When former UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre made his promotional debut in January 2004, the highest profile fighter competing out of the Montreal-based Tristar Gym was up-and-coming middleweight Dave Loiseau. It was a long road from St-Pierre and Loiseau’s humble beginnings to the point where St-Pierre stood atop the MMA world and then walked away. St-Pierre announced that he was taking a break from fighting following his ninth consecutive title defense at UFC 167 against current titleholder Johny Hendricks . “I’ve been fighting for a long time,” St-Pierre said during a media conference call in December announcing his relinquishment of the belt
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Training Partner Talks Georges St-Pierre’s Hiatus from the UFC and Possible Return – MMA Weekly