{"id":263144,"date":"2017-11-05T15:54:35","date_gmt":"2017-11-05T23:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=263144"},"modified":"2017-11-05T15:54:35","modified_gmt":"2017-11-05T23:54:35","slug":"georges-st-pierre-issues-statement-following-the-biggest-win-of-his-career-at-ufc-217","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/georges-st-pierre\/georges-st-pierre-issues-statement-following-the-biggest-win-of-his-career-at-ufc-217\/","title":{"rendered":"Georges St-Pierre issues statement following the &#8220;best night of his career&#8221; at UFC 217"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Georges St-Pierre returned from a four year hiatus last night at Madison Square Garden where he had the &#8220;best night of his career&#8221; capturing the UFC middleweight title by <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/michael-bisping\/video-watch-georges-st-pierre-put-michael-bisping-sleep-ufc-217\/\">submitting Michael Bisping in the main event of UFC 217<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian superstar, St-Pierre, put on one of the best performances of his illustrious career last night in New York which culminated in a third-round stoppage victory over &#8220;The Count&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;GSP&#8221; dropped Bisping with a punch in the third-round and promptly began raining down some of his classic ground and pound on the brash Englishman.<\/p>\n<p>Bisping would eventually give up his back which allowed St-Pierre to sink in a fight-ending rear-naked choke submission.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The atmosphere last night at MSG was unreal&#8230; Feeling great today &#8211; Thanks everyone for making this the best night of my career!!! Merci! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4aYEAlnrgC\">pic.twitter.com\/4aYEAlnrgC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Georges St-Pierre (@GeorgesStPierre) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GeorgesStPierre\/status\/927297889751015424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 5, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The atmosphere last night at MSG was unreal&#8230; Feeling great today &#8211; Thanks everyone for making this the best night of my career!!! Merci!&#8221; &#8211; Georges St-Pierre<\/p>\n<p>Earlier today, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/georges-st-pierre\/ufc-president-dana-white-confirms-georges-st-pierres-next-opponent\/\">UFC President Dana White announced that Georges St-Pierre&#8217;s next fight would be a middleweight title unification bout between &#8220;Rush&#8221; and current interim title holder Robert Whittaker<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>What did you think of Georges St-Pierre&#8217;s performance at UFC 217? Will you be picking &#8220;GSP&#8221; to defeat Robert Whittaker when the two square off in 2018? Sound off PENN Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Georges St-Pierre returned from a four year hiatus last night at Madison Square Garden where he had the &#8220;best night of his career&#8221; capturing the UFC middleweight title by submitting Michael Bisping in the main event of UFC 217. 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