{"id":266000,"date":"2017-12-18T05:54:53","date_gmt":"2017-12-18T13:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=266000"},"modified":"2017-12-18T05:54:53","modified_gmt":"2017-12-18T13:54:53","slug":"coach-lists-conor-mcgregor-floyd-mayweather-options-georges-st-pierre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/georges-st-pierre\/coach-lists-conor-mcgregor-floyd-mayweather-options-georges-st-pierre\/","title":{"rendered":"Coach lists Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather as options for Georges St-Pierre"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shortly after he won the UFC middleweight title with a third-round submission of Michael Bisping, Georges St-Pierre vacated it<\/a>, citing an ongoing battle with colitis and uncertainty about his fighting future.<\/p>\n

Since then, there has been widespread doubt as to whether the MMA great will ever fight again. According to his head coach Firas Zahabi, however, St-Pierre is likely to return if he’s offered a fight that interests him. Apparently, there are a few names that stand out to that end \u2013 one of which will definitely surprise you.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think Georges is gonna get better, get back in the gym,\u201d Zahabi told TSN<\/a> over the weekend (h\/t MMAFighting.com<\/a>). \u201cHe\u2019s gonna feel his body out and see what he wants, what\u2019s the most interesting, epic fight out there. Mayweather? [Conor] McGregor<\/a>? We need a mega-fight.”<\/p>\n

\u201cGeorges will come back for a big, exciting fight.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zahabi then offered a message to St-Pierre’s critics:<\/p>\n

“I always tell people, if you\u2019re criticizing Georges, do what he did,\u201d Zahabi said. \u201cDo what he did first, then criticize him. It\u2019s not easy to do what he did. He defended the title over and over again. Lots of guys had their chance. Lots of guys had their chance. Get in line, make their way the way he did it. And when he did it he never complained about nobody. He did it without complaining about anybody.<\/p>\n

\u201cHas he helped grow the sport or hurt it? He\u2019s helped grow it. So a lot of guys making bigger paydays and bigger purses, bigger bonuses, why? Because of the company and the great fighters, not just Georges, all these great fighters and the company. It\u2019s a relationship. We\u2019ve got to respect the company, we\u2019ve got to respect all the fighters, you\u2019ve got to respect all these big names making the way. You\u2019re gonna see, in the future, these guys are gonna sign rookie contracts, first year in the UFC, million-dollar contracts. But why? Because of all the greats that came before.\u201d<\/p>\n

Do you think Georges St-Pierre will ever fight again?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 18\/12\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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