{"id":249732,"date":"2017-09-20T15:18:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T22:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=249732"},"modified":"2017-09-20T15:18:00","modified_gmt":"2017-09-20T22:18:00","slug":"olivier-aubin-mercier-georges-st-pierre-call-out-fight-gsp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/georges-st-pierre\/olivier-aubin-mercier-georges-st-pierre-call-out-fight-gsp\/","title":{"rendered":"Olivier Aubin-Mercier Wants GSP to Call Out Conor McGregor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone knows Georges St-Pierre touched down back into the UFC to challenge for the middleweight title against Michael Bisping. He&#8217;s gone on record saying that if he wins, he&#8217;s contractually obligated to defend against interim champ Robert Whittaker. If he loses, St-Pierre has said he will retire. Win or lose, his teammate Olivier Aubin-Mercier thinks that GSP should call out none-other than Conor McGregor for the biggest UFC fight of all time.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;To tell you the truth, I would not [keep fighting], but Georges [St-Pierre] is truly a real fighter, a real warrior, a real inspiration. He may fight again, I&#8217;m not sure. I think what would be plausible is to call out Conor [McGregor] after [the fight with Michael Bisping]. That&#8217;s what I would do. Call out Conor. I think for the UFC, it&#8217;s a really smart fight to do too, since it&#8217;s a win-win of them. A win-win kind of, for the short time. If Georges wins, well, he&#8217;s the greatest fighter of all time. If Conor wins, he is too. And if GSP wins, I don&#8217;t think people would hold it against Conor.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChampionsFight\/status\/833784891254915074<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChampionsFight\/status\/833784960335089664<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;[Georges St-Pierre] didn&#8217;t talk to me [about fighting Conor McGregor]. I didn&#8217;t even know that Firas [Zahabi] had talked about it. I thought I was the first one to think about it, I&#8217;m kind of disappointed. I think Conor is a smart fight for anybody in any division right now. Yeah, exactly, [a fight with Conor McGregor would be the biggest fight to make]. I think the promotion of the [a fight with Robert Whittaker] would not be like Bisping against him or Conor against him since both GSP and Whittaker are humble guys. Unfortunately, fans don&#8217;t really like this.&#8221; <span>\u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/radio\/audio\/the-tsn-mma-show-episode-5-1.861730\">Olivier Aubin-Mercier on The TSN MMA Show<\/a>.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The hosts of The TSN MMA podcast informed Aubin-Mercier that St-Pierre&#8217;s coach, Firas Zahabi, originally wanted the match-up as well. Aside from Nate Diaz, there aren&#8217;t too many big mega fights in MMA for Conor McGregor and it will be difficult to ever come close to the astronomical money he made fighting Floyd Mayweather. Georges St-Pierre could be the biggest fight, not just McGregor, but both of them could have in the UFC.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span>\u201cI think he should fight Conor McGregor or Michael Bisping, and I\u2019ll tell you why: Michael Bisping will give him a two-title championship, and if he fights McGregor, it\u2019ll be the greatest fight in UFC history.&#8221; &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2017\/05\/georges-st-pierres-coach-firas-zahabi-he-should-fight-conor-mcgregor-or-michael-bisping\">Firas Zahabi back in May to MMA Junkie<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><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 9\/20\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone knows Georges St-Pierre touched down back into the UFC to challenge for the middleweight title against Michael Bisping. 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