{"id":387945,"date":"2021-06-15T05:24:57","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T12:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=387945"},"modified":"2021-06-15T05:24:57","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T12:24:57","slug":"georges-st-pierre-reveals-the-big-gamble-he-made-which-resulted-in-million-dollar-payouts-from-the-ufc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/georges-st-pierre-reveals-the-big-gamble-he-made-which-resulted-in-million-dollar-payouts-from-the-ufc\/","title":{"rendered":"Georges St-Pierre reveals the \u201cbig gamble\u201d he made which resulted in million dollar payouts from the UFC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/former-ufc-champion-georges-st-pierre-admits-he-was-never-a-fan-of-fighting-i-hate-it-its-unbearable\/\">Georges St-Pierre<\/a> has revealed what he did to create million-dollar payouts for himself during the height of his UFC run.<\/p>\n<p>Back in the noughties, the UFC was in the midst of an elite welterweight surge &#8211; and the one man who sat at the top of that mountain was GSP. He was able to see off the challenge of every competitor he fought, avenging his only two defeats to Matt Hughes and Matt Serra.<\/p>\n<p>After the latter of those two wins, St-Pierre and his team decided to tell the promotion that they wanted to test the waters with free agency. It was a risk, but as Georges reveals in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wealthsimple.com\/en-ca\/magazine\/gsp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wealthsimple Magazine<\/a>, it was one that paid off.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The best moments from Georges St-Pierre&#039;s incredible UFC career\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gAI160sHcT8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike a poker bluff, we said, \u2018We don\u2019t want to re-sign before the fight \u2013 we want to just finish the contract,&#8217;\u201d St-Pierre wrote. \u201cWe took a big risk. Because it\u2019s like a stock market. Your stock might go up if you\u2019re successful, but it can also go down if you lose. But that\u2019s what we decided to do. I always believed in myself, so we took the big risk. \u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo after I won the championship in 2008, I took a big gamble on myself and told UFC I was not going to re-sign with them. And then, the day before my fight with Jon Fitch, the UFC came back with a big, crazy contract because they didn\u2019t want me to become a free agent. You read I made $400,000 a match? No. I made a lot more than that.\u00a0<em>A lot<\/em>\u00a0more than that. Millions. When I was at the peak of my career, I was making many millions of dollars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Quotes courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2021\/06\/ufc-news-georges-st-pierre-opens-up-on-money-he-made\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA Junkie<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Is Georges St-Pierre the greatest of all time in the UFC? Let us know your thoughts down in the comments, BJPENN Nation!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Georges St-Pierre has revealed what he did to create million-dollar payouts for himself during the height of his UFC run. Back in the noughties, the UFC was in the midst of an elite welterweight surge &#8211; and the one man who sat at the top of that mountain was GSP. 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