The former UFC champion Georges St-Pierre announced his retirement from the sport; MMA officially.
Georges St-Pierre with his career record of 26-2 MMA and 20-2 UFC is also the former UFC welterweight and middleweight champion. Georges St-Pierre announced his decision of retirement in a press conference held in Montreal.
Georges St-Pierre stated to the media, “It takes a lot of discipline and hard work to become and remain a champion. It also takes a lot of discipline to stop being that champion knowing that you are still in the best physical and mental state of your life. However, for me, I had always planned for leaving the sport when I was in my top and good health.”
He further added to his statement, “I want to thank my family, my fans, my coaches, trainers and training partners, my sponsors and my agents for their indefectible support during all these years. I will forever be grateful for the work of Lorenzo and Frank Fertitta, as well as Dana White and all UFC employees for giving me the opportunity to showcase my skills before the world, from UFC 46 to UFC 217. I also want to thank each of my opponents. All of them are incredible athletes who brought out the best in me. I retire from competition with great pride at having had a positive impact on my sport. I intend to keep training and practicing martial arts for as long as I live, and I look forward to watching the new generation of champions carry our sport into the future.”
Khabib Nurmagomedov, the UFC lightweight champion expressed his strong desire to St-Pierre for a fight and to postpone his retirement until then, ST-Pierre had little interest in rushing this fight as UFC also did not have interest in booking it.
Dana White, UFC President taking about St-Pierre’s retirement said, “He has set his legacy of being one of the best pound-for-pound fighters. He defeated all of the major opponents in the welterweight division and then went above to the level of middleweight and won the championship. He is one of the biggest names in MMA and he has placed Canada on the MMA map.”
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