Georges St. Pierre on his “funny relationship” with Dana White, Kozl Belala Muhammad

Georges Saint-Pierre still loves promotion very much, which promoted his growth to a superstar.

Life after the fighting has been good at Canada Saint-Pierre since he retired during the UFC medium weight in 2017. The former champion with two UFC sections and the Hall of Glory, St. Pierre still looks as good as always, and teased potential return in boxes and capture over the past eight years. At some point, the boxing clash against the legend of the Oscar de la Hoya seemed to be a real opportunity, but St. Pierre was still under the UFC contract, and the increase did not allow him to compete.

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Despite this stumbling block, as well as its somewhat violent past relations with the UFC CEO, Dana White, St. Pierre does not keep the patient and, possibly, is in a better place than ever with his old employer.

“I’m in good relations with Dana,” said St. Pierre on Monday at the Ariel Helvani show. “I saw him in Saudi Arabia (recently), and we are good friends. We are talking about things that we could not talk about (about which) amazing.

The 43-year-old St. Pierre managed a play of 170 pounds in his entire career. Since his exit from sports on the throne in the welterweight, there were several successors. Belal Muhammad is currently at the top of the division when he goes to his first defense of the title opposite Jack Della Maddalen on May 10 at UFC 315, which falls in the hometown of St. Pierrer Montreal. This is a high mountain to rise, but the ascent of Muhammad, to get to the Saint-Pierre division record of nine defenders in a row.

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The 36 -year -old Muhammad was on an impressive area, remaining invincible from his last 11 battles. Thanks to his success, Muhammad was a confident champion who made a lot of bold statements, for example, recently stating that he almost assumed the mantle as the greatest welterweight for all the time. But this is that St. Pierre believes that fans are confused: confidence is accepted for arrogance.

“I wish him good luck, and maybe he will be a goat,” Saint-Pierre said about Muhammad’s claims. “I told you earlier about the ego – I try to expose myself to my ego. The guy who does not does this will still be like: “No! Because I have more title protection than it! “But I wish him good luck.

“He is very experienced. He has all the tools that he needs to become a goat. He has a lot of pride and ego, because you need it in this game.

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“If he had not been like that, people sometimes did not understand – (they think), this is some kind of arrogance. I do not consider it a kind of arrogance or insult. I see it as a competitive spirit. Someone, someone is very competitive and very proud, and very high hope and faith in oneself. ”

Nowadays, St. Pierre is glad to be a fan of MMA, and not an active participant. In addition to his old divisions, he is wildly intrigued by the same battle that captured almost everyone in sports: hypothetical heavyweight champion against the champion between John Jones and Tom Aspinalle, which remains stuck in the apparent eternal cycle of negotiations.

Aspinall, the UFC temporary champion, remained patient when he adheres to his weapon, fighting only in the association next time or became an indisputable champion in the absence of Jones. In general, this is a muddy situation – one was not helped by Jones’s obvious reluctance to make a decision. Nevertheless, if Saint-Pierre can give any advice to the Aspinall, this should be followed by his old mentality.

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“I think Tommy should focus on the next task,” said St. Pierre. “I remember when I lost to Matt Serre – I made a mistake, trying to focus on Matt Serra to immediately get my revenge, but I had several other battles lined up to get it. And (Aspinall) only focused on John Jones – but if John Jones does not return right away, he does not focus on the fact that he should focus on the next track. Because, because it was as follows. Be prepared.

“From the point of view of heritage and achievement, John Jones is the best. I understand that from his point of view, that he is a proud fighter, he wants to win the best – but now it all depends on what John wants to do. John still wants to do it? It is difficult, but he needs to self -recover himself in order to focus on the next, and be hungry for the next task.