From: Yves Lavigne
Member Since: 1/1/01
Posts: 118
FYI
1- I NEVER gave an interview to that journalist
2- I NEVER gave an interview regarding GSP vs Koscheck
3- My lawyer is taking care of this matter.
Yves Lavigne
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Referee Yves Lavigne is denying he made comments to a Montreal newspaper regarding the Georges St-Pierre versus Josh Koscheck UFC welterweight title fight set for December. Le Journal de Montréal published an article with supposed comments from Lavigne where he not only claimed that Georges St-Pierre was going to easily defeat Koscheck but also questioned Koscheck’s choice of training camp. The piece was translated and quickly spread onto several MMA web sites.
Yves Lavigne posted on the Underground Forum regarding the supposed interview:
1. I NEVER gave an interview to that journalist
2. I NEVER gave an interview regarding GSP vs Koscheck
3. My lawyer is taking care of this matter.
Upon reading the supposed comments from Lavigne in Le Journal de Montréal, UFC fighter Josh Koscheck released a statement via his website that was highly critical of Lavigne:
There was an addition to the online version of the interview with Lavigne:
Notons que suite à un malentendu, les propos de cet article ont été recueillis dans un contexte non propice à la diffusion.
Which basically means: Following a misunderstanding the quotes from this article were taken in a context that was unfit for public consumption.
Even with the addition the stories of Lavigne and the author, Vincent Morin, still differ. RingsideReport.NET has attempted to contact the author and has yet to receive a response to how exactly they got those quotes from Yves Lavigne.
