{"id":302833,"date":"2019-02-21T07:54:20","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T15:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=302833"},"modified":"2019-02-21T08:45:12","modified_gmt":"2019-02-21T16:45:12","slug":"breaking-georges-st-pierre-officially-announces-his-retirement-from-mma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/breaking-georges-st-pierre-officially-announces-his-retirement-from-mma\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING | Georges St-Pierre officially announces his retirement from MMA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As expected, Georges St-Pierre has announced his retirement from mixed martial arts. The former UFC middleweight and welterweight champion made this announcement at a press conference inside the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Georges St-Pierre officially announces his retirement.<br><br>&quot;There&#39;s no tears. I&#39;m very happy to do it.&quot;<br><br>&quot;In combat sports you should retire on top, that&#39;s what I&#39;m going to do. I&#39;m happy I have the discipline to do it.&quot;<\/p>&mdash; Tom Taylor (@TomTayMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomTayMMA\/status\/1098608937434271744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 21, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s no tears. I&#8217;m very happy to do it,&#8221; St-Pierre said in the English portion of his retirement message. &#8220;In combat sports you should retire on top, that&#8217;s what I&#8217;m going to do. I&#8217;m happy I have the discipline to do it.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Canadian MMA legend spent much of his initial retirement speech thanking his coaches, management and staff. He also thanked some of his sports heroes: UFC legend Royce Gracie, who he says inspired him to get into MMA, hockey icon Wayne Gretzky, who he called a chief role model, and Quebecois kickboxing legend Jean Yves Theriault. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Georges St-Pierre last fought in November of 2017, in the main event of UFC 217. On that night, he returned to the cage after a prolonged absence, defeating Michael Bisping to claim the UFC middleweight belt. 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