TriStar MMA founder Firas Zahabi recently sat down with Joe Rogan and discussed Georges St-Pierre potentially returning to MMA. It began when Rogan asked Zahabi if GSP still trained.
“All the time,” said Zahabi, as transcribed by Jed Meshew for MMA Fighting. “He’s a machine. Dude, I’m telling you, if Usman or Colby gets injured . . . I don’t want to talk for Georges but man, he can kill anybody. He can kill anybody this man. He’s the world’s greatest martial artist. He’s a monster. I was just training with him Saturday.
“He loves to train. Saturday he trained, he finished all his rounds, and then he coached some blue belts and purple belts, just kind of hanging out with them, talking technique. The guy loves this stuff.”
"I don’t want to talk for him, but I think the thing that’s going to motivate him [to return to the Octagon] is a megafight. He doesn’t want to be champion again and fight every three-four months. That’s done. It’s not gonna happen no more. But one megafight. Invite him back for a megafight and see if you could entice him because he’s a competitor. He’s still training, he’s still ripped, shredded, fighting. He can do five rounds. Maybe he can’t do five rounds right away but he [only] needs a few weeks and then he’s doing five rounds. He’s close to being there. He can get in fight shape. He’s just a monster.”
So what fight would do it?
“165. Khabib,” replied Zahabi.
Nurmagomedov fights Tony Ferguson on a UFC PPV event on April 18, in Brooklyn, New York. If that fight happens, one of the money fights "The Eagle" will be calling for next is GSP.
