{"id":103877,"date":"2014-07-04T08:47:56","date_gmt":"2014-07-04T15:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=103877"},"modified":"2022-02-06T09:55:02","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T17:55:02","slug":"matt-hughes-to-gsp-get-out-of-the-ufc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/matt-hughes-to-gsp-get-out-of-the-ufc\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Hughes To GSP: Get Out Of The UFC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/matt-hughes-ortiz-and-couture-werent-loyal-and-now-theyre-paying-the-price\/matt-hughespng\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-74257\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/matt-hughesPNG.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"matt hughesPNG\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-74257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/matt-hughesPNG.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/matt-hughesPNG-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/matt-hughesPNG-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Former welterweight champion Matt Hughes spoke about the future of another former welterweight champion, Georges St Pierre.  GSP tentatively retired from the sport last year after his controversial win over Johny Hendricks.  Personal reasons were the main source of GSP&#8217;s &#8216;retirement&#8217; however in the weeks and months after, he complained about poor drug testing procedures, and then tore his other ACL.<\/p>\n<p>Hughes offered his advice to GSP during an interview with <a href=\"http:\/\/o.canada.com\/sports\/mma\/former-ufc-champion-matt-hughes-says-georges-st-pierre-should-retire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canada.com<\/a> saying:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;The UFC would hate me saying this but I\u2019m going to say it anyway. If I was GSP, I\u2019d probably hang them up.  Here I am a guy that lost my (last) two fights and I\u2019d love to get back in there (to finish on a win). And Georges got his hand raised the last fight. So if I had to give advice, I\u2019d say, \u2018You want to get out? Get out.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He\u2019s made a lot of money. I don\u2019t know what he makes a fight, but he\u2019s made a lot of money. He made a lot more money than I have, and I\u2019m retired. So he could step back, retire. He\u2019s got plenty of money.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So there\u2019s not many reasons for him to come back. You tell me what\u2019s he got to come back for?&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former welterweight champion Matt Hughes spoke about the future of another former welterweight champion, Georges St Pierre. GSP tentatively retired from the sport last year after his controversial win over Johny Hendricks. 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