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Earlier this year, news surfaced that former UFC welterweight kingpin Georges St-Pierre would be returning to the Octagon this year to fight UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping<\/a> in a highly anticipated showdown for Bisping’s middleweight title. While no official date for the fight was set, UFC President Dana White confirmed that the two men would fight this year. <\/a><\/p>\n

Since then however, despite Georges St-Pierre<\/a> and Bisping doing a press conference together, no official date has bene given for the fight. As a result, Bisping has now threatened to take away GSP’s title shot and give it to Yoel Romero. Following Bisping’s consideration of offering the fight to Romero, UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley called for the fight against Bisping.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Tyron<\/p>\n

Now, in a new interview with Fight Hub TV<\/a>, St-Pierre’s boxing trainer, famed coach Freddie Roach, revealed that it was the UFC who offered GSP the fight with St-Pierre, and that for his final fight he would like to fight Conor McGregor:<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was the fight that was offered to us, through Dana (White),\u201d Roach said of the Bisping matchup. \u201c(He asked us) \u2018do you want him?\u2019 And we all thought about it, and we all said yes.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the last fight, we\u2019re hoping (for it) to be (Conor) McGregor.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWho wouldn\u2019t want that fight? I mean, it\u2019s a big fight,\u201d Roach said. \u201cWe\u2019d have to maybe cut weight, meet in the middle somewhere, but there\u2019s long negotiations (that could) still happen, of course. But, who wouldn\u2019t want that fight?\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Georges<\/p>\n

McGregor of course is currently sidelined with the upcoming birth of his firstborn child, which will take place in May. Despite that, McGregor has been linked to a massive boxing showdown with Floyd Mayweather<\/a>, which according to McGregor, is ‘very close’ to being inked.<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on BJPenn.com<\/a> on 3\/30\/2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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