{"id":274659,"date":"2018-04-16T06:24:17","date_gmt":"2018-04-16T13:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=274659"},"modified":"2018-04-16T06:24:17","modified_gmt":"2018-04-16T13:24:17","slug":"firas-zahabi-explains-why-georges-st-pierre-is-the-greatest-of-all-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/georges-st-pierre\/firas-zahabi-explains-why-georges-st-pierre-is-the-greatest-of-all-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Firas Zahabi explains why Georges St-Pierre is the greatest of all time"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the eyes of Firas Zahabi, Georges St-Pierre is the greatest fighter of all time. Now, it’s worth noting that St-Pierre is Zahabi’s star pupil, so he’s understandably biased, but he actually makes some strong arguments for St-Pierre’s case.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Fight Hub TV<\/a>, Zahabi explained why he considers St-Pierre the greatest fighter in MMA history. For him, a big part of the argument is that the other GOAT contenders have all lost, or done things to damage their credibility.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s number one, no doubt about it,\u201d Zahabi said (transcribed by MMAFighting<\/a>) \u201cWho else could there be? Give me a name.”<\/p>\n

\u201cConor [McGregor]<\/a> hasn\u2019t defended a title. [Fedor Emelianenko] had too many losses. [Anderson Silva] had too many losses and you know what happened. The testing didn\u2019t go well. [Jon Jones] – testing. There\u2019s nobody else! There\u2019s nobody else. I\u2019m not just saying that because I train him. Put me aside, the guy is the greatest martial artist of all-time. That\u2019s it. He did it. Let\u2019s give him his due props. He worked for it, he deserves it. If another name comes along that does more than what he did, I\u2019ll be happy to say that there\u2019s a new best of all time.<\/p>\n

\u201cBefore the testing, and all the losses happened, I would say he was one of the best of all time. Now I\u2019m telling you he is THE best of all time. That\u2019s just the way it is. After the tests come back the way they did the losses happened the way they did, the hands were dealt the way they were, now the best of all time, today, is GSP. No doubt about it.\u201d<\/p>\n