GSP describes detail around injury, expects early 2012 return
St-Pierre said that the decision was a very tough one, but he believes it’s the right one. And it was…
St-Pierre said that the decision was a very tough one, but he believes it’s the right one. And it was definitely an emotional one.
“I’m not going to lie, I cried yesterday,” St-Pierre admitted. “I had a ton of pressure falling off my shoulders, because for the last few days I was in the mindset that I was nervous for the fight. I was excited for the fight but I was also nervous to know if I was going to be able to fight.
“Now all the pressure is off, I feel much better. I’m going to do some rehab, maybe take a vacation because I went through a lot. It’s not only the fight, it’s all the training camp, I went through a lot of stuff. I need to reset the whole thing again and I’ll be ready for the next one.”
St-Pierre said he eyes a return in early 2012 — perhaps at one of the UFC’s big annual shows.
“The recovery I want to do it well, I don’t want to do it too fast. Because now I had an injury and I tried to train on it and maybe made it a little bit worse. I need a good four weeks to do my physio and do it right.
“I would say maybe end of January, possibly the beginning of February (for my return) … Super Bowl, around this time.”
