GSP Responds to Pete “Drago” Sell, Discusses UFC 83 Training Camp

St. Pierre firing a high kick at Matt Hughes during their bout at UFC 79: Nemesis. Photo property of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

In a recent interview with the Winnipeg Sun, UFC interim welterweight champion Georges “Rush” St. Pierre discussed his upcoming bout with Matt Serra and responded to Pete “Drago” Sell calling St. Pierre a “mental midget”.

Q: One of Serra’s proteges, Pete Sell, recently called you a mental midget and said “GSP is the type of guy that if they were in a bar, GSP would back down from a fight while Serra is down for whatever.” What are your thoughts on that?

A: Of course I’m not going to fight in a club. It’s just not my thing. If it doesn’t involve me personally or my family, I will avoid it. I believe if you’re a good person and treat people nicely, that incident wouldn’t arise. I think those situations happen to people who are uncomfortable with themselves. Or try to look tough or act like fighters. You attract what you look like. I don’t have anything to prove. When I fight, I do it for a living.

The classy French-Canadian went on to say that he’s spent a great deal of time in Montreal preparing with the likes of Denis Kang, Nathan Marquardt, Rashad Evans, Keith Jardine and others.

Q: How is your training camp?

A: It’s the best so far. A lot of guys from Greg Jackson camp (Nathan Marquardt/Rashad Evans/Keith Jardine) have come to Montreal to help me train and Denis Kang has been here with me the whole time. I’m doing specific training for the Serra fight. I’ve been studying a lot of tape and I have a good strategy going into that fight, but like when you play cards, you can’t show your hand, so I can’t tell you too many specifics.

For the full interview, visit www.winnipegsun.com.