Georges St-Pierre Says He Hurt His Neck at UFC 217, Says He Will Defend the Title

Georges St-Pierre spoke about suffering a neck injury at UFC 217, his next fight and more in a new interview with MMAjunkie. The highlights are below:

On his next fight: “There’s going to be news about it in the next few weeks, but I don’t plan to hold the title and not defend it.”

On a neck injury he suffered at UFC 217: “It looked very insignificant when it happened. It wasn’t the strength of the hit. It was more the precision of it. It’s not his fault. We’re not allowed to hit there, but it was just in the heat of the fight, and it’s normal. My neck was so inflamed, when I was on the floor, I had a hard time posturing up because it was hurting very bad. It felt like I couldn’t contract my head to posture up. After the fight when I cooled down, it was terrible. It was like my neck couldn’t move. Now it’s still sore, but it got a lot better. I got treatment on it, so I’ll be back 100 percent.”

On when the fight will happen: “Dana White is going to talk with my agent, they’re going to figure it out, and we’ll see after I come back from vacation…We’ll see what I want to do and where my head is. I have no intention of holding onto the belt and freezing the division. That’s not what I want to do. Robert Whittaker is in my contract. If I want to fight again, it has to be against Robert Whittaker at 185 (pounds). That’s in my contract. I cannot, for example, go fight (welterweight champ) Tyron Woodley or go fight another guy.”