Returning Georges St. Pierre submits champion Michael Bisping to claim middleweight title at UFC 217 in New York
The 36-year-old St. Pierre showed no ring rust as he ended his self-imposed sabbatical on Saturday night and controlled the majority of the fight
Georges St. Pierre peered through the blood that washed over his face and locked on a choke hold, a packed house at Madison Square Garden absolutely roaring for “G-S-P!”
St. Pierre tightened his grip until Michael Bisping had no more fight left. Four years after he walked away from UFC for a mental breather, St. Pierre walked out of MSG a champion – a breathtaking reminder that the Canadian is still one of the best ever inside the octagon.
And he proved it in the main event in one of UFC’s all-time great cards.
“I don’t have words in my mouth right now,” GSP said, wiping blood from his face. He went to a hospital after the fight to get stitches on his nose.
St. Pierre’s 13th straight UFC victory made it 3 for 3 for the championship challengers in front of 18,201 fans in the promotion’s second card at the Garden in 12 months. T.J. Dillashaw won the bantamweight championship for the second time and Rose Namajunas won the strawweight title on the pay-per-view card.