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While UFC Welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre has recently acknowledged that he should be finishing his opponents more decisively, the focus around him remains centered on his next fight rather than his November 17th title bout with interim titleholder Carlos Condit. Speculation runs rampant, of course, that GSP will soon face off with Middleweight champion Anderson Silva in a huge, long-awaited superfight. However, GSP is remaining grounded with his focus on the task at hand, and had the following to

UFC Hall of Famer and former dominant Welterweight champion Matt Hughes has always been outspoken, and may not be the most well-liked fighter in MMA. He noticeably came off as brash and headstrong in his tenure as coach on The Ultimate Fighter. Many were excited to see him relinquish his long-held belt to Georges St. Pierre in a changing of the guard. Recently, Hughes came out on an episode of “The MMA Hour” and discussed his feelings about his former foe GSP:
“My one criticism with Georges is

In a video interview recently posted by UFC.com, Welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre gives his take on his upcoming bout with Interim titleholder Carlos Condit. GSP notes that he hopes Condit will attack his surgically repaired knee beause he is not scared to deal with the circumstances. On November 17th from Montreal, St. Pierre will make his long-awaited return to the Octagon since beating Jake Shields in April of 2011. He had the following comment o the upcoming title fight:
“I’m not afraid of

With Anderson Silva’s systematic destruction of Stephan Bonnar at 205 lbs. at UFC 153, it is no secret nor surprise that fans and media alike are clamoring for a superfight between two dominant champions. However, this fight is not the oft-discussed match of Anderson Silva vs. Georges St. Pierre, but Anderson Silva vs. Jon Jones. Both Silva and Jones are on record as saying that they are friends who are unwilling to fight one another, and Silva reiterated this after his dominating win on Saturday: “This is

In a series of post-fight interviews courtesy of FuelTV.com, UFC Middleweight champion Anderson Silva describes his brutal performance in destroying Stephan Bonnar last night. Noting that his coaches wanted him to switch positons to avoid the wrestling of Bonnar, Silva told them to calm down, because he is a Jedi. With his UFC win streak at an unbelievable 16 fights, Silva touched on the topic of his oft-discussed superfight with Georges St. Pierre, who faces Carlos Condit next month in Montreal.
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Dan Hardy was once at the top of the MMA world, facing Georges St. Pierre for the Welterweight championship in spring 2010. He lost that fight, and it caused a sort of downward spiral for the British-based striker, who would go on to lose four in a row. Where many would have hung up the gloves or downgraded to lesser organizations, Hardy took the time to re-evaluate so he could come back strongly. There has never been any doubt about Hardy’s willingness to stand and trade, and this is what keeps him in the

Just as Dana White and the UFC have released a video promising MMA’s continued growth, it appears that evidence to support that claim has surfaced. UFC Welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre, not seen in the Octagon since the medieval ages of April 2011, has signed a multi-year endorsement deal with NOS energy drinks, itself a subsidiary of the Coca-Cola company. St. Pierre has been targeted as the face of the product, which makes quite the waves in the advertising world in terms of MMA’s development

Legendary UFC champion Anderson Silva has long been rumored to be set to face longtime Welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre in a superfight should GSP defeat Carlos Condit at UFC 154. Silva even stated recently that he would fight St. Pierre whether he won or lost, and Dana White has been adamant about the fight taking place at Dallas Cowboys Stadium. But today, GSP has revealed that talk of the superfight is getting a bit too premature as he feels there is still much work left to be done at 170

In less than two weeks, we’ll finally have a good reason to forget about Jon Jones’ controversial decision to decline the fight with Chael Sonnen at UFC 151. But until then, it’s time to look back at four of the biggest news topics that made headlines in the world of Mixed Martial Arts over the past few weeks.
We had Tito Ortiz adding his name to the list of fighters upset with Jon Jones’ decision-making process, the talk about Anderson Silva vs. Georges St. Pierre being in works

UFC President Dana White recently confirmed that Georges St. Pierre and UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson “Spider” Silva have expressed interest in a super fight. Win, lose or draw it has been speculated that St. Pierre’s next opponent after Carlos Condit will be Anderson Silva in a Catchweight bout.”Spider”, recently volunteered on short notice to fight at Light Heavyweight at UFC 151 when Dan Henderson withdrew due to injury. However, the offer was left on the table and the event cancelled. He has,