Georges St. Pierre

As MMA continues the transition to being accepted as a mainstream sport, the athletes have began to become more recognizable by the day. Most recently, UFC champions Jon Jones and Georges St-Pierre along with Strikeforce heavyweight Fabricio Werdum have been nominated for awards at the 2011 ESPY Awards. Jones and GSP are up for “Best Fighter,” while Fabricio Werdum is up for “Best Upset.” Clipped from: mmajunkie.com (share this clip)

UFC 129 marked the first time in over 30 rounds that welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre lost a round on the judges scorecard. In fact, GSP lost two rounds on two different judges cards. The photo of the scorecard is courtesy of the Ontario Athletics Commission and MMAWeekly.com. The two judges who scored rounds four and five for Jake Shields were Nelson Hamilton and Richard Bertrand. Shields was able to get momentum on his side after GSP suffered an eye injury and was unable to see. Doug Crosby was the third judge and he saw all five rounds in favor of GSP.

Urijah Faber: “I’m going to go with Nick Diaz on that one, just because I don’t see GSP knocking him out. He’s never been knocked out and GSP’s been more into wrestling guys. I think that from watching Diaz, he’s super, super deceiving, and is able to pressure guys and make them get tired and fatigued like no one else. It’s constant pressure, and he’s got that persistent punching style that wears guys down.” SOURCE: FiveKnuckles.com

UFC 129 will take place April 30th live on pay-per view from the Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Here is the official fight card: MAIN CARD Champ Georges St-Pierre vs. Jake Shields (for welterweight title) Champ Jose Aldo vs. Mark Hominick (for featherweight title) Jason Brilz vs. Vladimir Matyushenko Randy Couture vs. Lyoto Machida Mark Bocek vs. Ben Henderson PRELIMINARY CARD Nate Diaz vs. Rory MacDonald (live on Spike TV) Brian Foster vs. Sean Pierson (live on Spike TV) Pablo Garza vs. Yves Jabouin Claude Patrick vs. Daniel Roberts Ivan Menjivar vs. Charlie Valencia Jason MacDonald vs. Ryan Jensen [...]

The UFC’s promo videos just keep getting better and better. Here is the latest promo video, and the first for UFC 129. Check it out!

UFC welterweight contender Josh Koscheck was demolished by current champion Georges St-Pierre in the main event of UFC 124 this past weekend. In the first round of the bout, Koscheck suffered a fractured orbital. The trash-talking villian did  not hesitate to show off his heart as he went all five rounds with GSP. It is now 24-hours following the dominating performance by GSP, and Josh Koscheck posted a picture of his damaged eye.

UFC 124 takes place tonight at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The night features a main event of welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre and UFC bad boy Josh Koscheck. The two have a heated rivalry that reached new heights when they faced off as coaches on the latest season of The Ultimate Fighter. The pay-per view card is filled with fights that promise to bring some great action. John Howard and Thiago Alves will meet in the octagon in a bout that is sure to provide fireworks. The two fighters have engaged in some trash talk leading up to [...]

For the first time ever, UFC president Dana White released the opening video for a pay-per view prior to the event. Here it is:

Main Card Georges St-Pierre (170) vs Josh Koscheck (169) Stefan Struve (253) vs Sean McCorkle (264) Joe Stevenson (155.5) vs Mac Danzig (156) Thiago Alves (171) vs John Howard (171) Charles Oliveira (153.5) vs Jim Miller (155) Preliminary Card Joe Doerksen (185.5) vs Dan Miller (184.5) Mark Bocek (155.5) vs Dustin Hazelett (155) Rafael Natal (185) vs Jesse Bongfeldt (185.5) Sean Pierson (170.5) vs Matt Riddle (170.5) Ricardo Almeida (170.5) vs TJ Grant (170) John Makdessi (155) vs Pat Audinwood (156)

ESPN loves them some Georges St Pierre, and so do I. Its great to see Georges get this kind of push from mainstream media, especially when it is hilarious.