave his thoughts on the upcoming UFC welterweight title bout between Georges St-Pierre and Nick Diaz.

Shamrock, who admits he underestimated the Stockton native when they squared off back in 2009 in his final bout, says that he feels that St-Pierre is in for a rude awakening come February 4.

“Nick is going to whoop on him. That is a fighter Georges has not faced and I think will really test him, if not beat Georges. The advantage he has over Nick is wrestling and if he decides to lay on him for five rounds, what has he proven? Diaz has better boxing, better cardio and better jiu jitsu,” Shamrock explains. “If the fight goes to the ground, GSP can’t take his time how he likes to, looking for a submission; Nick will be moving and looking for any submission he can get. It will be a great fight. I know that for sure.”

As far as his bout with Diaz, Shamrock says that he was surprised with how good the scrappy Team Cesar Gracie fighter was.

“[I wanted to] kick the crap out of this kid and teach him a lesson but that didn’t happen. I went in feeling ready and able to shut him up, there were nagging injuries but they didn’t play too big of a factor,” he explained. “At the end, Nick was awesome – he is a different level of fighter and I knew that after he landed the first punch.”

MMA: Davis-Evans, Leben Suspended, Ellenberger-Sanchez & the Week’s Biggest News

As if the barrage of fight announcements last week wasn’t enough to keep every MMA fan busy in the coming months, even more fights have been revealed for upcoming cards.The biggest reveal of the week came in regards to the UFC’s next event on network t…

As if the barrage of fight announcements last week wasn’t enough to keep every MMA fan busy in the coming months, even more fights have been revealed for upcoming cards.

The biggest reveal of the week came in regards to the UFC’s next event on network television.  Headlining the Jan. 28 in Chicago will be light heavyweight contenders “Suga” Rashad Evans and Phil “Mr. Wonderful” Davis.

In some disheartening news, former cast member of The Ultimate Fighter season one, Chris Leben, was suspended for an entire year by the UFC following a positive drug test at UFC 138 in November.

Finally, the promotion announced that an event will be coming to Fuel TV in February and will be headlined by a welterweight collision between red-hot Jake Ellenberger and TUF winner Diego Sanchez.

 

Rob Tatum is a Featured Columnist for Bleacher Report MMA. You can also find Rob’s work at TheMMACorner.com.  For anything related to MMA, you can follow Rob on Twitter  @RobTatumMMA.

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Georges St-Pierre Training with Vitor Belfort in Preparation for UFC 143

Georges St-Pierre continues to redefine the sport of mixed martial arts with his innovative and creative training regimen. The UFC welterweight champion recently attended a training session with Ginastica Natural Training founder Alvaro Romano and…

Georges St-Pierre continues to redefine the sport of mixed martial arts with his innovative and creative training regimen. 

The UFC welterweight champion recently attended a training session with Ginastica Natural Training founder Alvaro Romano and Vitor Belfort to participate in an intense workout. 

St-Pierre can be seen actively participating with Belfort and Romano, along with other members of Greg Jackson’s MMA, as well as socializing with Romano and receiving advice in between drills. 

St-Pierre will make his seventh title defense against Nick Diaz at UFC 143 on Super Bowl weekend in February 2012. The French-Canadian was originally scheduled to face Diaz at UFC 137 before the former Strikeforce welterweight champion was forced off the card after failing to show up for a media tour and promote the main event. 

The champion was then forced to withdraw from the event as well after suffering an injury during training camp just two weeks before facing newly-scheduled opponent Carlos Condit.

Now, healed from his injuries, St-Pierre looks to be back in training and implementing different techniques and strategies to help him prepare for his encounter with Diaz at UFC 143. 

Meanwhile, Belfort, who is coming off an injury himself, will face Anthony “Rumble” Johnson at UFC 142 in Brazil on January 16th. 

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Georges St-Pierre Doesn’t Care for Nick Diaz, Focused on Hurting Him

Georges St-Pierre isn’t the type of fighter to engage in mind games. So, when it was learned that Nick Diaz would challenge the champion to a title bout at UFC 143, St-Pierre immediately accepted. Diaz’s post-fight comments regarding St-Pierre’s i…

Georges St-Pierre isn’t the type of fighter to engage in mind games. So, when it was learned that Nick Diaz would challenge the champion to a title bout at UFC 143, St-Pierre immediately accepted. 

Diaz‘s post-fight comments regarding St-Pierre’s injury reportedly enraged the champion. However, “Rush” didn’t seemed bothered by Diaz’s remarks. 

“It’s always been the fight I’ve wanted to have,” St-Pierre told QMI Agency during an autograph session in Toronto. “He wanted to have a title fight and he got it. (Calling me out is) the best way to do it and it’s not personal.”

Whether Diaz’s intentions were personal or not, his remarks certainly got St-Pierre’s attention. Diaz defeated BJ Penn at UFC 137 to earn a title shot against St-Pierre, after original challenger Carlos Condit was forced to step aside. 

The Stockton native has become notorious for his constant trash talk and belittling his opponents, which is something St-Pierre has become all too familiar with. Opponents such as BJ Penn, Matt Serra and Josh Koscheck have all tried to get under the champion’s skin, only to lose in dominant fashion. 

But St-Pierre has said it is only tactic employed by his opponents to frustrate him and force him to fight with emotion. 

“I’ve seen it all from everyone before,” he said. “If they’re trying to get into my head and make me fight a bad fight, it’s just mind games and it doesn’t work. I’m just going to focus on hurting him.”

Diaz’s comments are likely just the beginning of this heated rivalry, which will eventually come to fruition on February 6th.  

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