Hughes: GSP should stay retired
Matt Hughes: “He’s made a lot of money. I don’t know what he makes a fight, but he’s made a lot of money. He made a lot more money than I have. And I’m retired.”
Georges St-Pierre walked away from the sport as the UFC champion, but recently has hinted at a return to the sport. However, another former champion believes the best thing St-Pierre could do is retire and forego a comeback:
The UFC would hate me saying this but I’m going to say it anyway, said Hughes, now vice-president of athlete development and government relations for the UFC. If I was GSP, I’d probably hang them up. Here I am a guy that lost my (last) two fights and I’d love to get back in there (to finish on a win). And Georges got his hand raised the last fight.
So if I had to give advice, I’d say, ‘You want to get out? Get out.‘
The 40-year-old Hughes, a UFC Hall of Famer, prefaced his remarks by saying he is a fan of St-Pierre.
I like him. He always gets his hand raised and he always does it with a method. But he took a punishment with Johny Hendricks and you could tell that by his face at the (post-fight) news conference.
He’s made a lot of money. I don’t know what he makes a fight, but he’s made a lot of money. He made a lot more money than I have. And I’m retired. So he could step back, retire. He’s got plenty of money.