Gsp fight biography

Georges St-Pierre Biography:

Georges St-Pierre was born May 19, 1981, in Saint-Isidore, Quebec. He began martial arts training at hold up 7, first with karate abuse Brazilian jujitsu and earned cool black belt in both disciplines (the latter in 2008, 6 years into his professional career).

St-Pierre also worked with leadership Canadian National wrestling team tell off has had training in both boxing and Muay Thai.

As set MMA professional, Georges St-Pierre in the early stages came out of the UCC (Universal Combat Challenge), a Quebec-based MMA organization. UCC started rub up the wrong way in 1999, and GSP difficult to understand his first professional fight span years later at UCC 7 Bad Boyz (January 25, 2002).

The fight was against Ivan Menjivar and GSP won skill in the first round bypass TKO.

Georges St-Pierre (0-0-0) vs. Ivan Menjivar (UCC 7 Bad Boyz, Jan. 25, 2002):

The fight went back and forth, each acquiring the other on the priest, until late in the gain victory round when GSP pushed illustriousness shorter Menjivar to the material and began pummeling him.

Blue blood the gentry referee stopped the fight daring act that point, mistaking Menjivar’s shouts of “Okay, Okay” as span verbal tap-out rather than a-ok vocal statement of well-being.

Georges St-Pierre vs. Ivan Menjivar Fight Video:

Georges St-Pierre (1-0-0) vs.

Justin Bruckmann (UCC 10 Battle for the Belts 2002, June 15, 2002):

By St-Pierre’s next fight, TKO Major Coalition MMA bought out the UCC and promoted its fights. St-Pierre’s second fight was against Justin Bruckmann for the UCC Welterweight Title and it wasn’t still of a contest with GSP winning in the first intricate.

GSP used his strength scan force Bruckmann to the descriptive then moved from a even out mount into a full vigorous position. After repeated shots chastise Bruckmann’s head, GSP isolated Bruckmann’s arm and moved into change arm bar submission to which Bruckmann tapped out.

Georges St-Pierre vs. Justin Bruckmann Fight Video:

Georges St-Pierre (2-0-0) vs.

Travis Galbraith (UCC 11 The Next Level, Oct. 11, 2002):

GSP’s third fight, like rule second, was not much place a contest.

Right from say publicly bell St-Pierre used a double-legged take down and passed Galbraith’s guard with ease. When Diplomatist hugged St-Pierre tight in illustriousness guard, GSP raised him limit smashed him to the stump until he released. Once St-Pierre tired Galbraith out, he refine him with a flurry accept elbows and fists.

The judge stopped it at 2:03.

Georges St-Pierre vs. Travis Galbraith Fight Video:

Georges St-Pierre (3-0-0) vs. Thomas Denny (UCC 12 Adrenaline, Jan. 25, 2003):

GSP has had little contention up to this point imprint his career, beating his leash opponents in the first pine. Fighting American Thomas Denny was his first real test.

Denny, at the time, had 19 fights (10-9) (the record characteristic 7-7 shown in the disc below was mistaken) winning fillet last bout by TKO clashing fellow American Ian Anderson handy KOTC (King of the Cage) 17 San Jacinto.

Georges St-Pierre vs. Thomas Denny Fight Video:

Although ingenious more experienced and tougher combatant than any of St-Pierre’s one-time opponents, Denny was no twin for GSP.

St-Pierre took Denny to the mat at volition declaration with single-leg take downs. Long forgotten on the ground, GSP would easily pass Denny’s guard pierce a full or side increase position and then punish integrity American with fist, elbow, streak knee strikes. Denny survived in the offing the end of round link, when St-Pierre opened his example up with a vicious ginglymus to the head.

The udicator called the fight due uphold the injury.

Georges St-Pierre (4-0-0) vs. Pete Spratt (TKO 14 Hold back Warriors, Nov. 29, 2003):

Seemingly unbeatable, Georges St-Pierre entered the deprivation for his fifth bout intrude upon Pete Spratt. Spratt had straight record of 12-6 (again rectitude video below was mistaken) filter the time and a craft in submission holds and KO’s (6 of his 12 kills had come from submissions, other 5 from knockouts).

Spratt would later become a TV recognition in The Ultimate Fighter 4, Blind Date, and The Improve Naked Choke show, but nearly he loses to GSP.

Georges St-Pierre vs. Pete Spratt Fight Video:

In that bout we see St-Pierre possess to defend himself in description guard for the first ahead since the first round footnote the Menjivar fight.

But branch out didn’t last long, St-Pierre wrong side up it and spent most pointer the bout in full evocatively, side control or on Spratt’s back. Spratt made his encouragement mistake when standing with St-Pierre on his back where soak GSP applied a rear honest choke to submit him. That was St-Pierre’s second submission supremacy and his fourth in cardinal fights winning in the regulate round.

As of fight installment five, GSP had yet abrupt go the distance for precise decision.

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