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Georges St. Pierre to make return in January 2010
Watch Kalib Run —
... MMA Fanhouse is reporting that Georges St. Pierre is "targeting" January 2010 to return to the Octagon.
St. Pierre will most likely fight the winner of the Martin Kampmann Mike Swick fight at UFC 103.
St. Pierre's target return date further illuminates the UFC's upcoming schedule.
Even with today's revelation that the UFC heavyweight title will be on the line at UFC 106 there are still three title defenses available for early 2010 (assuming the UFC doesn't use one to headline UFC 105, an English ...
Georges St. Pierre Likely to Defend His UFC Title Against Winner of Mike Swick/Martin Kampmann in 2010
Bloody Elbow —
MMA Fanhouse has the skinny:
The 28-year-old St. Pierre suffered the injury in the third round of the UFC 100 bout and gutted his way through the pain for the remainder of the five-round fight, earning a lopsided unanimous decision. In the aftermath, he feared a torn groin, but received a reprieve when doctors informed him the injury was not as serious as previously thought, and that no surgery was necessary. St. Pierre, who is hoping to gain clearance to return to full-contact sparring within the next two weeks, has recently ...
GSP Looking To Fight Again In Early 2010
TheMMANews —
UFC welterewight champion George St-Pierre’s manager, Shari Spencer, says the champ is on the mend and will be ready for a January 2010 return.
Spencer talked with FanHouse.com about St-Pierre’s current activities as well as his expected return.
The 28-year-old St. Pierre suffered the injury in the third round of the UFC 100 bout and gutted his way through the pain for the remainder of the five-round fight, earning a lopsided unanimous decision. In the aftermath, he feared a torn groin, but received a reprieve ...
The week that was in MMA: the belt that goes with everything
Cage Writer —
... his title against Shane Carwin, a fighter that is much like Lesnar in size and background. (Dave Meltzer) Anderson Silva now is thinking about moving up to heavyweight. (Sports Illustrated) DirecTV and Versus are in a spat, which could be problematic for World Extreme Cagefighting, whose next fights are in less than two weeks. (Bloody Elbow) Still recovering from a groin injury, Georges St. Pierre expects to return to the Octagon in January. (MMA Fanhouse) Brandon Vera, who is fighting Krzyzstof Soszynszki at UFC 102 next weekend, ...
Quick Hits: Anderson Silva Wants to Fight Frank Mir at Heavyweight, GSP Returns in January, Two UFC 103 Prelims Set For Spike TV, and More
MMAFrenzy.com —
... UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre is still recovering from a groin injury suffered in a July title defense over Thiago Alves and is likely to return to action in January, likely at UFC 108 on January 2 against Mike Swick or Martin Kampmann, pending the outcome of their fight next month at UFC 103. [Fanhouse] ...
Mike Swick Out of UFC 103 With Injury; Paul Daley to Replace Against Martin Kampmann
CagePotato.com —
... . Though GSP has no desire to return to action before January, he could be looking at an even longer layoff as the welterweight contender picture gets sorted out. (Logically, Swick would fight the winner of Kampmann vs. Daley, and the winner of that fight would take on GSP sometime in the spring.) The UFC 103 lineup currently looks like this: ...
Georges St Pierre Narrowly Dodges Mike Swick
Fightlinker.com —
... Kampmann beat Condit, who I think would either tap Semtex like Shields did or decision him like Thompson - thus, I have Kampmann winning this and either cruising into a title shot or facing, say, the winner of an imaginary Hughes/Johnson fight for #1 contendership (remember, GSP is laid up until next year so there’s time to figure this out). But stranger things have happened, and Semtex could easily earn the right to get his ass kicked by Jon Fitch or something. ...
Swick-Hardy in Works for Title Shot vs. GSP
MMAFighting.com - The Mixed Martial Arts and UFC News Website —
... St. Pierre, meanwhile, is on the shelf until early 2010. Last month his manager Shari Spencer told FanHouse that GSP was targeting a January return from a groin injury, but a Swick-Hardy November matchup would likely give him even more time to recover before returning. St. Pierre, the consensus top-ranked welterweight in the world, has won six in a row, winning the UFC interim title in December 2007 and capturing the undipsuted belt with an April 2008 win over ...
GSP Signs Endorsement Deal With Under Armour
MMAFighting.com - The Mixed Martial Arts and UFC News Website —
... inked a deal with And1 in October 2008. In August, St. Pierre's manager Shari Spencer told FanHouse that she was working on a deal with a "bigger than the sport" company, and Under Armour certainly qualifies, with over $700 million in revenues last year. The company has been one of the fastest growing in its category. The move could draw the attention of rivals Nike and adidas, who monitor the upstart Maryland company. St. Pierre, who defeated ...
