Two years ago Georges St-Pierre walked away from the UFC. At the time he was champion and had just been victorious over top contender Johny Hendricks, which made his announcement even more surprising.
Until now no one knew exactly why GSP walked away but in a recent interview he explained what caused him to leave the UFC and how the Notorious B.I.G. predicted it.
“The thing that happened, when I first started doing this sport in the beginning I didn’t have any money. I was doing it for the love and the passion of the sport. I really liked what I was doing. It was money, but I was not a wealthy person and I was doing it for the fun. Then the fun became a business. It became a lot of money and business involved, other kinds of problems that comes with that. (Notorious) B.I.G., the rapper said ‘mo money, mo problems’, which is true,” St-Pierre said.
“So the fun became a business and the business became stressful. The stress became the brick that I’m carrying on my shoulder all the time. I decided to take that brick and put it down and try to step out of the sport instead of try to carry it as long as I can and maybe lose a fight and get beat up bad.”
This just solidifies how ahead of his time and influential Biggie was.
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