LAS VEGAS – Like most fighters, Georges St-Pierre ‘s love affair with the UFC started early. A friend rented a videotape at a barbecue when he was 15 years old, and he watched the 170-pound Royce Gracie submit and choke out much larger men. He was obsessed, and veered sharply away from Kyokushin karate as he learned jiu-jitsu and other fighting techniques he saw in the octagon. In 2002, he began fighting professionally.
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Georges St-Pierre remembers the time Team Hammer House scared him out of a warmup – MMA Junkie