MONTREAL

UFC president Dana White has caused quite the stir among fans in recent days by saying that he didn’t think Georges St-Pierre would fight again, but that’s an opinion not shared by the fighter himself.

“He says he’s sure I won’t come back, that’s his opinion,” said St. Pierre, who is currently in his native Quebec. “I train, I keep myself in shape. I have marks on my body because my body bruises easily and I’m training hard.”

“It doesn’t mean I’m coming back, but it doesn’t mean I’m not coming back,” he added. “I’m thinking about it.”

St. Pierre said that his relationship with White and the UFC is still on good terms.

“Dana always does what’s good for the business side,” he said. “I was never angry at him. On the contrary, he had a good reason to say that to come back, you have to be hungry.”

Famished as he might be, the 33-year-old says he won’t be back in the ring until the UFC adopts a more stringent anti-doping policy.

“So far, there’s been some nice words, but nothing’s been done,” he said. “As long as they do nothing, I for sure won’t come back.”

Fresh back from a trip to Argentina, St. Pierre says he feels he’s at his best “now that nobody is trying to get me down.”

However, he admits that he misses competing. That’s why he wants to help his old training partner, Rory MacDonald, reach the summit of the sport.

“What would give me the most pleasure is to see Rory take the title,” he said. “I feel like I would have accomplished something new. My duty is to help him up. Right now, I am where I am, and if it had to end, I ended at the top. I ever want to go back, I’d snap my fingers and it wouldn’t be too hard to get back in fighting form.”​