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Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012

Quote of the Day: Dana White on GSP’s UFC 154 Return “The King of Pay-Per-View is Back”

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By FCF Staff

UFC President Dana White has said for some time that the promotion’s welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre is the company’s top pay-per-view draw, and despite being on the sidelines for over a year, that evidently hasn’t changed. When asked on today’s UFC on FOX 5 media call on how St. Pierre’s recent return at UFC 154 drew in terms of PPV buys, White responded by saying:

“The king of pay-per-view is back, let’s put it that way.”

White also relayed that “GSP delivered again” and that the recent event, which saw St. Pierre hand Carlos Condit a unanimous decision loss, “was awesome” for the UFC.

The ZUFFA executive was also asked whether there’s been any progress in terms of putting together an all-star bout between St. Pierre and UFC middleweight champ Anderson Silva, but White said he hasn’t spoke to either man since November 17th.

Recently St. Pierre relayed on a French Canadian television show that a bout with Silva would require him to bulk up and leave the welterweight division, and that he is interested in the fight, but only when the “time is right.”

 

 

 

posted by FCF Staff @ 4:53 pm
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