{"id":282382,"date":"2018-08-06T13:31:21","date_gmt":"2018-08-06T20:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=282382"},"modified":"2018-08-06T13:32:57","modified_gmt":"2018-08-06T20:32:57","slug":"georges-st-pierre-makes-prediction-for-khabib-nurmagomedov-vs-conor-mcgregor-title-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/georges-st-pierre\/georges-st-pierre-makes-prediction-for-khabib-nurmagomedov-vs-conor-mcgregor-title-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Georges St-Pierre makes prediction for Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Conor McGregor title fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC welterweight and middleweight champion Georges St-Pierre is currently on tour in Australia. During his visit to the Land Down Under, St-Pierre partook in a press conference, where he <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/georges-st-pierre\/georges-st-pierre-expresses-interest-in-fight-with-khabib-nurmagomedov-vs-conor-mcgregor-winner\/\">shared his interest<\/a> in fighting the winner of <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/conor-mcgregor\/\">Conor McGregor<\/a> and Khabib Nurmagomedov&#8217;s headline dominating UFC 229 title fight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would be interested in that fight,&#8221; he said. &#8220;That\u2019s a win-win situation. It\u2019s a legacy upgrade and it\u2019s good money. It\u2019s gonna be a big fight. Yeah, however, I fought at 170, I relinquished the title and I fought at 185, I relinquished the title. I don\u2019t think the UFC will let me fight for the title at 155. They will be afraid I\u2019ll relinquish and I\u2019ll leave the division in ruins again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"GSP: &quot;I Would Be Interested&quot; in Conor McGregor vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov Winner\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RiI_C76Hkps?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>So who does Georges St-Pierre think will win the big fight? Well, if he had to bet the house on it, he&#8217;d pick Khabib Nurmagomedov.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I had to bet, If I had to put my house on it \u2013 (laughs) the biggest one \u2013 I would have to choose Khabib over Conor. Khabib never lost, he never lost, and Conor has lost before. He\u2019s lost on the ground. He has a few losses and he lost on the ground. That\u2019s where Khabib is good, that\u2019s where Khabib is more competent. However, Khabib is sometimes a slow starter and he gets punched a lot (like in the Michael Johnson fight). Yes, he didn\u2019t look good in the beginning of that fight. And it\u2019s hard sometimes to close distance, he had a problem to close the distance. But once he\u2019s got you in the clinch he\u2019s very good. So, I believe the chance, the house goes in Khabib\u2019s favor, maybe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of Georges St-Pierre&#8217;s prediction for the UFC 229 main event?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><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 8\/6\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC welterweight and middleweight champion Georges St-Pierre is currently on tour in Australia. 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