Canadian superstar Georges St-Pierre is preparing for his octagon return after nearly four years away from the sport of mixed martial arts. While “Rush” has gone on to become one of the UFC’s historically most dominant welterweights, St-Pierre is making his return to the sport in a new division.
To everyone’s excitement, the former welterweight champion is taking on UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping in the pay-per-view main event of UFC 217.
“I’m just not good at trash talking. I do my talking in the fight. I’m not a good talker, I’m a good fighter,” Georges St. Pierre said in an earlier interview with Ariel Helwani. “But what I can say is this: I do not believe Michael Bisping is a good trash talker. I believe the best thing he did for me was to talk because he embarrassed himself every time he opened his mouth, you know? … Nothing he said made any sense.”
In anticipation for their match up, the UFC went to Toronto, Canada today for a pre-fight press conference in promotion for the event. “The Count” and St-Pierre met face to face for a heated confrontation during the conference. Peppering “Rush” with some quick witted trash-talking, Bisping has seemingly been getting under the skin of his opponent. When it came time for today’s conference staredown, things got physical.
In a newly released video, Michael Bisping can be heard daring St-Pierre to “touch me again.” As a result, Dana White was forced to step in between the two fighters when things got really heated. Check out the moment in the video above.
UFC 217 goes down Nov. 4 inside Madison Square Garden in New York and will be available on pay-per-view.
