{"id":265148,"date":"2017-12-06T11:39:08","date_gmt":"2017-12-06T19:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=265148"},"modified":"2017-12-06T15:06:12","modified_gmt":"2017-12-06T23:06:12","slug":"breaking-georges-st-pierre-drops-bombshell-future-middleweight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/georges-st-pierre\/breaking-georges-st-pierre-drops-bombshell-future-middleweight\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING | Georges St-Pierre Drops Bombshell About His Future at Middleweight"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BlgBNSnGdbE\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>As quick as he left us, Georges St-Pierre was suddenly back in all of our lives and causing a shockwave that is still reverberating through the UFC. After four years away from the sport, St-Pierre returned in a division above where he reigned supreme for so many years. &#8230;And it paid off. He became the UFC middleweight champion, but he <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/georges-st-pierre\/john-danaher-reveals-georges-st-pierres-private-struggle-middleweight\/\">went through hell to do it<\/a>. It was a brutal journey to put on that much mass which ultimately <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/georges-st-pierre\/georges-st-pierre-wont-defending-title-anytime-soon\/\">resulted in ulcerative colitis<\/a>. It seems this was the final nail in the coffin: St-Pierre is leaving the middleweight division.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;We&#8217;ll have to talk about it, but I&#8217;m not sure if I compete, if I will go back at 185-pounds. I don&#8217;t think so. Of course in terms of weight, If I want to go back to compete at 185-pounds I will. Obviously eating \u2014 I did what I did, I learned from my mistakes\u00a0\u2014 I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s a good thing to do. Force myself to eat to gain muscle mass. I&#8217;ve always been against performance enhancing drugs and I [moved up to another weight division] the natural way. There is no easy way. I did it the hard way and it was to gain weight and maintain my muscle mass. It was very hard and it was not healthy. I think the body has a natural weight where you can perform and its best athletic ability and for me, the weight I am now is my perfect weight.&#8221;\u00a0\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/video\/due-to-colitis-gsp-unsure-if-he-will-fight-in-middleweight-division-again~1278547\">Georges St-Pierre speaking to TSN<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>After the recent Dana White scrum, it&#8217;s clear that he <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/dana-white\/video-dana-white-georges-st-pierre-left-nothing-animals-opponents\/\">will not be happy at all with Georges St-Pierre<\/a>&#8216;s latest news. However, if it is an ultimatum to have the former welterweight king in his home division or not at all, the UFC will choose to have St-Pierre back at welterweight. He gave them the biggest spike in pay-per-view buys since Conor McGregor went off to box and they&#8217;ll need that push. 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