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Former two-division UFC champion Georges St-Pierre has opened up on a long-discussed superfight with UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, which now seems impossible.<\/p>\n

Nurmagomedov, 29-0, announced his retirement from MMA in October, after defeating Justin Gaethje via submission. However, Nurmagomedov had long expressed interest in fighting St-Pierre\u2014who is also retired\u2014in his 30th and final MMA fight.<\/p>\n

Given that both men seem content to stick to their retirement plans<\/a>, this fight now seems impossible.<\/p>\n

Speaking on Michael Bisping’s Believe You Me<\/em><\/a>\u00a0podcast, St-Pierre opened up on this would-be superfight.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was in the same boat as everybody,\u201d St-Pierre said (via MMA Fighting<\/a>) \u201cI thought maybe he would have called me out to maybe pressure the UFC to organize the fight.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt doesn\u2019t mean I would have accepted,\u201d St-Pierre said. \u201cEverybody says, \u2018Oh, when is it going to happen?\u2019 I never said I wanted to do it. It depends (on) the conditions too. I could think about it seriously if the conditions are right in terms of the weight class and all that, but there\u2019s no way I\u2019m gonna go down to 155 now. I\u2019m 39 years old and this is out of the window…<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re both about the same size. I\u2019m not gonna lie,” St-Pierre added. “I wake up in the morning and I\u2019m about 183 pounds. I\u2019m sure he\u2019s about the same weight as me if not probably bigger. So I think the weight class \u2014 it\u2019s like a novelty fight, a superfight \u2014 you need to stipulate the rule maybe no weight class or maybe (that) you cannot be more than three percent different in terms of weight. I don\u2019t know but there\u2019s ways to do it. You don\u2019t have to cut weight and damage yourself to do something like that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Georges St-Pierre and Khabib Nurmagomedov are two of the most dominant fighters in MMA history. As such, a potential scrap between them would have been difficult to call.<\/p>\n

St-Pierre recognizes it would have been a monumental challenge, but wouldn’t have changed much from his typical gameplan in this matchup.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf in a hypothetical world this fight would happen, I think I would need to use all my tools,\u201d St-Pierre explained. \u201cI\u2019m good at what I do and it\u2019s not because I\u2019m fighting Khabib that I\u2019m gonna change my way of fighting. The way I fight, that\u2019s how I\u2019ve been successful all of my career. I think the mistake that a lot of guys are doing when they fight Khabib is that they change the way they\u2019re fighting because Khabib is very known to be probably the best wrestler in the sport. (But) I\u2019m good with the takedown, to mix it up. It\u2019s not because I\u2019m fighting Khabib that I\u2019m not gonna mix it up with him. If I have a chance to put him down, I\u2019m gonna try to put him down. I believe in my chance to put him down and I\u2019m confident in myself.<\/p>\n

“I think confidence is a very important piece of the puzzle in MMA to be successful and I believe a lot of guys when they fight a legend fighter status, part of that confidence and their skill goes out the window,” St-Pierre added. “That\u2019s one of the mistakes I would not do because I know Khabib would not do it against myself.\u201d<\/p>\n

Are you disappointed Georges St-Pierre and Khabib Nurmagomedov will never fight?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former two-division UFC champion Georges St-Pierre has opened up on a long-discussed superfight with UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, which now seems impossible. Nurmagomedov, 29-0, announced his retirement from MMA in October, after defeating Justin Gaethje via submission. 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