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(Eric Bolte-USA TODAY Sports)" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519im_/http://sicounterpunch.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/nick-diaz-accuses-georges-st-pierre-steroid.jpg?w=600&h=420" width="600" height="420"/><p class="wp-caption-text">Things got testy during Nick Diaz (right) and Georges St-Pierre’s weigh-in for UFC 158. (Eric Bolte-USA TODAY Sports)</p></div> <p>MONTREAL — Saturday night will merely be an encore. Whatever Nick Diaz does in his fight with Georges St-Pierre will only add to the theater of the absurd he’s provided all week in the leadup to UFC 158.</p> <p>On Wednesday, Nick neglected to show up for the open workouts the fight promotion schedules prior to its events to get fans up close and personal with the athletes, and his absence overshadowed all of the fighters who bothered to be there.</p> <p>On Thursday, he livened up a monotonous pre-fight press conference at the Bell Centre by spewing more of the incomprehensible babble we’ve been hearing from him ever since the St-Pierre fight was announced. And by baiting the welterweight champion into a repeat performance of the acrimonious exchange they had last week during a conference call with members of the media.</p> <p>On Friday, Diaz jutted a sharp elbow toward GSP as they squared off after weighing in, prompting UFC president Dana White to jump into harm’s way to ensure the fighters didn’t get physical until it was time to get physical in front of a paying audience.</p> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/03/16/nick-diaz-accuses-georges-st-pierre-steroid/#more-4666" class="more-link">Read More…</a></p> <div id="jp-post-flair" class="sharedaddy sd-like-enabled sd-sharing-enabled"></div> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="post-bottom"> <li>Published On <span>Mar 16, 2013</span></li> <li id="right"><span><div><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/03/16/nick-diaz-accuses-georges-st-pierre-steroid/#comments" title="Comment on With no evidence, Nick Diaz accuses Georges St-Pierre of steroid use"><span data-lf-article-id="4666" data-lf-site-id="308691" class="livefyre-commentcount">Read 8 Comments</span></a></div></span></li> </div> </div> <div class="post-wrap"> <div class="post-top"></div> <div class="post" id="post-4612"> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/03/14/predictions-for-ufc-158-georges-st-pierre-vs-nick-diaz/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Predictions for UFC 158: Georges St.-Pierre vs. Nick Diaz">Predictions for UFC 158: Georges St.-Pierre vs. Nick Diaz</a></h1> <div class="category"> <a href="/web/20130522223519/http://mma-boxing.si.com/category/mma/">MMA</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/03/14/predictions-for-ufc-158-georges-st-pierre-vs-nick-diaz/#comment"><span class="js-kit-comments-count" exclude-sources="Twitter" include-sources="Comments" uniq="/2013/03/14/predictions-for-ufc-158-georges-st-pierre-vs-nick-diaz/"></span> Comments </a> </div> <div class="entry"> <div id="cnnSCFontButtons"> <div id="cnnSCFontLabel"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize.gif"/></div> <div id="cnnSCFontMinusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('default'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_d.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_l.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"></div> <div id="cnnSCFontPlusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('LargeFont'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_d.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_l.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"></div> </div> <div id="attachment_4613" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 630px"><img class="size-full wp-image-4613 " alt="georges-st-pierre" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519im_/http://sicounterpunch.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/georges-st-pierre.jpg?w=620&h=400" width="620" height="400"/><p class="wp-caption-text">Georges St.-Pierre (left) will face Nick Diaz, while Carlos Condit (right) will fight Johny Hendricks. (Getty Images)</p></div> <p style="text-align:left;"><strong></strong><em>SI.com’s </em><em>Jeff Wagenheim provides his predictions for UFC 158, which will be held on Saturday in Montreal.</em></p> <p><strong>Georges St-Pierre vs. Nick Diaz</strong></p> <p>Weeks of rancorous buildup will reach a crescendo of hometown exhilaration when GSP walks to the octagon in front of his adoring public. Then St-Pierre will tune it all out and quietly go about his business. Forget the uncharacteristic fury we’ve seen from Georges of late. Diaz trash-talks a good game and has dragged lesser men into his torture chamber, but once the cage door closes, GSP is done with that nonsense. He’ll methodically slow Nick’s forward-moving stalking with jabs and kicks, and when he’s ready he’ll put the challenger on his back and spend the rest of the 25 minutes beating his head into the canvas. Unless Diaz is too bloodied and battered to make it to the finish line. <strong>St-Pierre by decision.</strong></p> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/03/14/predictions-for-ufc-158-georges-st-pierre-vs-nick-diaz/#more-4612" class="more-link">Read More…</a></p> <div id="jp-post-flair" class="sharedaddy sd-like-enabled sd-sharing-enabled"></div> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="post-bottom"> <li>Published On <span>Mar 14, 2013</span></li> <li id="right"><span><div><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/03/14/predictions-for-ufc-158-georges-st-pierre-vs-nick-diaz/#comments" title="Comment on Predictions for UFC 158: Georges St.-Pierre vs. Nick Diaz"><span data-lf-article-id="4612" data-lf-site-id="308691" class="livefyre-commentcount">Read 2 Comments</span></a></div></span></li> </div> </div> <div class="post-wrap"> <div class="post-top"></div> <div class="post" id="post-4020"> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/12/06/source-ufc-talking-to-anderson-silva-about-more-than-one-superfight/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Source: UFC talking to Anderson Silva about more than one superfight">Source: UFC talking to Anderson Silva about more than one superfight</a></h1> <div class="category"> <a href="/web/20130522223519/http://mma-boxing.si.com/category/mma/">MMA</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/12/06/source-ufc-talking-to-anderson-silva-about-more-than-one-superfight/#comment"><span class="js-kit-comments-count" exclude-sources="Twitter" include-sources="Comments" uniq="/2012/12/06/source-ufc-talking-to-anderson-silva-about-more-than-one-superfight/"></span> Comments </a> </div> <div class="entry"> <div id="cnnSCFontButtons"> <div id="cnnSCFontLabel"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize.gif"/></div> <div id="cnnSCFontMinusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('default'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_d.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_l.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"></div> <div id="cnnSCFontPlusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('LargeFont'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_d.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_l.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"></div> </div> <p><div id="attachment_3853" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 308px"><img class="size-full wp-image-3853" alt="Anderson Silva" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519im_/http://sicounterpunch.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/anderson-silva.jpg?w=298&h=368" height="368" width="298"/><p class="wp-caption-text">UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva has two bouts left on his existing UFC contract, and both could be superfights. [Tom Szczerbowski/US Presswire]</p></div>Three weeks ago, Georges St-Pierre returned from a 19-month absence and showed himself to be fully recovered from knee surgery with a gritty victory over Carlos Condit. Anderson Silva was cageside in Montreal that night to watch it all unfold … and to let it be known that he was interested in fighting the UFC welterweight champion.</p> <p>Prior to that, however, when there was talk of the middleweight king taking on another belt holder, the speculation usually centered on the possibility of Silva stepping into the cage with light heavyweight champ Jon Jones.</p> <p>So which superfight are we going to see?</p> <p>Well, how about both?</p> <p>A reliable source has told SI.com that Silva had a meeting scheduled with UFC president Dana White on Wednesday night to discuss superfights. Yes, that’s superfights, plural.</p> <p>Silva’s manager, Ed Soares, confirmed that a meeting took place but would not say what was discussed. He would only reveal that “Anderson got a beautiful Bentley.”</p> <p>That’s the same make of vehicle that was driven by Jones before the then-24-year-old wrecked it in a drunken crash in May.</p> <p>Jones and Silva have said they would not fight, citing their friendship as well as concerns that they would be putting their legacies and endorsement deals at risk. But White has talked of staging a superfight in 100,000-seat Cowboys Stadium outside Dallas, which would make the bout a huge moneymaker for the UFC, with appropriately hefty fighter purses.</p> <p>Might the gift of a Bentley be the first step in paving the way for the superfight of all superfights, with the UFC ensuring that Silva and family keep up with the Joneses?</p> <p style="text-align:right;"><strong><i>– Jeff Wagenheim</i></strong></p> <div id="jp-post-flair" class="sharedaddy sd-like-enabled sd-sharing-enabled"></div> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="post-bottom"> <li>Published On <span>Dec 06, 2012</span></li> <li id="right"><span><div><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/12/06/source-ufc-talking-to-anderson-silva-about-more-than-one-superfight/#comments" title="Comment on Source: UFC talking to Anderson Silva about more than one superfight"><span data-lf-article-id="4020" data-lf-site-id="308691" class="livefyre-commentcount">Read 13 Comments</span></a></div></span></li> </div> </div> <div class="post-wrap"> <div class="post-top"></div> <div class="post" id="post-3846"> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/11/17/silva-eager-for-superfight-with-st-pierre/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Anderson Silva eager for superfight with Georges St-Pierre">Anderson Silva eager for superfight with Georges St-Pierre</a></h1> <div class="category"> <a href="/web/20130522223519/http://mma-boxing.si.com/category/mma/">MMA</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/11/17/silva-eager-for-superfight-with-st-pierre/#comment"><span class="js-kit-comments-count" exclude-sources="Twitter" include-sources="Comments" uniq="/2012/11/17/silva-eager-for-superfight-with-st-pierre/"></span> Comments </a> </div> <div class="entry"> <div id="cnnSCFontButtons"> <div id="cnnSCFontLabel"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize.gif"/></div> <div id="cnnSCFontMinusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('default'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_d.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_l.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"></div> <div id="cnnSCFontPlusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('LargeFont'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_d.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_l.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"></div> </div> <div id="attachment_3853" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 308px"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519/http://sicounterpunch.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/anderson-silva.jpg"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519im_/http://sicounterpunch.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/anderson-silva.jpg?w=298&h=368" alt="Anderson Silva" title="anderson-silva" width="298" height="368" class="size-full wp-image-3853"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva has two bouts left on his existing UFC contract, and both could be superfights. [Tom Szczerbowski-US PRESSWIRE]</p></div> <p>MONTREAL — So now we all know what it’s like to be in a cage with Anderson Silva. Minus the pain, of course.</p> <p>On Saturday night, we did get the confusion, a good dose of it, stemming from the UFC middleweight champion’s uncanny elusiveness. He’s right there in front of you, then in a flash he’s gone without a trace, then he’s back, acting as if he’d never left.</p> <p>Silva showed up at the Bell Centre prior to the start of UFC 154 and told an assemblage of media that, despite what’s been reported over the past week, he’s gung-ho to make his next bout a superfight with Georges St-Pierre.</p> <p>“I’m very excited for this fight with Georges,” he said. “Maybe here, maybe in a big stadium in Brazil.” He said this around 10 minutes into his questioning by reporters, after beginning the session by addressing a query on the possibility of a GSP superfight with “Maybe, I don’t know.”</p> <p>Elusiveness. Confusion.</p> <p>Adding to the mystification was the fact that St-Pierre first had to take care of business in his welterweight title defense against Carlos Condit later in the evening in the main event.</p> <p>But “The Spider” had that one all figured out. “My opinion, Georges wins tonight,” he said matter of factly.</p> <p>So, assuming he was right, when might a Silva vs. St-Pierre superfight take place? Perhaps in May, when UFC president Dana White has suggested? “I need to check my schedule,” said Silva, drawing laughter from the assembled media.</p> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/11/17/silva-eager-for-superfight-with-st-pierre/#more-3846" class="more-link">Read More…</a></p> <div id="jp-post-flair" class="sharedaddy sd-like-enabled sd-sharing-enabled"></div> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="post-bottom"> <li>Published On <span>Nov 17, 2012</span></li> <li id="right"><span><div><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/11/17/silva-eager-for-superfight-with-st-pierre/#comments" title="Comment on Anderson Silva eager for superfight with Georges St-Pierre"><span data-lf-article-id="3846" data-lf-site-id="308691" class="livefyre-commentcount">Read 8 Comments</span></a></div></span></li> </div> </div> <div class="post-wrap"> <div class="post-top"></div> <div class="post" id="post-3821"> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/11/17/digging-into-the-quebec-roots-of-ufc-welterweight-champ-georges-st-pierre/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Digging into the Quebec roots of UFC welterweight champ Georges St-Pierre">Digging into the Quebec roots of UFC welterweight champ Georges St-Pierre</a></h1> <div class="category"> <a href="/web/20130522223519/http://mma-boxing.si.com/category/mma/">MMA</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/11/17/digging-into-the-quebec-roots-of-ufc-welterweight-champ-georges-st-pierre/#comment"><span class="js-kit-comments-count" exclude-sources="Twitter" include-sources="Comments" uniq="/2012/11/17/digging-into-the-quebec-roots-of-ufc-welterweight-champ-georges-st-pierre/"></span> Comments </a> </div> <div class="entry"> <div id="cnnSCFontButtons"> <div id="cnnSCFontLabel"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize.gif"/></div> <div id="cnnSCFontMinusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('default'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_d.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_l.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"></div> <div id="cnnSCFontPlusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('LargeFont'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_d.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_l.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"></div> </div> <div id="attachment_3828" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 308px"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519/http://sicounterpunch.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/gsp.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-3828" title="gsp" alt="Georges St-Pierre" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519im_/http://sicounterpunch.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/gsp.jpg?w=298&h=400" height="400" width="298"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Georges St-Pierre returns to his native Canada to fight Carlos Condit at UFC 154. (Josh Hedges/Getty Images)</p></div> <p>ST-REMI, Quebec — Sitting in a restaurant in northern Vermont enjoying a nice lunch and a much-needed break from my hours-long drive to Montreal, it occurred to me that a little further along my route I would be passing through the area where Georges St-Pierre grew up. The UFC welterweight champion is often referred to as a Montreal fighter, and the crowd at the Bell Centre will surely make him feel like one when he’s introduced before his title defense against Carlos Condit in the main event of UFC 154 on Saturday night. But GSP is no city boy. He actually hails from the vast Quebec countryside tucked between the St. Lawrence River and the U.S. border.</p> <p>Pulling the smart phone out of my pocket while I waited for dessert to arrive — you’re allowed to have a little something sweet in the middle of the day, unless you’re trying to make weight for a UFC fight or something — I quickly scanned some online articles about St-Pierre’s youth and came upon one about a recent visit he paid to his old high school in Saint-Rémi, Quebec. Hmm, I thought, if it’s not too far out of the way …</p> <p>And then, yup, to locate the land of GSP, I used my GPS.</p> <p>I’m not sure what I expected to see when I pulled into Saint-Rémi, a tiny city of around 7,000 tucked into a landscape of farmland, small industry and windmills, lots of windmills, in southwestern Quebec. I guess I envisioned “Go GSP” window signs in storefronts, maybe even a banner strung across a downtown street proclaiming “Home of Georges St-Pierre.”</p> <p>There was nothing, though, no visible acknowledgement that one of the greatest mixed martial arts of all time — a three-time Sportsnet Canadian Athlete of the Year — spent his formative years here.</p> <p>I saw a bunch of guys gathered outside an apartment building down the block from École Pierre-Bédard, where GSP returned not long ago to talk to students about his school chin-ups record, which still stands, and the bullying he went through while in school. I wondered whether any of these men on the apartment building stoop were the ones who’d pushed GSP around back in the day. I decided not to bother them.</p> <p>Right across from the school I saw an elementary-grade kid walking with his book bag and, imagining him to be of the age where he might have a GSP poster on his bedroom wall, considered pulling over and talking to him. But then I thought better of being that guy who pulls his car to the side of the road and rolls his window down to talk to a school kid.</p> <p>I ended up at a convenience store in the center of town. As I walked up to the cash register with my bottled water, I noticed that among the staff gathered was a young man with a buzz cut, wearing a black T-shirt with some combative-looking logo across the front. He looked like what half of the Bell Centre crowd will look like on Saturday night. He’s my man, I thought.</p> <p>“I understand I am in the home of GSP,” I sid to the woman behind the counter as I fumbled through my Canadian coins to pay for my water. She stared at me blankly. It turned out, as I learned when I look it up on my iPhone upon returning to my car, that 96 percent of the Saint-Rémi population speaks only French. The young woman took my money and gestured toward the black T-shirt guy, who it turns out is among the community’s bilinguals.</p> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/11/17/digging-into-the-quebec-roots-of-ufc-welterweight-champ-georges-st-pierre/#more-3821" class="more-link">Read More…</a></p> <div id="jp-post-flair" class="sharedaddy sd-like-enabled sd-sharing-enabled"></div> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="post-bottom"> <li>Published On <span>Nov 17, 2012</span></li> <li id="right"><span><div><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/11/17/digging-into-the-quebec-roots-of-ufc-welterweight-champ-georges-st-pierre/#comments" title="Comment on Digging into the Quebec roots of UFC welterweight champ Georges St-Pierre"><span data-lf-article-id="3821" data-lf-site-id="308691" class="livefyre-commentcount">Read 5 Comments</span></a></div></span></li> </div> </div> <div class="post-wrap"> <div class="post-top"></div> <div class="post" id="post-3803"> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/11/15/experts-predictions-for-ufc-154/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Experts’ predictions for UFC 154">Experts’ predictions for UFC 154</a></h1> <div class="category"> <a href="/web/20130522223519/http://mma-boxing.si.com/category/mma/">MMA</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/11/15/experts-predictions-for-ufc-154/#comment"><span class="js-kit-comments-count" exclude-sources="Twitter" include-sources="Comments" uniq="/2012/11/15/experts-predictions-for-ufc-154/"></span> Comments </a> </div> <div class="entry"> <div id="cnnSCFontButtons"> <div id="cnnSCFontLabel"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize.gif"/></div> <div id="cnnSCFontMinusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('default'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_d.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_l.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"></div> <div id="cnnSCFontPlusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('LargeFont'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_d.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_l.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"></div> </div> <div id="attachment_3805" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 310px"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519/http://sicounterpunch.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/st-pierre-condit.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-3805" title="st-pierre-condit" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519im_/http://sicounterpunch.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/st-pierre-condit.jpg?w=300&h=395" height="395" width="300"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre (left) is favored to defeat Carlos Condit (right) despite a 19-month layoff that included knee surgery. (Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC)</p></div> <p><em>SI.com analysts Dave Doyle, Loretta Hunt, Jeff Wagenheim and Jon Wertheim provide their predictions for UFC 154 on Saturday in Montreal.</em></p> <h4>Georges St-Pierre vs. Carlos Condit</h4> <p><strong>DOYLE:</strong> If you go up and down the lists of plusses and minuses with these two fighters, the only thing in Condit’s favor is St-Pierre’s potential ring rust. That doesn’t bode well for your chances against someone like GSP, who has something to prove in his hometown. <strong>St-Pierre by TKO.</strong></p> <p><strong>HUNT:</strong> St-Pierre is such a technician, analyzing opponents the way a statistician pores data. Condit could be the toughest first fight back ever — he’s an unpredictable striker with the killer instinct — but St. Pierre has adjusted his schedule to minimize ring rust and knows his key will be superior wrestling. <strong>St-Pierre by decision.</strong></p> <p><strong>WAGENHEIM:</strong> Has GSP’s fighting spirit been rusted over during his 19-month absence from the octagon, or will it come bursting out of him like dammed river water? I suspect the latter, and that it will be further fueled by an <em>enthousiaste</em> Montreal crowd. Condit is coming off a fight in which he fended off bullying with movement and counterstrikes. But that bully knew only a straight-ahead path to his prey, making him easy to retaliate against. St-Pierre, by contrast, comes at you in innumerable ways, making every Condit counter susceptible to being countered. Sooner or later, the champion will seize control, and when he swarms he won’t stop until he’s pulled away by the man in the black shirt. <strong>St-Pierre by TKO.</strong></p> <p><strong>WERTHEIM:</strong> It’s been a long layoff for St-Pierre and Condit’s a fighter that’s easy to root for. But realistically how do you pick against GSP? It will be interesting to see how his knee holds up, but he’s such a versatile fighter it’s hard to see an upset. <strong>St-Pierre by decision.</strong></p> <h4>Martin Kampmann vs. Johny Hendricks</h4> <p><strong>DOYLE:</strong> The head says to go with Hendricks, who has made steady progression toward the top. Kampmann has shown as much heart as anyone in the UFC with his comeback wins. My gut tells me this will be a thriller. <strong>Kampmann by submission.</strong></p> <p><strong>HUNT:</strong> OSU wrestling ace Hendricks is on a roll and has some stinging hands to boot. Though arguably more well-rounded, Kampmann is just too hit or miss. <strong>Hendricks by KO.</strong></p> <p><strong>WAGENHEIM:</strong> The 13-1 Hendricks has two split decisions among his last three victories, and the other win was a 12-second flash KO. He hasn’t dominated anyone over three rounds for a while, and that is what he’s being asked to do against the slicker-striking Dane. <strong>Kampmann by decision.</strong></p> <p><strong>WERTHEIM:</strong> Kampmann is an admirable veteran with one of the great hearts in UFC history, but Hendricks’ wrestling superiority will be the difference. The former Oklahoma State star scores a ground-based verdict. <strong>Hendricks by decision.</strong><br/> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/11/15/experts-predictions-for-ufc-154/#more-3803" class="more-link">Read More…</a></p> <div id="jp-post-flair" class="sharedaddy sd-like-enabled sd-sharing-enabled"></div> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="post-bottom"> <li>Published On <span>Nov 15, 2012</span></li> <li id="right"><span><div><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/11/15/experts-predictions-for-ufc-154/#comments" title="Comment on Experts’ predictions for UFC 154"><span data-lf-article-id="3803" data-lf-site-id="308691" class="livefyre-commentcount">Read 13 Comments</span></a></div></span></li> </div> </div> <div class="post-wrap"> <div class="post-top"></div> <div class="post" id="post-3715"> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/11/07/st-pierre-silva-showdown-closer-to-reality/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to UFC’s White: Cowboys Stadium could host superfight between GSP, Silva">UFC’s White: Cowboys Stadium could host superfight between GSP, Silva</a></h1> <div class="category"> <a href="/web/20130522223519/http://mma-boxing.si.com/category/mma/">MMA</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/11/07/st-pierre-silva-showdown-closer-to-reality/#comment"><span class="js-kit-comments-count" exclude-sources="Twitter" include-sources="Comments" uniq="/2012/11/07/st-pierre-silva-showdown-closer-to-reality/"></span> Comments </a> </div> <div class="entry"> <div id="cnnSCFontButtons"> <div id="cnnSCFontLabel"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize.gif"/></div> <div id="cnnSCFontMinusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('default'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_d.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_l.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"></div> <div id="cnnSCFontPlusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('LargeFont'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_d.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_l.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"></div> </div> <div id="attachment_3739" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 650px"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519/http://sicounterpunch.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/georges-st-pierre.jpg"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519im_/http://sicounterpunch.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/georges-st-pierre.jpg?w=640&h=340" alt="Georges St-Pierre" title="georges-st-pierre" width="640" height="340" class="size-full wp-image-3739"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Georges St-Pierre (left) is returning to the cage for the first time in 20 months. [Al Bello/ Zuffa LLC via Getty Images]</p></div> <p>“We missed him,” said Dana White, the words spoken with a hint of longing. “It’s good to have him back.”</p> <p>The UFC president was speaking of his company’s most lucrative pay-per-view draw, welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre, who is indeed back after 20 months away from the octagon because of knee surgery and the rehab that followed. White was so thrilled that GSP is ready to fight again, in fact, that he assembled MMA reporters on Wednesday afternoon to hype the superfight between St-Pierre and middleweight champ Anderson Silva.</p> <p>No, wait, the media conference call was actually about Georges’ bout against interim champion Carlos Condit a week from Saturday in the main event of UFC 154 in Montreal. At least that’s what the press release said the call was going to be about.</p> <p>As things turned out, though, the session came as close to being an announcement of GSP vs. Silva as the fight promotion could muster without issuing an official poster.</p> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/11/07/st-pierre-silva-showdown-closer-to-reality/#more-3715" class="more-link">Read More…</a></p> <div id="jp-post-flair" class="sharedaddy sd-like-enabled sd-sharing-enabled"></div> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="post-bottom"> <li>Published On <span>Nov 07, 2012</span></li> <li id="right"><span><div><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/11/07/st-pierre-silva-showdown-closer-to-reality/#comments" title="Comment on UFC’s White: Cowboys Stadium could host superfight between GSP, Silva"><span data-lf-article-id="3715" data-lf-site-id="308691" class="livefyre-commentcount">Read 4 Comments</span></a></div></span></li> </div> </div> <div class="post-wrap"> <div class="post-top"></div> <div class="post" id="post-3103"> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/09/05/dana-white-hints-at-superfight-between-anderson-silva-georges-st-pierre/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Dana White hints at superfight between Anderson Silva, Georges St-Pierre">Dana White hints at superfight between Anderson Silva, Georges St-Pierre</a></h1> <div class="category"> <a href="/web/20130522223519/http://mma-boxing.si.com/category/mma/">MMA</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/09/05/dana-white-hints-at-superfight-between-anderson-silva-georges-st-pierre/#comment"><span class="js-kit-comments-count" exclude-sources="Twitter" include-sources="Comments" uniq="/2012/09/05/dana-white-hints-at-superfight-between-anderson-silva-georges-st-pierre/"></span> Comments </a> </div> <div class="entry"> <div id="cnnSCFontButtons"> <div id="cnnSCFontLabel"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize.gif"/></div> <div id="cnnSCFontMinusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('default'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_d.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_l.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"></div> <div id="cnnSCFontPlusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('LargeFont'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_d.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_l.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"></div> </div> <p>When Cowboys Stadium opened three years ago, Jerry Jones envisioned it as a grand showcase for champions. That’s a promise still unfulfilled by his NFL team, which has but one wild-card win in the $1.3 billion facility and missed the playoffs the last two seasons. But the domed stadium in Arlington, Texas, might very well soon have championships on display. Two of them.</p> <p>Anderson Silva and Georges St-Pierre, the UFC champs at middleweight and welterweight, respectively, appear headed on a collision course deep in the heart of Texas.</p> <p>Nothing is official, and nothing will be until after St-Pierre makes his return from knee surgery and fights Carlos Condit at UFC 154 on Nov. 17 in Montreal. But UFC president Dana White acknowledged on Tuesday night that if GSP handles business against Condit, a superfight with Silva likely would be next.</p> <p>“These guys want to fight each other now,” White said during <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onQsQQSKsL8/”" target="”_blank”"> an extended interview on the Fuel TV show <em>UFC Tonight.</em></a> “If you’re a fighter and you’ve dominated as long as Anderson has, and you’ve been great as long as Georges has, you finally want to say, ‘I want to test myself. I think I can beat this guy.’”</p> <p>Though Silva vs. St-Pierre is hypothetical at this point, White has given the matter enough thought to specify that the champions of his 185- and 170-pound weight classes would meet somewhere in the middle, likely at 180 pounds, and that the fight would take place at Cowboys Stadium. The facility seats 80,000 for football but has a capacity of 110,000, including standing room. A 2010 boxing match between Manny Pacquiao and Joshua Clottey drew 51,000.</p> <p>Silva (32-4) is coming off a July TKO win over Chael Sonnen, his 16th straight victory and 10th title defense. St-Pierre (22-2) has won nine straight and defended his belt six times, but has not fought since an April 2011 unanimous decision over Jake Shields. He was training for a Condit fight when he injured his knee last December, requiring surgery.</p> <p>So GSP is going from sitting on the shelf to jumping into perhaps the biggest fight in UFC history? Said White, “I think we’re pretty close.”</p> <p style="text-align:right;"><em><strong>–Jeff Wagenheim</strong></em></p> <div id="jp-post-flair" class="sharedaddy sd-like-enabled sd-sharing-enabled"></div> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="post-bottom"> <li>Published On <span>Sep 05, 2012</span></li> <li id="right"><span><div><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/09/05/dana-white-hints-at-superfight-between-anderson-silva-georges-st-pierre/#comments" title="Comment on Dana White hints at superfight between Anderson Silva, Georges St-Pierre"><span data-lf-article-id="3103" data-lf-site-id="308691" class="livefyre-commentcount">Read 16 Comments</span></a></div></span></li> </div> </div> <div class="post-wrap"> <div class="post-top"></div> <div class="post" id="post-1990"> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/04/19/georges-st-pierre-discusses-ufc-145-injury-recovery-move-to-middleweight/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Georges St-Pierre discusses UFC 145, injury recovery, move to middleweight">Georges St-Pierre discusses UFC 145, injury recovery, move to middleweight</a></h1> <div class="category"> <a href="/web/20130522223519/http://mma-boxing.si.com/category/mma/">MMA</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/04/19/georges-st-pierre-discusses-ufc-145-injury-recovery-move-to-middleweight/#comment"><span class="js-kit-comments-count" exclude-sources="Twitter" include-sources="Comments" uniq="/2012/04/19/georges-st-pierre-discusses-ufc-145-injury-recovery-move-to-middleweight/"></span> Comments </a> </div> <div class="entry"> <div id="cnnSCFontButtons"> <div id="cnnSCFontLabel"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize.gif"/></div> <div id="cnnSCFontMinusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('default'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_d.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_l.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"></div> <div id="cnnSCFontPlusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('LargeFont'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_d.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_l.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"></div> </div> <div id="attachment_1997" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 310px"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519/http://sicounterpunch.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/georges-st-pierre.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-1997 " title="georges-st-pierre" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519im_/http://sicounterpunch.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/georges-st-pierre.jpg?w=300&h=225" alt="" width="300" height="225"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Georges St-Pierre made an unscheduled visit to the UFC 145 open workouts Thursday at Georgia State University in Atlanta. (Kevin C. Cox/Zuffa LLC)</p></div> <p>ATLANTA — Georges St-Pierre is the UFC welterweight champion and widely regarded as the biggest draw in mixed martial arts, having attracted more than 750,000 pay-per-view buys to six different events over the past four years.</p> <p>But he’s also a fan. And no one is looking forward to Saturday’s light heavyweight title showdown between Jon Jones and Rashad Evans more.</p> <p>“As a fan of the sport, it’s definitely a fight I want to see,” St-Pierre said Thursday at the Georgia State University Sports Arena, where several fighters on Saturday’s card held open workouts for media and fans. “Both of these guys are incredibly talented. I believe that a mistake from one of these two guys will be fatal.”</p> <p>St-Pierre, who turns 31 next month, hasn’t fought since making his seventh consecutive defense of the UFC’s 170-pound title with a points victory over Jake Shields in April 2011. He pulled out of an October defense against Carlos Condit due to a knee injury suffered in training. Two months later, it was revealed St-Pierre would be sidelined 10 months after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee.</p> <p>“I’m in good shape now, but I’m not in fighting shape,” said St-Pierre, who explained the graft in his knee needs more time to fuse before he moves on from light exercise. “In two months it’s going to 100 percent. I don’t want to mess it up. If I try to jump or go too fast, I will have to do it all over again.”</p> <p>St-Pierre spoke highly of rising welterweight prospect Rory MacDonald, who fights Che Mills in Saturday’s co-feature bout. The 22-year-old MacDonald, who trains alongside St-Pierre at Tristar Gym in Montreal, says he wants to be a world champion within two years — in the division St-Pierre currently rules.</p> <p>“I’m not interested in fighting him,” St-Pierre said, repeating himself multiple times. “There are a lot of welterweights. I don’t think we have to do it now. In two years, who knows? Maybe I will go to middleweight. Who knows what’s going to happen?”</p> <p>Ever the diplomat, St-Pierre abstained from predicting Saturday’s winner — but he said it won’t take long to see who’s in the driver’s seat.</p> <p>“After the first round, we will have a good idea of who will impose his dominance,” he said. “After the first round, we will see who will be the winner, who will be able to impose his game on the other guy.”</p> <p style="text-align:right;"><strong><em>– Bryan Armen Graham</em></strong></p> <div id="jp-post-flair" class="sharedaddy sd-like-enabled sd-sharing-enabled"></div> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="post-bottom"> <li>Published On <span>Apr 19, 2012</span></li> <li id="right"><span><div><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/04/19/georges-st-pierre-discusses-ufc-145-injury-recovery-move-to-middleweight/#respond" title="Comment on Georges St-Pierre discusses UFC 145, injury recovery, move to middleweight"><span data-lf-article-id="1990" data-lf-site-id="308691" class="livefyre-commentcount">Add A Comment</span></a></div></span></li> </div> </div> <div class="post-wrap"> <div class="post-top"></div> <div class="post" id="post-624"> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2011/10/18/georges-st-pierre-to-miss-ufc-137-with-injury/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Georges St-Pierre to miss UFC 137 with injury">Georges St-Pierre to miss UFC 137 with injury</a></h1> <div class="category"> <a href="/web/20130522223519/http://mma-boxing.si.com/category/mma/">MMA</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2011/10/18/georges-st-pierre-to-miss-ufc-137-with-injury/#comment"><span class="js-kit-comments-count" exclude-sources="Twitter" include-sources="Comments" uniq="/2011/10/18/georges-st-pierre-to-miss-ufc-137-with-injury/"></span> Comments </a> </div> <div class="entry"> <div id="cnnSCFontButtons"> <div id="cnnSCFontLabel"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize.gif"/></div> <div id="cnnSCFontMinusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('default'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_d.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_l.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"></div> <div id="cnnSCFontPlusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('LargeFont'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_d.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_l.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"></div> </div> <div id="attachment_627" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 310px"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519/http://sicounterpunch.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/georges-st-pierre.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-627 " title="georges-st-pierre" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519im_/http://sicounterpunch.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/georges-st-pierre.jpg?w=300&h=200" alt="" width="300" height="200"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre suffered a knee injury during training on Tuesday and will miss his upcoming fight at UFC 137. (AP)</p></div> <p>The main event of UFC 137 has changed … again.</p> <p>UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre has been forced to withdraw from his Oct. 29 title fight with Carlos Condit due to a knee injury suffered during training, according to UFC president Dana White’s Twitter feed.</p> <p>“I just land in NYC and what do I always say!? I have to deal with bad s— everyday!! GSP is out with an injury!!! #oneofthosedays,” Dana White <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519/http://twitter.com/#!/danawhite/status/126401697756098561" target="_blank">tweeted</a> on Tuesday.</p> <p>St-Pierre, widely regarded as one of the two best pound-for-pound fighters in MMA (he’s No. 2 in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/jeff_wagenheim/10/04/october-rankings/index.html" target="_blank">SI.com’s rankings</a>), had been training in Montreal for the 10th defense of the welterweight title he’s held over two stints since 2007.</p> <p>B.J. Penn will now meet Nick Diaz in the main event, while Carlos Condit will be removed from the card to wait for the champion to recover.</p> <p>“It’s GSP’S knee. We will sit Carlos to wait for GSP. It’s looking so far like he could be ready in a couple months. Still early to tell tho,” White tweeted minutes after his initial tweet that broke the news.</p> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2011/10/18/georges-st-pierre-to-miss-ufc-137-with-injury/#more-624" class="more-link">Read More…</a></p> <div id="jp-post-flair" class="sharedaddy sd-like-enabled sd-sharing-enabled"></div> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="post-bottom"> <li>Published On <span>Oct 18, 2011</span></li> <li id="right"><span><div><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522223519/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2011/10/18/georges-st-pierre-to-miss-ufc-137-with-injury/#respond" title="Comment on Georges St-Pierre to miss UFC 137 with injury"><span data-lf-article-id="624" data-lf-site-id="308691" class="livefyre-commentcount">Add A Comment</span></a></div></span></li> </div> </div> <div class="navigation"> <div class="alignleft"></div> <div class="alignright"></div> </div> </div> <div class="sidebar test"> <div id="ad300x250" 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