“I Would Have Beaten Him” – GSP Claims He’d Put Khabib ‘Down’ Months After Failed Face-Off

Who would win in a fight? Former lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov? Or former double divisional champion Georges St-Pierre. ‘GSP’ and Nurmagomedov were fighters that could have been cut from the same cloth. Unfortunately for the fans, the debate could never be settled.

Nurmagomedov retired amidst rumors of a match-up with St-Pierre and no one got the chance to see the two fearsome fighters go at it against each other to prove once and for all to determine who’s the best. However, ‘GSP’ has reasons to believe he would have won.

Georges St-Pierre would defeat ‘The Eagle’ according to him

Georges St-Pierre recently sat down for an interview with Kamaru Usman and Henry Cejudo for the Pound4Pound podcast. Here, ‘GSP’ opened up about the classic debate of him versus the Dagestani phenom that once graced the lightweight division. Here’s his response.

“I think I would have beat him because if he would have come to put pressure on me, I would have put him down. I would have had the confidence to try to go for it.” He said. “… I think that I would have maybe been the first guy that he fought or one of the only guys that would have tried to put him down, and I’ve put down everybody that I’ve fought,” said GSP.

Now, both the fighters in the conversation are retired and that means it is yet another super fight that we’ll likely never get to see unless Dana White pulls out a rabbit from the hat like never before. ‘GSP’ and his time in the Octagon is over but he won’t brag about his victories.

Saint-Pierre is one of the most modest fighters in the sport and in the podcast, he admitted that things keep moving forward and that perhaps the greatest fighter wasn’t even born just yet. So, who are the greatest fighters for him then? Here’s his list.

‘GSP’s list of GOATs

Who would you consider the greatest fighters in the sport? Jon Jones is certainly one name that frequents most lists of the greatest of all time. And Georges Saint-Pierre’s list was no different. He named ‘Bones’ as one of the fighters that he could consider the GOAT of MMA.

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However, Jones wasn’t the only one for him. He also named BJJ pioneer, Royce Gracie as his personal favorite fighter who inspired him to develop his own style going into MMA. And of course, finally, the third person to make his list was none other than ‘Mighty Mouse‘.

‘DJ’ left the UFC after conflicts with Dana White and Co. years ago but his name is often still on everyone’s tongue. Clearly, he’s done enough to still be considered one of the greatest out there. What is your list like?

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