DAMN! They Were Good | Remembering Georges St-Pierre, The Greatest Fighter Of All-Time

MMA Fighting

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Sports, News, Sports News

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🗓️ 31 January 2024

⏱️ 174 minutes

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DAMN! They Were Good celebrates the careers of our favorite fighters in MMA history. On the 15th anniversary of his epic clash with B.J. Penn (and the 20th anniversary of his UFC debut), Jed Meshew is joined by Alexander K. Lee and Nick Baldwin to take a deep dive into Georges St-Pierre, the owner of the greatest single career in MMA history. The Prince That Was Promised from almost the moment he stepped into the octagon for the first time, St-Pierre's early career was more difficult that many remember, failing in his first attempt at claiming the welterweight title and then, once he finally broke through and beat Matt Hughes, losing the belt in his first title defense to Matt Serra, in what remains the biggest upset in MMA history. Setbacks like that could have broken a lesser fighter but instead they spurred St-Pierre on to even greater heights as he would reclaim the title and then put together one of the most dominant runs in the history of MMA, rewriting the record books and redefining what it means to be a professional cage fighter. What were our favorite moments, where did St-Pierre fall short and who exactly is Roberta Bondar? Listen in as we remember the spectacular career of one of MMA's all time greats. Follow Jed Meshew: @JedKMeshew Follow Alexander K. Lee: @AlexanderKLee Follow Nick Baldwin: @NickBaldwinMMA Subscribe to MMA Fighting Check out our full video catalog Like MMA Fighting on Facebook Follow on Twitter Read More: http://www.mmafighting.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:20.9	another episode of damn they Were Good back to back weeks ladies and gentlemen. It wasn't entirely planned out, but if you just got done listening to the Kimbo Slice episode, you're welcome because that was obviously a treat for you and we got
1:35.6	another one because this week on this Wednesday in fact a monumental event
1:41.3	occurred many years ago. Some may say the biggest fight in
1:45.6	U of C history, not still, certainly was at the time. Talking of course about the
1:51.9	original super fight, George St. Pierre versus
1:54.6	B.J. Penn at U.S. 94 and also as I found out very recently from one of the
2:01.1	panelists on the show, also the 20 year anniversary of GSP's
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