So far Georges St-Pierre has been coy about what his longer term plans are after he fights for the middleweight title later this year, but his opponent, Michael Bisping believes he’s figured it out.
““Here’s what I think GSP’s plan is,” Bisping said on his SiriusXM show this week. “He comes back, he fights me, he beats me. In the time that takes, Demian Maia beats Jorge Masvidal, then (Maia) fights Tyron Woodley. (St-Pierre) believes — because he said this — that Maia beats Woodley. Then, from (St-Pierre) fighting me, he fights Maia, relinquishes the 185-pound belt, then he goes for the 170 belt. He fights Maia because stylistically it’s a good fight for him because Georges is a great wrestler, and he’s very, very accomplished at jiu-jitsu. I think he can do what I’m going to do to GSP, stop his takedowns and win the fight on the feet.
“Then from there — (St-Pierre’s) spoke about this — then he’s gonna relinquish that, and then fight Conor McGregor for the lightweight belt. That is his master plan, I guarantee it. And if he can pull it off, then he would definitely go down as the greatest mixed martial arts fighter in history.”
Bisping’s not plucking all this out of thin-air as there has been some hints recently that this could be what St-Pierre is aiming at.
For instance, the Canadian has stopped short of saying he would defend the 185lb title if he wins it, while in an interview this month he specifically singled out Demian Maia as the person he believes is on course to become the UFC’s welterweight champion.
Meanwhile, GSP has also mentioned in several interviews over the course of the past year that he could potentially fight at lightweight too, and just this past week, his boxing coach Freddie Roach let slip that St-Pierre would like his final fight to be against current 155lb champ Conor McGregor.
With GSP also having stated that he’s returning to the sport to make history and become the greatest MMA fighter of all-time, and if he could become a three-weight UFC champion then that would certainly fit the bill.
