For Georges St-Pierre , seeking a fight with Khabib Nurmagomedov was never about adding another championship to his collection. But he understands why the UFC opted not to book the matchup, regardless. Former two-division UFC champion St-Pierre (26-2 MMA, 20-2 UFC) had previously expressed interest in facing UFC lightweight champion Nurmagomedov (28-0 MMA, 12-0 UFC), but the promotion was never on board. St-Pierre returned after an almost four-year layoff in 2017, and defeated Michael Bisping to capture the UFC middleweight title. However, he vacated the title shortly after and retired from competition once again. As a result of that move, St-Pierre thinks the UFC likely didn’t want to book the Nurmagomedov fight, considering that he would have no intention of defending the title if he won.
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