Saint-Pierre: I begged Fertitta to hold the tournament in Paris

Dmitriy Kel Sept. 5, 2022, 9:40 a.m.

Former UFC two-weight champion George St. Pierre I remembered how many years ago he persuaded former UFC owner Lorenzo Fertitta to hold a tournament in the capital of France.

“I wanted to fight in Paris. I remember when I competed, I begged Lorenzo Fertitta to hold the tournament in Paris. But at that time this sport was banned in France. I really wanted to fight in Paris because I'm French by birth," St-Pierre said in an interview with ESPN.

Recall that the UFC Fight Night 109 tournament was held in Paris last weekend, which became the first event of the leading MMA promotion in France.

UFC Fight Night 248 tournament results

Here are the results from UFC Fight Night 248, which took place on November 23 ...

UFC Fight Night 248: watch online, streaming links

On November 23, Macau will host UFC Fight Night 248. The broadcast of the preliminary ...

UFC Fight Night 248 weigh-in results

Here are the results of the weigh-ins for UFC Fight Night 248, which takes place ...

Figueredo: "I want to knock out Jan."

Former UFC flyweight champion Deiveson Figueredo has spoken out about his fight with former ...

Jones named a stipulation for the fight with Aspinall

UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones has stated that he will only accept a fight ...

UFC 309. Jones vs. Miocic: watch online, broadcast links

On the night of November 17, the UFC 309 tournament will take place in New ...

Comments

var _paq = window._paq = window._paq || []; _paq.push(['trackPageView']); _paq.push(['enableLinkTracking']); (function() { var u="//mm.magnet.kiev.ua/"; _paq.push(['setTrackerUrl', u+'matomo.php']); _paq.push(['setSiteId', '1']); var d=document, g=d.createElement('script'), s=d.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; g.async=true; g.src=u+'matomo.js'; s.parentNode.insertBefore(g,s); })();