St Pierre to Drop Safety First Approach
Undisputed king of the Welterweight division of Mixed Martial Arts in its biggest platform, the Ultimate Fighting Championship or the UFC Georges St Pierre is slated to return to the Octagon of the UFC in late 2012 and will be making a defense of his UFC Welterweight Championship, having been sidelined for the better part of a year after undergoing a knee surgery that has kept him out of the ring. Over the years, St Pierre has built up somewhat of a reputation of being a safe fighter but when he returns, it would be foolish for one to expect him to be fighting safe.
For the last few years, St Pierre has not been the most endeared person among his peers for his safety first approach, as a means to ensure victory, or to avoid defeat at all costs. His safety first approach dates back to 2007 when the highly unfancied Matt Serra upset the Welterweight King and beat him via a submission to take away the UFC Welterweight Championship from the grasp of Georges St Pierre. Since that fateful night, most of the fights that St Pierre has taken part in seemed to exemplify the idiom ‘safe as houses’.
Although he did manage to regain his crown in stunning fashion, the old St Pierre never returned and whenever he took to the ring, fans had come to expect a long, dull and boring fight where he would prevail in the end. But things have changed now and he has had time to introspect and it seems that he will go all out when he comes back to the ring.
His first assignment upon his return would be to retain his title against Carlos Condit, the interim champion and knowing Georges St Pierre, hw would want to come back with a bang, taking no prisoners.