{"id":71346,"date":"2013-10-17T06:30:58","date_gmt":"2013-10-17T13:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=71346"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:46:05","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T20:46:05","slug":"zahabi-gsp-not-plannning-on-retiring-anytime-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/zahabi-gsp-not-plannning-on-retiring-anytime-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"Zahabi Retracts: GSP not planning on retiring anytime soon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/firas.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45529\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/firas.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/firas.jpg 390w, 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rusty because of the knee injury.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em><\/em>GSP&#8217;s previous two training camps,\u00a0were\u00a0for title defenses against Carlos Condit and Nick Diaz, both of whom he defeated by unanimous decision.<\/p>\n<p>St. Pierre will look to make it 9-straight title defenses in\u00a0a row,\u00a0when he takes on number 1 contender Johny Hendricks in the main event of UFC 167 on November 16, which takes place live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, Tristar gym coach Firas Zahabi, stated that if longtime UFC welterweight champion, Georges St. Pierre, lost the motivation to train, he may retire after his next bout.\u00a0 Yesterday, Zahabi clarified his comments, noting that they were taken out of context: &#8220;GSP has always said that if he loses the drive to really go 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