Ultimate Fighting Championship President Dana White shocked the world months ago when he revealed that Georges St-Pierre would be making his return to the octagon to challenge Michael Bisping for his middleweight championship. While fans were not shocked about the return of St-Pierre, they were caught off guard by the fact that he would get to jump over the rest of the middleweight challengers after being inactive for years.
St-Pierre had dominated the welterweight division and cemented his legacy as one of the greatest fighters to ever step foot inside the octagon. With dominant wins over the likes of Dan Hardy, Jake Shields, Nick Diaz, and Carlos Condit, it became increasingly difficult to find a challenge for the Canadian great.
St-Pierre caught the mixed martial arts community off guard when he announced his semi-retirement after fighting Johny Hendricks in 2013 and has not appeared in the octagon since. Georges’ goals were to wait for the sport to clean up a bit in regards to performance enhancing drugs. In GSP’s absence, UFC introduced a testing system with United States Anti-Doping Agency that has been proven to be effective.
Now, St-Pierre is making his way back to the octagon bigger than ever, looking like a true light heavyweight. He will be throwing down with Bisping at a date still yet to be announced, but it is likely the fight will take place during the summer. Check out this image of St-Pierre looking absolutely jacked:
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