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St-Pierre snaps at suggestion he could have fought

Georges St-Pierre insists no fighter could have fought with the injury he currently has © Getty Images

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Georges St-Pierre was in no mood to be messed with on Friday, setting a reporter straight after it was insinuated that the UFC welterweight champion could have fought through injury against Carlos Condit.

St-Pierre was forced to pull out of this weekend's UFC 137 main event against Condit due to a knee injury. As a result, the pair are now likely to return to the Octagon in February of next year.

Talking to MMA Nation on 106.7 The Fan, St-Pierre's questioner got halfway through the suggestion that other fighters may have fought through the pain - had there not been so much on the line for GSP. "I think some guys take UFC fights injured and, not that they're tougher than you, but they have a lot less to lose..." said the reporter.

At that point St-Pierre butted into the conversation, responding: "Hey, there is something I need to say. Injured like I was, like right now, I cannot do like lateral movement and I cannot grapple at all so nobody would take a fight to be injured like I am.

"There are some little bruises, little 'this and that' but an injury like I have, a sprained MCL and a strained hamstring, you cannot take a fight like this. That's impossible.

"You go like this, you're gonna get killed in a few minutes, in like one minute because you cannot move, you don't have the ability, you don't have the stability and the mobility that you need to have as an athlete and at this level you'll get destroyed."

Explaining the injury in further detail, St-Pierre added: "It's not a light MCL strain. It's a moderate and it's a very strong strain. Moderate, it's bad. It's not very bad like in terms of needing an operation but it's bad enough to not fight. I'm very tough on my body and it's the people around me that had to pull me out of the fight."

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