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St-Pierre plans to change tactics for Koscheck rematch

Josh Koscheck's wrestling could prove the match of Georges St-Pierre © UFC

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Georges St-Pierre has told Josh Koscheck he is happy to fight him anywhere, although the champion does concede that he will need to come up with a new plan of attack to retain his title.

Koscheck set up a rematch with the welterweight king by dominating Paul Daley at UFC 113, and the bout will provide the climax to season 12 of The Ultimate Fighter reality series. However, Koscheck for once refused to stack the odds against him, issuing a flat 'no' in response to the suggestion that the pair could fight in Montreal.

Having already lost once to St-Pierre, this is Koscheck's first title shot, and he aims to make the most of it. St-Pierre is happy to fight wherever his opponent wants but, having outwrestled his foe in their first battle, admits a change of tactics will be necessary in the rematch.

"As long as it's a fair fight and there are no biased judges, everything is fair. I'm agreed to do it wherever it is. I don't care," GSP told MMA Weekly.

"He's a different fighter than when I fought him the first time. The first time I had the element of surprise. I was able to take him out of his comfort zone by using my wrestling skills.

"He didn't know how my wrestling was. This time I don't have this element of surprise, but I'm going to have to use another element of surprise you guys might find out in the fight."

As for Koscheck himself, St-Pierre admits he likes the AKA man, despite his wind-up taunts to the Canadian public after the Daley fight.

"He's a perfect villain," said GSP. "I like him even more because of this. I like Josh Koscheck, he's awesome. It's going to build up the fight better saying bad things to each other."

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