Georges Saint-Pierre återvände nyligen till UFC. Han återvände till en annan viktklass än han var van vid, istället för weltervikt där han tidigare regerade divisionen med järnhand. Han besegrade Michael Bisping via submission och kröntes ny mästare i mellanviktsklassen.
Efter vinsten har lite pekat på att Georges Saint-Pierre skulle fightas igen i mellanvikt. Enligt Saint-Pierres tränare i brasiliansk jiu-jitsu, John Danaher kan det vara värre än så. Saint-Pierre har diagnostiserats med ulcerös kolit, en inflammation i tjocktarmen, som kan hindra GSP från att någonsin fightas igen.
När Danaher gästade the MMA Hour nyligen berättar han att GSP behöver tänka på huruvida han ska återvända till buren eller inte. Han kallar det för ett livsomvälvande beslut. På frågan om huruvida GSP någonsin kommer fightas igen svarar Danaher:
I don’t want to say yes or no because it’s not my decision, really. These are deeply personal decisions that Georges has to make. More over, they have to be made not as spur of the moment decisions.
These are life-changing decisions, so they will have to made on the basis of Georges’ reaction to the medications that he’s taking for ulcerative colitis.
From what I understand, the standard medications for ulcerative colitis take some considerable amount time to take effect – anywhere from three to eight months – before you’ll even notice any changes. We have to see how he reacts to his medication regiment and make a decision based on that.
Danaher fortsätter och påpekar att GSP måste ha tillräcklig motivation för att fightas igen. Där nämner han den omstridda vinsten mot Johny Hendricks:
What I don’t like to see is people fighting because they think they have to. This is a very, very hard sport. I don’t think many people are aware of the rigors of what goes on in a championship level fight camp.
It’s not for the faint of heart, and if you’re not 100 percent committed to the project and it’s not something you positively enjoy doing at least in some way, you don’t have to love every aspect of it but there has to be some kind of deep feeling of enjoyment fulfillment – then I don’t believe you should get involved.
I know one fight camp where Georges wasn’t mentally committed to it was the fight camp with Hendricks, where there were doubts about whether he wanted to be fighting anymore. That was probably the fight camp where he had the least motivation to get in there, as he normally would.
Han avslöjar också att GSP hade alla planer att fortsätta fightas efter vinsten mot Michael Bisping:
Here (for the Bisping fight) there was tremendous motivation
Georges was extremely enthusiastic about the fight and expressed a deep desire to comeback. But, there was a physical problem, which was making it difficult.
Your first question was medically will he be able to comeback? The answer is we don’t know yet and we’ll see how he reacts to the medication. Your second question was psychologically is he in the game – does he want to do this?
I know for a fact that prior to the Bisping fight the answer was yes. Since this medical problem has come up and become so prevalent and emerged so strongly in the middle of the last camp – it’s an open question at this point. It’ll be determined by how he reacts to the medication that he is on.
Tiden får utvisa vad som händer med Georges Saint-Pierre. Hans återvändo var i alla fall mycket uppskattad.
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