The History Of The Mma Legend Gsp

Georges St-Pierre was born May 19, 1981 in Saint-Isidore

, Quebec, to Jim and Louise St-Pierre. St-Pierre had a rough upbringing , attending a school where others would steal his clothes and cash. He started out learning Kyokushin karate at the early age of seven by his father and later by a Kyokushin Karate Master to defend himself against a school bully , Nikolas Mavrikos.

He took up wrestling and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu after when his Karate instructor past on and he also trained in boxing . Before turning pro as a mixed-martial artist, St-Pierre worked as a bouncer at a Montreal night club in the South Shore known as Fuzzy Brossard and as a garbageman for six months to fund his school fees and also to obtain his MMA equipment for example his Mixed martial arts Shorts and Mixed martial arts Gloves

St-Pierre has trained with a wide variety of peoplein a large selection of gyms throughout his MMA career . Ahead of his fight with B.J. Penn at UFC 58, he trained in the Renzo Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Academy in New York City. St-Pierre acquired his brown belt in BJJ from Renzo Gracie on July 21, 2006. In September 2008, St-Pierre earned his black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu below Bruno Fernandes.

St-Pierre began training with Rashad Evans, Nathan Marquardt, Keith Jardine, Donald Cerrone, and other qualified MMA scrappers at Greg Jackson's Submission Fighting Gaidojutsu school in New Mexico. Some of Jackson's students accompanied St-Pierre to Montreal to help prepare him for his fight at Ultimate fighting championship 94 against B.J. Penn at the Tristar Gym, including Keith Jardine, Nathan Marquardt, Donald Cerrone and Rashad Evans. Georges' intensity level and conditioning private instructor is Jonathan Chaimberg of Adrenaline Performance Center in Montral. Georges' Head Trainer is Firas Zahabi of Zahabi Mixed martial arts, from the Tristar gym. The two have cornered all of St-Pierre's most recent bouts and stay as his close friends. Presently, St-Pierre studies Muay Thai under Phil Nurse at the Wat in New York City .

St-Pierre had dreamed to become a UFC champ since viewing Royce Gracie fight in 1993 at Ultimate fighting championship 1. St-Pierre had his very first amateurish bout when he was just 16 years old. He said, "After i won my first amateur (Mixed martial arts) fight, I was 16 years of age and I defeated a guy that was 25. I was only a Kyokushin karate fighter and also the guy I fought was a boxer. At that point my ground skills weren't the best, I didn't know anything on the ground. "St-Pierre won his fight by knockout, going low with several leg kicks and then going high with a head kick.

St-Pierre's pro debut was against Branden Macfadden and the fight ended in a first round KO win by St-Pierre. In only his second fight, St-Pierre's challenge for the UCC belt against Justin Bruckmann. He won by submission in the first round. He then went on to defend his title twice . The UCC aka Universal Combat Challenge was then born-again to TKO Major League MMA and the man was called the champion. He fought on November 29, 2003 against Pete Spratt in a non-title bout at TKO 14. St-Pierre foiled Spratt using a rear naked choke in the first round. Next his second win in the Ultimate fighting championship , he faced Matt Hughes at Ultimate fighting championship 50 for the vacant UFC Welterweight Championship. In spite of a aggressive performance against the a lot more experienced fighter, St-Pierre tapped out to an armbar submission with only 1 second remaining within the 1st round. The loss was the first of St-Pierre's career and he has since admitted that he was in awe of Hughes going into the championship bout. Since then he's turn into one of the best pound for pound fighters on the planet.

by: Steve Sanchez

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