Welterweight G.O.A.T. Georges St-Pierre successfully defended his belt vs. Johny Hendricks at UFC 167 on November 16, 2013; he then gave up the belt, and took a long break. GSP returned to win the middleweight belt from Michael Bisping at UFC 217, on November 4, 2017; he then gave up the belt, and is taking a break.
Nate Diaz too is taking a break, since splitting fights with Conor McGregor and making millions, the latest on August 20, 2016. However, there is talk of GSP and Nate fighting. And that brought Nick Diaz into the picture. The elder Diaz fought GSP on UFC 158, on March 16, 2013, and at various points has questioned GSP for his perceived HGH belly, for the unusual weigh-ins at the event, and more.
During a recent appearance on The JRE MMA Show, GSP, now 37, responded with a faux confession.
They said that I took steroids when I fought [Nick], I messed up my wraps, I didn’t make weight, and I put something in his IV, said St-Pierre as transcribed by Jed Meshew for MMA Fighting. I gotta confess, Joe. I gotta confess. I was so scared of fighting Nick Diaz so we poisoned his IV. But he survived so I was even more terrified, so all the athletic commission was on my payroll so they tricked the weigh-in and I made it. But he went through [with the fight] so I was even more terrified, so the alien abducted me and put the gamma rays to increase my strength like the Hulk, like a performance-enhancing drug. But the fight was still happening so right before I put some glass and cement in my gloves to make sure, and I still had a crazy hard fight. [Laughs].
It’s completely insane. . . I think he has a problem of conspiration. He thinks everybody is against him. . . I think that’s what it is. I don’t know if it’s the weed but maybe weed with the social environment and genetics can create some kind of disorder in the brain and make you have conspiracy problems. You think everybody is against you. I’ve seen a lot of my friends who smoke a lot have this problem. Sometimes they’re paranoid.
Despite the trash talk, GSP was laudatory in his assessment of Diaz.
Nick Diaz, he makes people tired, that’s why he wins fights. He’s kind of a slow guy but people get more tired than him quickly, especially in their nervous system,” he said. “Nick Diaz, that’s why he’s so good and it’s sad for him that he doesn’t fight. His best years are now! He should be fighting now! He should do it now.
