UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) Welterweight Champion Georges St-Pierre of Canada. AFP PHOTO JOEL SAGET
Consider Georges St-Pierre’s split decision win over Johny Hendricks two years ago as his farewell fight in the Octagon.
Even UFC president Dana White is convinced that the former longtime welterweight champion has called it a career.
“I don’t think so, buddy. I’m sorry,” White replied when asked about St-Pierre at a Q&A session in Australia as posted on foxsports.com. “GSP’s rich, he’s hanging out, he’s living the good life.”
St-Pierre, who turns 35 in May next year, hasn’t fought since successfully defending his title against Hendricks, a bout that ended up as the Fight of the Night at UFC 167 on Nov. 16, 2013 at MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas.
After the fight, the Canadian, who was once considered as mixed martial arts’ brightest star, hasn’t involved himself in any potential fights though he never really announced his retirement.
“In this sport you have to be hungry, you have to jump out of bed everyday and want it, you got to want to win. You’ve got to want to be a world champion. He’s had it. He’s accomplished all that stuff,” said White.
“He’s made a lot of money, he’s accomplished a lot of things, and I don’t see him ever coming back, no,” he added.
Since his last fight, St-Pierre has been very busy working out with fighters at his gym in Montreal. He also appeared in a Captain America movie last year and has an upcoming role in another film.