Georges St. Pierre's Day at UFC 100

by Michael Rome on Jul 15, 2009 3:05 PM EDT in MMA News

St_pierre_gsp_ap_260_medium Lost in the Brock Lesnar shuffle is GSP's superhuman performance at UFC 100. Anyone that's pulled a groin muscle can attest to the pain, but actually tearing it and continuing to fight like that? Astonishing.

St. Pierre chronicled the week of his fight and the day of the fight at his blog:

I'm very focused, the fight is going well until the fourth round when I try an arm-bar from his back and something happened…I felt my right abductor cracking…something went wrong. I hear the noise of the ligament ripping. I end up in my guard and Thiago Alves landing big shot on me. I hold his head down, I wrap his arm, protect myself and I make a prayer in my head: "Please God, help me to get out of this situation, I work so hard to win this fight and give me the strength to keep going and fight well..."'

When I came back in the locker room, I was mad because I didn’t control the fight and I was not able to finish Alves on the ground like I had been planning to do. What made me mad a little bit is that Fabio Hollanda, a guy that was teaching me a couple of years ago, was in a Florida training Thiago Alves even though a month before he was training with me at the wrestling club. I think it was a cheap shot and he should have told me. But I forgive him - I will be more careful with him next time. When I came back to the locker room, even though I was in a lot of pain, I asked my trainer John Danaher to show me what I been doing wrong during that fight to allow Thiago Alves to stand up so many times. He showed it to me, so like that it’s fresh in my mind and I know right away what I did wrong in the fight and I will never do the same mistake again.

St. Pierre tore a muscle in his abductor, and will likely have to take a few months to recover. It's unclear right now if it was a minor tear or a full blown rupture, though it sounds like the former.

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Either way, that is one tough bastard.

How's the weather up your own ass? - Stephen Colbert

by Derek Suboticki on Jul 15, 2009 3:12 PM EDT reply actions

dang we probably wont see gsp fight until next year. Looks like nowadays superstars only fight 2-3 times a year.

by pandaboy99 on Jul 15, 2009 3:12 PM EDT reply actions

(reads that with GSP’s Québécois accent)

by Nick Thomas on Jul 15, 2009 3:16 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

Didn’t we all?

How's the weather up your own ass? - Stephen Colbert

by Derek Suboticki on Jul 15, 2009 4:33 PM EDT up reply actions

Classic GSP.

Immediately after shutting out the #2 WW in the world 5 rounds to zero, and winning every facet of the fight, he’s back in the locker room getting instruction on what he did wrong and getting corrections – with a torn groin tendon.

by Hardcharger on Jul 15, 2009 3:36 PM EDT reply actions

Ditto

The more riddum the better!

by asa on Jul 16, 2009 11:24 AM EDT up reply actions

HA!

by asa on Jul 16, 2009 11:24 AM EDT up reply actions

As if the guy wasn’t amazing enough, he keeps setting the bar higher and higher.

("you don’t like Brock" – helping Weobo out)

by mythbuster on Jul 15, 2009 4:20 PM EDT up reply actions

You know, I have read so many interviews with and comments by mma artists, but his quote on getting that input from his trainer was probably the single most stubborn thing I have ever heard from anyone.

by Sventsh on Jul 15, 2009 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions

you might want to elaborate

by soadtrails on Jul 15, 2009 9:01 PM EDT up reply actions

maybe by stubborn he means intelligent

by fuzzy wuzzy on Jul 16, 2009 10:15 AM EDT up reply actions

From the UG:

I think it was because whenever GSP turned his hips to face Thiago’s legs in side control or half-guard, he didn’t keep his arm above Thiago’s shoulder.

by Nick Thomas on Jul 15, 2009 3:50 PM EDT reply actions

GSP should be the standard by which we judge all other fighter’s and champions. Not just in the way he represents himself outside the ring. His passion for the sport, his drive to improve and his commitment during the fight are truly refreshing.

"Stop smiling you are about to be punched in the face !"

by Warhand on Jul 15, 2009 3:50 PM EDT reply actions

GSP should be the standard by which we judge all other fighter’s and champions.

Truly! How sad that people focus on the negatives and ignore the positives.

("you don’t like Brock" – helping Weobo out)

by mythbuster on Jul 15, 2009 4:22 PM EDT up reply actions

Now that’s a fighter!

by pwdminotauro on Jul 15, 2009 4:02 PM EDT reply actions

bq.St. Pierre tore a muscle in his abductor ligament

Wow…dude is so strong even his ligaments have muscles!

by DeepCerulean on Jul 15, 2009 4:08 PM EDT reply actions

Damn me and not using “preview”:

St. Pierre tore a muscle in his abductor ligament

Wow…dude is so strong even his ligaments have muscles!

by DeepCerulean on Jul 15, 2009 4:08 PM EDT up reply actions

Tough motherfucker.

"I see him beating Anderson Silva. I see him picking him apart. Him at a 131 years old...(trails off)." - Tito Ortiz on Vitor Belfort at Affliction:DOR

by Rundownloser on Jul 15, 2009 4:14 PM EDT reply actions

maximum respek!

by klown on Jul 15, 2009 4:33 PM EDT reply actions

This guy should be the face of mma,dana white should be whoring GSP like he did with chuck liddell all them years

by RealIrish on Jul 15, 2009 4:36 PM EDT reply actions

I just had a big grin reading the whole after party thing. Reading about him blacking out with his GSP accent was pure awesome.

by Michael Rome on Jul 15, 2009 4:54 PM EDT reply actions

I think his accent is his most marketable thing.

A man should never waste an opportunity to keep his mouth shut.

by iiowyn on Jul 15, 2009 9:08 PM EDT up reply actions

How about the fact that he’s one of the prettiest motherfuckers you’ll ever see? And yes I’m jealous.

Some people might say that winning a fight makes you a better fighter but I don’t agree with that.- BlueberryMuffin

by ufc4 on Jul 16, 2009 12:02 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions

The closest I’ve come to hurting my groin was spraining it, and that was during a hockey game and it hurt like a bitch. I can’t imagine what it would be like to tear something and then have to continue the fight in the way he did. I was at a pub for this show and couldn’t hear what went on between rounds, so I had no idea he was even injured until Rogan spoke with him. GSP is a warrior, and a class act as well. I hope he never loses again!

I love me some Sexyama!

by pud333 on Jul 15, 2009 4:57 PM EDT reply actions

I was very imprezzed by iz performanz

Some people might say that winning a fight makes you a better fighter but I don’t agree with that.- BlueberryMuffin

by ufc4 on Jul 15, 2009 5:22 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

LOL

that’s pretty damned close to how he would have said it too.

by proflex on Jul 15, 2009 6:33 PM EDT up reply actions

I am not impress with your abductor ligament’s performance.

Keep firing Assholes!

Thanks to Bisping's reenactment of the Battle of Cowpens, walla walla walla I'm an idiot.

by Ubernoober on Jul 15, 2009 6:25 PM EDT reply actions

I am not impressed with the UFC failing to inform him sooner that his fight was being moved up.

Some people might say that winning a fight makes you a better fighter but I don’t agree with that.- BlueberryMuffin

by ufc4 on Jul 15, 2009 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

That’s getting glossed over, isn’t it? You’d think those kinds of decisions would be made far in advance.

"I'd love to be a Cheick Kongo looking brother that could actually move and do a lot of funky stuff - Jiu Jitsu, takedowns, kicks and stuff." - Jon Jones.

"The training's going great for UFC 101. I'm making sure not to overtrain." - B.J. Penn.

by outlander78 on Jul 15, 2009 8:37 PM EDT up reply actions

Well, it had to have been made over an hour before the fight because Fitch/Thiago should have been the first fight and Akiyama/Belcher was so they knew before the PPV started, somebody dropped the ball there.

Some people might say that winning a fight makes you a better fighter but I don’t agree with that.- BlueberryMuffin

by ufc4 on Jul 16, 2009 12:00 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions

I give all the credit in the

world to GSP. I pulled my groin once helping someone move a t.v. down a flight of stairs, mid stream no less. To watch GSP at the end of the forth say that he tore his made me cringe like no ones business. Then to hear Greg say, “hit him with your groin” was absolutely hilarious. To find out later that he did the damage in the third, I tip my hat. Most people would have quit shortly after it happening, I know I would have.

Kudos to you GSP.

by proflex on Jul 15, 2009 6:31 PM EDT reply actions

You were peeing whilst carrying a TV down a flight of stairs???

by MMAussie on Jul 15, 2009 7:08 PM EDT up reply actions

Glad you asked. Thought I must have misread it somehow.

("you don’t like Brock" – helping Weobo out)

by mythbuster on Jul 15, 2009 7:32 PM EDT up reply actions

sorry

my bad, no I meant while me and my buddy where carrying the t.v. down the stairs. I guess I should have been a little clearer on the subject.

by proflex on Jul 15, 2009 7:44 PM EDT reply actions

What?

it was the fact that you were referring to your groin and the fact that you injured it “mid-stream”….. whilst carrying a tv down a flight of stairs?

by MMAussie on Jul 15, 2009 8:02 PM EDT up reply actions

He was 1/2 way down the stairs.

Keep firing Assholes!

Thanks to Bisping's reenactment of the Battle of Cowpens, walla walla walla I'm an idiot.

by Ubernoober on Jul 15, 2009 8:29 PM EDT up reply actions

I’m gonna guess that mid-stream doesn’t mean peeing in this case, but he meant mid-way down the stairs?

Dunno.

("you don’t like Brock" – helping Weobo out)

by mythbuster on Jul 15, 2009 8:29 PM EDT up reply actions

I donno, I kind of took it that he was carrying a t.v whilst it was still plugged in & streaming? So many possibilities.

by MMAussie on Jul 15, 2009 8:32 PM EDT up reply actions

That could be dangerous. Lucky he only pulled his groin.

("you don’t like Brock" – helping Weobo out)

by mythbuster on Jul 15, 2009 8:51 PM EDT up reply actions

Fabio Hollanda is shady.

I wouldn’t have forgiven him.

by zeroword on Jul 15, 2009 9:10 PM EDT reply actions

It was probably lip service as GSP isn’t likely to talk down about anybody, nor pull their groin whilst carrying a tv down a stairwell.

by JAYGK95 on Jul 16, 2009 12:39 AM EDT up reply actions

It’s official now: GSP is a perfect human being. The dude looks like a million bucks, dresses impeccably, is by all reports just about the nicest person imaginable – and beats world-class fighters despite injuries that would make just about anyone else curl up in pain and scream for Mommy. Were UFC to adopt him as their ‘poster boy’, that alone would probably draw in more viewers and fans.

by Monday Morning Martial Artist on Jul 16, 2009 2:22 AM EDT reply actions