Georges St-Pierre returned from a four-year layoff and peered through the river of blood that flowed down his face to choke out Michael Bisping and win the middleweight championship at UFC 217 on Saturday night. The 36-year-old St-Pierre had been the UFC’s 170lb champion for nearly six years, winning 12 straight fights with nine consecutive title defenses when he walked away. Against the trash-talking Bisping, St-Pierre fought like he had only four months off, not four years. St-Pierre (26-2) shook it off and slapped a rear naked choke at 4:32 of the third to snuff out Bisping and win his 13th straight UFC fight. “In many ways, Joanna showed me how to be a champion but also showed me how not to behave as a champion,” Namajunas said.

Source: The Guardian November 05, 2017 05:11 UTC