White leaning towards GSP not returning
“I’m on the fence, I’m leaning toward he’s not coming back these days. He’s got a lot of money, he’s young, he’s got a lot of other options. And he’s going out on top.”
UFC president Dana White recently appeared on Fox Sports’ Jay & Dan Podcast, and discussed the potential return of former UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre.
“I offered him a fight in Montreal, and he said ‘I’m not ready yet,'” said White as transcribed by Damon Martin for FOX Sports. “I’m on the fence, I’m leaning toward he’s not coming back these days.”
“He’s rich and really doesn’t doesn’t have to do anything anymore if he doesn’t want to. He’s filming some movies. You know the Jean-Claude Van Damme movie ‘Kickboxer’? They’re remaking it with him.
“So he’s filming that, and he’s doing some fun stuff. I was in L.A. one night and I went to the Clippers game, Georges St-Pierre is sitting over there in the front row. I went out one night to a concert, Georges St-Pierre is in the front row. Fighting is one of those sports that you got to be hungry, and you got to want it. He hasn’t been hungry in a long time for a lot of things.”
“He’s got a lot of money, he’s young, he’s got a lot of other options. And he’s going out on top.”
Given the number of heroic figures in combat sports who hang on too long, if GSP goes out rich, on a 12-fight win streak, without losing his title in the cage, that’s a pretty cool hand.