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Published: Thu, 23 Oct 2008
Description: Superstar Georges St. Pierre talks with Mike Straka about life in MMA
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" This is Buffy spike gave up like struck -- joined now by the water only want to -- you have to champion. George St. Peter Church thanks for coming in thank you so big fight Superbowl weekend you've got BJ Penn who wants to avenge a loss. That he thinks should that happen. Absolutely nothing. That's up -- but I want to see so -- with as well known that's lieutenants and that. Can afford to despite. So on November 15 and the fight that people want to see believe are not ready to tour versus rock listener which. -- listeners still new to the sport he hearings would heavyweight. Championship. Fight. But he's a big guy's story he's got to be careful. DA in -- as ours that's physicals that's -- spokesman it's not that type of guy that you. You see in the corner of the street you know so it's a huge angry that he. Very explosive and very quick so it's -- into -- that we think of BJ -- And surprise a lot of people with his stand up again Sean -- Where did he surprise you at all now because I I -- will be Japanese. Used to bucks for a long time he's very good standing out there get a great kick as well so I was very surprised you. I mean. EEE Jess per phone as good as he -- and I mean it was a great fighters a great he's at the office day and I think so far from me and I'm more I'm more than happy to finally and I want to be known as the best fighter and to be known as the best -- need to fight the vessel that's all good. All right with you speaking at best fighters there are three names that are always mention when people talk about the best players in the world pound for pound. They'd normally anchor. Anderson Silva. And -- How does that make you feel to be in among the elite. People I mean you are argued about about. All the time about pound for pound best fighter in world as you. -- make you feel but many."
" great and show me that they're recognition. That I have it's agree that. It's an inspiration from me but. I don't know you know I don't fight to be best I don't know left eye for myself. How we care about it of course I did these data you just mean that Fiore put simply somebody -- look up to. Not because they defender but also because -- great human being outside of the act again. And talk about. Better that's but found he could change in. You know in the in the -- you know I mean there. The -- mistaken that's -- and we know what what happened you know so and it's myself. So. It's something that can change -- change very fast because nobody's invincible."
" He talked about -- be looked up to I remembered there was a time when you looked up to Matt Hughes to the point where you psych yourself up before you you guys fought and serve almost you've you've lost the fight before even went in there. When did you turn a corner. And he said you know what I'm I belong here. Well."
" I remember after my fight my first I would menus I and watch dad that -- and I didn't realize until that time that point that I was doing pretty well actually so. But I just southern -- I told myself you know who George. You know that I can can -- this -- to build them better and it bit him. So that is you know -- laughs it's a winning. In a certain way you know speaking of comin' back from from markets yet a kind of rough childhood tells little bit about your childhood. And how does -- person -- today. But tough childhood. I mean I've -- would do well -- very well I think. It doesn't add problematic. I've been at them -- problem that's cool growing up. How -- the fight a lot. And unfortunately. And when you when you kids when your kid. And there's a difference of two years four years between you and the other kids. And when there and I can they outnumber you like there that are for -- against you even if you're doing Marsha right you don't have the best of it. So he is you used to get -- Those who you used to be hard for me from a school and my family as well school. But. Always. Stay on the good side because problems. Make you turn to karate. Actually -- secretary when I was seven years old. -- In America for. For the laws and number one sport but when I come from its hockey so. Growing up. People are almost bored with that hockey stick in their hands I used to fidelity. But it was also be ten. -- ready I was watching a type of on them movie and my father's a black belt it in -- So. To make a choice when it was."
" Don't mean to say blood sport and half half half -- watching blood supply everything everything I didn't miss one."
" But I don't don't what do you look like those movies I used to watch his movies to -- I remember templates working on I was like this is this is awesome job LaMont."
" And you look at is looking like god can."
" Absolutely when you watch it now it -- is it weird that it's a bit but that -- daisy use it get into that big F traffic on me and MIA the next."
" This of the time so what happened is I -- for anyone who was seven years old was very young and then after when I first saw the first USC which toys we see. I was thirteen injured and in new media inspired me right away and that's what I wanted to do for a living so I I -- training Yang. Then mixed martial art."
" talk about your training and X you're you're here New York he traded the watch him with Phil nurse you Jim we -- coach. You trained as a wrestler with the Canadian Olympic wrestling team couldn't you you're black belt in jujitsu. You've you've treat all these different disciplines but explain how you do it because if you are and I I I said earlier Kevin I really. Is a guy who writes for Yahoo! Sports -- you're really great how about one -- the evolution. Of the mixed martial arts fighter people need to start doing what you're due credit to explain the difference between somebody who. So does submissions one day and as we type the next day and and how you approach your fighting training."
" Absolutely I come from -- ready background. I start trading when I was seven years old until. I would say it may be eighteen years old I was doing just kept ready. Until the point that I saw the first USC and then my -- teacher diet just before that so it's a coincidence. So then half -- start cross training because I knew it he had mixed martial art as he he needed to be more well rounded. And to be no more well rounded you need to train with the best studied in different sports so aside training boxing. In the might play in dressing and in Brazilian jujitsu. It was hard at the time because I didn't know nothing it was. It was as same same thing that somebody would never swim and you put him in the pool and you know he's he's going to sink. The same thing is to be hard but I keep persisting. Now I am -- and I think by training in different disciplines and I can have. Okay do -- meet to improve Morgan and athlete who always train with the same group of people in the enemy on the thing it chart. I felt two sharp cut my skills when -- map. More than a week away from a fight. I trained in single discipline I'd just boxing just listening to us it doesn't it's food just what I. But when I went and get into my eight week 88 week prior fight by such anymore for enemy. I put it altogether."
" I was speaking of sharp you have sharp elbows then when you elbow people in the face you cut them. Where did you learn or eat a lot of lot of guys have great albums like that when you learn how to use those weapons well it's. What I know come from. My in my different an instructor. And noble -- plays -- it's for the field notes he's he's he's professor at the what. He's my coach and my thanks. He's again shall -- to cut. With withheld and and it's only detect the Brady it's called that you need to it's -- it's not that the you have a former elbow and Alyssa somebody I don't know for example you want to cut somebody would -- You don't want you don't want to hit him right -- just Ornette. My case like let's say it again eleven if you just want to. This isn't yet make him that that's how you cut somebody people sometimes. Different perceptions of what it is it's all about the -- All right I used to be taekwondo -- and first time I got a foot and we tie fighter I thought I couldn't walk for two weeks because he just gave me one link case. -- you condition notions how you condition your body for that type of punishment. What every every martial art as strong point. From what I yet is like you you -- about more than what I have read it would that they keep more -- to listen to a blanket into the background I come from. It's all at techniques you know its neighbors that -- nerds and in the -- and -- again in -- and and by taking something you're feeling goes goes it goes away but if you wait a Ferris took some time without training came back. I have a martial art as something good. That you need to take. Take on the for example from wanted to believe that the that the best -- In all McMartin martial art. Point to ready fighting that they've been the best blitz that does the best way to close the distance from the fight that's what I do believe so in every. Martial art. You can take something and a play a great apply it to you it's your game. -- as a wrestler. You know fight if I -- up with somebody sometime soon as you lock up you know all right I'm I got this guy is I can tell just by the way he locked up with me it's like -- poker players and has the talent. You know mandate is Eric tell is there a point when youth -- have an employment opponent so I'm gonna I'm going to destroy this I know it."
" I would say take a couple -- it take time to -- to do it to this. What I fight. I would see if fighting is 90% mental because when you get into the -- you know you're turning -- already done. So Leo yeah are you need to change. So that's why I think it's 90% mental because he can't change. In good shape you will be you know it's already there. So it's -- what you could go if you already made this when you have the ball but the ball is in the hair you can't change the direction of the ball because it's already. It's already happening. The same thing in finding when you get into the open on your training is already done there's nothing you can do even like I would say a week before -- there was nothing you can do. You just focus on losing -- coming your way to me that way and there's nothing else you can do. So that's why it's so important mentally and enough fight talking about. The fight. And you can tell when your opponent break down. That Baghdad when I'm when I'm fighting somebody else I I studied tapes and studying what is his comfort zone and when. When he when he does when you start breaking down meant to be. And sometime what happened like for example when I -- just caution Crowe plays a part of the turnarounds -- I was on top of them. After he tried to put me down with a single -- I had an on top of him. And even before the end of the fight you -- dies and he said it can't resignation George. That's something that -- people doesn't know but that it it really happened that the arousal I guess my -- EEE Jess. Gave up doesn't mean that the -- except the fact that he was going to -- And I don't think it is it that's what when and that's what that that's an indication that's where you break somebody mentally. You know when you bring somebody mentally. That's -- that there is that good good good chance that fight will go your way and -- most about it happened if it's not with not how it happened. Before you have to fight."
" at the time night when now ready to tour fought he grew up -- you could tell his Susie slim down and -- broke his nose you can tell. He broke mentally he was done right there you can tell when somebody broke meant that he when you start fighting not to win when you start fighting to not lose -- that's when somebody is -- amounted to Ortiz Steve excuse me -- it. He sees it happened dollar. What am I -- I know this is gone along some word just Obama -- more questions. Using the cage. Is their technique to use the caged some fighters are better at it than others is it is it technique to might indicate rather than fighting in a ring. They acted advocates to train and how do you do it. And that prove that the truth from my purse what I think I think mixed martial arts are an indicator and you should be in a cage the reason is. And rings are are and are made for boxing or two bucks on May fourteenth just because when you find airing sometime you can. Because of the rope. -- can get outside of the range which -- make made the sport more dangerous opponent in its and then it's an Iranian occasion is the way it's made it."
" You get that go outside of the accident and none none none instead of somebody beat you up and easy. EE -- you're outside of it but it's pretty hard to do so why I truly believe also at Yucca mountain there is more space so it's an honoring its not that I'm Matt. And without nothing around it it's not a done. So the boxer has not been in the is an imminent arrests -- has not been in the is -- so nobody isn't it is elements and it's true it's more neutral and that's what that's why -- believe it's the best surface to to to fight. An excellent sense. Fellow Canadian Patrick could take fighting Anderson Silva got any advice for -- but and yet I mean. -- there -- that you're trying really hard -- saw -- vehicle hit occasion petroleum as well. The -- in Boston between a lot in Boston as well I. I want to surprise me it was surprising feeling that this fight he's got all the tools. And even -- a -- of ways of February it. I think Patrick as more -- since winning he's my friend before it to be a training partner of mine and that I would be in Chicago to support him."
" question over the weekend Marcus Davis had a fight in England he thought. And he -- had a great fight you may not seem to fight Peter really good fight. And it ended a fight he said to about his opponent and different tonight I made of this -- my friend after this fight. And that's what unique things about and it may you guys all have mostly guys that have any bad blood. You do it as you do this for as a sport we also respect each other you're like one of the nicest people in the world. What is your what is your mean streak like you how to use flip that switch from George St. Pierre the nice guy in the in the black Armani suit. Two New Jersey here. The best fighter in the world."
" That's an interesting question everybody has a different. And mentally these. Full -- my purse but some of you would never fight friend. I would -- a good acquaintances. But on the not a fan because because we're all. China of friend but we're we're not really friends. Where you would say -- English where we're buddies. -- differences. I don't eight mile point. I never thought somebody that I hate. For example of Egypt and I don't hate him even -- I'm going to fight. And I. If you wouldn't be here you who wouldn't wouldn't be angry -- as as much as a great fighter as he is. I want to make money. And we make money together so we work together. And investment will win. I have one it I want to win I just hope he's going to come hundreds of -- on for the fight. Because -- I'm proud that -- I want -- deserved to win and I want to I don't want to win -- like Catholic Howard you know likes I don't want to fight fight in the season and I hope he's going to become come a hundred -- on. And I think that's what made this point great you know were all at -- and the we don't need to to hate each other two to fight each other it's -- it that's where we're training for and that's what is -- about what is your Chinese took to mean it means jujitsu it's mean can be very nice group but I or Peru would very mean."
" Listen to. I should decision that question notice of the previous question then heard. Are we're gonna wrap up this is this is George St. Pierre and this is fox he's like me. So thank you all for watching thanks for clicking in thanks for watching Fox News and I'm Mike Straka signing off till next time. Enjoy the place."
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