UFC #65-Hughes vs. Georges St.

[-K-M-]

Wooo...anyone watch it? Matt Hughes vs. the Canadian Georges St. Pierre

spoilers:


The French Canadian is the new Welterwight champion of the world. Go Canada!!!!

[Northcott]

Wooo...anyone watch it? Matt Hughes vs. the Canadian Georges St. Pierre

spoilers:


The French Canadian is the new Welterwight champion of the world. Go Canada!!!!


GSP is sponsored by the company that runs a weightlifting forum I hang out on. They did an interview with him just before the fight, and it impressed the Hell out of me. The man's old school -- a beast in the ring, but an utter gentleman outside it. I was glad to hear he won, and did so in an utterly dominating manner.

[Ottawa Renegade]

Wooo...anyone watch it? Matt Hughes vs. the Canadian Georges St. Pierre

spoilers:


The French Canadian is the new Welterwight champion of the world. Go Canada!!!!


GSP is sponsored by the company that runs a weightlifting forum I hang out on. They did an interview with him just before the fight, and it impressed the Hell out of me. The man's old school -- a beast in the ring, but an utter gentleman outside it. I was glad to hear he won, and did so in an utterly dominating manner.

I believe I saw him interviewed on the UFC show on Spike TV recently and he came off great there too. Not like one of those "I'm the greatest of all times" clowns.

Good for him. I had not heard the results of that fight. =D>

[Northcott]

I believe I saw him interviewed on the UFC show on Spike TV recently and he came off great there too. Not like one of those "I'm the greatest of all times" clowns.

Good for him. I had not heard the results of that fight. =D>

Round and a half, apparently. Utter domination. He simply dismantled Hughes... who apparently handled his defeat with a solid measure of class himself. A nice change, there.

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Hughes comments about the French and Canada showed little class of him, I lost a great deal of respect for him.

[syvalois]

Hughes comments about the French and Canada showed little class of him, I lost a great deal of respect for him.

What did he say?

[DelBubs]

Here's the post match interview (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5INiEY_FT8w).

[-K-M-]

What did he say?

Here.....

"I'm from America and I think we're fighters, as a country,"[/i] Hughes said last week. "I don't see you guys venturing out trying to help the world out, we'll say that."
http://www.latimes.com/sports/boxing/la-sp-ufc19nov19,1,1590170.story?coll=la-headlines-sports
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This was nothing to what else he said, but this is the only online version I could find

edit: He probally didn't mean it, just a way to get into GSP's head as during the actual fight both were very respectful to each other
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http://www.canada.com/topics/sports/story.html?id=4d98a252-b9ba-4dab-b319-072df2850390&k=5757

"Who wants to lose to a Canadian in a street fight?"

"Georges is French and the French didn't make war with us. They don't have a real warrior spirit. They don't have any heart. So the fight is going to be easy. Georges is going to give up because of that."
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Here is the rest of the interview with Hughes comments about Canada, and some I havn't heard

[syvalois]

lol, that guy is not french, he's from Québec. Can't you hear the accent? Sound like my boyfriend talking in english. And I thought you where talking about westling, not ultimate fighting. And just to to be a pain, he's name is Georges St-Pierre.

As for the rest, Hughes just as shown how ignorant he is. He can't make the difference a french and a quebecer. :roll:

[Ottawa Renegade]

As for the rest, Hughes just as shown how ignorant he is. He can't make the difference a french and a quebecer. :roll:

I used to frequent the Delphi forums and got to know a number of the "regulars" on those, and when the Iraq war was starting, a number of Americans taking shots at the France would apologize to me afterwards or say "no offense". :?

Appreciate the sentiment, but why would I take offense? I'm not French. I used to have a Canadian flag under my avatar there too, like I do here. A surprising number of non-Canadians just assume that you're a French immigrant or something.

[-K-M-]

And just to to be a pain, he's name is Georges St-Pierre.


Errrr...look at my first post again.

[Powersurge]

lol, that guy is not french, he's from Québec.

That always cracks me up. I mean, I realize that there is a difference. Just like there are differences between a Brit, a Canuck, and Aussie and a Yank, but we are all English.

St.Pierre is of French heritage. It's where he got his language, name and ancestry from, not tomention his received rleigion and a fair ammount of his culture. And despite what the people of France did in one single war, when the enemy was right on top of them before they'd even gotten out of bed, with a gun to the heads of their wives and children, when have the French EVER shown a lack of warrior spirit or ability? When? They toppled Monarchy after monarchy before the Yanks ever got around to it.

No to dis the more intune-with-reality Amercians, but if they want to throw stones, the question begs to be asked; where were they in the opening years of both the big wars? Hiding behind the Atlantic? And the Brits... and the Canadians...the French-Canadians too?

Seriously though, no offense meant. Just pointing out that we can all find reason to take potshots.

I wish I had have seen the Pieerre/Hughes fight. Any prediction on the upcoming Liddel vs. Ortiz? I say Liddel spanks Ortiz... again.

[syvalois]

And just to to be a pain, he's name is Georges St-Pierre.


Errrr...look at my first post again.

That's why I said I was a pain. Look at the dot between the St and Pierre and look at how I wrote it. Stupid hein? But it's a sign of what is written in french or in english. I know, it's really nothing and I'm been a real pain, but you know, it's one of those little things... 8)

[-K-M-]

That's why I said I was a pain. Look at the dot between the St and Pierre and look at how I wrote it. Stupid hein? But it's a sign of what is written in french or in english. I know, it's really nothing and I'm been a real pain, but you know, it's one of those little things... 8)

Ideally that's what Georges fights under though:

http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=fighter.TitleHolders&cid=3

No it's fine, if no one says anything nothing will get changed

[syvalois]

Ideally that's what Georges fights under though:

http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=fighter.TitleHolders&cid=3

No it's fine, if no one says anything nothing will get changed

Anglophone site. look

here (http://sports.blogue.canoe.com/2006/11/19/georges_st_pierre_nouveau_champion)
and here (http://www.rds.ca/chroniqueurs/expert_georstpi.html)
and here is the Hour (http://www.hour.ca/news/news.aspx?iIDArticle=8504) an free newspaper like magazine published in english for Montreal.

You want more? Like in scotland, trying to get my name written Valois was almost impossible, I always had Valios and the time I tried to changed it, it came back Volais. So, I guess, in he's case, just for a dot, you don't argue much
:P

[-K-M-]

No I'm not saying your wrong, I was just going by what he uses when he fights under. Hence my comment

"No it's fine, if no one says anything nothing will get changed"

If you didn't make the comment I would still use "." instead of "-"

[syvalois]

No I'm not saying your wrong, I was just going by what he uses when he fights under. Hence my comment

"No it's fine, if no one says anything nothing will get changed"

If you didn't make the comment I would still use "." instead of "-"

Sorry, I misunderstood. Strange how a dot can make us post :wink: Ok, that's my fault. I think I'm a little bit evil :twisted:

[-K-M-]

Sorry, I misunderstood. Strange how a dot can make us post :wink: Ok, that's my fault. I think I'm a little bit evil :twisted:

I appreciate your help, since I only have a basic understanding of French and if someone can correct me I'm definetly ok with that.

[syvalois]

I know it's old news, but I saw this show Enjeux (http://www.radio-canada.ca/actualite/v2/enjeux/niveau2_13363.shtml#) on Radio-Canada and it talked about St-Pierre and the condition of ultimate fighting like how it's illegal in France and in Ontario or it's popularity.

We learn there that St-Pierre was still living in his parents basement before winning against Hughes and he was a lonely kid, beat up by other kids when he was young.

Sorry the link and the news footage (at the bottom of the page) is only in french, but it might interest some of you since it's in this forum I learned of St-Pierre.

[-K-M-]

I'm interested, GSP is my favorite UFC fighter. An all around class act, and apparently he only got a small amount of money just for even beating Hughes.

Pride pays far more for their fighters than UFC does.

[syvalois]

I'm interested, GSP is my favorite UFC fighter. An all around class act, and apparently he only got a small amount of money just for even beating Hughes.

Pride pays far more for their fighters than UFC does.

The footage has some small part in english (his american and russian coach). It say at the end that St-Pierre manager thinks he will win a little bit more than 1 million dollars in 2007.

[-K-M-]

I hope so, it's said he will be the face of the new UFC and the future of the sport.

Very upset he missed the last PPV due to knee injury :(