Georges St-Pierre Reveals the Biggest Mistake He Made Against Michael Bisping at UFC 217

Consensus GOAT Georges St-Pierre took to the airways and spoke to ESPN’s Marc Raimondi on a wide variety of subjects. Fight fans have been pining to know about whether ‘Rush’ has any plans to make a return to MMA. Chiefly, lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov has called upon Georges St-Pierre to be his final opponent in the cage.

Additionally, there are several high-profile match-ups that fans have linked ‘GSP’ to, and the MMA community always waits to hear from the former champion. Chiefly, Georges St-Pierre also looked back into the last time he stepped foot inside a UFC cage. The former welterweight champion attempted to defy the odds and set out to capture the UFC’s middleweight belt.

Georges St-Pierre made his octagon return against then-champion Michael Bisping after a lengthy absence. Prior to his UFC 217 fight against ‘The Count’, he had last fought back in November 2013. The odds were heavily stacked against Georges St-Pierre and the Canadian fighter went on to make history. He choked out the then reigning champion in the third round and picked up a second belt.

Georges St-Pierre tells all

‘Rush’ St-Pierre shared his views on his UFC 217 match-up and revealed a clinical mistake in his return fight. He expanded upon the adverse effect of moving up to his unnatural weight that ended up with his suffering from colitis.

“When I went up to fight Michael Bisping, I believe the mistake I made was trying to get bigger. I thought in order to perform better against a bigger man, I need to get bigger myself but it affected me a little bit and I developed problems because of that. An ulcer colitis problem.”

Additionally, he suggested that fighters currently active on the roster should consider fighting at their natural weight. Georges St-Pierre’s belief is that a fighter’s performance is hindered greatly when fighting outside their natural weight.

“For me, I think it’s always better to stay at your weight you know. I think your body has a weight where it is optimal…optimal weight for performance. That’s what it is I believe.”

Fighters who settled themselves at their natural weight class have traditionally found great success in the promotion. However, this debate will continue to rage on until standardized measures of control are put into place.

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