GSP Holds Middleweight Champion Title in UFC
November 14, 2017
George St-Pierre sees himself fighting against Michael Bisping, the fighter who holds the most wins in the UFC, after four years of retirement. This is the first fight after retirement for St-Pierre, and he didn’t let those four years go to waste.
George “Rush” St-Pierre is a well known UFC fighter, surprising his fans with his fights. St-Pierre holds 26 wins and 2 losses. Out of those 26 wins, eight were KO’s, six submissions, and 12 decisions. At the age of 36 and with 28 fights in the UFC, St-Pierre is officially retired.
Michael “The Count” Bisping is the fighter with the most wins in the UFC at the age of 38. He holds 16 KO’s, four submissions, and 10 decisions, with eight losses.
Bisping was ready for St-Pierre and St-Pierre was ready for Bisping on November 4, 2017. Tension was held between these two fighters at the weigh in, the day before the fight. Bisping throwing out harsh words to St-Pierre and to the crowd, showed him as a fighter with a temper, but he was able to let that temper out the day after.
During the first round, GSP was landing good hits on Bisping and good take down. The first round went to GSP. The second round was where things changed a little. Bisping is reading GSP’s moves in this round and predicts what he’s going to do. GSP goes back at his jabs, but Bisping knows the deal now. This round went to Bisping with two judges. Round three is the round where it had people stand on their feet. The two fighters throwing punches left and right and Bisping gets GSP a cut on his forehead and his nose, making him bleed all over the place. Then, GSP gets back by getting Bisping dazed with a hit and taking him down and having him in a choke hold. Bisping refuses to tap out and chooses to go to sleep, where the referee had to stop the fight. GSP holds the new middleweight champion in the UFC.