From age 17 to 20, Georges St-Pierre held down three jobs while going to school and training in mixed martial arts. Five hours sleep a night was par for the course.
While studying natural sciences at CEGEP, he worked in a government recreation centre for delinquent youth, in a floor recovery store and as a bouncer at a club named Fuzzy Brossard in suburban Montreal.The hard work eventually led to the UFC, where St-Pierre won two titles and set the standard for excellence in the Octagon. And on Thursday, it took the 42-year-old UFC Hall of Famer to the Canada Sports Hall of Fame.
St-Pierre remains a popular figure, with 4.5 million followers on Instagram and two million on X, formerly known as Twitter. St-Pierre initially stepped away from the sport in November 2013 after a split-decision win over Johny Hendricks at UFC 167. At the time he said needed time away from the demands of MMA.
Fitch had won his previous 16 bouts. But after 25 minutes with St-Pierre, Fitch looked like he had been in a car wreck — both eyes blackened, his left almost swollen shut. There were stitches above and below his left eye and below his right. His road wasn't always smooth. St-Pierre's first reign as champion lasted less than five months as he was upset by Serra after being dazed by a blow to the head at UFC 69 in April 2007.
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