Georges St. Pierre

Nickname: Rush, GSP

Height: 5’10

Weight: 170

MMA Record: 19-2-0

Fighting Style: Kyokushin karate, Wrestling, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu

 

 

 

 

 

Georges “Rush” St. Pierre biography

Georges St. Pierre is one of the best pound for pound fighters in the world of MMA today. In fact, some believe that he’s the best pound for pound fighter ever.

Georges St. Pierre was born on May 19, 1981 in Saint – Isidore, Quebec, Canada. We’d love to tell you that it was an easy childhood, but it seems as if it wasn’t for one of the nicest guys in MMA today. For example, in a 2006 Black Belt Magazine interview St. Pierre indicated that he couldn’t participate in both ice hockey and karate, two sports he enjoyed as a youngster, because they cost “too much money (together).” In addition, St. Pierre let out a little more regarding his surroundings with the following quote.

“My parents were very good with me; they wanted to keep me in sports because they didn’t want me to hang out with bad people and become a criminal or anything like that. I was in a very tough school; my childhood wasn’t easy.”

St. Pierre first started learning Kyokushin karate around the age of seven from his father in order to deal with a school bully. Soon after that, he entered a school-the one he decided on over ice hockey-where he continued honing the craft that would allow him to compete in full contact tournaments.

However, when St. Pierre was about 12 years old, his karate teacher died ( soon after giving him his second-degree black belt ). It was at that point that he ceased doing karate, instead focusing on Muay Thai kickboxing. Soon after that, when he was 16 years of age, St. Pierre finally found a place to do Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in his area, something that he had been interested in since he’d begun watching the UFC.

Around the age of 18, St. Pierre started wrestling and boxing. Thus, he was well on his way to an MMA career. Still, St. Pierre continues to give credit to the traditional karate art that he learned so long ago, unlike many MMA fighters out there today.

“I’m very happy that I learned karate when I was young,” said St. Pierre. “A lot of people told me that it’s useless in fighting, but they’re wrong. I’m pretty sure if I hadn’t done it, I wouldn’t be at this level today. Karate made me a lot stronger, and it made me flexible and athletic like I am now. When I’m fighting, I’m not doing kata, but I use a lot of kicks and techniques that I learned from Kyokushin.”

On January 31, 2004, Georges St. Pierre won his first UFC fight by way of a clear decision over Karo Parisyan. Then he defeated Jay Hieron, another rather outstanding fighter, by TKO.

Matt Hughes had once been Georges St. Pierre’s hero. According to St. Pierre, this caused him to come into this fight somewhat in awe. And although he seemed to be doing well against the champion early on, St. Pierre didn’t believe it to be so.

And a fighter without a lot of confidence against Matt Hughes is one that’s going to eventually lose. Such was the case with St. Pierre on that cold October night, as he succumbed via armbar after 4:59 in round one.

But the loss would only serve as motivation. Along with this, St. Pierre would go on to defeat Dave Strasser, Jayson “Mayhem” Miller, Frank Trigg, and Sean Sherk consecutively before taking on another MMA legend.

Georges St. Pierre Vs B.J.Penn at UFC 58: USA Vs Canada. B.J. Penn dominated St. Pierre in the first round of this one. In fact, he bloodied his nose and generally beat him up on their feet. Then B.J. Penn gassed. And with that, St. Pierre began connecting with his punches. Next, he started taking Penn down. Although the Canadian fighter looked way worse than Penn did when this one was all said and done, he still won the final two rounds according to two judges; thus, he took home a decision victory.

Matt Hughes vs. Georges St. Pierre at UFC 65 : Bad Intentions. Just before this fight, Matt Hughes had put himself on a near immortal platform by defeating B.J. Penn in one of the best fights in MMA history. So what did Georges St. Pierre have to say right after that victory?

That he was “not impressed.”

Thus, the battle lines had been drawn. But would the outcome be any different than the last time these two had fought?

You bet your bottom dollar it would.

In the first round, St. Pierre dropped Hughes with a Superman punch and nearly ended things on the ground before the bell tolled. But Hughes had been through such near losses in the past and come back, so this was nothing new.

Because all the new stuff came in the second round.

It was then that St. Pierre connected with a head kick that dropped his opponent before following things up by pounding away at him on the canvas. In the end, the referee had no choice to step in, with St. Pierre finally exorcising his demons via TKO. The next time these two fought at UFC 79 : Victory, St. Pierre would once again go on to dominate Hughes, this time by second round submission. In between, however, problems would surface.

Georges St. Pierre vs. Matt Serra 2 at UFC 83. After defeating Josh Koscheck by outwrestling a former All American grappler and then defeating Matt Hughes for the second time ( winning an interim belt in the process because Serra had been injured and unable to fight Hughes ) St. Pierre got his long awaited rematch with Matt Serra on April 19, 2008 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Let’s put it this way. . .

He didn’t disappoint the home crowd. Basically, St. Pierre took Serra down easily, improved his position on several occasions, and eventually began kneeing his opponent’s ribs while on the ground in devastating fashion. Those knees soon caused the referee to step in during the second round.

Thus, Georges St. Pierre had won another rematch via TKO and was the UFC Welterweight Champion again.

Georges currently holds the UFC welterweight title after successfully defending it against John Fitch, BJ Penn and Thiago Alves. He is currently regarded as the top 170-fighter in the world and considered one of the top 3 pound-for-pound fighters in all of MMA.

Georges St. Pierre and Training Camps

St. Pierre has made a career out of training with several teams. Some of the notables include Canadian Top Team, Renzo Gracie Academy ( he received a brown belt in BJJ was Renzo Gracie ), Brazilian Top Team Canada ( BTT ), and the Montreal Wrestling Club. Along with this, he has put in a lot of training with David Loiseau and Patrick Cote.

These days, St. Pierre does most of his work with BTT Canada and Jackson’s Submission Fighting in New Mexico. Additionally, he trains in Muay Thai under Kru Phil Nurse at the Wat in New York City.