Georges St-Pierre Says Eye Injury Was the Cause of the Delay for His MMA Comeback

This week at the C2 Montreal Conference, former UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre spoke about his pending comeback to MMA (via MMAFighting.com). He also addressed the delays in his comeback which caused the UFC to call off his originally announced match-up with Michael Bisping. According to GSP, an eye injury is what has caused the delays. Below are some highlights.

GSP on the reason for the delays: “Trust me, I’m not the kind of guy who thinks, ‘Hey, I’m going to make everybody wait for me. I don’t want to fight during the summer, I want to take my time …’ That’s not the reason. If it were up to me, I would come back. The reason is I had a problem with my eye. I had an injury. My vision has not been back yet. It will be back. It’s something very minor. The doctor insisted for me that I don’t spar until September.”

GSP on how the UFC was aware of the eye injury: “The UFC was aware of it. They knew I couldn’t fight during the summer, but they still insisted on doing that press conference with Michael Bisping. And when it happened, we were not very excited about the idea, but we wanted that fight, so we decided to do it, but then it turned into a negative thing because it took so long. But UFC knew. Everyone knew. The people concerned knew that that was the case, but they still tried to put pressure on me to fight in July. That’s the reason why I’m coming out public today about the reason why I’m not fighting this summer.”

GSP on a match-up with Bisping: “I always said that if I was coming back to fight, it needed to be a fight that excites me. I wanted to fight Michael Bisping because I wanted to fight someone that could elevate me. Michael Bisping is the champion now, and I think that he could elevate me as much as I could elevate him. I’m taking a huge risk coming back. I’m putting my legacy on the line.”