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[15 Feb 2009 | Comments | ]
Georges St-Pierre: Defeated by the Tux

GSP may look great in the octagon come July 11 - but he sure does look awkward in a tuxedo.

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[15 Feb 2009 | Comments | ]
Dana White Announces GSP Expected to Defend Title at UFC 100

Not exactly earth-shattering news at this point, but for the first time news about current UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St-Pierre defending his belt against Thiago Alves at UFC 100 is coming from the mouth of the big man himself, Dana White, president of the UFC.  Here’s what he told Montreal-based CKAC Sports 730AM:
“I’m pretty confident that UFC 100 will have Georges St. Pierre on the card.  UFC 100 will more than likely have Georges St. Pierre defending his welterweight title.”
Accoding to MMA Weekly, White also confirmed that the promotion’s 100th …

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[13 Feb 2009 | Comments | ]
Georges St-Pierre Confirms next fight against Thiago Alves

It looks like GSP is ready to face Thiago Alves and is just as scared about the fight as I am.
“Thiago Alves, no doubt, is the biggest challenge of my career,” St. Pierre told Sherdog.com in an exclusive video interview. “He has done stuff nobody has done before. It’s going to be a very, very tough fight.” 
Recently Thiago has manhandled Karo Parisyan, Josh Koscheck and Matt Hughes….let’s hope GSP changes his recent run.
One thing everyone needs to keep in mind is Jon Fitch actually stopped Thiago Alves in 2006 at …

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[13 Feb 2009 | Comments | ]
Addressing Some Initial Rumors about UFC 100

“Oh, man. Holy s**t. I’ve told everybody, when people asked me before the B.J. fight, ‘I can’t even think about UFC 100 right now.’ Now we’ve sat down and we’ve talked about it, and I’m guaranteeing you now, UFC 100 is going to kick f**king ass.”
- UFC President Dana White (via MMA Fanhouse)

Expectations couldn’t be higher for UFC’s centennial event, thanks to the legions of rumors already swirling the event still five months away.  Some of the rumored matchups appear to be virtual locks (see Georges St-Pierre v. Thiago Alves), …

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[12 Feb 2009 | Comments | ]
UFC 100 Main Event Rumored to be Georges St-Pierre vs Thiago Alves

Recently on the Sherdog radio show Thiago Alves indictated that he would in fact face Georges “Rush” St-Pierre or GSP as most people call him.  To me this is a pretty dangerous fight for Georges early.  Thiago Alves will come into UFC 100 weighing somewhere around 195 pounds and posses plenty of ammunition to be troubling for Georges if he can not get the takedowns going early.

We will keep you posted on the matchups for UFC 100 as they come in.