{"id":347726,"date":"2020-04-21T08:44:40","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T15:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=347726"},"modified":"2020-04-21T08:44:40","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T15:44:40","slug":"georges-st-pierre-never-enjoyed-one-second-in-the-octagon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/georges-st-pierre-never-enjoyed-one-second-in-the-octagon\/","title":{"rendered":"Georges St-Pierre &#8220;never enjoyed one second in the Octagon&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s no secret that former UFC welterweight and middleweight champ Georges St-Pierre had a complicated relationship with his chosen profession.<\/p>\n<p>During a recent interview with ESPN, however, St-Pierre turned some heads by admitting that he never enjoyed a single second he spent in the UFC&#8217;s Octagon.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Whenever <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GeorgesStPierre?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GeorgesStPierre<\/a> gets the itch to compete again, he&#8217;s reminded of the stress that accompanies fighting.<\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arielhelwani?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@arielhelwani<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/odaJCN4dXy\">pic.twitter.com\/odaJCN4dXy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ESPN MMA (@espnmma) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/espnmma\/status\/1250181973173325827?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sometimes when I&#8217;m in the gym or I watch a fight, I&#8217;m excited,&#8221; St-Pierre said. &#8220;I&#8217;m looking at the fight and I think &#8216;I know I can beat these guys,&#8217; you know? Then after I wake up in the morning or before I go to bed, I tell myself &#8216;what the hell am I thinking. To hell with this.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t want to go back into that stressful lifestyle, you know?&#8221; St-Pierre continued. &#8220;I love what fighting gave me\u2014the freedom, the wealth, the money, all the advantage that comes with it\u2014but I actually don&#8217;t like to fight. I never enjoyed one second in the Octagon in my entire career. I just liked to do it because because I&#8217;m very good with it and I like what it gives me. But I don&#8217;t like the actual fight. It&#8217;s very stressful.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Georges St-Pierre last fought in 2017, when he ended a long-standing retirement to return to the cage for a middleweight title fight with Michael Bisping. St-Pierre wound up capturing the title, becoming one of just a few fighters in UFC history to hold belts in two weight classes.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after this historic win, St-Pierre retired again. While he has since been linked to a fight with undefeated UFC lightweight champ Khabib Nurmagomedov, it seems like his retirement will stick this time around.<\/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 4\/21\/2020.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s no secret that former UFC welterweight and middleweight champ Georges St-Pierre had a complicated relationship with his chosen profession. During a recent interview with ESPN, however, St-Pierre turned some heads by admitting that he never enjoyed a single second he spent in the UFC&#8217;s Octagon. 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