Georges St-Pierre picks Royce, Jones, Khabib as UFC GOATs, overlooks Conor McGregor

Former UFC Champ-Champ Georges St-Pierre recently talked to TMZ where he picked Hall of Famer Royce Gracie as greatest UFC fighter of all time. Royce Gracie was one of biggest UFC draws in past, kwn for unique jiu-jitsu style developed by his family. ‘Gracie jiu-jitsu’ became so popular that Royce’s family opened up various dojos and is w hailed as one of best techniques in MMA. While praising his inspiration, Georges St-Pierre stated that Royce Gracie changed sport and “ entire belief system of what a real fight is”.

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Georges St-Pierre n added former light-heavyweight champion Jon Jones and current lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov to list, overlooking former UFC double champion Cor McGregor. While GSP hailed Jones and Nurmagomedov as best, he reiterated that people should never forget impact Royce Gracie had on sport. St-Pierre ted that apart from Gracie, re are many or UFC fighters who should be hailed for making promotion big and paving way for ors.

“Jon Jones is re. Jon Jones, I believe right w is best guy. re's also Khabib that could be re, re's a lot of guys. But we should never forget about guys who were re before us. y paved way for us,” added Georges St-Pierre in interview with TMZ.

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Fans criticise Georges St-Pierre for t picking Cor McGregor

After GSP’s comments, fans took to Twitter and criticised former champion for picking Khabib Nurmagomedov over Cor McGregor. While it can’t be overlooked that Cor McGregor is most profitable fighter to ever enter octagon, it’s also a fact that Nurmagomedov has a better record than Irishman. While Cor McGregor has suffered four losses in his career, Eagle is yet to lose a single fight and is also one of fighters who has accounted for one of Cor McGregor's four defeats in UFC.

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two faced each or at UFC 229, where Cor McGregor lost via a rear-naked choke in fourth round. UFC 229 drew 2.4 million PPV buys, most ever for an MMA event. As of August 2020, Khabib Nurmagomedov is second in men’s pound-for-pound rankings, while Cor McGregor is at tenth spot despite retiring from sport earlier this year. chart is topped by Jon Jones – ar fighter Georges St-Pierre called GOAT.

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