“Nobody Has Ever Exposed Him There”- Georges St-Pierre Breaks Down How He Would Beat Pound-For-Pound King Kamaru Usman
Historically, the UFC’s welterweight division has been one of its most talent-stacked divisions. The 170-pound division has been the home of all-time greats such as Georges St-Pierre, Matt Hughes, and, more recently, Kamaru Usman.
‘The Nigerian Nightmare’ has defended his belt six times and is just two title defenses behind the all-time leader ‘Rush’. Therefore, it is only natural that fans argue over who the better fighter is and who would win especially since they competed around the same time.
Georges St-Pierre breaks down how he would approach a fight with Kamaru Usman
In a recent interview with James Lynch, ‘Rush’ shared his thoughts on how he would approach a fight with Usman. He said, “Usman has a style that he’s very good at chain wrestling. He’s very good when he puts his opponent against the fence. He can do it all, he’s very well-rounded, he’s very good, but his main specialty in wresting, he’s very good at putting his opponent against the fence and working from there. My style, I was more of a guy that moves. Moves and hit and run, so to speak. That was my game.”
St-Pierre continued, “So my game would’ve been to put him down, but with fakes and proactive and reactive takedowns. I would’ve liked, if I would’ve fought him, try to put him on his back because I’ve never seen him there. So that would’ve been my strategy.”
‘Rush’ added, “Where someone seems stronger than everybody, there’s a place where you need to attack, because sometimes their strength can get transformed to a weak link. Because you never know how he fights on his back. Nobody has ever exposed him there. So there’s guys that are very good wrestlers, but once they’re on their back, they’ve never been there so you don’t know how they will react. So because of that, that’s what I would’ve tried to do in a fight. But would I have succeeded or not? We’ll never know.”
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