Does Carlos Condit deserve to be a large underdog against GSP?

Much of the focus and speculation of the MMA world remains centered on the November 17th return of Welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre from a devastating knee injury. Set to face interim champ Carlos Condit in his hometown of Montreal, the fight is one of the most anticipated bouts of 2012. Adding to the intrigue are the many variables involved here, as GSP comes in off an almost 19-month layoff after a lengthy rehabilitation. Condit has fought only once this year, taking the famous decision from Nick

GSP: My knee injury allowed me to correct my training

UFC Welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre is fast approaching his long-anticipated return to the Octagon on November 17th. One of the main questions surrounding the dominant champion’s return to glory is the issue of his surgically repaired knee. While many think facing Carlos Condit as a welcome-back fight will be quite the tall task, St-Pierre himself has begun to view the devastating injury as a positive aspect and something that will ultimately turn him into a better fighter. In a recent interview

170lbs of Gold: Five greatest Welterweights in UFC history

In three weeks’ time, Georges St. Pierre will return to the cage again, with sights on solidifying his spot as the greatest Welterweight in UFC history, and one of the top Pound-for-Pound fighters in the sport today. St. Pierre’s path of destruction is a long list of top UFC 170-pounders, making the French-Canadian one of the mhttp://lowkick.blitzcorner.com/create/noUrlost dominant champions in UFC history.
Welterweight is arguably one of the most stacked weight-class in the UFC. St. Pierre’s run of six

Georges St. Pierre talks training, fighting and his role in Sleeping Dogs

In an article by Seth Kelly with photography by Jim Wright, UFC Magazine’s October/November issue goes inside the training and recovery of UFC’s Georges St. Pierre and fills the fans in on other projects that GSP was working while he was recuperating.Following his April 2007 title loss to Matt Serra at UFC 69, St. Pierre asked former Muay Thai and MMA amateur champion, Firas Zahabi to become his full-time coach. According to Zahabi: “A lot of guys said he was done. I had a lot of people say,

Then and Now: What has changed in MMA since 2005?

A long term dynamic develops in every sport that sticks around for a while. A section of the fan base will inevitably compare the play of today to their heroes from yesteryear.  Whether it is the baseball fan that longs for the day where they didn’t have to worry about someone using performance enhancing drugs after every home run, or the football fan that yearns for the era of hard hitting and less complaining in the NFL. One thing is a common factor; this group wishes things would go back to

Georges St-Pierre is medically cleared to fight, will battle Condit at UFC 154

Georges St-Pierre will return to the Octagon on November 17 in UFC 154, in Quebec, Canada. The WelterWeight champion will face UFC Interim Champion Carlos Condit. The Welterweight Champion has been cleared by doctors to start fighting again.St-Pierre wrote on his Facebook page today: “Yesterday was the final chapter of my road to recovery, I’m now medically cleared to compete in professional mixed martial arts.”With his ACL surgery behind him and receiving his medical clearance, St-Pierre can return

The five biggest UFC bouts that never happened in 2012

Obviously 2012 has been a year that held huge potential for MMA. While I wouldn’t say it was a horrible year for fighting, the insane amount of injuries and other controversy that wrecked cards is unprecedented. From main events all the way down to preliminary cards, we saw an unheard never of fights shifted, canceled, and just generally thrown into the muck. UFC 151’s cancellation was just the icing on the cake in what was the weirdest year MMA has ever seen.  And it’s not over yet. Let’s take a look