Former two-weight UFC champion, Georges St-Pierre has revealed the promotion had approached him with a possible battle in opposition to Corridor of Fame star and former light-weight kingpin, Khabib Nurmagomedov again in 2020, finally to no avail – nonetheless, it got here as a bout he believes he would have gained.
St-Pierre, a former undisputed welterweight and middleweight titleholder below the banner of the promotion, referred to as time on his skilled profession again in 2019, having landed the 185-pound title two years prior in a return to the Octagon in a submission win over Michael Bisping.
And as for Nurmagomedov, the previous light-weight champion additionally ended his illustrious profession again in 2020, efficiently unifying the divisional crowns with a spectacular second spherical triangle choke submission win over then-interim champion, Justin Gaethje.
Endlessly linked with a superifhgt conflict in opposition to Nurmagomedov since his retirement, St-Pierre – a fellow Corridor of Fame inductee as well, claimed the promotion had fielded a possible battle to himself and the Russian, fruitlessly, nonetheless.
Georges St-Pierre talks failed Khabib Nurmagomedov battle
Breaking down a possible battle the undefeated Sambo specialist, St-Pierre claimed he would have crushed Nurmagomedov if they really fought one another.
“I feel Khabib (Nurmagomedov) might have beat me, I’m not saying I might beat Khabib on a regular basis,” Georges St-Pierre mentioned throughout an look on the Pound-4-Pound podcast. “I used to be assured sufficient to take that battle that I used to be considering that if I take that battle, I’m going to beat him that day at that exact place, that doesn’t imply I’ll beat him on a regular basis. However I used to be assured – perhaps I’m fallacious.”
“I feel I might have beat him as a result of if he would have come to place stress on me, I might have put him down,” Georges St-Pierre defined. “I might have the boldness to attempt to go for it. …I feel that I might have perhaps been the primary man that he fought or one of many solely guys that may have tried to place him down, and I’ve put down all people that I’ve fought.”
Previous to St-Pierre’s claims about Nurmagomedov this week, the Russian’s former head coach, Javier Mendez revealed that in his humble opinion, he seen the previous light-weight champion as essentially the most “harmful’ fighter to ever step foot contained in the Octagon.
Who would have gained a superfight: Georges St-Pierre or Khabib Nurmagomedov?
