![]() ![]() ![]() St-Pierre’s forehead got busted open and his face turned into a crimson mask. The Canadian fighter had takedowns in each of the first two rounds as the packed MSG crowd roared for the fan favorite. St-Pierre cited the need for a mental breather before he wanted to train and fight again.Īgainst the trash-talking Bisping, St-Pierre fought like he had only four months off, not four years. ![]() The 36-year-old St-Pierre had been the UFC’s 170lb champion for nearly six years, winning 12 straight fights with nine consecutive title defenses when he walked away. UFC 217 goes on the short list of one of the promotion’s great – and a promotion at a crossroads got a vintage performance from an MMA legend in St-Pierre and a breakthrough outing from Namajunas that stamped her as the face of the women’s division. TJ Dillashaw won the bantamweight championship and Rose Namajunas won the strawweight title on the pay-per-view card. St-Pierre’s win in the main event made it 3 for 3 for the championship challengers at Madison Square Garden in what was easily UFC’s card of the year. ![]()
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