Coach: GSP not Silva is the GOAT now
Firas Zahabi compared Anderson Silva to Lance Armstrong, said that GSP is the GOAT, and warns that one day someone is going to die from PEDs.
Former UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre’s coach Firas Zahabi spoke recently with the French language La Presse, and compared Anderson Silva’s recent positive test for PEDs with disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong. Further Zahabi says the GOAT is now GSP.
“It’s horrible for the sport,” said Zahabi as translated from French by Marc Raimondi for MMAfighting. “Lance Armstrong has not helped the sport of cycling. A lot of people were inspired by his story and afterwards we find out that it’s a lie. Here, we’re going through something similar in our sport.”
“Georges is the best pound-for-pound fighter. We have to drop Silva. If he really cheated, we can’t set this example for the youth. It’s ridiculous. Is Lance Armstrong considered the best cyclist of all time? No. A few years ago, the answer would have been different.”
“Georges passed the tests of VADA, the best agency. All his tests are public. We are ready to take them again with random controls 24 hours a day. My athletes are natural and yes Georges is the best fighter of all time.”
“It’s unbelievable that they let them fight. Me personally, I would like the sport to be cleaned up. Because one day, a guy is going to die in the Octagon and we’re going to find out that the guy who killed him tested positive after the fact. Our sport is already dangerous enough as it is. If we add doping on top of that, it becomes madness.”