{"id":246684,"date":"2017-08-14T12:39:54","date_gmt":"2017-08-14T19:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=246684"},"modified":"2017-08-14T12:40:13","modified_gmt":"2017-08-14T19:40:13","slug":"georges-st-pierre-explains-happens-next-beats-michael-bisping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/georges-st-pierre\/georges-st-pierre-explains-happens-next-beats-michael-bisping\/","title":{"rendered":"Georges St-Pierre explains what happens next if he beats Michael Bisping"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The next crack at Michael Bisping&#8217;s UFC middleweight title will not go to interim champion Robert Whittaker. It will not go to top contender Yoel Romero, or former champion Luke Rockhold. It will not go to Chris Weidman or Ronaldo &#8220;Jacare&#8221; Souza. Instead, it will go to <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/georges-st-pierre\">Georges St-Pierre<\/a>, a welterweight great who has not fought since 2013 and has\u00a0<em>never\u00a0<\/em>competed at middleweight.<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, news of St-Pierre&#8217;s title shot was no exactly well-received.\u00a0Luckily, St-Pierre revealed on Monday&#8217;s edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2017\/8\/14\/16141600\/the-mma-hour-with-daniel-cormier-georges-st-pierre-paulie-malignaggi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The MMA Hour<\/a> that, if he beats Bisping, he is contractually obligated to defend the middleweight title, rather than chase a money fight in another division. This means that order should return to the middleweight division soon after this Bisping vs. St-Pierre fight.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what Georges St-Pierre had to say:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI have to defend my title. It\u2019s written in my contract that I have to defend my title if I win, and also I think it\u2019s [Robert] Whittaker that\u2019s going to be the other guy that has the fight. When I beat Bisping, he\u2019s going to be the guy that I\u2019m going to fight next. Unless something happens, and it\u2019s the case very often, things happen. You never know in advance. But if you follow the logic, that\u2019s what the UFC told me, that\u2019s what they signed me for.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201c[Defending the title] wasn\u2019t my initial plan but I understand the UFC\u2019s point of view,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;They want to protect their title. They don\u2019t want people to jump and delay the defense of their title because there are a lot of people waiting. And I understand that, I\u2019m a fighter myself. I understand that. I don\u2019t want to make people wait. This year has been very unfortunate. The 185-pound title has not been defended so far. I\u2019ll be the first one to fight Bisping for the title this year. It\u2019s been a long time and I understand why people are angry.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Do you think Georges St-Pierre will capture middleweight gold?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 8\/14\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The next crack at Michael Bisping&#8217;s UFC middleweight title will not go to interim champion Robert Whittaker. It will not go to top contender Yoel Romero, or former champion Luke Rockhold. It will not go to Chris Weidman or Ronaldo &#8220;Jacare&#8221; Souza. 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