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Firas Zahabi Says Georges St-Pierre Will Return For a “Mega-Fight”

December 18, 2017 | Posted by Jeremy Thomas
Georges St-Pierre GSP Image Credit: Fox Sports/YouTube

Georges St-Pierre’s coach Firas Zahabi said that the fighter will return to the UFC for a “mega-fight.” You can check out highlights from the interview below, per MMAjunkie:

On GSP fighting again: “I think Georges is going to get better, get back in the gym. He’s going to feel his body out and see what he wants. What’s the most interesting, epic fight out there? Mayweather? McGregor? We need a mega-fight.”

on people criticizing GSP for vacating the title: “I always tell people if you’re criticizing Georges, do what he did. Do what he did first. Then criticize him. It’s not easy to do what he did. He defended the title over and over again. Lots of guys had their chance. Get in line. Make their way the way he did it. And when he did it, he never complained about nobody. He did it without complaining about anybody. Has he helped grow the sport or hurt it? He’s helped grow it. A lot of guys making bigger paydays and bigger purses, bigger bonuses. Why? Because the company and the great fighters – not just Georges. All these great fighters and the company. It’s a relationship. We’ve got to respect the company. We’ve got to respect all the fighters. You’ve got to respect all these big names making the way. You’re going to see, in the future, these guys are going to sign rookie contracts, first year in the UFC, million-dollar contracts. But why? Because of all the greats that came before.”

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Georges St. Pierre, Jeremy Thomas