Catching Up from Albuquerque [GSP Blog]
First I want to thank everybody for their get well wishes — I feel way better right now than I felt when I came back from L.A. It took me 3 days to recuperate and get back 100%. I didn’t take any medication - I just slept better and trained to sweat it out. After I felt better, I went to New York to see my trainer Phil Nurse and train with 4 of his students who had an upcoming fight at The Wat - Brett, Sean, Nicholas & Stan. It seems to me that every time I go to New York, those guys get better & better all the time. I also saw my old friends Eric Owing & Andre Gusmao - we went to dinner and then out together for a great night.
Then I came back in Montreal with new tricks and more tools than I had before I went to New York. It’s very important for me to help my friends and training partners when they need it because they were there for me when I prepare for my fights. When I came back to Montreal, I kept training with Patrick Cote & Denis Kang, who are both fighting on October 25th. Kang is fighting in Calgary, and Patrick Cote is fighting Anderson Silva for the UFC World Middleweight Championship. Patrick looks better than I have ever seen — even though the odds are not in his favor, I would not be surprised to see him shock the world. It would be great to have world champions in Quebec!
Georges Laraque, one of my friends who also plays for the Montreal Canadiens hockey team, gave me two tickets to go see their game Saturday night. Even though it was an off-season game, it was very fun and then after I went to see EliteXC at a friend’s house.
Gina did a nice performance and I’m glad for her because she also represents the sport very well. The main event was obviously a tough situation because Ken had to pull out because of a cut… and I have a lot of respect for Seth & Kimbo to still go out and put on the fight for the fans.
I know a lot of people have been seeing on the internet that I signed with CAA — I think it is a very smart move from my manager to get me on board with CAA because they represent some of the greatest athletes in sports and in the entertainment industry. I’m glad and honored to be the first MMA fighter that they represent.
After a quick trip to L.A. for a personal appearance, I’m now in Albuquerque for training with Keith Jardine, Joey Villasenor & some other guys in Team Jackson to help them out for their upcoming fights. But I can’t wait until this weekend — my mentor, Krystoff Midoux, is coming in Montreal from France to see me. It has been a while that I haven’t seen him — we’ve been talking on the phone every week to keep in touch, but I’m very excited to see him back in Montreal. He’s such a crazy character and he’s the guy who started me in the sport when I was a nobody. So even though I’m a world champion right now, for me, Krystoff will always be higher than me in the hierarchy because he’s my first teacher of MMA…
To read the rest of Georges St-Pierre’s latest blog post head to Yardbarker.com.
UFC welterweight champion Georges “Rush” St-Pierre blogs about his life as a professional mixed martial artist at Yardbarker.com. This excerpt originally appeared on St-Pierre’s Yardbarker.com blog and is syndicated on MMAFrenzy.com as part of a partnership between the two sites.
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Great fighter, great person and a great ambassador for the sport.
He’s the only guy so far who did no take the opportunity to trash Elitexc…class act.
He m ust be trying to “train” Gina…the rat bastard.
A TRUE CHAMP! cant wait to see him take on Penn that fight is going to set the bar in 2009
set the bar for penn..when bj roxs him
u serious gunslinger? u think he’s gunna beat st. pierre? I’ve never seen n e one roll thru penn ever, but I believe st. pierre will finish him…
ITS NOT GONNA BE A EASY FIGHT ON BOTH FIGHTERS PART… BUT I ALSO THINK GSP WILL WIN… GSP IS JUST OVER POWERING EVERYONE IN WW AND BJ IS COMING UP FROM LW RIGHT AWAY FOR A TITLE SHOT. ITS GONNA BE DIFFERENT. I THINK GSP AS A BETTER STAND UP AND A BETTER WRESTLING BACKGROUND AND IF PENN GETS HIM ON HIS BACK GSP WON’T BE THERE LONG AND WILL DEFEND ALL SUBMISSIONS…
i really cant pick a winner …but i like bj more but on the other hand i want to see st pierre vs diego/alves so i want bj to win but want gsp to win also..so i guess theres ups and downs for both fighters winning/losing imo
If St Pierre can stay away from BJ’s punches he ’s got him beat, too much power and as we all know speed kills like Fitch said after his bout with GSP.
I’m still not ready to commit to a pick for winner for that fight. All I know is I’m looking forward to it.
This is not going to be a long fight. It’s GSP in a TKO via stoppage due to strikes, in my humble opinion. I think GSP will knock BJ down, get on him and be relentless. In no way do I see St. Pierre losing to BJ. Not in boxing, not in submissions, not in wrestling or even in stamina. There’s nothing on paper that would indicate a GSP loss in this fight. I believe 100% that BJ Penn is completely out of his element, and I say that looking at the Fitch fight. GSP said over and over again after that fight that it was his toughest test. Fitch took him all 5 rounds and was rocked over and over again by the champ, and he kept on coming. Fitch is tough as diamonds. Truly an amazing fight. In BJ’s last fight, he couldn’t even finish Sherk (not that that’s a small task, mind you). Nothing. But then again, I was “almost sure” that Rashad was going to get murdered. So what do I know?
Josh
Vive le Quebec Libre!
You guys that are saying that St Pierre is going to walk through Bj are CRAZY!! Its not going to happen. Im not saying that St Pierre cant win the fight but its WAY too close to call!! Remember the last fight? bj was dominating that fight until he gassed and that wont happen this time bj is focused now and looks better than ever!! Cant wait for this fight. Its going to be a war!!
Lets get it on!!
Josh V,
Re: “There’s nothing on paper that would indicate a GSP loss in this fight.”
I guess its a good thing for BJ they fight in an octagon, not on paper. Also, BJ did finish Sherk, he via TKO(strikes) in the third round.
I believe GSP controls BJ for three rounds in pretty dominant fashion and gets the TKO late in the 4th.
And BJ was only dominating that fight after an accidental eye poke that went unchecked by the judge. GSP got blasted on because he couldn’t see. Also that was before GSP went to train with Greg Jackson, get a new nutritionist and changed a few other things about his game. We know GSP can go 5 rounds with intense pressure. Penn will gas out again. But this time he wont have that round 1 showing.
mikey
this is not the place for canadian politics lol
and yeah, st-pierre will beat penn
Brandon youre crazy if you think that St Pierre will control Bj for 3 rounds. Its just not gonna happen dude!! The only advantage that St Pierre has over Bj is wrestling and that aint gonna be enough in this fight. Prediction bj wins by ko or sub late in the 3rd. You heard it here first my friend!!
Peace!! x
First fight extremely close. This fight goes 5 rounds this time. If BJ trains properly this time and doesn’t gas out like he did in the Hughes fight, then it goes to the judges. Too close to call. GSP is a cardio machine and BJ has been known to be a little flabby at 170.
Justin,
Thanks for that correction. When I was typing, it didn’t seem to make sense that BJ didn’t finish Sherk. I looked at that and went “Not too sure on this one”….thanks for the clarification
nice to hear that GSP is doing well….. i cannot wait for the fight against BJ Penn!!!!!!!!!!!
i had forgotten that he trains with Joey Villasenor, still doesnt make Joey any better i thought that (for whatever reason) Jackson got rid of him
Baby Jay 2nd or 3rd rear naked! Done and…… Done
Well said windmiller!! Couldnt agree more. All these crazy fools sayin St Pierre will walk through bj theyre nuts!! St Pierre is scared to stand with anyone since Serra ko’d him. He aint gonna be able to lake bj down and even if he does he wont be able to just lie on him for 5 rounds, bj will catch him sooner or later!! You have to make bj the favourite in this fight because he has more ways he can win, st pierre only has one. He needs to pray that bj gasses and that wont happen. Bj wins this fight 9/10.
Like I said b4, I’ve never seen penn get walked thru by anyone… but then again I’ve never seen anyone dominate fitch like that… and u gotta think, fitch is a big welterweight… bj isnt… so i would have to give the strength to gsp… wrestlng definitely to gsp… nails almost 80% of his takedowns… and lets face it, as good as baby jake is… he isnt too great at the takedown defense… strikin i would have to go near even, with a slight edge to st. pierre, simply becuz he throws more than just punches… bj doesnt really… submission, definitely goes to penn, but st. pierre has some pretty good sub defense… penn looked good on cardio in his last fight against sherk… but i dunno how he’ll handle the extra 15 pounds again… st. pierre has great cardio and we’ve seen him go 5 rounds w/ a bigger fighter… all in all i’d have to say st. pierre will win
BJ may be a greta fighter but GSP takedown defence > BJ take downs and that isn’t even up for debate. Anybody remember the last time someone was able to take GSP down?
I didn’t think so.