UFC UFC: Georges St-Pierre се оттегля за неопределено време и овакантява титлата, Hendricks vs. Lawler ще определят новия шампион

[neshev]

Welterweight шампионът на UFC и един от най-големите draw-ове на компанията, Georges St-Pierre реши да се оттегли от спорта за неопределено време, с което се отказва от титлата. В Conference Call-а, който завърши преди минути, GSP обясни, че се чувства добре физически, но след 22 мача за компанията, 15 от който бяха за титлата, вече чувства психологическа умора.

Още след оспорваната му победа над Johnny Hendricks, GSP заяви, че ще си вземе почивка, но сега потвърди, че тя ще е в дългосрочен план. След това стечение на обстоятелствата, Dana White обяви, че Hendricks все пак ще получи шанс да я спечели, като негов опонент ще бъде Robbie Lawler.

[gboy]

Ще е епичен момент връщането на GSP, ако изобщо се върне. Голям шампион и за разлика от Силва царуването му беше много по-блестящо откъм опоненти. Matt Huges, БиДжей Пен - тогава шампион в долната категория, Джейк Шийлдс - шампион на Страйкфорс, Ник Диаз - шампион на страйкфорс и още един куп имена, които за времето, в което се изправиха срещу него, бяха в топ 10 pfp. Изключвайки няколко човека като Косчек и Дан Харди , опонентите на Джордж бяха в действителност гиганти. Дано се върне, макар вече да не вярвам, че ще видим някога същия GSP, както беше в пика му.

 

 

Единственото, за което съжалявам, а и всеки фен на спорта - така и не видяхме Силва - GSP . Все бягаха един от друг, все нещо не беше както трябва. Силва беше много голям, Джордж имаше други бойци с които да се бие ... все нещо не се получаваше мача. А вече му мина времето, дори да го видим някога като суперфайт, няма да е същото. Можехме да гледаме Али - Тайсън в ММА -я, но не би ...

[parcaleste]

Това не следва ли след куесчънъбълната му победа от минали месец?

[OyeaH]

Жалко. Последния му мач беше доста кофти, не ми се иска това да е последното, което сме видяли от него.

Иначе Хендрикс и Уоулър ще е атрактивен, но ми е леко странен този шот за Роби. Много е силен откакто се завърна, но пък единствената му по стойностна победа е decision vs Rory ?

[neshev]

Излезе нова информация покрай причините за оттеглянето му. Една от проблемните зони явно е била лекият скандал около drug testing-а, където GSP не е получил нужната подкрепа. Няма да превеждам, защото ще стане като развален телефон:
 

On Tuesday, Georges St-Pierre admitted one of the reasons he vacated his UFC welterweight title last month was due to the lack of drug testing support he received from the promotion leading up to his UFC 167 fight against Johny Hendricks.

"It bothered me enormously," St-Pierre said in French to a group of reporters in Montreal.

"That's one of the reasons why I stopped fighting. Not really to teach them a lesson, because that would also punish me. I wanted to do something for the sport. I love the sport. I see the direction it's going, and I don't think it makes any sense. This is stupid."

In a scrum video posted on RDS.ca, St-Pierre is seen answering questions about his decision to indefinitely leave the sport. However, when a reporter begins to ask about the drug testing issues he faced leading up to UFC 167, St-Pierre cracked a big smile, somewhat in relief, and said, "Oh, here's someone who reads between the lines. That's good." It appeared as though St-Pierre was just itching for someone to ask him about this subject, and once someone did, the flood gates opened for the usually guarded St-Pierre.

"I tried to do something to change the sport," he said. "Unfortunately, there were other people, for different reasons, maybe for money, in fear of losing money, because if you canceled the fight because someone tested positive there are millions of dollars [lost]. Also, the sport's image ... If you start testing everyone, how many will get caught? I don't want to say in public because I don't want to accuse anyone, but the sport's image will be hurt.

"Don't forget, I have internal information. I'm an athlete. I know what goes on, so that disappointed me greatly."

"The only thing I want to say is, I wanted to do something to help those who are honest in the sport. Believe me or not, I never took drugs in my life. I'll take a lie detector test, I don't care. I'm for anti-doping tests. I think it's a big problem in the sport.

"This is a relatively new sport. There's one organization that has a monopoly, so the fighters don't have much power. They can't really talk because if one says what he thinks, he will get punished.

"If we want the sport to be accepted worldwide, like baseball, hockey, football, soccer, I believe [drug testing] is the thing to do. I think it's just a matter of time before it happens, it's just that I tried to make it happen now. Maybe they didn't like the idea because if I did it now, it would lead to others doing it and maybe that's not something they wanted to happen.

"It disappointed me. You know that there are things I can't say. I'm holding back. I'm a public person."

St-Pierre, who said he is still actively training and is in "excellent shape," announced on Tuesday that his GSP Foundation would give six athletes $15,000 a year for three years to train in six disciplines (karate, taekwondo, boxing, wrestling, fencing and judo). According to GSP's manager Rodolphe Beaulieu, the purpose is "to encourage school and athletic performance."

The 32-year-old St-Pierre said his family was very supportive of his decision to leave the sport last month, but once again, he left the door open for a return in the future. If certain things change, of course.

"No wants to talk about [drugs in MMA], but I think we need to talk about it. It's a problem.

"I wanted to remain diplomatic, but unfortunately there were people who weren't ready to change things. I'm certain it's a question of time. And maybe if things change one day, I'll return."

http://www.mmafighting.com/2014/1/14/5309016/georges-st-pierre-on-ufcs-lack-of-drug-testing-support-it-bothered-me

 

+ Отговорът на Lorenzo Fertitta:

 

We've always had an open line of communication with him and I'd like to know why he feels that way

"It was extremely disappointing to hear Georges make those comments because I don't think any organization has embraced drug testing as we have," Fertitta said. "We have not only agreed to pay when the commission has said it wants to do enhanced testing, we've encouraged it. We have no problem with testing. When we serve as the commission [in areas out of the country where there is no commission], we test everyone on the card so we are thorough and there can be no claims of bias.

"Whatever a commission would want us to do in terms of testing, we would embrace it. We'll do as many as they want. I think perhaps Georges' people didn't communicate to him in detail everything we'd do as they tried to arrange the testing for the fight with him and Johny."

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