Filed under: Featured , News , UFC Newly crowned middleweight champion Georges St-Pierre today revealed a neck injury he suffered during his title-winning fight against Michael Bisping , but he said he still plans to fight interim titleholder Robert Whittaker . “There’s going to be news about it in the next few weeks, but I don’t plan to hold the title and not defend it,” St-Pierre told reporters today during a media call five days after his win at UFC 217 in New York. St-Pierre (26-2 MMA, 20-2 UFC), who submitted Bisping (30-8 MMA, 20-8 UFC) via rear-naked choke in the third round of the pay-per-view headliner at Madison Square Garden, said the injury occurred in the first round of the fight when the Brit threw an elbow from the bottom that contacted that back of his head. “It looked very insignificant when it happened,” St-Pierre said. “It wasn’t the strength of the hit.
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UFC champ Georges St-Pierre injured but won’t ‘freeze’ division – MMA Junkie