Bad news for GSP fans…
In a recent development, welterweight champion, Georges St Pierre has been forced to withdraw from his scheduled appearance in the UFC 137 main event against Carlos Condit.
A knee injury suffered in training is the culprit for the removal.
UFC President Dana White took to twitter with the announcement moments ago.
“I just landed in NYC and what do I always says”, read the message from White. “I have to deal with bad shit everyday!! GSP is out with an injury.”
He continued…
“It’s GSP’s knee. We will sit Carlos to wait for GSP. It’s looking so far like he could be ready in a couple months. Still too early to tell”
The main event slot will now be filled by a three-round affair between BJ Penn and Nick Diaz. The two welterweights will battle it out for what is expected to be a one-off fight for a title shot of their own. However the injury of GSP will delay the division’s title picture for the next few months according to UFC president Dana White.
“UFC 137: Penn vs. Diaz” is set to take place on October 29th from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. The pay-per-view event was set to feature a welterweight championship bout between George St Pierre and Carlos Condit. However GSP was forced to withdraw from a knee injury and in his place will come BJ Penn vs. Nick Diaz.
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man…if ur a true fighter no pain no gain…..wats a fight if u cant fight thru pain….i can see a broken arm,leg,dislocation of some sort, i train and i have faught in the cage b4, and if ur willing to bang u will get in there and jus 4get about it, im in here to fight not nag about an injury…maybe gsp thinks this fight is not big enuff for him???man bj fights sick, shogun fights injured, couture fought old, etc….this cards probably not makin nuff $$$…penn and diaz was really the main event anyway…really wanted 2 c diaz and pierre though…
Such a dumba*s!!!!!!
Sad Panda…
I heard Fitch is now healthy as fuck , perfect timming to put him against condit in main event so he can now shut up is mouth too….and if he win put him againt winner of bj/diaz for #1 contender , cause condit dont deserve to ”wait” he luck boxed the fight….and btw if you think gsp is ducking condit your an idiot..
Man he’s injured!! It’s not fake, champions don’t fight injured, they’ll fight at 80% & above maybe, but this must be legit injury for him to pull out!! I was really looking forward to this card & Condit’s chances of maybe pulling off an upset, but seems like the better fight was & is Penn vs Diaz, but fuuuuuuuuck I don’t feel like spending another $60 to watch it haha
What a puss
bummer…
everyone in hilo knows who will win…lol….gsp did worse than diaz…diaz didnt show up for a press conference and gets punished….says diaz is not a true champion jus cause he aint showed up 4 a press conference to advertise there fight, and if diaz did???? pierre again would be comin up with excuses…atleast diaz still fights and its against a friend….id rather turn a fight down cause its my friend than a dam injury….
Seriously do people now a days don’t have logic or rationale? He’s injured, this shit happens!! The only thing GSP is ducking is moving up to middleweight, other then that he’ll fight anybody in the welterweight division, it’s just now we have to wait, I personally would have loved to see any of the proposed scheduled fights of GSP vs Diaz/Condit, but that’s going to be put on hold, so for now we’ll have to see Diaz & Penn just SCRAP it out!!
Carlos does not have what it takes to be Champion, my next opponent will be Sean Pierson. He will be my toughest opponent yet.
It must be nice to just set on the computer and diss guys that actually put their ass on the line.I was looking forward to the GSP/Condit fight too.But guys get hurt in training,it sucks,but it happens.I’ve had to pull guys out of fights several times over injuries,its part of the game.But what on earth would make anybody believe that the guy,most favored to win this fight,would fake an injury just so he’d still have to fight the same guy in a couple of months escapes me.Before making meaningless comments some people ought to grow a pair and step in the cage first.
Agreed… All these keyboard warriors believe that someone should fight injured??? Come on they are probably the first one’s to call into work sick when the are really hung over. Most fighters are never 100% when they enter the cage but if you’re less than 80% risking your belt you should probably put the fight off. Which is what happened, read again people the fight will happen in a few months. PED’s? Greasing? WTF? Keyboard warrior’s, HA!!!
the big draw here is Diaz and BJ lets get some new contracts so that DIAZ and BJ can get PAID
If what Dana said is true that GSP might come back in two months, I think something is fishy. Who ever heard of coming back from a knee injury in two months? With a knee injury you can’t work out and you would get out of fight shape. I think the knee injury is a red herring. There has to be some other reason why GSP can make it to UFC137.
exactly.
Maybe a week wasn’t enough time to cycle off?
hahaha that was my first thought. Firaz Zahabi just went public and said it was a “bad sprain”.
I’ve sprained my knee, I still went to work, and it wasn’t to a desk job.
Bjpenn.com were all conspiracy theorys are welcome.
u mean WHERE not WERE lolZ
Probably didn’t seem like there was anything good for superbowl weekend so dana pushed it back
It was planned.
Diaz sell more PPV … GSPs so borring now he have more haters than fans.
wow wtf…….. only a lil over a week til the fight.. fuck it, ufc 137 got BJ Penn as MAIN EVENT.
Too much gymnastics. That lay n pray wears on your knees.
hahaha
Yet you don’t know how to put capitalize the h in Henry.
And ur to stupid to say somthing abt his argument, and instead u bitch abt how he types? wow dude, wouldnt wana get in a bitch fit with u. faggot…
ellenberger vs condit rematch lets go
love the pic
So basically we have to pay the same PPV charge without the original main event…this sucks….
now gsp will only have fought once this year lmao yea that guys a real champion alright.
To all the people saying you cant fight injured, bullshit, just look at anderson silva when he fought chael sonnen, silva had a dislocated shoulder a matter of days before the fight, sonnen was on testosterone, and silva still pulled of a victory in the 5th will a triangle choke, thats a real champion, and everyone knows welterweight is the weakest division in the UFC……just for the record no fighter enters the octagon 100% dana says that himself..
How about a five round non title bout!……war BJ!!
:(
Dana should be offering this PPV at half price if he wants to improve subscription. Last UFC figures weren’t so good and a lot of people will be avoiding this one now. GSP has a huge fan base.