He discovered a simple truth: never stopping helps reach goals. He grew as a person and as a fighter. He added fighting disciplines such as boxing, wrestling, and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu to his karate background and competed in his first amateur bout at age St-Pierre, reportedly besieged by personal issues before the fight, found that out the hard way as Serra walked into the Octagon loose, well-prepared, and confident, and the New Yorker pulled the stunning upset, stopping St-Pierre in the first round.
It was a crushing defeat for GSP. It shows you how soon people forget the way he came back against Penn or dominated most of the pound division on the way to the title. St-Pierre kept quiet and went about his business, determined to teach all the skeptics a lesson.
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He is considered to be in the Top 2 Pound-for-Pound fighters in just about every rankings list and is set to enter his 10th career UFC Championship fight. Pierre has become not just the UFC's biggest star in Canada but the face of mixed martial arts globally. Let's take a trip back to and see how this kid rose from the streets of Saint-Isidore to the pinnacle of his sport. Pierre became involved in martial arts, learning Kyokushin Karate at the age of seven to defend himself against a bully.
As he grew up he trained in wrestling, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and kickboxing. In his late teens he participated in amateur MMA fights. In , St. Pierre went pro in small promotions located in Quebec and rattled off 5 straight wins highlights of those fights in the video. It did not take a great MMA eye to see that this young fighter had a huge amount of talent.
Amazing athletic gifts, very refined technique for how young he was and a very aggressive top position game that overwhelmed his opponents,. It featured two title bouts; Randy Couture's first successful Light Heavyweight title defense against Vitor Belfort caused by a glanced punch from Belfort and Welterweight champion Matt Hughes' loss to B.
At this time Parisyan was a dynamic fighter at the height of his Judo prowess. Pierre defeated Parisyan via decision, despite a very close kimura attempt by Parisyan. Six months later at UFC 48, St. His win was so impressive, there was talk about stepping up his level of competition.
In October of St. In just his eighth pro fight, GSP was faced with the greatest Welterweight of the early s. The challenge proved too much for St. Pierre as Matt Hughes easily locked in an armbar in the closing seconds of the first round and reclaimed his Welterweight title. It was St. Pierre's first professional loss. In early , after his loss to Hughes, St.
Pierre was matched with the larger than life, skilled fighter Jason 'Mayhem' Miller. Georges dominated Miller on the feet and earned a solid decision, and then was matched with Frank Trigg, who had just lost to Matt Hughes. The fight stole the show and gave birth to a rivalry that would define the careers of both fighters.
In the first round Penn punished St.
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