{"id":235279,"date":"2017-04-25T05:50:41","date_gmt":"2017-04-25T12:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=235279"},"modified":"2017-04-25T05:50:41","modified_gmt":"2017-04-25T12:50:41","slug":"ahead-of-michael-bisping-fight-georges-st-pierre-says-hes-bigger-than-hes-ever-been","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/georges-st-pierre\/ahead-of-michael-bisping-fight-georges-st-pierre-says-hes-bigger-than-hes-ever-been\/","title":{"rendered":"Ahead of Michael Bisping fight, Georges St-Pierre says he’s bigger than he’s ever been"},"content":{"rendered":"

At a to be determined date later this year, former long-time UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre<\/a> will make his much discussed return to the Octagon. He will not, however, be returning to his former haunts in the middleweight division. Instead, he’ll be moving up to middleweight <\/a>where he’ll receive a somewhat controversial title shot against reigning champion Michael Bisping. When St-Pierre steps onto the canvas with Bisping, who used to fight at light heavyweight, he’s likely to surrender a fairly significant size disadvantage<\/a>. To combat this, the former welterweight says he’s packed on some size \u2013 to the point that he’s bigger than he’s ever been. St-Pierre explained his physique change during a recent Q&A with sponsor Hayabusa<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI have always been the same weight,” he said (via BloodyElbow.com<\/a>). “When I knew that we were going to fight Michael Bisping, when I signed the contract, that\u2019s when I decided to put on a little more weight. I won\u2019t be able to put a lot, because I\u2019m a natural guy. But I\u2019m already a little bit bigger than I was.”<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m the biggest I\u2019ve ever been right now in my life. Bisping will still be bigger than me, but I\u2019m confident that this will help.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

St-Pierre then explained that, while he’s hesitant to burden his body with too much extra weight, he’s had a bit of fun watching his muscles balloon up.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s not my natural size, I haven\u2019t been this big in my life,” he said. But as a man, I\u2019m going to be honest, we want to have bigger muscles and want to be big, so I\u2019m happy to be a little bit bigger.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Do you think Georges St-Pierre will be hindered by his size disadvantage against Bisping? Do you think his new physique will help? Sound off, PENN Nation!<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 4\/25\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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