{"id":282538,"date":"2018-08-08T11:07:47","date_gmt":"2018-08-08T18:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=282538"},"modified":"2018-08-08T11:07:47","modified_gmt":"2018-08-08T18:07:47","slug":"dana-white-georges-st-pierre-lightweight-title-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/dana-white\/dana-white-georges-st-pierre-lightweight-title-talk\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White on Georges St-Pierre&#8217;s lightweight title talk: &#8220;pick a division&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, at a press conference in Australia, former UFC welterweight and middleweight champion Georges St-Pierre <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 dropping down to lightweight to battle the winner of Khabib Nurmagomedov and <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/conor-mcgregor\/\">Conor McGregor<\/a>&#8216;s UFC 229 lightweight title fight (see St-Pierre&#8217;s prediction for the fight<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/georges-st-pierre\/georges-st-pierre-makes-prediction-for-khabib-nurmagomedov-vs-conor-mcgregor-title-fight\/\"> here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p id=\"LfjgGr\">\u201cI would be interested in that fight,\u201d St-Pierre said. \u201cThat\u2019s a win-win situation. It\u2019s a legacy upgrade and it\u2019s good money \u2014 it\u2019s gonna be a big fight. Yeah. However, I fought at 170, I relinquished a title. I fought at 185, I relinquished a title. I don\u2019t think UFC will let me fight for the title at 155. They will be afraid I relinquish and I left the division in ruins.<\/p>\n<p id=\"VdqTqC\">\u201cFrom my perspective, it\u2019s a very winning situation. For UFC, it\u2019s a big risk for them. Like I said, I\u2019m older. I know Khabib, I\u2019ve met Khabib many times. Khabib is actually bigger than me. He\u2019s a bigger guy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to UFC President Dana White, however, Georges St-Pierre probably won&#8217;t be getting this fight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, that\u2019s probably not going to happen,\u201d White told reporters after the final episode of this season&#8217;s Tuesday Night contender series ended (via <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2018\/08\/dana-white-says-no-st-pierre-fighting-khabib-mcgregor-winner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAjunkie<\/a>). \u201cHe gave up the 170-pound belt, he gave up the 185-pound belt. I mean it\u2019s like \u2013\u00a0no. Pick a division.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While White isn&#8217;t too interested in seeing Georges St-Pierre challenge the Nurmagomedov vs. McGregor winner, he is interested in getting him back in the Octagon soon \u2014 ideally when the UFC returns to Toronto on December 8.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe haven\u2019t talked, but it sounds like we will,\u201d the UFC President said. \u201cToronto makes sense. Toronto wouldn\u2019t be bad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If not Khabib Nurmagomedov or Conor McGregor, who would you like to see the former welterweight and middleweight champ Georges St-Pierre fight in his anticipated return to the Octagon? Maybe the UFC can sweeten the pot to convince him to fight <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/georges-st-pierre\/georges-st-pierre-on-possible-fight-with-anderson-silva-not-right-now\/\">this guy?<\/a><\/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\/7\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, at a press conference in Australia, former UFC welterweight and middleweight champion Georges St-Pierre shared his interest in dropping down to lightweight to battle the winner of Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor&#8216;s UFC 229 lightweight title fight (see St-Pierre&#8217;s prediction for the fight here). \u201cI would be interested in that fight,\u201d St-Pierre said. 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