St-Pierre details decision to leave the UFC
Georges St-Pierre walked away from the UFC the current welterweight champion and on a twelve fight win streak. He recently explained his decision to Joe Buck.
Georges St-Pierre walked away from the UFC the current welterweight champion and on a twelve fight win streak. He recently explained his decision to Joe Buck:
When Georges St-Pierre first started competing in mixed martial arts, he did it for the love the competition and the thrill of the fight.
But by the end of his run in the UFC as welterweight champion and arguably the best pound-for-pound fighter in the sport, St-Pierre was no longer fighting for enjoyment, and he wasn’t competing because he loved it.
And he just wasn’t having fun anymore.
“The last two or three fights, I didn’t have fun.” St-Pierre said in a recent interview with Joe Buck on “Undeniable”. “I did it because I had to, not because I wanted to and I had too much pressure, too much criticism, too much things for too long and it’s very hard when you’re world champion, all your life is directed (on that).
The last two or three fights, I didn’t have fun. I did it because I had to, not because I wanted to and I had too much pressure, too much criticism, too much things for too long.
“Especially for me with my obsessive-compulsive disorder, I wanted to be the best in the world so everything I do, it’s directed on that. That’s all that mattered for me. I needed to step out of if to have a normal social life. To take a mental break of all that.”
