UFC president Dana White isn't holding his breath waiting for former welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre to walk through the door.

St-Pierre stepped away from the sport following his controversial title defense to Johny Hendricks at UFC 167 in November of 2013. Then citing concerns over his mental well-being and burnout, St-Pierre has also become much more outspoken regarding a lack of stringent regulatory testing for performance enhancing drugs in MMA.

St-Pierre told MMA Fighting's Ariel Helwani in February that White had offered him a bout April 25 at UFC 186 in his hometown of Montreal, but that he wasn't interested.

"I talked to him," White said on FOX Sports' The Jay and Dan Podcast. "I offered him a fight in Montreal and he said, 'I'm not ready yet."

Last September, White believed St-Pierre's competitive juices wouldn't let him walk away from the sport just yet. Now he doesn't sound so sure.

"I'm on the fence," said White. "I'm leaning towards he's not coming back, these days. He's rich and he really doesn't have to do anything anymore if he doesn't want to. He's doing movies.

"He's doing some fun stuff. I was in LA one night and went to the [Los Angeles] Clippers game, Georges St-Pierre is sitting right over there in the front row. I went out one night to a concert, there's Georges St-Pierre in the front row."

As he's mentioned recently with former heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar's decision to remain on the sidelines, White says he doesn't want to see athletes fighting once they've lost the drive to compete.

"Fighting is one of those sports where you've got to be hungry and you gotta want it," said White. "[St-Pierre] hasn't been hungry in a long time for a lot of things. He's got a lot of money, he's young, he's got a lot of other options and he's going out on top. I'm not announcing Georges St-Pierre's retirement here."

Asked if he was worried about UFC women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey following St-Pierre's lead, White welcomes it.

"That's what you're supposed to do," said White. "You're supposed to work your ass off, become filthy rich and then quit. Go do something else. I wish that for my people."

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TWEETS

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Thank u NYC!!! Headed to Toronto now. I haven't been in a while, I love Canada. See u 2 morrow everyone! #ufc @ufc pic.twitter.com/tOcb5xOPFZ — Dana White (@danawhite) March 27, 2015

Beef.

Hey @TheNotoriousMMA for a guy who has no defense you talk a lot. If you come to 155 you will be finished by at least 5 people in one round — Rafael dos Anjos (@RdosAnjosMMA) March 27, 2015

I hear @TheNotoriousMMA is paying @danawhite to say those things so if he moves to WW I dn't treat him like the red headed step child he is! — Ben Askren (@Benaskren) March 26, 2015

On August 1st there'll be an historic milestone. The stock market will break. #ufc190 #bethevsronda... https://t.co/GIXa5lfqXm — Bethe (@bethecorreia) March 26, 2015

Super fight.

No what happened? "@ltscore316: @JonnyBones you see Weidman essentially call you out last night?" — Jon Bones Jones (@JonnyBones) March 26, 2015

@JonnyBones you were right all he way up until the end lol. You got no chance Jonnnnnnyyy!!! — Chris Weidman (@ChrisWeidmanUFC) March 26, 2015

Justice.

I want to thank the Brazil Athletic Comm for doing the right thing in making Dober vs Leandro Silva a NO CONTEST pic.twitter.com/s8CKA0gCAs — Dana White (@danawhite) March 26, 2015

With the news this morning I would like to thank the Brazilian Athletic Commission for working hard at being just and correcting mistakes. — Drew Dober (@DrewDober) March 26, 2015

I really appreciate @ufc @danawhite for having my back and helping resolve this problem. They have shown they have their fighter's backs — Drew Dober (@DrewDober) March 26, 2015

Good plan.

When in Rome do as the Romans do! When fighting a Russian train with Russians?? https://t.co/1ntrY5Cad4 — Cowboy Cerrone (@Cowboycerrone) March 26, 2015

Training.

Congrats.

Get well soon. So brutal.

Bad News! I've ruptured my achilles tendon and I am forced to pull out of my UFC fight in Poland. Vid https://t.co/ofcOmAvMbl #illbeback — Jason Saggo (@jasonsaggo) March 26, 2015

Wrasslin'.

Eh?

"@combat_american: @WrestleMania @WWE The New York Badass is taking over WWE pic.twitter.com/QAplXk7N6z" 225lbs and clean as a whistle — phil baroni (@philbaroni) March 27, 2015

Thank you.

It was a great ride the last 6+ yrs w/ @ufc it's time for me to step away. I would like to thank @danawhite @lorenzofertitta for everything. — Nick Catone UFC (@NickCatone) March 25, 2015

TBT.

This Week in Struggle.

I'm getting to that point in training camp where my opponent really starts to piss me off! #UFConFOX15 — Luke Rockhold (@LukeRockhold) March 25, 2015

Sprinted about 2 miles to get to my flight in airport. Missed by 1 min. First time missing a... https://t.co/KPumMDpp5k — Chris Weidman (@ChrisWeidmanUFC) March 24, 2015

Sprinted about 2 miles to get to my flight in airport. Missed by 1 min. First time missing a flight...was delirious in morning, kept hitting snooze button thinking it was someone who kept calling me.... Wahhhhhh A photo posted by Chris Weidman (@chrisweidmanufc) on Mar 24, 2015 at 4:12am PDT





It was actually 903k still prolly less than his show $ "@arielhelwani: Conor: Edgar's last fight drew 675k. That's less than my show money." — Frankie Edgar (@FrankieEdgar) March 27, 2015

Aldo needs a crazy Brazilian translating for him... This soft spoken chick doesn't get the job done — Al Iaquinta (@ALIAQUINTA) March 27, 2015

Then I had to do an awkward stare down with Eddy. Why they don't they just cut and paste some pics.... https://t.co/RbJ6AtI6D6 — Gilbert Melendez (@GilbertMelendez) March 26, 2015

Is it Monday morning? This feels like a Monday morning thing? ☕ pic.twitter.com/dmUXydusyf — 'Rowdy' Bec Rawlings (@RowdyBec) March 25, 2015

#TrueStory I want pizza so bad right now but I can't because I have a job to do...... The sacrifices... https://t.co/EOPFd6ceBH — Nick Newell (@NotoriousNewell) March 24, 2015

Love being asked if I'm the wife/girlfriend every time I'm in a fighter's corner. You know, that's the only reason a female would be there. — Kaitlin Young (@kaitlin_young) March 22, 2015

Can't fit shoes on my feet. Post fight probs. — Anthony Gutierrez (@Sharkbait816) March 22, 2015

HEADED TO THE AIRPORT. NOW TO EXPLAIN TO TSA WHY I HAVE A BULLETPROOF SUIT AND MASK AS A CARRY ON. #superheroproblems pic.twitter.com/YZKJ3uggDf — Phoenix Jones (@ThePhoenixJones) March 26, 2015

I had no underwear on as they were sweaty after training, so they improvised a little protection for... https://t.co/55p1ujIGLB — michael (@bisping) March 23, 2015

Yeah so this happened @officialbodyfortress @officialmetrx team gathering with drinks involved lol! #makeitfit @butterfly9971 A photo posted by Jamie Varner (@jamievarner) on Mar 22, 2015 at 1:13pm PDT





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