{"id":319637,"date":"2019-07-17T06:04:36","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T13:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=319637"},"modified":"2019-07-17T06:07:27","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T13:07:27","slug":"dana-white-explains-why-georges-st-pierre-wont-get-lightweight-title-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-explains-why-georges-st-pierre-wont-get-lightweight-title-shot\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White explains why Georges St-Pierre won’t get lightweight title shot"},"content":{"rendered":"

Georges St-Pierre is retired. That being said, a large portion of the MMA community is still clinging to the hope that the former UFC welterweight and middleweight champion will eventually dust off his gloves and return to the Octagon \u2014 perhaps in pursuit of a third title against UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov.<\/p>\n

UFC President Dana White says that won’t be happening, as St-Pierre didn’t hold up his end of the deal after battling Michael Bisping for the middleweight title in 2017. He doesn’t seem to trust the Canadian after this incident.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell there\u2019s two things \u2014 first of all, who doesn\u2019t love Georges St-Pierre? Love Georges St-Pierre, the best ever as far as human beings, great guy, love him. Georges St-Pierre and I had a deal, he was going to fight [Michael] Bisping at 185 pounds and if he won, he would defend the title. He bailed on that. Didn\u2019t do it,\u201d White told TSN\u00a0<\/a>recently (transcript via MMA Fighting<\/a>). \u201cSo you can\u2019t just come out and hand pick fights that you want for titles.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe made this deal with me that he would defend the title,\u201d White added. \u201cHe went in and he saw Bisping as an easy fight. He fought Bisping and then you look at the guys that are behind Bisping and they\u2019re all killers. They\u2019re all literally killers.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut now to come back and he wants to fight at 155 for the title. We\u2019re not doing a goofy 165 [pound] whatever, that\u2019s not going to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Dana White claims Georges St-Pierre wants to fight for the lightweight title, it’s worth noting that the Canadian hasn’t publicly mentioned the possibility since before his retirement.<\/p>\n

Whatever the case, White says a potential St-Pierre vs. Nurmagomedov fight is further complicated by the fact that there are multiple other deserving contenders in the lightweight division.<\/p>\n

\u201cI guess if I get into a position where Khabib the champ wants it bad enough, we\u2019re going to have to talk about it but at the end of the day it doesn\u2019t make sense to me,\u201d White said. \u201cYou have other guys lined up behind him. You\u2019re just asking me if\u00a0Tony Ferguson<\/a>\u00a0is going to get a shot. We\u2019ll give you a shot after Georges St-Pierre slides in at 155 and gets his shot. Then you\u2019ve got Conor [McGregor] who wants a rematch.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s guys backed up that want to fight in that division. You can\u2019t come back out of retirement and hand pick fights that you want when you didn\u2019t even keep your word with me on defending the [185] pound belt. Have I made that clear?\u201d<\/p>\n

Do you think we’ll ever see Georges St-Pierre fighting for the UFC lightweight title?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 7\/16\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Georges St-Pierre is retired. That being said, a large portion of the MMA community is still clinging to the hope that the former UFC welterweight and middleweight champion will eventually dust off his gloves and return to the Octagon \u2014 perhaps in pursuit of a third title against UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. 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