Goerges St-Pierre, who retired from the octagon in February 21, 2019, is now rumoured to be considering a return in 2020. The 38-year-old has already won UFC titles at both welterweight and middleweight, but would likely have to cut dramatically to compete with the UFC champion Khabib Nurmagomedov at lightweight.
Speaking to reporters, St-Pierre’s trainer Firas Zahabi said that his fighter is the best fighter in history and more complete than ‘The Eagle’.
“I’ll tell you something, outside of all the fighters I work with, Khabib is my favorite fighter. So it’s impossible for me not to be biased.” Zahabi said.
“I think Georges is more complete to be honest. One, his hands are more refined, his punching skills are more refined. And two, his kicking skills are far more refined that Khabib’s.
“So if Georges were to play it safe, which I don’t think he would, he could just outpoint Khabib with just his legs. Georges has very seasoned legs, very experienced kicking ability.” Zahabi added.
St-Pierre beat Michael Bisping by submission to win the middleweight championship in his last fought in the UFC in November 2017. Khabib, meanwhile, he beat Dustin Poirier in earlier September.
“His chances of putting Khabib on his back are just as good as Khabib putting him on his back. He’s heavier, bigger and stronger. Plus he’ll be able to set up his takedowns more because of his longer range and more seasoned striking ability.” Zahabi said.
“So if I put them in a wrestling match, maybe it’d be very heated. But if I add Georges’ striking, Georges is very clever to use his striking for setups.
“To close the distance, to get close to the legs to grab on to you. Now they also have very different wrestling styles. Khabib shoots very low often. In my opinion, it would be very difficult to score on Georges St-Pierre, very difficult. He’s just too big, too strong, too athletic and a very seasoned wrestler.” he added.
