The big announcement
Georges St-Pierre went full blast in a recent interview with BloodyElbow.com. He announced he was entering the testing protocol with USADA, all but confirming his long awaited return.
He then turned his attention to Nick Diaz, during a very out-of-character tirade.
“I have no problem with Nate. It seems to me to me like it’s Nick Diaz that is running for another shot at me. I wouldn’t mind, I’m not afraid of Nick Diaz, I’ll tell you. I am telling you right now: If it’s what the fans want to see, I’m in.”
“I don’t care if it’s the first, or second, or third. If they want me to fight Nick Diaz it would be my pleasure. I don’t mind, I am not afraid of Nick Diaz, I beat him last time, and I’ll beat even worse, I’ll beat him way worse next time that I’ll fight him.
“I beat him last time easily, but I was not happy – it’s one of these fights that I’m not happy with. Because I didn’t feel like I gave enough, for different reasons. It left me angry that fight, when I look back at it – maybe I won, but for some reason it left me angry and I feel like I could have done so much better.”
Where you at Georges?
“Yeah that’s why I’m doing it. I don’t want things that I regret in life, and things that I have not done – and I don’t want to at 80 years wake up, and tell myself: ‘Oh I was on top of my shape and skills and I didn’t do it.’ If I come back and I lose, at least I know I did everything I should have done, I have no regrets, I’ll be happy. I can die happy. If I never come back, and I’ll tell myself I should have done this, I should have done that – I don’t want to have regrets.”
Then THIS leaked online:
▶️RUMOR◀️ There’s interest from UFC in doing @ChaelSonnen vs. @nickdiaz209 at 185 pounds. Possibly Madison Sq Garden pic.twitter.com/j50th9SQfZ
— FrontRowBrian (@FrontRowBrian) 10 August 2016
