Saint Pierre Biography

Quotes about the end of his career “I am glad that he finished performing. Ultimately, I would die of cancer due to accumulated stress. With each return to Octagon, my nervousness only increased, and before the fight against Michael Bisping, stress inside me went to my historical peak ”The UFC leadership does not want to risk Habib’s championship“ We both agreed to the battle, but the UFC leadership does not want to risk Habib's championship.

If they were sure of my defeat, the meeting would take place. They can be understood ”about the dream to become the best fighter of all time“ being a child, I dreamed of becoming the best fighter of all time, but later I realized that this dream is an illusion. There is always a person who will beat you sooner or later ”in the UFC there is less show“ I went out in the Guy from Shotokan-Karat.

It motivated me, and was an element of the performance. Like many fighters, he came across a bullying at school - there his peers and not only took his cash from him and hid his clothes. Being a schoolboy, the Canadian played hockey, rode skates, was a regular in various sports events. Before you put the beginning of a professional career in mixed martial arts, for a lot of time Georges was a bouncer at the Fuzzy Brossard night club, located in Montreal.

His work book also includes the mention of the workshop’s work - he worked for them six months to pay for training accounts in high school. The background in martial arts with martial arts, Saint-Pierre met at 7 years old. Then, with the aim of self-defense, he began to study Karate Kekusinkai with his father, subsequently moving under the leadership of a real karate-master and receiving a black belt.

At 16, after the death of the teacher, the Canadian began to engage in boxing, freestyle wrestling and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. For all the time, Georges trained with many people. So, for example, the purple, brown and black belts along the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Athlet received from Fabio Olanda, Renzo Gracie and Bruno Fernandes, respectively. An exception to the rule was Victor Zilberman, who for 15 years pumped his freestyle wrestling skills.

In addition, the Canadian arsenal includes black belts on such martial arts as Shotokan-Karat and Gaidojitsu. The second is a mix of kickboxing, grappling and basic grabs from judo and was created by Greg Jackson, with whom the athlete trained at his Submission Fighting Gaidojutsu Academy. Mixed martial arts, having looked at the 12th years of the UFC 1 tournament, Saint-Pierre caught fire of a dream in mixed martial arts.

After 4 years, he first performed in amateurs, and at the beginning of the year he became a professional fighter. In the first 2 years, Georges collected his careers, and also won and once defended the champion title of UCC promotion. After that, the Canadian replenished the Roster of the UFC organization, where Karo Parisyan and Jay Hiron, who was overwhelmed by Matt Hughes for the vacant championship title, which lost the reception.

In the battle for the title of champion, the Canadian met the old acquaintance of Matt Hughes, who knocked out Hed-Kick. The largest APST in the history of mixed martial arts was the first contender for George’s belt, Matt Serra. Nobody believed in an American - he had no good rack and was worse than the champion in the stalls. However, in the first round, Anderdog sent Saint-Pierre to 2 a knockdown and defeated on earth, for the first time in 8 years of his career, having won a knockout and performing the most loud apceet in the history of mixed martial arts.

To return the belt of the absolute champion, Georges had to take revenge over Matt Sery, which he actually did, sending him to the knockout. In addition, for the second time he defeated Bi Jay Penn, who was at the peak of his capabilities, is only much more confident than in the first confrontation - by technical knockout. After that, Saint-Pierre was out of order for a year and a half due to injuries, which caused the abolition of his battles against Carlos Condit and Nick Diaz.

However, when he returned, he gave them a chance to win his title, but none of them took advantage of them - both lost a unanimous decision. The next and last rival of Georges in the welterweight was Johnny Hendrix, whom the Canadian defeated a separate decision. The result of the battle caused a wide resonance among professional athletes and analysts, who, for the most part, considered Hendricks the winner.

After that, Saint-Pierre announced that he wanted to take a break from mixed martial arts and freed his belt. In the fall, Georges returned to Octagon, going out against the mid -weight champion of Michael Bisping, whom he was raised in the third round. Subsequently, he, ill with ulcerative colitis, left the title to vacant.

A year later, Saint-Pierre said that he had cured his illness, but he left the question of returning to the battles open, and on February 21, he announced his career completion. Video of fights.