Georges St-Pierre news reveals "GSP" dispelling any rumors about would-be negotiations with the UFC. The former welterweight champion also describes his return to training as a "humiliating" event.
Late last week, it was reported that St-Pierre had met with UFC executives Dana White and Lorenzo Fertita in his hometown of Montreal in Canada. White did not divulge any information about their meeting.
"We love the food in Montreal so we figured we would fly there for some lunch. The weird part was GSP was there too! Crazy! Was good to c him ;-)," White simply told The Province.
However, in a report by MMA Fighting's Dave Meltzer, St-Pierre admitted that the UFC was in no way convincing him to come back.
"Georges St-Pierre, who is back training at Tristar Gym in Montreal, said that Lorenzo Fertitta and Dana White did not try and convince him to return to the Octagon in their meeting on Oct. 14," Meltzer wrote in his report.
Furthermore, Georges St-Pierre news also reveals that the former long-time welterweight champion also kept mum about the said get-together.
"Great, a lot of fun," he quipped. "We laugh a lot."
Georges St-Pierre news also reveals that the 33-year old fighter had been given medical clearance by his doctors to resume training. Dana White made the announcement during last week's episode of UFC.com's The Download.
"They cleared GSP's knee," White said. "After surgery like that it still takes about another 30 days before you start to mentally feel right. But he's in a good spot."
St-Pierre being given the green light to resume training despite his year-long lay-off did not come as a surprise for his trainer Firas Zahabi, who believes that his fighter still has a lot of fight left in him.
"My personal opinion is he still has plenty of competitive juice in him," Zahabi said in a previous interview with ESPN. "I don't think he'll be anywhere near fight shape until he's late-34 -- mid-34. I think he's got a few fights in him but I don't want to speak for the guy. He might retire and no one could blame him."
But for St-Pierre, his first day back at training was nothing not as great as he thought.
"Humiliating, but better than before, when I came back for Condit," St-Pierre said.
