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Fightography: Georges St-Pierre now on UFC Fight Pass
The series returns with a gripping retrospective of two-time UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre first two epic battles with rival Matt Hughes. Although these two champions fought a trilogy, GSP states in this exclusive interview that the first two bouts were the most important of his career, psychologically.
With the candor that typifies the monthly Fightography series, the Canadian icon is brutally honest in revealing that he was actually afraid to fight Hughes in their first title bout at UFC 50 in October 2004. Georges was an undefeated hot prospect at the time, but had only fought in the Octagon twice before – on both occasions in the opening bout of the night. He didn’t expect – or want – the call that he was next for a champion who had smashed his way though a who’s who of the division and appeared virtually unbeatable at the time.
“I didn’t want to fight Hughes at UFC 50,” GSP admitted. “I was like ‘Matt Hughes? Oh sh*t! I am not ready!’ To me, Matt Hughes was this giant, the greatest of all time, he was so huge in my mind I could not imagine defeating him. But I felt like I had no choice but to take the title fight. Who turns down a title fight? They may never offer me another shot in my career if I say I don’t want to fight for the belt. So I was forced to take a fight I felt for sure I could not win.”
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Fightography: GSP – the retrospective interview and all 20 of GSP’s UFC career fights – can be seen here now: http://www.ufc.tv/category/fightography-georges-stpierre
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