Georges St-Pierre is not returning to fighting any time soon, but it’s not for a lack of offers.
The Canadian legend hasn’t fought since he retired in 2019, although he has flirted with a comeback in the past. He requested permission from the UFC to box Oscar De La Hoya a few years ago, but they refused to let him. Now he’s completely free from his contractual obligations to that promotion, but he’s still not quite ready to commit to anything.
“I get requests maybe once or twice a month for either
fighting in MMA, boxing, wrestling, grappling, whatever,” St-Pierre said in an interview with MMA Junkie. “I had another one for Hype. I just tweaked my back a few weeks ago, and I don’t know if it’s a disk or what it is. It’s a lot better than it was, but I won’t be able to compete this summer.”
“Because also I’m also very busy. I’m not saying I’m never going to do it. Just right now, I’m starting this YouTube channel, and I have a lot of projects, and I want to be competing on my terms.”
St-Pierre has had a love-hate relationship with fighting for a long time and admitted in the past that the stress of competing had become too much for him to put up with.
“I was stressed for a very long period of time in my life,” St-Pierre said. “And in summer I like to keep with my friends, my family to keep the freedom. If I do it, it might be more in fall. Right now I have a lot of projects, and I’m too busy. It’s not the right time for it now.”
“I don’t say no, just right now it’s not the right timing and right now everyone is calling me like, ‘Hey, can you do this?’ I understand. Perhaps one day it will be better timing. Right now, I have other things that I prioritize.”
With Netflix out there splashing big cash to compete on the world’s biggest platform, there’d never be a better time for a big GSP comeback fight. But if that’s gonna happen, we’ll have to wait for at least a little while longer.
