Georges St-Pierre feels he never made peace with Nick Diaz since their high-voltage clash at UFC 158!


Georges St-Pierre feels he never made peace with Nick Diaz since their high-voltage clash at UFC 158!

Georges St-Pierre and Nick Diaz

8 years ago on the 16th of March, 2013, Georges St-Pierre took on the fiery Nick Diaz at UFC 158. Nick Diaz had been very vocal about wanting to fight Georges St-Pierre for almost 2 years, back then. The build-up to the fight was quite intense, especially due to the charged up Nick Diaz. GSP won the fight via. unanimous decision. 8 years on, Georges St-Pierre wishes that he had made peace with Nick Diaz, since he felt that Nick Diaz took the rivalry personally.

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Speaking in an interview with Ariel Helwani in Ariel Helwani’s MMA show, Georges St-Pierre regretted that he never made peace with Nick Diaz. He went on to say that Nick Diaz took things very personally, while he (GSP) looked at things (the fight) only from a business perspective.

If I ever cross paths with him, I will go see him and shake his hand‘ – Georges St-Pierre

GSP was quoted as saying, “It feels like I never made peace with Nick Diaz. I feel like he took it very personal. For him that fight was very personal, for me it was very business. If I ever cross paths with him, I will go see him and shake his hand and say ‘man I don’t hold any grudge, I hope you don’t as well’.” [H/T FirstSportz]

He continued, “I just like to have some sort of camaraderie with my former opponents, because we shared a moment. We made money, we shared a moment, we have a bond together. For me, he’s the one of the guys that I never had the chance to talk with after the fight and I feel like it’s missing a little bit in my life.” [H/T FirstSportz]

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Georges St-Pierre has always been a nice guy and is known for his gentlemanly behaviour. Do you think the pair will smoke the peace pipe someday?

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