| The Georges St. Pierre Biography
Georges St Pierre was born May 19th 1981
in Saint-Isidore, Quebec, Canada. George St. Pierre is a mixed
martial artist fighting with the Ultimate Fighting Championship aka the
UFC and also is an actor.
GSP is a former TKO Canadian Welterweight Champion,
2 time UFC Welterweight Champion and 1 time UFC Interim Welterweight Champion.
Rush started becoming a fighter when he
was 7 because a bully was picking on him, so he learned Kyokushin Karate
from his dad and a master. And beat up the bully with ease.
But when his master died he started to learn Wrestling, Brazilian
Jiu-Jitsu and boxing.
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When GSP was 16 he fought his 1st MMA
fight which resulted in him Knocking Out his 25 year old opponent.
Georges St.Pierre had his 1st fight in
the UFC against Karo Parisyan which resulted in a win by unanimous
decision. Georges St. Pierre went on to win his 1st belt against
Matt Hughes on his 2nd attempted. He later loss it to Matt Serra,
but won it back there next fight.
Did you know?
- Georges is also known as GSP &
Rush
- In 2008 Georges was named the Canadian Athlete of the Year by Rogers
Sportsnet
- Yahoo Sports named St.Pierre the No.1 Pound for pound fighter in the world
(2009)
- His fighting styles are Kyokushin karate, Muay
Thai, Boxing, Wrestling and Stance Orthodox
- Georges is in Death Warrior as "The Crusher"
and Never Surrender
- George is the 1st MMA fighter to be sponsored by
Gatorade
- Georges St. Pierre worked as a bouncer
in a night club called Fuzzy Brossard and he was a garbage man in
Montreal, Quebec
- Georges St-Pierre started training
with Rashad Evans, Keith Jardine, Nathan Marquardt and other good
MMA fighters before going to the UFC
- St-Pierre had dreamed of becoming a UFC champion since watching
Royce Gracie fight in 1993 at UFC
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- St-Pierre was a trainer on The Ultimate Fighter
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