Georges St-Pierre hosted a Q&A before the UFC 186 weigh ins in Canada and he really opened up about his meeting with UFC executives late-Thursday night.
“I have more fun in training,” St-Pierre said. “When I fought Jake Shields, I didn’t have a great training camp and I was not satisfied with my performance. Then I got hurt. It let me rest mentally and physically, and I came back against (Carlos) Condit more hungry. My training camp was great, my fight was great. Then after, against (Nick) Diaz, I lost a little bit of hunger. I didn’t perform the way I wanted to against Diaz. And then obviously my last fight (against Johny Hendricks), my training camp wasn’t good at all. I did it because I had to, not because I felt like I wanted to.
“… When you go in there, you need to have the feeling you like you want to hurt this guy. I lost that. For too long, too many criticisms, too much pressure, the spotlight, I couldn’t rest – and I’m an obsessive-compulsive guy. Everything I did in my life was leaning toward that goal of becoming the best of the best. Now that I took a break from it, it allowed me to find pleasure in it.”
GSP hasn’t officially said that he was making a comeback but his words are definitely lending toward a return to the octagon and a renewed love for the sport of MMA.
It’ll be interesting to see if he’d be willing to return if his protege Rory MacDonald wins the title at UFC 189 in July. Until then GSP will continue to train and his fans will continue to hope.