{"id":140171,"date":"2015-04-24T13:52:23","date_gmt":"2015-04-24T20:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=140171"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:34:28","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:34:28","slug":"gsp-lost-desire-hurt-opponent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/gsp-lost-desire-hurt-opponent\/","title":{"rendered":"GSP: &#8216;I Lost the Desire to Hurt My Opponent&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/GSP-Silva.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/GSP-Silva.png\" alt=\"GSP Silva\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-128931\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/GSP-Silva.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/GSP-Silva-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/GSP-Silva-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/GSP-Silva-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI have more fun in training. When I fought Jake Shields, I didn\u2019t have a great training camp and I was not satisfied with my performance. Then I got hurt. It let me rest mentally and physically, and I came back against (Carlos) Condit more hungry. My training camp was great, my fight was great. Then after, against (Nick) Diaz, I lost a little bit of hunger. I didn\u2019t perform the way I wanted to against Diaz. And then obviously my last fight (against Johny Hendricks), my training camp wasn\u2019t good at all. I did it because I had to, not because I felt like I wanted to.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026 When you go in there, you need to have the feeling you like you want to hurt this guy. I lost that. For too long, too many criticisms, too much pressure, the spotlight, I couldn\u2019t rest \u2013 and I\u2019m an obsessive-compulsive guy. Everything I did in my life was leaning toward that goal of becoming the best of the best. Now that I took a break from it, it allowed me to find pleasure in it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Despite the rumors floating around that former UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre would be coming back for a fight, it sounds like he has lot the urge to hurt his opponent.<\/p>\n<p>St. Pierre used to be a ruthless killer in the octagon. Maybe he wasn&#8217;t as entertaining as the rest of the knockout artists, but he was relentless in making sure his opponent was outclassed. He outwrestled Josh Koscheck and outgrappled Jake Shields&#8212; the due is a freak of nature.<\/p>\n<p>If he doesn&#8217;t have that same instinct he once used to, maybe it would be right for him to watch from the stands rather than fight in the cage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>LOL! &#8212; D.C. 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