Georges St-Pierre is one of the most renowned names in the world of MMA. Many consider the Canadian to be the greatest ever in the sport. St-Pierre also boasts a remarkable record of holding the UFC Welterweight championship for five straight years. Recently, ‘Rush’ visited the PFL Championships at the Hulu Theatre of Madison Square Garden to support his fellow countryman and fighter Olivier Aubin-Mercier. St-Pierre also lauded the PFL for distributing the prize money of $6M in a single fight night.
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‘Rush’ also stated that he would have loved to compete in the round-robin style fight schedule of the PFL if it existed in his time. It delighted St-Pierre to see ‘The Canadian Gangster’ clinch victory against his opponent.
St-Pierre loved the PFL because it stood out from others
‘Rush’ was truly appreciative of the all-new fight schedule of the PFL. He stated, “I love it because it’s so different”.
He lauded the format of the PFL saying, “When I was younger I would have loved to fight in this format, at a different time of my life I would have done it for sure. It’s great as it’s growing so fast and it’s getting better as each event goes on”.
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Lisbon , Portugal – 4 November 2021; Georges St-Pierre, Retired UFC fighter, on Contentmakers Stage during day three of Web Summit 2021 at the Altice Arena in Lisbon, Portugal. (Photo By Cody Glenn/Sportsfile for Web Summit via Getty Images)
He also said that the PFL requires the fighters to be updated in their style. ‘Rush’ mentioned, “The fighters have to modify their training because they have to peak multiple times each year. They are busier than they would be fighting at championship level for organisations like the UFC and Bellator.”
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He further talked about a disadvantage but implied that it was worth it all looking at the insane prize money which was given to the winner. He iterated, “The fighters have to be fresh all of the time but I like it because it gives them the opportunity to make a lot of money”.
Georges St-Pierre appreciated the PFL helping fighters earn money
St-Pierre glorified the PFL for handing out $1M winning bonuses to the six winners of different weight divisions of their promotion. He stated, “$1million can change the life of a person”. MMA fighters take unparalleled punishment to make money. ‘Rush’ was evidently pleased to see fighters getting the worth of how much they put on the line.
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NEW YORK, NY – NOVEMBER 04: Georges St-Pierre of Canada celebrates his submission victory over Michael Bisping of England in their UFC middleweight championship bout during the UFC 217 event inside Madison Square Garden on November 4, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Brandon Magnus/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
The noted MMA fighter, Brendan Loughnane, secured a win over Bubba Jenkins to claim the featherweight title. Kayla Harrison also got the Women’s Lightweight back to her name and bagged the third $1M prize in the span of the past three years.
St-Pierre was one of the highest-paid fighters in the UFC at his time. However, he also noticed the issue of fighters receiving very meager payments for fights. In his efforts to curb these unwanted issues, ‘Rush’ joined the MMA Athletes Association in 2016. He took further steps to improve the revenue disparity.
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Georges St-Pierre appreciated the PFL for providing such humongous amounts of prize money to the fighters when the biggest MMA promotion UFC had been criticized constantly for depriving fighters of proper payments.
Are you a viewer of the PFL as well? Do you like their all-new round-robin-styled fighting schedule?
