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In October of last year, news broke that the homie Georges St-Pierre—whose last five fights before vacating the UFC Welterweight Champion of the World title were wins over Josh Koscheck, Jake Shields, Carlos Condit, Nick Diaz and Johny Hendricks, in that order—had been cleared by his doctor in Los Angeles to get back into his training routine.

At the time I was hyped on the news, just as hyped as I was when I first learned that Anderson Silva was getting back in the gym for the first time following that horrendous leg injury. Then the announcement was made that The Spider was going to come back to the Octagon, and that he was going to fight Nick Diaz upon his return.

With that in mind, maybe Georges St-Pierre would come back, too—especially after it was announced that he was getting back to working out. Dana White even went as far as saying on Fox Sports 1’s UFC Tonight that he truly thinks Georges St-Pierre would return to the UFC for some more fighting.

The news this week, however, is that the former king of the welterweight division and icon of the sport actually has no plans to come back—what a fucking bummer. Georges’ manager, Rodolphe Beaulieu, said in an interview that they’re “working on a few projects but nothing related for him coming back in the Octagon.”

I would love to see GSP come back and fight again, the dude is historic. That being said, however, this might be for the best. As it stands, the welterweight division is so clogged up and confused, that a comeback from GSP would completely disrupt what is already a weird line for the shot at Robbie Lawler’s recently acquired title belt.

Rory MacDonald, Tri Star mate of GSP’s, has had his title shot chances thrown out the window, like, twice at this point—even after the Ultimate Fighting Championship promised him the opportunity. The second time came when they straight up told him "you're not getting it" when they annouced that Hendricks would fight Matt Brown in Colorado. In a commendable reaction, Rory said essentially that he was hurt by the decision to push him off to the side to make way for rematch es or whatever between Lawler and Hendricks and Hendricks and Brown, but that ultimately he’s just going to keep doing him and fuck up whoever they put in front of him.

Rory’s the dude, and he should get his shot. Do people still think he's boring?

Luckily for us, the UFC announced that the shot for Lawler’s title belt will be awarded after Johny Hendricks faces his new opponent, Matt Brown, and after Rory MacDonald faces Hector Lombard in what’s most likely going to be one of the most fire fights the UFC has ever put on. For that, hat tip to the organization.

I guess let GSP stay away for now. His time already was. If he doesn’t come back, so be it, but it’s most likely the best choice. His performance in Captain America was pretty tight, and I keep hearing that Kickboxer might be just as rad when it comes out.

It's doubtful he’ll come back anytime soon, but if he does, he better be ready to turn up because the UFC’s welterweight pool looks quite hellish.

Peace, GSP.

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