Many fans believe welterweight G.O.A.T. Georges St-Pierre has a master plan. Return after years, move up a division, and win the title. Then drop a division and beat Conor McGregor. Then retire as G.O.A.T.

GSP returned and defeated Michael Bisping. UFC president Dana White anticipated that St-Pierre might have higher goals than the belt, and inserted language into the contract requiring a mandatory title defense with a win. GSP won, but then retired the belt, citing Colitis.

GSP’s longtime coach Firas Zahabi recently said he had been advocating for a fight with ‘Notorious’ for over a year. However, during a recent interview with Brett Okamoto for ESPN, White expressed doubt about St-Pierre ever returning, and said if he did, a McGregor fight is not on offer.

“He ain’t fighting Conor McGregor,” said White. “If he wants to come back, [UFC welterweight champion] Tyron Woodley or [middleweight champion] Robert Whittaker is waiting for him. They’re both waiting, if Georges wants to come back.”

“I knew what he was doing. That’s why I put [a mandatory title defense] into his contract. We both knew what was going on. I don’t know, man. I don’t think the guy wants to fight. I think he jumped in, grabbed some cash and went back to Canada.”

With the stepping down of GSP as middleweight champ, Robert Whittaker was moved to undisputed champion. Don’t Call Me Bobby Knuckles will be defending the belt vs. Luke Rockhold at UFC 221 on February 11, 2018 at Perth Arena in Perth, Western Australia.