Georges St-Pierre
Georges "Rush" St-Pierre, also known as “GSP,” is a Canadian professional mixed martial artist and UFC world champion who holds black belts in both Kyokushin karate and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
Georges was raised in St-Isidore, Quebec, a town of about 2,000 people. As a child he was bullied for years by older schoolmates. His father introduced him to Kyokushin karate at 7 years old.
Karate helped him grow as a person and a fighter. He then added fighting disciplines such as boxing, wrestling, and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu to his karate background and competed in his first amateur bout at age 16. He won that match, and continued his steady improvement. In 2006, he became the UFC Welterweight Champion. He lost the title in 2007, but regained it in front of his hometown fans of Montreal in 2008 and hasn’t lost a single title defense since then.
Bio courtesy of gspofficial.com
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Georges St-Pierre : Proud to give my voice to French-Canadian version of @MonstersU! Merci à Disney-Pixar & Studio SPR à Montréal!! http://t.co/ye8HxfdT4x1 week, 1 day, 13 hours, 1 minute ago
Georges St-Pierre : The guys at @zolmo just released the Behind the Scenes video from Touchfit. Pretty cool!! Check it out. http://t.co/tDVuRPnpkZ1 week, 6 days, 14 hours, 43 minutes ago
Georges St-Pierre : Back to Montréal and working on a very cool special project this morning!! http://t.co/xz2dhq2zAW2 weeks, 10 hours, 53 minutes ago
Georges St-Pierre : Amazing week of training in Thailand - big thanks to @tigermuaythai & Michel Lavallée for being a great host! http://t.co/OFYSLXph9V2 weeks, 4 days, 13 hours, 8 minutes ago
Georges St-Pierre : Touchfit: GSP for iPhone is the perfect partner to build on your @GSPRUSHFIT workouts. Great if you’re on the move! http://t.co/rVh1HZgdFd3 weeks, 12 hours, 56 minutes ago
Georges St-Pierre : RT @MarkBocek: @DavidLoiseau vs @JoeDoerksen77 sounds like a great idea for the next coaches of #TUFcanada @danawhite3 weeks, 6 days, 1 hour, 48 minutes ago
Georges St-Pierre : The Way of the Fight book tour continues today in NYC and tonight at BOOKENDS Ridgewood – See you there!4 weeks, 1 day, 10 hours, 41 minutes ago
Georges St-Pierre : Great time yesterday at Camp Pendleton- Most respect to the men and women in uniform and their families. http://t.co/DxaBUUChiX4 weeks, 1 day, 10 hours, 44 minutes ago
Georges St-Pierre : See you at Barnes & Noble (The Grove) in LA tonight and Camp Pendleton (Pacific Views MCX) tomorrow morning!!1 month, 1 day, 3 hours, 39 minutes ago