UFC welterweight Tim Means recently chided welterweight G.O.A.T. Georges St-Pierre for not speaking out about the Bjorn Rebney founded MMAAA fighter organizing effort since he re-signed with the league. However, during a recent appearance on Ariel Helwani’s The MMA Hour, GSP said he is still part of the group’s leadership.
A lot of guys are fighting and they’re still part of the association. One thing that I am not, I am not a coward, said St-Pierre as transcribed by Shaun Al-Shatti for MMA Fighting. And it’s not because I’m back in UFC that I’m going throw [away] all of these who had the courage to step up with me, and I’m going to let them down. I’m not like that.
What I said was true, what I believe. I believe some of the fighters, they don’t have their fair share of the pie. And I still do believe it.
I didn’t see the association as me not coming back. I see the association as something that could work with UFC for the benefit of the fighters. And I still believe it, as it is today. I don’t think it’s a bad thing for UFC. In long run, it would be a good thing. I believe fighters need to upgrade their status.
The thing, too, is UFC is a business, and of course a lot of fighters, sometimes they’re not very well represented and they sign bad deals. It’s not the UFC’s fault if [fighters] sign bad deals. Sometimes it’s because they make the wrong choice themselves. If you’re in business and the guy is ready to sign for peanuts, that’s not necessarily the UFC’s fault sometimes. It’s the fighter’s fault. So I think it’s up to the fighters to take the initiative for themselves as well. It goes both ways. I think the association can be positive for both sides.
