GSP to peers: Be more professional
So in the wake of major UFC sponsor Anheuser-Busch warning the promotion that it would take action if fighters wouldn’t…
So in the wake of major UFC sponsor Anheuser-Busch warning the promotion that it would take action if fighters wouldn’t conduct themselves more professionally, MMAFighting.com asked St-Pierre on Friday whether he thinks it’s time his fellow fighters cleaned up their acts.
“This is something that I’ve been doing since the beginning of my career,” St-Pierre said. “I wore a suit at press conferences when all the other fighters were making fun of me. (They said), ‘Oh, look at St-Pierre, he doesn’t wear his sponsor.’ I’m the one who first started doing this stuff, and I think the image and how you conduct yourself … because the sponsor, the big companies in corporate America, they’re not interested in sponsoring an athlete who is good in his sport but acts like an idiot outside of the Octagon. They want someone who performs well, of course, but acts like a gentleman outside of the Octagon.
“I understood that more than ten years ago. That’s why I behave the way I do and I do things that I do. That’s why I have a lot of sponsors. I do have a lot of sponsors and a lot of money because of this. It brings money to the table.”
