{"id":236727,"date":"2017-05-12T08:26:41","date_gmt":"2017-05-12T15:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=236727"},"modified":"2017-05-12T08:28:25","modified_gmt":"2017-05-12T15:28:25","slug":"georges-st-pierre-responds-dana-white-cancelling-fight1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/georges-st-pierre-responds-dana-white-cancelling-fight1\/","title":{"rendered":"Georges St-Pierre responds to Dana White cancelling fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Early in 2017, UFC President Dana White revealed that former UFC welterweight kingpin <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/georges-st-pierre\">Georges St-Pierre<\/a> would be returning to the Octagon for a highly anticipated showdown with middleweight champion Michael Bisping. While no date was given for the bout, the pair had a press conference in early 2017 to hype the fight.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, Bisping <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/michael-bisping\/michael-bisping-threatens-to-give-georges-st-pierres-title-shot-back-to-yoel-romero\/\">issued an ultimatum to St-Pierre<\/a>, stating that if the former champ wasn&#8217;t ready to fight by July, he would take the former welterweight champ&#8217;s title fight, and give it to Yoel Romero. This month, St-Pierre released a video in which he told Bisping he was ready to fight <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-georges-st-pierre-asks-michael-bisping-pick-date\/\">any time after July. <\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/GSP-interview.png\" alt=\"Alan Jouban comments on Georges St-Pierre\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-202770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/GSP-interview.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/GSP-interview-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/GSP-interview-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/GSP-interview-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Subsequently, UFC President Dana White called off the fight, informing the MMA community that Yoel Romero will be getting the next title fight, not St-Pierre.<\/p>\n<p>Georges St-Pierre spoke to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2017\/5\/11\/15628616\/georges-st-pierre-reacts-to-dana-whites-threat-to-cancel-michael-bisping-fight\" target=\"_blank\">MMAFighting<\/a> to respond to White, saying:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI want to fight Bisping and I think Bisping wants to fight me,\u201d he said. \u201cI just learned the news. I don\u2019t know what to say. It might be an emotional response by Dana or maybe it\u2019s to put pressure on me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this sport, among fighters, when one fighter gets an opportunity, it always leaves more fighters unhappy than happy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s the nature of a one-man sport. I\u2019ve been there.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/GSP.png\" alt=\"Georges St-PIerre\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-141621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/GSP.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/GSP-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/GSP-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/GSP-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>St-Pierre of course is referring to comments made by his fellow middleweights regarding their frustration with the UFC booking a Bisping vs. St-Pierre fight, and how the scrap holds up the division. <\/p>\n<p>Now, it will be interesting to see how the standoff between the UFC and Anderson Silva will play out given that both parties are at a standstill. With St-Pierre no longer set to fight for the title however, Silva&#8217;s case for an interim title fight may have just taken a significant blow.<\/p>\n<p>This article first appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\">BJPenn.com<\/a> on 5\/11\/2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Early in 2017, UFC President Dana White revealed that former UFC welterweight kingpin Georges St-Pierre would be returning to the Octagon for a highly anticipated showdown with middleweight champion Michael Bisping. While no date was given for the bout, the pair had a press conference in early 2017 to hype the fight. 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