“It was all Bullshit”- Georges St. Pierre recalls UFC wanting to book a big money fight between him and Khabib Nurmagomedov


“It was all Bullshit”- Georges St. Pierre recalls UFC wanting to book a big money fight between him and Khabib Nurmagomedov

Georges St. Pierre - Khabib Nurmagomedov (Image Courtesy - Sports Illustrated)

Although, Georges St. Pierre and Khabib Nurmagomedov hung up their gloves in the octagon a while ago. A potential fight between the two is always in popular discussions in the MMA community. Fans are always speculating as well as arguing as to who would win between the two. Even the two wanted to fight each other at a certain point, but the matchup never became a reality.

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GSP who is now 41 years of age, retired from MMA back in 2017 after defeating Michael Bisping at UFC 217 for the middleweight title. He retired as one of the most dominant champions in the UFC with a record of 26-2 and a champion of two weight classes. After fighting for over a decade GSP retired after winning his bout against Johnny Hendricks at UFC 167. He later came back to challenge the middleweight champion in 2017.

On the other hand, The Eagle is the most dominant champion the Lightweight division has ever seen. With an undefeated record of 29-0, The Eagle retired in 2020 at UFC 254 following his father’s death due to covid. He is 33 years old and now coaches fellow fighters.

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Some of the notable wins in his carrier are against the likes of Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier. The Russian was a sambo wrestler who terrorised the 155-lbs division with his grappling skills. After retiring he established Eagle FC in 2020 and is now promoting fights.

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Georges St Pierre opens up about why he never fought Khabib Nurmagomedov

Georges St. Pierre
Khabib Nurmagomedov
Georges St. Pierre talks about Khabib Nurmagomedov on Patrick Bet-David Podcast

With both the fighters wanting the fight at a certain point and the UFC not willing to book the fight then. This fight never became a reality for MMA fans. Both of these fighters are considered G.O.A.T. by many. So, a lot of the fans wanted to see a fight to settle once and for all the true champion between these two.

In a podcast with Patrick Bet-David uploaded on the YouTube channel, GSP talks about MMA, the fighter pay issue, Justin Trudeau, the UFC and many more GSP also talks about why his fight against Khabib never came to be. The Canadian also talked about his coaches and his fight career.

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When asked about the fight with The Eagle, GSP shared a story of Dana White calling him to ask about a fight with The Eagle, hiding the fact that The Eagle hasn’t been asked the same. GSP states, “Because Khabib is retired and I’m retired. So now the UFC, Dana called me and he’s like oh now would you be interested to fight Khabib? He asked me because he called me for that reason I was like I didn’t wanna do it.”

GSP further states, ” but I told Dana just to see what happens because I was curious so I didn’t say no I said okay let me think about it. And the way Dana talked to me it was like Khabib already accepted. But it wasn’t true we were both the retires so for them it was an opportunity to make a big money fight. So I said I’m gonna think about it. They didn’t approached Khabib first they approached me first to make it happen. It was all BS you know!”

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