Georges St. Pierre fought Nick Diaz injured at UFC 158
by Alfredo Reyes on March 20, 2013

"I was worried it [achilles] would tear during the fight. We had to cut his last sparring [session] short due to his injury. He had a week to rest it and then the fight. He's 32 soon. He needs to respect that. He wants to take a couple of months off because his two fights were very close to each other and he wants to enjoy the summer. We haven't talked to the UFC yet, so we don't know what their plans are for Georges yet." - Firas Zahabi via MMAFighting

Tristar head-trainer, Firas Zahabi, reveals that his welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre fought Nick Diaz injured at UFC 158.

Though St. Pierre delivered yet another dominant performance, the champion uncharacteristically fatigued during the fight, and struggled to take Diaz down in the later rounds.

According to UFC president Dana White, St. Pierre's next title defense will be against heavy-handed Division I wrestling champion Johny Hendricks.

Today, Hendricks revealed that his hands are not believed to have been fractured following his grueling bout against Carlos Condit at UFC 158 and he plans on fighting St. Pierre in August.

Zahabi, however, prefers that the champion take a long deserved break to recover from his last two fights.

 |  (39) Comments MAStudent: ... so, he should wait to fight Hendricks? nygiant: Can they come up with anymore excuses for not finishing a fight? :rolleyes: GO HARD: Mma news... I dont take too much into this. Even if its September... Thats fine with me. The man fighrs more minutes a year in the octogon than anyone!! MAStudent: did they rochambeau for who had to go tell Diaz? haha. He took it pretty ewasy. he could have got mad. Why not tell them ahead of time if thats the rule? mike5k: I've always thought the unified rules were the same in all states and that title fights you had to make ACTUAL weight with no allowance. Non-title fights at welterweight can be fought at 171, title fights have to be 170 according to athletic commissions. The UFC wouldn't have the authority to change that. SicJits: When contacted by MMAmania.com, representatives from the Régie des alcools des courses et des jeux (Quebec's athletic commission) confirmed that both fighters made weight within the parameters of their contracts. In addition, their regulation on combat sports does not take decimals into account. "That consideration is a question of interpretation likely to be debated between the two parties under contract." In short, both St. Pierre and Diaz could have weighed anywhere from 170.1-170.9 and still qualified as 170. That doesn't fly in the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), where championship bouts cannot be even one ounce over the established weight limit. But around these parts, that's to be debated between the contracted parties. It still doesn't answer the question as to why Mersh waited until the last minute to inform Diaz of the allowance, or why he referred to it as "off the record" when the commission has no issue going "on the record." Perhaps it was a way to save face under interrogation? arlovskiviako: So why has it never been read as 170 for someone who is 170.5? Reading back through the previous quebec weigh in results, I see a bunch of .5s or .whatevers. GO HARD: A little off topic ...Gsp trainer says he might only have 2-3 fights left in him... SicJits: The Commission’s statement that their Regulation "does not take decimals into account" is bizarre and untrue. Section 74 of the Regulation provides that at an official weigh-in, "the scale shall have graduated readings at each 100 g (3.6 oz) and shall be certified by Measurement Canada." There would be no need to have graduated readings at each 100 g if the Commission "does not take decimals into account."
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