Georges St-Pierre is caught taking on the historic loss of Conor McGregor to Dustin Poirier at UFC 257. The UFC weightlifting champion believes McGregor may have changed his stance for the fight having been a a great cause. He also said the COVID-19 pandemic may have affected McGregor’s camp.
In a recent interview with Ariel Helwani at ESPN, Georges St-Pierre thought about McGregor’s performance against ‘The Diamond’. GSP has shown how a fighter’s lead leg can be vulnerable when using a boxing stand. Therefore, attention should be paid to McGregor changing his style for Poirier replacement:
“It could have been a big reason why he lost that fight. I know he talks about how he was injured by that calf kick and when you’re standing Boxing, your leg or posture is often wider and a lot of weight is placed on the lead leg, which makes you very vulnerable to these leg kicks. and also don’t forget that COVID affects many athletes. “
Georges St-Pierre further explained that he is not eligible for combat training in Canada because of the pandemic and that he had to move out. GSP also questioned McGregor’s decision to change his style because of COVID rules in Ireland.
However, the former UFC midfielder gave Dustin Poirier full credit for an outstanding performance. St-Pierre said the interim UFC lightweight vice-champion certainly deserved the win:
“For example I’m in Canada, even if I wanted to train to fight, it’s illegal. In Canada you can’t even train, I had to move away, so I don’t know how COVID Conor McGregor ‘s camp I don’t know how he is in Ireland Did he have to change the way he trained because of COVID rules Did he do more Boxing? that’s why he didn’t do so well but we’ll talk about Conor but let’s also talk about Dustin Poirier. Poirer did amazing, don’t take away Dustin Poirier ‘s performance. He was amazing. the win. “
Will Georges St-Pierre return to the octagon for one more fight?
While there has been talk of a possible fight between Georges St-Pierre vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov, the latter has been wiped out of view by ‘The Eagle’ after his retirement at UFC 254.
Georges St-Pierre seems to enjoy life outside the eight-eighth century. It is very unlikely that the former welterweight and heavyweight UFC champion will ever step back into the cage.