{"id":171574,"date":"2015-10-16T10:44:09","date_gmt":"2015-10-16T17:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=171574"},"modified":"2015-10-16T10:48:56","modified_gmt":"2015-10-16T17:48:56","slug":"georges-st-pierre-return-to-the-ufc-looking-more-and-more-likely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/georges-st-pierre-return-to-the-ufc-looking-more-and-more-likely\/","title":{"rendered":"Georges St-Pierre return to the UFC looking more and more likely"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is coming close to two years since former UFC champion Georges St-Pierre (25-2 MMA, 19-2 UFC) last fought in the UFC.<\/p>\n<p>His last fight against Johny Hendricks at UFC 167 was in November 2013, where he successfully defended his title for the ninth consecutive time. The dominant champion then decided to take time off and step away from the cage in December 2013 giving up his belt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you lost the motivation, you cannot reinvent yourself, and you stay the same Georges St-Pierre you are, and for me, it was time for me (to walk away)\u201d St-Pierre said in a report by <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2015\/10\/former-ufc-champion-georges-st-pierre-starting-to-feel-desire-to-return-to-cage\" target=\"_blank\">MMA Junkie<\/a>. \u201cAfter the (Hendricks) fight I was like, \u2018Man, you need to take time off to see where I\u2019m going. I have a lack of motivation and I don\u2019t want to wait until it\u2019s too late.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n<p>However St-Pierre\u2019s attitude seems to have changed.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview with French-Canadian media outlet <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rds.ca\/combat\/ufc\/on-sait-tous-lire-entre-les-lignes-1.2634802\" target=\"_blank\">RDS<\/a>, the former champ shared his growing desire to step back into the cage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m starting to get the feeling, more and more, to come back,\u201d St-Pierre <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rds.ca\/combat\/ufc\/on-sait-tous-lire-entre-les-lignes-1.2634802\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a>. \u201cI watch the fights to see what\u2019s going on in my division, and I\u2019m staying in shape. It\u2019s like a knife that I have to keep sharp just in case I ever decide to jump back in the mix. It\u2019s most likely not going to happen in 2015, but I don\u2019t know, yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Who would you like to see St-Pierre matched up against in a return fight?<\/p>\n<p>Share your superfight matchups in the comment section below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is coming close to two years since former UFC champion Georges St-Pierre (25-2 MMA, 19-2 UFC) last fought in the UFC. His last fight against Johny Hendricks at UFC 167 was in November 2013, where he successfully defended his title for the ninth consecutive time. The dominant champion then decided to take time off [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54422,"featured_media":141621,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Georges St-Pierre return to the UFC looking more and more likely | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Georges St-Pierre return to the UFC looking more and more likely. 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