Former UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre loves science more than fighting.
“I don’t like to tell people that very much, but I am,” he told ESPN In 2010. “I don’t really watch sports. I watch the Canadian version of the Discovery Channel. Ask me a question about the Jurassic period or the Cretaceous period and I probably could answer it.”
“Seriously, I’m into paleontology. That’s the study of prehistoric life. I’m into philosophy. And psychology, too. You know that the Tyrannosaurus Rex was found with feathers? Yes, feathers!”
“When I train, I love to take time off and fly to the Natural History Museum or an exhibition. I just love that. When you know your past, it will help you with your future.”
“That’s why most of my friends are not fighters. Most of my friends are nerds like me. That’s why I have a hard time finding a girlfriend. I need someone to talk science with. I’m married to my work right now. But you never know. One day I could wake up and just do something different. Life is so unpredictable.”
One day he woke up and he was hosting his own science show on The History Channel.
In his first ever break from the ring, Georges is embarking on a globetrotting journey into the heart of modern paleontology.
Premiering April 14th at 9E/P on HISTORY, the special television event The Boneyard with Georges St-Pierre sees the athlete live out his childhood dream by tracking down the most vicious predators to ever walk the earth. Over two exciting half hour specials, Georges’ off-grid adventure takes him from the badlands of South Dakota, to the swamps of Alabama, to Argentina’s dinosaur graveyard, Patagonia, in order to reveal the truth about prehistoric life.
Trailer:
GSP instagramed through the series.
