{"id":320383,"date":"2019-07-25T07:47:58","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T14:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=320383"},"modified":"2019-07-25T07:47:58","modified_gmt":"2019-07-25T14:47:58","slug":"georges-st-pierre-names-key-to-victory-against-khabib-nurmagomedov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/georges-st-pierre-names-key-to-victory-against-khabib-nurmagomedov\/","title":{"rendered":"Georges St-Pierre names key to victory against Khabib Nurmagomedov"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last year, there&#8217;s been lots of talk about a potential super fight between former UFC welterweight and middleweight champion Georges St-Pierre, and current UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov.<\/p>\n<p>Although St-Pierre is currently retired, he still seems to be interested in the fight. Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/radio\/montreal-690\/gsp-my-legacy-match-would-be-against-khabib-1.1340020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TSN<\/a> recently, the Canadian delved into the matchup itself, explaining how he would try to beat the undefeated Russian if given the chance.<\/p>\n<p>Nurmagomedov is known for his incredible grappling and pressure, and St-Pierre is wary of those skills. Yet the Canadian believes believes he could defeat the lightweight champion by controlling distance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think there\u2019s different areas of the fight that I\u2019m better than him,\u201d St-Pierre said\u00a0(transcript via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2019\/7\/24\/20726638\/georges-st-pierre-ufc-doesnt-want-me-to-beat-khabib-and-ruin-their-investment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Mania<\/a>). \u201cEven though he\u2019s better than me in some stuff, I\u2019m quicker in and out and controlling the distance and getting inside for the takedown faster in the open stance. He\u2019s better near the fence, I\u2019m better in the open. If I keep that fight in the open, I win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Khabib Nurmagomedov and Georges St-Pierre are both interested in this matchup, it has yet to come to fruition, and seems more and more unlikely by the day. St-Pierre believes that could be because the UFC is trying to protect its investment in Nurmagomedov.<\/p>\n<p id=\"dNtjF2\">\u201cMaybe they don\u2019t want me to beat him because if I leave after that, I ruin their whole investment,\u201d he joked.<\/p>\n<p>Do you think we&#8217;ll ever see Georges St-Pierre and Khabib Nurmagomedov fight?<\/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 7\/25\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last year, there&#8217;s been lots of talk about a potential super fight between former UFC welterweight and middleweight champion Georges St-Pierre, and current UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. Although St-Pierre is currently retired, he still seems to be interested in the fight. Speaking to TSN recently, the Canadian delved into the matchup itself, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":302658,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10140,10114,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Georges St-Pierre names key to victory against Khabib Nurmagomedov | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former UFC welterweight and middleweight champ Georges St-Pierre discusses the key to beating the undefeated Khabib Nurmagomedov.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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