Georges St-Pierre is unmistakably one of the greatest hunters in the MMA history, in which Stephen Thompson revealed the only thing he did that enabled him to excel at the peak of the sport.
In his amazing career, 'Rush' showed his formidable gripping skills and slick striking on the way to claiming world championships in two weight distributions.
That is why it is no surprise that the icon has reached hero status in 'The Great White North' with ST-Pierre who recently receives a raw applause in the recent Hockey game of the US versus Canada, even though he was retired a few years ago gone.
But although he is a superstar today, it took a lot of hard and indeed smart work for the icon to scale the MMA -Berg.
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Georges St-Pierre trained to train with specialists in every discipline
Although Georges St-Pierre might have been better in MMA than any other person to ever have lived, he never put in his pursuit of knowledge.
Stephen Thompson has revealed that the Canadian are looking for opportunities to train with people who had the capacity to dominate him in specific parts of the sport.
In an interview with The Overdogs Podcast, he explained: “His mentality helped me. In MMA there is a lot of ego. It is a selfish sport to start with. But with GSP he would train with people who would just break him.
“If it is striking, he wants someone who was better than he hit. If it was Jiu-Jitsu, he trains with Roger Gracie, who are two weight classes above him.
“He would place himself in situations with boys who could just hit him, and he would get better if it striking or wrestling.
“I saw him and Rashad Evans go on it once at Tristar; It was sick. I saw him and Roger Gracie go on it, and he would always be submitted.
“He would always enter the gym with an empty cup every day. It didn't matter that he was a multiple time champion, he would come in and not only learn from the coaches, but from everyone.
“I had something like that:” That's what I have to do “. With me in kickboxing, especially when I was young, I was unbeaten in kickboxing; I thought I was the best. And so I have to act every time I have the gym in Kom.
“There was a point where I thought:” nobody can beat me. ” I would eventually miss practices, my father would always tell me: 'We know Wonderboy, you are young and you are stupid, you should be in the gym education, they help you prepare and you should help them get ready . '
“It took a while before I saw someone at the top and saw how they acted to be:” That is what I should do. “
“Although he would argue, and he had just passed through training camp, if he had boys who had fights, he was there in the gym to help them prepare. I had something like: “Bro, that's cool.” “
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Although athletically gifted, the most important weapon of St-Pierre was his mind, with the Hall of Famer often used his sublime fight IQ to get his opponents better.
As Thompson explained, the wrestler was always looking for people to help him improve.
That is why, when it was time to challenge the title of the middleweight, he stated in one of the best boxing trainers that the sport has ever seen.
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