Georges St-Pierre Open To Fight With Michael Bisping

In an interview with MMA Fighting, Georges St-Pierre said that he was open to coming out of retirement to fight UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping. The two are currently tied for the most wins in UFC history at 19. Here are highlights:

On fighting Michael Bisping: “There are two things I’m very proud of. There’s my title — my welterweight title that I won — and there’s another record that I hold for the most wins in UFC history. And now I have someone who’s challenging me for it in Michael Bisping. I do not believe, if I fight him, he will send me back to a movie set. Yes, he’s bigger than me, but I believe I’ve got more skill, more athleticism, and a higher fighting IQ than he does. The world doesn’t turn around me, but if it’s a fight that the fans and the UFC want to make, they’ve got my number. They can call my agent, no problem. We can organize to make it happen and make an agreement.”

On Bisping’s status now compared to when GSP was around before: “It’s something big. You just gave me the chills thinking about it, because it’s not the first time that people have mentioned it. I’m sure Michael, on his side, people have talked to him about it, because he created a lot of buzz. I always said, if I come back, I would come back from something very big. Bisping is the man to beat right now. He beat (Anderson) Silva, he knocked out (Luke) Rockhold. He’s the bigger name now. He’s the man to beat right now. I always said if I come back, my first fight would be something big that gives me the chills. And he’s a bigger name right now. He is the bigger name, the guy who has the spotlight right now. Like I said, the world doesn’t turn around me. There are a lot of guys hunting him, but if it’s a fight that the UFC wants and the fans want, if it creates a buzz and the money is there, because we’re in a business, I’m down for it.”

On Bisping not using PEDs: “What I like about Bisping that makes him, for me, the best candidate: he’s someone who talked a lot about performance enhancing drugs. He’s big-time against it. He never got caught using it, and that’s one of the reasons why he’s the No. 1 guy. He’s someone I respect a lot, and for this reason, if I go up a weight class, he would be my first choice before Chael Sonnen or Silva or any other guys, because of that.”