“Georges won’t be fighting in 2015. I really doubt it. He’s got a lot of things going on and his own projects, and I don’t think he’s coming back in 2015. Me and Georges train regularly, but we don’t talk about the politics.

“I think he’s going to fight when he’s ready to fight and he feels like fighting. I think he’s got plenty of years of training left in him. I don’t think he could retire from training.”

In a new interview with MMAJunkie.com, Firas Zahabi talks about the former champ’s chances of a return to action this year, and it doesn’t look good.