Former UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre walked away from his title in 2013, explaining that the relentless pressure of staying on staying on top took the joy out of fighting and life. He later added a second reason – the ubiquity of PED use in MMA. Now the UFC has admirably addressed the PED issue, and GSP is back.

Rather than focus on welterweight, GSP is looking for superfights, from 155-185, starting with a shot at UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping. Bisping is game, so the lively trash talk has begun.

“I have nothing against Georges St-Pierre apart from the fact that he retired from the sport and was like, ‘No, I can’t do it because people are taking performance enhancing drugs. Well guess what, they were and they’re getting caught,” said Bisping on his The Countdown on SiriusXM Rush podcast, as transcribed by Jed Meshew for MMA Fighting. “But if you’re a man, if you’re a fighter, if you’re not a little b****, you’ll still continue to take those chances and try to beat those people. You won’t run away to the shadows and disappear because you think you can’t compete.

“I’m not the coward. I’m not the coward that needs to takes steroids to compete with these guys. And I would have thought that Georges St-Pierre was man enough also to have the same attitude.”

“Just for the record, I will call GSP out. I’ve got somebody in mind for my next fight and when that’s taken care of, if GSP’s man enough and he wants to step on the dotted line and fight, I will happily fight Georges St-Pierre.”

‘The Count’ has earned the right to say whatever he wants about PEDs. He lost to Dan Henderson, who was legally on PEDs. He lost to Wanderlei Silva, who literally ran from a PED test, leaving his career in shambles. He lost to ChaelSonnen, who was both legally and illegally on PEDs. He lost to VitorBelfort who was on PEDs legally, sort of. Until someone in MMA dies or is utterly debilitated by PED abuse, no one has suffered more from them than Michael Bisping.