MONTREAL – For famed MMA coach Firas Zahabi, Georges St-Pierre not only is the greatest of all time, but a symbol of civility in a hostile sport. Zahabi said the UFC hasn’t been the same since St-Pierre (26-2 MMA, 20-2 UFC) stepped away from the sport after ruling the welterweight division for years. Related His anger is all gone, and with it (maybe …) goes MMA great Georges St-Pierre Georges St-Pierre excited by Khabib Nurmagomedov offer, but UFC has other plans Twitter reacts to Georges St-Pierre's retirement from MMA “The way the market changed, the way that the personalities changed, we went back to our Tito Ortiz days, and even worse to greater degress,” Zahabi told reporters after St-Pierre officially announced his retirement at Bell Centre in his home city of Montreal. “Georges was such a breath of fresh air because he brought class to our sport. We were not embarrassed of our sport when he was there … I was happy to say I’m part of the sport. “But nowadays, you have so many superstars who are getting in trouble with the law.
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Georges St-Pierre coach Firas Zahabi laments return to MMA’s ‘Tito Ortiz days’ – MMA Junkie