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St-Pierre's not about P4P rankings - White

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UFC president Dana White may have claimed Frankie Edgar is above Georges St-Pierre in the pound-for-pound rankings, but he insists the legacy of St-Pierre isn't even about hypothetical status.

White stunned the media room after UFC 136 when he claimed only Anderson Silva was ahead of Edgar in the pound-for-pound rankings. That leaves St-Pierre, the long-time welterweight champion, in third position.

St-Pierre has seemingly done it all during his time in the UFC, winning the 170lb strap on two occasions, emerging victorious in his last nine fights. Matt Hughes, BJ Penn, Jon Fitch and Jake Shields, to name just four, have all been swept aside by GSP, who has long been linked with a super-fight with Silva.

The suggestion that Edgar, who has ruled the lightweight division for less than half the time St-Pierre has governed at welterweight, is No. 2 pound-for-pounder sparked mass questions from the media, but White insists St-Pierre has nothing to prove.

"It's not about the No. 2 pound-for-pound ranking or anything like that, Georges St-Pierre has been a dominant champion," White told MMA Weekly.

"You get guys who are supposed to be better at wrestling than him, and he goes in there and outwrestles them. He's been incredibly dominant.

"People always have their criticisms of Georges St-Pierre - 'he doesn't finish', things like this - but this guy is the No. 1 pay-per-view in MMA. He's No. 1 by a long shot. People love him and people want to see him fight.

"He's a professional, he's always in shape, he does everything he's supposed to do, you couldn't meet a nicer guy. You couldn't ask for a better role model, you couldn't ask for a better representative of the sport."

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