1 00:00:52,970 --> 00:00:56,520 When you look at the sport of mixed martial arts, 2 00:00:56,640 --> 00:00:59,390 there's a mysterious element to it. 3 00:01:01,771 --> 00:01:06,691 If 2 people enter a cage and there can be only one winner, 4 00:01:06,817 --> 00:01:09,857 the odds of victory should be roughly 50/50. 5 00:01:09,987 --> 00:01:11,567 And if you look at the career 6 00:01:11,697 --> 00:01:14,077 of the average mixed martial arts athlete, 7 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:16,330 that's exactly what happens. 8 00:01:16,452 --> 00:01:20,082 They win one, they lose one. They win one, they lose one. 9 00:01:21,582 --> 00:01:23,672 But then there are the champions. 10 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:31,010 And one has to ask: "What makes them different?" 11 00:02:19,473 --> 00:02:22,983 I used to teach a beginner's class. 12 00:02:23,102 --> 00:02:26,152 We would introduce people to the sport of jiu-jitsu. 13 00:02:26,272 --> 00:02:29,732 And one night, Georges walked in. I had no idea who he was. 14 00:02:29,859 --> 00:02:32,569 He just looked like a young, athletic fellow 15 00:02:32,695 --> 00:02:34,485 and came in like anyone else. 16 00:02:35,990 --> 00:02:39,450 He spoke very little English in those days. 17 00:02:39,577 --> 00:02:43,577 He knew that you paid money to train. 18 00:02:43,706 --> 00:02:46,786 But he didn't know how to ask: "How much do I pay?" 19 00:02:49,795 --> 00:02:53,755 Georges walks in, takes all his money out of his pocket 20 00:02:53,883 --> 00:02:57,473 and just puts it on the table and looks at me. 21 00:02:57,595 --> 00:03:00,305 And that's how he would pay. He would just walk in. 22 00:03:00,431 --> 00:03:02,931 In the end, it became, like, a weekly thing. 23 00:03:03,058 --> 00:03:04,728 And then, after a couple weeks: 24 00:03:04,852 --> 00:03:07,942 "I can't take any more of this. Just keep your money!" 25 00:03:08,063 --> 00:03:09,773 And he would come in and train. 26 00:03:25,122 --> 00:03:27,962 Ladies and gentleman, 4 minutes, 8 seconds! 27 00:04:19,385 --> 00:04:24,055 Baby, bring me back to the house. 28 00:04:51,792 --> 00:04:54,212 Yeah, I found my way back home. 29 00:05:12,354 --> 00:05:15,234 I found my way back home. 30 00:05:15,357 --> 00:05:17,397 The first time I wanted to... 31 00:05:17,526 --> 00:05:19,896 that I heard about mixed martial arts 32 00:05:20,029 --> 00:05:22,069 is I was at my friend's house. 33 00:05:22,197 --> 00:05:24,737 He rented a DVD. 34 00:05:26,535 --> 00:05:28,575 The guy that won the tournament was Royce Gracie. 35 00:05:28,704 --> 00:05:30,754 He was smaller than everyone else. 36 00:05:30,873 --> 00:05:34,253 He looked, literally, like a kid fighting a grown man. 37 00:05:36,086 --> 00:05:39,046 And right away, when I see him win, I got inspired 38 00:05:39,173 --> 00:05:41,093 and I wanted to become like him, 39 00:05:41,216 --> 00:05:45,096 and I wanted to become champion as well. 40 00:05:45,220 --> 00:05:48,930 After the mixed martial arts came in here, it was made... 41 00:05:49,058 --> 00:05:52,138 It was on the Native American reserve in Kahnawake, 42 00:05:52,269 --> 00:05:54,229 because it was illegal at the time. 43 00:06:16,919 --> 00:06:18,459 I saw Kristof. 44 00:06:18,587 --> 00:06:21,297 He knocked out the guy in, like, 9 seconds. 45 00:06:21,423 --> 00:06:23,183 He was, like, amazing. 46 00:06:26,345 --> 00:06:28,215 Yeah! 47 00:08:07,070 --> 00:08:09,410 I was not a popular kid. 48 00:08:09,531 --> 00:08:13,411 Girls didn't like me. I didn't have much friends. 49 00:08:15,287 --> 00:08:17,747 When you're not cool, you hang out with not-cool people. 50 00:08:17,873 --> 00:08:19,333 Things are hard. 51 00:08:31,136 --> 00:08:32,636 I remember I was at school. 52 00:08:33,096 --> 00:08:36,426 I was not listening to what the teacher was explaining to me. 53 00:08:36,558 --> 00:08:41,438 I was thinking about how I'm gonna get out of school, 54 00:08:41,563 --> 00:08:44,443 reach the bus before the kids, uh... 55 00:08:44,566 --> 00:08:47,856 grab me and beat me up, you know? 56 00:08:57,204 --> 00:09:00,584 I was a very proud person, so I had a lot of ego. 57 00:09:00,707 --> 00:09:03,747 And even young... It was a big problem for me. 58 00:09:06,922 --> 00:09:09,302 So I come back, I passed through them, 59 00:09:09,424 --> 00:09:12,844 and I remember I swing one of them as hard as I can. 60 00:09:16,807 --> 00:09:19,057 I took such a beating. 61 00:09:25,107 --> 00:09:27,987 I knew I was doing the right thing, and I was like: 62 00:09:28,110 --> 00:09:30,650 "Man, these guys, next time they mess with me," 63 00:09:30,779 --> 00:09:33,319 "they know, at least, I'm not an easy target." 64 00:09:33,448 --> 00:09:35,948 And, you know, I was a proud person, you know. 65 00:09:36,076 --> 00:09:37,786 I always wanted to be respected. 66 00:10:26,251 --> 00:10:30,261 He began taking the beginner's class, 67 00:10:30,380 --> 00:10:34,050 and I noted immediately he was physically strong. 68 00:10:34,176 --> 00:10:37,256 Nothing crazy, just a good, athletic fellow 69 00:10:37,387 --> 00:10:39,387 who seemed to be very interested in the sport 70 00:10:39,514 --> 00:10:42,064 and trained with gusto and enthusiasm. 71 00:10:42,184 --> 00:10:43,984 But really nothing exceptional. 72 00:10:44,102 --> 00:10:46,272 There was nothing that made me look at him and say: 73 00:10:46,396 --> 00:10:49,106 "My God, one day this guy's gonna be a world champion." 74 00:10:51,860 --> 00:10:53,490 As I trained with him more, 75 00:10:53,862 --> 00:10:57,412 I discovered that he was, in fact, travelling all the way from Montreal. 76 00:10:58,909 --> 00:11:01,119 And he would show up most weekends. 77 00:11:01,244 --> 00:11:04,414 And I also learned that he had very little money. 78 00:11:06,416 --> 00:11:09,416 He would stay at very, very cheap flophouses in the city. 79 00:11:09,544 --> 00:11:12,764 And I was immediately impressed by his enthusiasm. 80 00:11:12,881 --> 00:11:14,301 I had students 81 00:11:14,758 --> 00:11:17,638 who complained about coming 15 minutes from Brooklyn to class, 82 00:11:17,761 --> 00:11:19,561 and this guy was coming 7 hours from Montreal, 83 00:11:19,680 --> 00:11:21,350 coming across an international border. 84 00:11:23,266 --> 00:11:25,436 As the weeks and months went by 85 00:11:25,560 --> 00:11:28,810 he just kept showing up, showing up. 86 00:12:13,358 --> 00:12:15,438 You could start out like this. 87 00:12:24,161 --> 00:12:27,461 There's an interesting question you can ask about Georges St-Pierre. 88 00:12:27,581 --> 00:12:29,291 And he's very honest about this. 89 00:12:29,416 --> 00:12:31,416 He'll tell you: "I'm not the best wrestler." 90 00:12:33,503 --> 00:12:37,513 "Nor am I the best boxer, nor the best kickboxer." 91 00:12:37,632 --> 00:12:40,182 "Nor am I the best jiu-jitsu guy." 92 00:12:43,013 --> 00:12:47,523 And yet, his career clearly shows him dominating 93 00:12:47,642 --> 00:12:49,852 extremely talented people 94 00:12:49,978 --> 00:12:52,808 who, apparently, have greater skills than him 95 00:12:52,939 --> 00:12:54,109 in all of these areas. 96 00:12:57,486 --> 00:13:00,606 So you gotta ask yourself a question: "How is that possible?" 97 00:13:00,739 --> 00:13:02,409 And down again! 98 00:13:02,532 --> 00:13:04,692 And that's a fascinating question. How did it happen? 99 00:13:04,743 --> 00:13:07,003 Not just once, but throughout his career. 100 00:13:09,956 --> 00:13:11,076 Tap, tap, tap, tap, tap! 101 00:13:11,875 --> 00:13:16,665 Georges was merging skills from different martial arts, 102 00:13:16,797 --> 00:13:19,877 in ways that his competitors couldn't keep up with. 103 00:13:22,928 --> 00:13:26,638 He's the only student I've had who taught me more than I taught him. 104 00:13:31,269 --> 00:13:33,059 I see tons of guys 105 00:13:33,188 --> 00:13:35,938 who people think have the potential to be big stars. 106 00:13:36,066 --> 00:13:38,896 You never know until they really get to a level 107 00:13:39,027 --> 00:13:42,027 where they start to fight the best in the world. 108 00:13:42,155 --> 00:13:45,525 Georges St-Pierre was just dominating, destroying guys at that level. 109 00:13:59,297 --> 00:14:00,917 As Georges progressed, 110 00:14:01,049 --> 00:14:04,679 he had some early successes in the UFC 111 00:14:04,803 --> 00:14:06,563 and perhaps before his time, 112 00:14:06,680 --> 00:14:09,560 was put in to fight Matt Hughes for the world championship 113 00:14:09,683 --> 00:14:10,933 at a very young age. 114 00:14:25,490 --> 00:14:29,910 He fought a dominant world champion... 115 00:14:31,246 --> 00:14:35,326 with no more than 10% to 15% of his potential 116 00:14:35,458 --> 00:14:37,038 and was winning the fight. 117 00:14:37,168 --> 00:14:40,128 Made a critical error, a beginner's error, really. 118 00:14:46,011 --> 00:14:50,641 Georges lost to a basic submission hold. It never should've happened. 119 00:14:52,601 --> 00:14:56,151 He lost not so much because Matt Hughes beat him, 120 00:14:56,271 --> 00:14:59,901 but because he made a series of obvious mistakes. 121 00:15:03,570 --> 00:15:07,490 So, we talked after this, and he said: 122 00:15:07,616 --> 00:15:11,446 "Train me not so much in jiu-jitsu, but in fighting." 123 00:15:15,040 --> 00:15:18,500 And that's when things started getting interesting. 124 00:15:19,878 --> 00:15:22,258 Turn and mount. From half-guard scenario. 125 00:15:22,380 --> 00:15:23,970 Let's give it a try, fellas. 126 00:15:24,966 --> 00:15:27,636 As he goes to elbows, then score, score, score! 127 00:15:27,761 --> 00:15:30,721 Good. Now flatten him out. And now... 128 00:15:30,847 --> 00:15:32,887 Beautiful! 129 00:15:43,735 --> 00:15:45,355 Beautiful! 130 00:15:45,487 --> 00:15:48,317 I have a wonderful crew with me, 131 00:15:48,448 --> 00:15:50,688 of trainers and training partners that I'm lucky to have. 132 00:15:54,412 --> 00:15:57,542 The guy who puts it all together is Firas. 133 00:15:57,666 --> 00:15:59,826 Firas Zahabi, who is his head trainer, 134 00:15:59,960 --> 00:16:02,210 who's another brilliant, brilliant guy. 135 00:16:02,337 --> 00:16:06,007 Having guys like Danaher, having guys like Firas Zahabi 136 00:16:06,132 --> 00:16:09,552 and having this tight mind-group. 137 00:16:09,678 --> 00:16:11,928 Beautiful! 138 00:16:12,055 --> 00:16:16,265 No egos. All trying to figure out what is the best way 139 00:16:16,393 --> 00:16:18,143 for Georges to overcome this fighter. 140 00:16:23,775 --> 00:16:28,695 In the beginning, I used to beat people by overpowering them. 141 00:16:28,822 --> 00:16:32,032 But in UFC, this is more like a chess match. 142 00:16:32,158 --> 00:16:34,908 At one point, it's not athletic, you know? 143 00:16:35,036 --> 00:16:37,326 It's also brain and analyzing stuff. 144 00:17:15,702 --> 00:17:17,082 Georges is excellent 145 00:17:17,746 --> 00:17:20,956 at finding his opponent's weaknesses. And that's why I always say, 146 00:17:21,082 --> 00:17:24,292 he's the perfect counter-fighter. He's the perfect antagonist. 147 00:17:24,419 --> 00:17:27,709 Whatever you do well, he'll avoid and take you into the realm 148 00:17:27,839 --> 00:17:29,259 where you're weakest. 149 00:17:31,551 --> 00:17:33,221 If you look at Georges 150 00:17:33,553 --> 00:17:37,643 he's the best in the world at dictating the direction of a fight. 151 00:17:37,766 --> 00:17:40,476 Why? 'Cause he's the master of shoot box. 152 00:17:43,438 --> 00:17:45,188 Shoot box enables me to determine: 153 00:17:45,315 --> 00:17:48,525 Will this fight stay standing or will it go to the ground? 154 00:18:03,541 --> 00:18:06,211 If Georges wants it to go to the ground, it will. 155 00:18:06,336 --> 00:18:09,506 If Georges doesn't want it to go to the ground, it won't. 156 00:18:14,094 --> 00:18:15,804 If you came in tight... 157 00:18:17,305 --> 00:18:19,385 Boom! See, now I have time to move. 158 00:18:19,516 --> 00:18:21,346 I have distance to follow you. 159 00:18:21,476 --> 00:18:23,306 Yes, sir! 160 00:18:23,436 --> 00:18:27,146 Georges is one of those guys, when you teach him something, 161 00:18:27,273 --> 00:18:29,533 when he's just getting the hang of it, 162 00:18:29,651 --> 00:18:32,071 and he's just kind of feeling his way through it. 163 00:18:32,195 --> 00:18:34,025 And then he goes home, 164 00:18:34,155 --> 00:18:37,405 and the next day, he comes back and he has it perfectly down. 165 00:18:37,534 --> 00:18:38,834 Good! 166 00:18:38,952 --> 00:18:40,332 And I just say to myself. 167 00:18:40,745 --> 00:18:43,115 "I wonder how long he worked in the mirror last night?" 168 00:18:44,415 --> 00:18:45,915 Nice Superman punch! 169 00:18:46,251 --> 00:18:48,041 Led with the left, followed with a kick. 170 00:18:48,169 --> 00:18:50,930 You see some of Georges' fights. He just walked through 'em so easy. 171 00:18:53,091 --> 00:18:54,761 Those are the things we work on, though. 172 00:19:00,014 --> 00:19:01,984 A lot of people watch Georges and be like: 173 00:19:02,100 --> 00:19:04,060 "Oh, he does the Superman punch!" 174 00:19:05,145 --> 00:19:07,145 Georges knows when he's doing it. They don't. 175 00:19:10,483 --> 00:19:14,573 We do it in a way that we know is gonna work to benefit him in a fight. 176 00:19:15,655 --> 00:19:17,315 Nice! 177 00:19:23,037 --> 00:19:25,247 Superman punch! 178 00:19:25,373 --> 00:19:27,043 One thing about fighters, 179 00:19:27,167 --> 00:19:30,127 we have to have a killer instinct, 180 00:19:30,253 --> 00:19:34,803 and that's what that wolf in me and Georges have in common. 181 00:19:36,718 --> 00:19:40,638 If we hurt somebody, we know to go for the kill. 182 00:19:42,599 --> 00:19:44,349 Yeah! 183 00:19:44,684 --> 00:19:48,614 Sean Sherk looks to be in pain. His nose might be broken there. 184 00:19:52,317 --> 00:19:54,647 - He's coming up. That's it! - That's it! 185 00:19:54,777 --> 00:19:55,977 That's it! Wow! 186 00:19:56,571 --> 00:19:59,781 I believe Sean Sherk has a broken nose. 187 00:19:59,908 --> 00:20:03,788 I fought Hughes the first time. He beat me fair and square. 188 00:20:03,912 --> 00:20:06,082 I'm gonna go on my knees like that 189 00:20:06,206 --> 00:20:10,076 and ask the UFC management to give me a world-title shot. 190 00:20:10,210 --> 00:20:13,170 Please! I want the belt so bad! Give it to me! 191 00:20:13,296 --> 00:20:15,796 I'm not gonna do one mistake this time. 192 00:20:15,924 --> 00:20:19,304 Give me a chance for the belt. Thank you very much! 193 00:21:21,447 --> 00:21:24,367 He grew up in St. Isidore, Quebec 194 00:21:24,492 --> 00:21:27,162 where he trained in his parent's dusty basement. 195 00:21:59,444 --> 00:22:02,364 Two UFC warriors 196 00:22:02,488 --> 00:22:07,948 have now entered the Octagon to go to war for the @nd time 197 00:22:08,077 --> 00:22:12,037 to see who will leave the champion! 198 00:22:13,374 --> 00:22:14,634 Yeah! 199 00:22:17,378 --> 00:22:20,468 You'll see the stare down in this fight. 200 00:22:20,590 --> 00:22:22,260 Georges is looking right at him. 201 00:22:22,383 --> 00:22:23,593 Shake hands! 202 00:22:24,344 --> 00:22:26,930 I remember asking Georges: "Are you scared of him? You fear him?" 203 00:22:26,954 --> 00:22:29,994 And he's like: "No." "I wanna see it at the stare down. 204 00:22:30,016 --> 00:22:32,386 "I wanna look in your eyes and see if you're scared." 205 00:22:32,518 --> 00:22:36,558 'Cause the first fight, Georges will look everywhere but Matt Hughes. 206 00:22:36,689 --> 00:22:39,569 And look at that face he's making. He's back. 207 00:22:39,692 --> 00:22:41,742 The welterweight championship! 208 00:22:41,861 --> 00:22:44,741 Here we go! Are you ready? Are you ready? Let's get it on! 209 00:23:06,511 --> 00:23:09,721 Matt's standing on his feet! 210 00:23:09,847 --> 00:23:14,637 Nice work by Georges St-Pierre here! He cleans up very well. 211 00:23:16,604 --> 00:23:18,824 - He is doing a great job... - Wow! 212 00:23:18,940 --> 00:23:21,780 Of scrambling out of that takedown. 213 00:23:21,901 --> 00:23:22,901 Whoo! 214 00:23:24,445 --> 00:23:25,855 Oh! Great kick! 215 00:23:27,365 --> 00:23:29,485 Oh! Great kick! 216 00:23:42,338 --> 00:23:45,678 The champion! Unbelievable shot! 217 00:24:23,588 --> 00:24:25,918 To be able to be world champion 218 00:24:26,048 --> 00:24:29,888 in the most prestigious organization of the mixed martial arts, 219 00:24:30,011 --> 00:24:32,681 it was the greatest achievement of my life. 220 00:25:11,385 --> 00:25:16,135 I've been angry one time during a fight and I lost that fight. 221 00:25:16,265 --> 00:25:19,595 Georges had just won the world title, so now he's in the ring, 222 00:25:19,727 --> 00:25:21,477 fighting for his first title defence, 223 00:25:21,604 --> 00:25:24,074 and got knocked out in the 1st round. Round One. 224 00:25:24,190 --> 00:25:26,900 I don't know, probably, like, 30 seconds of the fight. 225 00:25:27,026 --> 00:25:28,356 And he was knocked out. 226 00:25:28,945 --> 00:25:31,695 So it looks like Georges isn't all Georges is made out to be. 227 00:25:34,283 --> 00:25:38,253 Everybody said: "Matt Serra has no chance." 228 00:25:38,371 --> 00:25:40,711 He was an eight to one favourite. Everybody told Georges: 229 00:25:40,831 --> 00:25:43,671 "You're too tall. You're too strong. You're too fast. You're too..." 230 00:25:43,793 --> 00:25:46,133 Everybody around him was telling me how he's unbeatable, 231 00:25:46,254 --> 00:25:47,764 and this fight is a joke. 232 00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:49,920 You know what? Matt Serra didn't believe that. 233 00:25:50,049 --> 00:25:51,679 This is not figure skating. 234 00:25:51,801 --> 00:25:53,801 This is not synchronized swimming. 235 00:25:53,928 --> 00:25:56,758 This is the hardest game in human sports, 236 00:25:56,889 --> 00:25:59,979 and when you're the baddest motherfucker on the planet 237 00:26:00,101 --> 00:26:02,691 like Georges St-Pierre, you can't have an off day. 238 00:26:11,862 --> 00:26:13,822 I remember he caught me with a punch. 239 00:26:16,325 --> 00:26:18,285 And I got angry. 240 00:26:18,411 --> 00:26:21,211 Because everybody were expecting me to win. 241 00:26:24,625 --> 00:26:30,045 I'm a very proud person and I wanted to give it back to him right away. 242 00:26:50,276 --> 00:26:55,406 Matt Serra is the welterweight champion of the world! 243 00:26:55,531 --> 00:26:57,371 That was incredible! 244 00:26:57,491 --> 00:27:01,541 That day was the most humiliating day of my life. 245 00:27:01,662 --> 00:27:04,423 You know, we've talked about his punching power before. 246 00:27:04,498 --> 00:27:07,168 - That was incredible! - Fucking awesome! 247 00:27:07,293 --> 00:27:11,053 - But I learned a big lesson. - Wow! 248 00:27:11,172 --> 00:27:15,012 Left my ego outside of the Octagon. 249 00:27:30,232 --> 00:27:32,692 Georges had a lot of mental issues. 250 00:27:32,818 --> 00:27:36,158 He had to figure out how to get over this hump, 251 00:27:36,280 --> 00:27:38,820 that he'd just been knocked out. That's something very fragile. 252 00:27:38,949 --> 00:27:40,989 That's something very delicate for a fighter, 253 00:27:41,118 --> 00:27:43,698 to have just been knocked out for the first time in his life. 254 00:27:45,790 --> 00:27:50,420 Normally, when I go to fight, I fight like there is no tomorrow. 255 00:27:50,544 --> 00:27:56,184 In that fight, I felt like I had some stuff to do after the fight. 256 00:27:56,300 --> 00:28:00,300 So I didn't fight like I had no tomorrow, you know? It was weird. 257 00:28:00,429 --> 00:28:03,469 I need to regroup and think about it. 258 00:28:09,522 --> 00:28:11,772 We brought in a sports psychologist, 259 00:28:11,899 --> 00:28:14,239 and working with him, trying to get him over that hump. 260 00:28:14,360 --> 00:28:16,610 "Yes, you got knocked out." 261 00:28:16,737 --> 00:28:20,617 "But it doesn't mean this guy's gonna knock you out again." 262 00:28:20,741 --> 00:28:23,241 "It doesn't mean that you can't strike with him." 263 00:28:23,369 --> 00:28:25,789 "Your striking is better." 264 00:28:27,331 --> 00:28:29,131 "You're gonna have to believe that." 265 00:28:31,460 --> 00:28:33,090 Georges is pretty honest. 266 00:28:33,212 --> 00:28:36,422 I mean, I would say he's very, very honest, in fact. 267 00:28:36,549 --> 00:28:38,629 And his honesty is one of the reasons 268 00:28:38,759 --> 00:28:40,549 that he's able to get so good. 269 00:28:43,139 --> 00:28:46,639 I think that Matt Serra fight made him far more dangerous, 270 00:28:46,767 --> 00:28:49,977 because he realizes that every opponent 271 00:28:50,104 --> 00:28:52,984 must be treated like the greatest fight of your life, 272 00:28:53,107 --> 00:28:55,397 like you're literally fighting for your existence. 273 00:29:43,532 --> 00:29:47,042 Serra turns. GSP doesn't stop. 274 00:29:47,161 --> 00:29:50,041 St-Pierre now has his back. 275 00:29:50,164 --> 00:29:54,084 @0 seconds remains. More knees by GSP! 276 00:29:54,210 --> 00:29:56,380 Georges St-Pierre 277 00:29:56,504 --> 00:30:00,884 is the undisputed UFC welterweight champion! 278 00:30:04,512 --> 00:30:08,562 Georges "Rush". 279 00:30:08,682 --> 00:30:12,352 St-Pierre! 280 00:30:12,478 --> 00:30:14,018 Whoo! 281 00:30:14,146 --> 00:30:16,726 Canada! Québec! 282 00:30:20,444 --> 00:30:22,204 Georges St-Pierre, 283 00:30:22,321 --> 00:30:24,531 what do you say to some of those critics 284 00:30:24,657 --> 00:30:27,537 who, well, still don't believe that MMA is a real sport? 285 00:30:27,660 --> 00:30:30,450 Do you think this validates it by winning this award 286 00:30:30,579 --> 00:30:33,289 that people's opinions may have started to change? 287 00:30:33,415 --> 00:30:36,245 Well, it's a sport, but it's a little bit complicated. 288 00:30:36,377 --> 00:30:38,247 Because you can say: 289 00:30:38,379 --> 00:30:41,259 "I'm gonna play hockey. I'm gonna play football." 290 00:30:42,383 --> 00:30:45,183 But you can't say: "I'm gonna play MMA." 291 00:30:49,181 --> 00:30:51,481 It's not a game. 292 00:32:07,051 --> 00:32:11,181 Walking on the sidewalk, I don't want to step into a crack. 293 00:32:11,305 --> 00:32:12,805 Because if I step into a crack, 294 00:32:12,932 --> 00:32:14,982 in my head, something bad is gonna happen. 295 00:32:15,100 --> 00:32:16,770 And if I do step into a crack, 296 00:32:16,894 --> 00:32:19,524 and I found out I stepped into a crack with my left foot, 297 00:32:19,647 --> 00:32:21,687 I'm gonna have to step with my right foot 298 00:32:21,815 --> 00:32:24,355 "to make an equal number. I know it's completely ridiculous." 299 00:32:49,718 --> 00:32:54,428 Fights look like they're full of drama. 300 00:32:56,016 --> 00:33:00,306 And it's the dramatic elements that bring people to watch fights. 301 00:33:01,897 --> 00:33:05,067 The fights are not won on drama. 302 00:33:05,192 --> 00:33:09,112 Fights are won on small, mundane details. 303 00:33:09,238 --> 00:33:13,028 And that's the difference between an amateur and a professional. 304 00:33:20,290 --> 00:33:23,960 Sometimes, in training, the guys I train with, 305 00:33:24,086 --> 00:33:27,756 they pass, like, maybe 20 techniques. I hate doing this, 306 00:33:27,881 --> 00:33:30,971 'cause me, I take one technique, and I'm gonna repeat it. 307 00:33:31,093 --> 00:33:33,473 I could repeat the same technique for an hour. 308 00:33:33,595 --> 00:33:35,965 But I'm gonna repeat it, repeat it, repeat it. 309 00:33:36,098 --> 00:33:38,308 The chemistry of your brain and your muscle, 310 00:33:38,434 --> 00:33:40,064 that when you do the movement... 311 00:33:40,185 --> 00:33:42,475 You know, you do the movement: Boom! Boom! 312 00:33:42,604 --> 00:33:46,074 The movement will become more efficient as you're doing it. 313 00:33:46,191 --> 00:33:49,151 Almost perfect. Almost perfection. 314 00:33:52,906 --> 00:33:54,366 It's actually the foot 315 00:33:54,700 --> 00:33:57,450 that's the remote control of the rest of the entire body. 316 00:33:57,578 --> 00:33:59,618 Balance is supremely important. 317 00:33:59,747 --> 00:34:03,287 The best martial artists, they have a lot of grace, 318 00:34:03,417 --> 00:34:08,297 and they slide across the Octagon in a very fluid, a very efficient manner, 319 00:34:08,422 --> 00:34:10,382 almost like a ballet dancer. 320 00:34:12,217 --> 00:34:16,007 You know, for me as a trainer, I only use the Olympic sports. 321 00:34:16,138 --> 00:34:19,478 I prefer using the Olympic sports to train my athletes, 322 00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:23,100 because the Olympic sports are the most refined sports. 323 00:34:59,389 --> 00:35:02,349 It's like seeing Mickey Mantle play baseball. 324 00:35:02,476 --> 00:35:04,386 It's like seeing Muhammad Ali box. 325 00:35:04,520 --> 00:35:07,020 And it really becomes a matter of: 326 00:35:07,147 --> 00:35:09,817 "Can someone come along that can crack your style?" 327 00:35:09,942 --> 00:35:13,112 "Can someone come along that finds that one hole in your armour?" 328 00:35:13,237 --> 00:35:16,407 "Can someone come along that has studied you" 329 00:35:16,532 --> 00:35:19,202 "and has physical attributes similar to yours" 330 00:35:19,326 --> 00:35:22,616 "or enough to nullify yours, and has an added equation?" 331 00:35:27,417 --> 00:35:30,087 I don't get a lot of recognition 332 00:35:30,212 --> 00:35:33,882 for, uh, you know, what I've- what I've set out to do here. 333 00:35:34,007 --> 00:35:36,427 Yeah, I'm coming to whoop this guy's ass, 334 00:35:36,552 --> 00:35:38,722 and then, you know, before you know it... 335 00:35:38,846 --> 00:35:40,806 Nobody knows who I am. 336 00:35:42,432 --> 00:35:45,562 When you become champion, you become the target. 337 00:35:45,686 --> 00:35:48,556 Everybody wants to have what you have. 338 00:35:48,689 --> 00:35:50,819 You become the target for many, many people. 339 00:36:01,493 --> 00:36:03,753 Nick Diaz is a fantastic fighter. 340 00:36:03,871 --> 00:36:08,251 He has got this insane, elite pace of cardio 341 00:36:08,375 --> 00:36:12,415 that he can put a guy into. They can't keep up. 342 00:36:12,546 --> 00:36:14,836 He also has very, very good boxing. 343 00:36:17,301 --> 00:36:18,931 He's just touching you, 344 00:36:19,052 --> 00:36:21,932 constantly touching you, touching you, smacking you. 345 00:36:22,055 --> 00:36:26,015 And those little 50%, 60% shots are very effective. 346 00:36:28,312 --> 00:36:31,232 Fill that hole I called it... 347 00:36:31,356 --> 00:36:33,566 And all this shit-talking that he does... 348 00:36:33,692 --> 00:36:35,902 I'm like: "Hey, if these did their job" 349 00:36:36,028 --> 00:36:38,448 and made this sport look good, did their job. 350 00:36:38,572 --> 00:36:40,822 Now you can't get rid of this. It's MMA. 351 00:36:41,658 --> 00:36:45,788 People think he's dumb. They think he's a street kid. 352 00:36:47,414 --> 00:36:48,584 He is very clever. 353 00:36:48,999 --> 00:36:51,209 I don't know what the fuck. Fucking shit! 354 00:36:51,335 --> 00:36:53,915 He's a little fucker! I don't know what the fuck did that. 355 00:36:54,046 --> 00:36:58,836 And that element of emotion and intensity and anger, 356 00:36:58,967 --> 00:37:02,007 along with his insane cardio, is terrifying. 357 00:37:02,137 --> 00:37:03,467 What are you at, Georges? 358 00:37:03,597 --> 00:37:05,137 - Whoa, whoa! - Whoa! 359 00:37:05,474 --> 00:37:08,064 I have to go with the guy that I want to fight the most. 360 00:37:10,229 --> 00:37:13,069 Now is the time for Nick Diaz. Believe me. 361 00:37:13,190 --> 00:37:14,550 - Fuck it! - Diaz deserves a fight. 362 00:37:14,650 --> 00:37:16,610 Where you at, Georges? 363 00:37:22,366 --> 00:37:23,486 Where you at? 364 00:37:30,749 --> 00:37:33,879 I'm so fucking nervous, it's crazy. 365 00:37:38,715 --> 00:37:41,965 Georges got injured during practice. 366 00:37:42,094 --> 00:37:43,894 This is medication. 367 00:37:46,431 --> 00:37:50,021 He was warned by the doctors not to keep training. 368 00:37:50,143 --> 00:37:51,773 He had a sprained knee. 369 00:37:53,063 --> 00:37:55,483 He didn't want to hear anybody say 370 00:37:55,607 --> 00:37:59,947 that there's even a possibility that we're not doing this fight. 371 00:38:02,864 --> 00:38:05,874 The way Georges was moving, I could tell he was overcompensating. 372 00:38:05,993 --> 00:38:07,543 The doctors warned us about that, 373 00:38:07,661 --> 00:38:09,831 that when you have one injury on one side, 374 00:38:09,955 --> 00:38:12,615 you're risking both knees, not the one that's injured only. 375 00:38:15,794 --> 00:38:18,094 Now we're gonna see Georges... 376 00:38:18,839 --> 00:38:23,089 Right there. We found out he had a torn ACL. 377 00:38:23,218 --> 00:38:24,928 Fuck! 378 00:38:25,053 --> 00:38:28,223 There's no way he's gonna have 2 bad knees in a fight, 379 00:38:28,348 --> 00:38:30,138 so I was very concerned. 380 00:38:31,810 --> 00:38:34,690 After he cooled down, he was in a lot of pain, 381 00:38:34,813 --> 00:38:36,863 and he felt his knee unstable. 382 00:38:36,982 --> 00:38:41,322 The doctor checked his knee, and that was the end of it. 383 00:38:45,741 --> 00:38:47,781 Oh, yoy yoy! 384 00:39:14,811 --> 00:39:18,021 Whoa! Nick Diaz trying to finish him! 385 00:39:23,028 --> 00:39:24,528 Okay, break! 386 00:39:25,364 --> 00:39:28,000 - They go the distance! - What a fight! 387 00:39:28,024 --> 00:39:30,694 B.J. Penn, Nick Diaz! 388 00:39:33,080 --> 00:39:35,080 I won that shit! 389 00:39:35,207 --> 00:39:37,377 The judges' score in this contest: 390 00:39:37,501 --> 00:39:41,711 @9-@8 @9-@7 and @9-@8,,. 391 00:39:41,838 --> 00:39:45,298 Declaring the winner, by unanimous decision: 392 00:39:45,425 --> 00:39:48,295 Nick Diaz! 393 00:39:52,307 --> 00:39:55,767 Nick Diaz, the winner! 394 00:39:57,646 --> 00:40:00,186 Give us your thoughts on the fight 395 00:40:00,315 --> 00:40:02,475 and tell me what you're thinking right now. 396 00:40:02,609 --> 00:40:03,689 Uh... 397 00:40:04,319 --> 00:40:06,463 Georges St-Pierre! Call out that motherfucker! 398 00:40:06,487 --> 00:40:09,408 I see you walking around, you've been screaming "Georges," 399 00:40:09,432 --> 00:40:11,882 even though you just beat B.J. Penn in an outstanding fight. 400 00:40:11,901 --> 00:40:13,181 What's on your mind right now? 401 00:40:13,203 --> 00:40:15,043 I don't think Georges is hurt. He's scared. 402 00:40:15,163 --> 00:40:17,333 I think he's scared to fight everybody right now. 403 00:40:17,457 --> 00:40:19,997 What's up? Where you at, Georges? 404 00:40:29,219 --> 00:40:33,679 I've known Georges St-Pierre since 2004, 405 00:40:34,891 --> 00:40:37,271 and he's one of the nicest guys I've ever met, 406 00:40:37,394 --> 00:40:39,944 and he's always, you know, exactly the same, 407 00:40:40,063 --> 00:40:42,943 no matter what the situation is, no matter who he's fighting. 408 00:40:43,066 --> 00:40:46,446 Since 2004, I've never seen him like he was tonight. 409 00:40:46,570 --> 00:40:48,450 He said that Nick Diaz... I quote... 410 00:40:48,572 --> 00:40:50,952 You're gonna think I'm full of shit, but this is the truth. 411 00:40:51,074 --> 00:40:53,624 I quote: "He's the most disrespectful human being" 412 00:40:53,743 --> 00:40:56,123 "I've ever met, and I'm gonna put the worst beating 413 00:40:56,246 --> 00:41:00,246 "you've ever seen on him in the UFC," is what Georges St-Pierre said. 414 00:41:08,091 --> 00:41:10,051 Georges, at that time, 415 00:41:10,177 --> 00:41:12,217 was going through a lot of heartache 416 00:41:12,345 --> 00:41:14,595 and he had to maybe even possibly retire. 417 00:41:14,723 --> 00:41:17,063 Maybe his knee will never be the same. 418 00:41:17,184 --> 00:41:20,524 He had all these doubts and, you know, all this anger inside him, 419 00:41:20,645 --> 00:41:23,435 and this guy was just taunting him in front of the world. 420 00:41:23,565 --> 00:41:25,565 I don't know what he's going through 421 00:41:25,692 --> 00:41:28,072 with the dark side, or where he comes from... 422 00:41:28,195 --> 00:41:30,105 He swore to me, over and over again. 423 00:41:30,238 --> 00:41:33,158 He's gonna find him in the cage and get his hands on him. 424 00:41:39,831 --> 00:41:42,921 The morning of the surgery, I was so nervous. 425 00:41:44,544 --> 00:41:47,264 I'm not gonna lie, you know. I was afraid to never come back. 426 00:41:47,380 --> 00:41:50,680 I was afraid my body would reject my graft. That was a possibility. 427 00:41:52,969 --> 00:41:54,679 And down here in the bottom 428 00:41:54,804 --> 00:41:57,434 is regarding your advanced directive and living will. 429 00:41:57,557 --> 00:41:58,887 Do you have a living will? 430 00:41:59,017 --> 00:42:00,387 - Uh, sorry? - A living will? 431 00:42:02,437 --> 00:42:05,687 Sometimes, patients will have an advanced directive in case of emergency. 432 00:42:05,815 --> 00:42:08,335 What your wishes to be... Do you have something like that ready? 433 00:42:09,778 --> 00:42:11,318 Oh! I have nothing like that. 434 00:42:11,446 --> 00:42:13,776 He gives everything to me. It's okay! 435 00:42:15,008 --> 00:42:16,088 You're the lucky one. 436 00:42:17,494 --> 00:42:19,454 You're all right, man! 437 00:42:19,579 --> 00:42:22,669 Oh, my God! Oh! God! 438 00:42:24,376 --> 00:42:26,546 I hate this! Oh! 439 00:42:45,689 --> 00:42:46,859 Hi, there! 440 00:42:47,190 --> 00:42:48,940 It hurts. It hurts, my knee. It hurts. 441 00:42:49,067 --> 00:42:51,437 I'm gonna pull up some chairs for you guys, okay? 442 00:42:51,570 --> 00:42:53,700 Thank you very much. 443 00:43:25,770 --> 00:43:26,980 Oh yeah... 444 00:43:31,484 --> 00:43:33,614 People don't believe me... Never took it in my life. 445 00:43:33,737 --> 00:43:35,157 Oh, he did? 446 00:43:40,952 --> 00:43:42,582 So bad! 447 00:44:29,125 --> 00:44:30,915 Hey, Vera? Yes, sir? 448 00:44:31,044 --> 00:44:33,384 Did you wrestle around with him a little bit? 449 00:44:33,505 --> 00:44:35,255 I tried, but he pinned me down. 450 00:44:35,382 --> 00:44:36,472 She pinned me down! 451 00:44:48,937 --> 00:44:51,107 It's gonna hurt a little bit, or... 452 00:44:51,231 --> 00:44:54,441 That's already 30 degrees. 453 00:44:54,567 --> 00:44:57,697 No alcohol or anything while you're taking the pain pills. 454 00:44:57,821 --> 00:44:58,901 No, of course, of course. 455 00:44:59,489 --> 00:45:01,317 I don't wanna take the bandage off for a week. 456 00:45:01,341 --> 00:45:03,971 'Cause it's going to be painful for at least 4 days. 457 00:45:05,995 --> 00:45:09,995 Okay, that's enough. 458 00:45:13,378 --> 00:45:14,878 When I got hurt, 459 00:45:15,338 --> 00:45:19,968 I was afraid that the injury that I had was a very serious one. 460 00:45:20,093 --> 00:45:22,513 It happened many times in the past 461 00:45:22,637 --> 00:45:25,347 that an athlete had a similar injury, an ACL tear, 462 00:45:25,473 --> 00:45:28,143 and never came back the same, or end his career. 463 00:45:28,268 --> 00:45:31,148 Wow! I haven't seen my leg for a long time. 464 00:45:31,271 --> 00:45:33,611 - Mm-hmm! - Oy oy oy! 465 00:45:33,732 --> 00:45:35,152 That's why I left Montreal, 466 00:45:35,275 --> 00:45:37,315 and I made sure that I surround myself 467 00:45:37,444 --> 00:45:39,244 with the best person in the world. 468 00:45:40,530 --> 00:45:46,040 Wow! Wow! Look at this! Oh, my God! 469 00:45:52,417 --> 00:45:54,957 It feels so good to take it off. 470 00:45:56,588 --> 00:45:58,378 Perfect! 471 00:46:00,300 --> 00:46:02,090 - Georges! - Be good! 472 00:46:13,897 --> 00:46:16,857 - You betcha! - Hey, how are you? 473 00:46:16,983 --> 00:46:18,233 I'm good. How are you? 474 00:46:18,359 --> 00:46:19,939 - I'm very good! - That's good. 475 00:46:59,400 --> 00:47:01,610 This looks absolutely beautiful. 476 00:47:01,736 --> 00:47:04,276 Georges, that's about as solid as I can make an ACL. 477 00:47:04,405 --> 00:47:05,405 Yeah? 478 00:47:07,659 --> 00:47:13,579 So, just this one's gonna turn on. There. Better. 479 00:47:13,706 --> 00:47:15,076 My pleasure. 480 00:47:27,679 --> 00:47:29,099 Take care, guy! 481 00:47:29,222 --> 00:47:31,022 Thank you! 482 00:47:32,976 --> 00:47:35,556 It's a process getting in there. 483 00:47:38,439 --> 00:47:41,109 Yes, sir! Yes, sir! 484 00:47:42,735 --> 00:47:46,355 You know, who knows, maybe Georges isn't really hurt. 485 00:47:46,489 --> 00:47:49,193 Anybody see any pictures of surgery? 'Cause I haven't. I don't know. 486 00:47:49,217 --> 00:47:52,217 Maybe they are everywhere, and everyone knows about it. 487 00:47:52,245 --> 00:47:56,535 I just haven't seen it. I wanna see some photograph, video. 488 00:47:56,666 --> 00:47:59,166 I'm not saying: "Georges ain't hurt." 489 00:47:59,294 --> 00:48:01,594 I don't know. You're working out already? 490 00:48:01,713 --> 00:48:04,013 I've had friends have surgery on their knee. 491 00:48:04,132 --> 00:48:06,052 I figure, I let you chop my knee open, 492 00:48:06,175 --> 00:48:08,715 I ain't gonna be fighting for the next year. Know what I mean? 493 00:48:28,323 --> 00:48:29,953 Aaah! 494 00:48:38,875 --> 00:48:40,415 Two, three... 495 00:48:41,878 --> 00:48:45,008 five, six, seven. 496 00:48:46,174 --> 00:48:49,264 I'm very anxious, because I see all those challengers 497 00:48:49,385 --> 00:48:51,175 fighting each other and getting better. 498 00:48:51,304 --> 00:48:53,104 I was supposed to fight Georges St-Pierre. 499 00:48:53,222 --> 00:48:55,342 My endurance has always been a strong point. 500 00:48:56,100 --> 00:48:58,310 On February 4th, 501 00:48:58,436 --> 00:49:00,806 Georges St-Pierre's title is up for grabs. 502 00:49:00,939 --> 00:49:03,109 It's the fight of the year. Georges StPierre's out. 503 00:49:03,232 --> 00:49:05,652 Now, Condit and Diaz are gonna fight for the interim title. 504 00:49:05,777 --> 00:49:07,947 Me, I'm staying here, and I'm... 505 00:49:08,071 --> 00:49:11,991 You know, I feel like I'm doing stationary bicycle, you know? 506 00:49:16,245 --> 00:49:19,745 Carlos Condit. Nick Diaz. 507 00:49:19,874 --> 00:49:22,294 It's gonna be a dog fight. 508 00:49:32,887 --> 00:49:35,927 I pray that Nick Diaz wins the fight every night. 509 00:49:40,937 --> 00:49:44,397 I'm always at my best when I'm pushed against a wall. 510 00:49:44,524 --> 00:49:49,534 When I'm fighting a guy that insults me and questions my integrity, 511 00:49:49,654 --> 00:49:53,074 it lights more fire in myself. 512 00:50:29,527 --> 00:50:32,107 What? Come on! 513 00:50:46,002 --> 00:50:48,672 Oh! 514 00:50:57,805 --> 00:50:59,715 Oh! 515 00:51:03,227 --> 00:51:06,017 Final seconds of the fight! 516 00:51:06,147 --> 00:51:08,317 Condit's up! Condit's on top of him! 517 00:51:10,109 --> 00:51:11,399 It is over! 518 00:51:11,819 --> 00:51:13,699 The judges will render their decision. 519 00:51:16,824 --> 00:51:18,144 Ladies and gentlemen, 520 00:51:18,701 --> 00:51:23,081 the interim UFC welterweight champion of the world, 521 00:51:23,206 --> 00:51:25,826 the Natural Born Killer, 522 00:51:25,958 --> 00:51:30,298 Carlos Condit! 523 00:51:37,762 --> 00:51:39,142 I don't need this. 524 00:51:39,722 --> 00:51:42,062 I pushed this guy backwards. The whole time he ran from me. 525 00:51:42,183 --> 00:51:44,563 He ran this whole fight. I landed the harder shots. 526 00:51:44,685 --> 00:51:46,845 He ran the whole time. He kicked me in my leg 527 00:51:46,979 --> 00:51:48,939 with little baby leg kicks the whole fight. 528 00:52:10,586 --> 00:52:13,336 I truly aim for November, 529 00:52:13,464 --> 00:52:19,224 fighting for the title against the champion, Carlos Condit. 530 00:52:21,013 --> 00:52:23,473 It's gonna be very hard to come back from that injury. 531 00:52:23,599 --> 00:52:25,349 It's been a long time. I'm gonna be rusty. 532 00:52:25,476 --> 00:52:27,726 But you know what? It's a challenge. 533 00:52:27,854 --> 00:52:31,274 I'm gonna be the underdog, and that's what drives me. 534 00:52:31,399 --> 00:52:32,479 - Doctor! - How are you? 535 00:52:32,942 --> 00:52:34,782 - Oh yeah! I'm excited. - Good to see you. 536 00:52:34,902 --> 00:52:36,532 I haven't been excited since... 537 00:52:36,654 --> 00:52:39,074 - How are you? - Since prom! 538 00:52:43,744 --> 00:52:45,004 Horrible! 539 00:52:46,622 --> 00:52:49,422 There's a, you know, 5 or 6 times higher chance, 540 00:52:49,542 --> 00:52:54,212 if you've had an ACL tear, of having another ACL tear 541 00:52:54,338 --> 00:52:56,018 than somebody that's never had an ACL tear. 542 00:52:56,132 --> 00:52:57,612 - Of course. - Oh, my! 543 00:52:57,758 --> 00:53:01,638 Just keeping... All of the vectors are perfect. 544 00:53:01,762 --> 00:53:04,432 So, when do you feel any difference? 545 00:53:04,557 --> 00:53:07,937 Let's say I have to change direction faster, 546 00:53:08,060 --> 00:53:11,480 because I didn't do that for more than 6 months, 547 00:53:11,606 --> 00:53:15,396 I feel a little bit... I'm not confident, you know? 548 00:53:15,526 --> 00:53:18,276 - This, I can do... - Yeah. 549 00:53:18,404 --> 00:53:22,664 No problem. But the same side is kind of hard for me. 550 00:53:22,783 --> 00:53:25,293 And the guy I'm fighting is a good... He's good... 551 00:53:25,411 --> 00:53:27,161 Shut down. Shut down this, because... 552 00:53:27,288 --> 00:53:28,998 Oh, really? This? 553 00:53:29,123 --> 00:53:31,003 No, no! It's important because it's strategic. 554 00:53:31,125 --> 00:53:32,995 But it's not gonna ever... 555 00:53:33,127 --> 00:53:35,837 - Don't put that on YouTube, though, eh? - No, no! 556 00:53:35,963 --> 00:53:38,263 The guy I'm fighting, he's a good striker, you know? 557 00:53:38,382 --> 00:53:41,222 So I would, maybe, wrestle a lot with him 558 00:53:41,344 --> 00:53:43,434 and try to put him down, but I need... 559 00:53:43,554 --> 00:53:45,814 You know, my patella, when I do it like this, 560 00:53:45,932 --> 00:53:48,102 I feel it's not 100%, you know? 561 00:53:48,226 --> 00:53:49,846 Like, I will not be comfortable. 562 00:53:49,977 --> 00:53:52,977 Like, on this knee, yeah, to fall straight from... Boom! 563 00:53:53,105 --> 00:53:56,475 You know, like this? But this, I would not feel confident. 564 00:53:56,609 --> 00:54:00,609 Okay, so we're gonna gradually go on matted surfaces. 565 00:54:00,738 --> 00:54:03,818 I'm not worried about the patella fracturing, 566 00:54:03,950 --> 00:54:06,120 but he's gotta feel comfortable when he lands on it, 567 00:54:06,244 --> 00:54:08,044 that he's not expecting pain. 568 00:54:10,248 --> 00:54:12,628 When Georges was out for 9 months, 569 00:54:12,750 --> 00:54:14,840 he had to slowly start back again. 570 00:54:14,961 --> 00:54:16,801 And I was there for day one, 571 00:54:16,921 --> 00:54:19,721 and let me tell you, it's one slow process. 572 00:54:21,634 --> 00:54:24,554 I brought in amateurs smaller than him. 573 00:54:24,679 --> 00:54:27,559 He was too tired to do 3 rounds of 3 minutes. 574 00:54:33,354 --> 00:54:35,824 He wasn't coordinated. He wasn't able to take them down. 575 00:54:35,940 --> 00:54:38,690 He couldn't stop their takedowns. He couldn't jab them. 576 00:54:38,818 --> 00:54:40,898 He wasn't able to do his Superman punch. 577 00:54:42,697 --> 00:54:44,447 He had forgotten everything. 578 00:54:48,494 --> 00:54:50,834 I'm always afraid to be humiliated. 579 00:54:50,955 --> 00:54:54,665 I'm afraid to be knocked out. I'm afraid to be "submissed." 580 00:54:54,792 --> 00:54:57,712 I'm afraid to not be able to deliver 581 00:54:57,837 --> 00:55:01,047 as much as I think I should deliver 582 00:55:01,173 --> 00:55:04,933 or be able to deliver as much as people expected. 583 00:56:00,149 --> 00:56:02,569 When GSP takes to the Octagon Saturday night, 584 00:56:02,693 --> 00:56:04,573 nearly 19 months will have passed 585 00:56:04,695 --> 00:56:08,115 since he last defended his UFC welterweight championship. 586 00:56:08,240 --> 00:56:10,280 Last fall, as many of you are aware, 587 00:56:10,409 --> 00:56:11,949 St-Pierre suffered a knee injury. 588 00:56:13,746 --> 00:56:16,166 Did you have any doubt in your ability 589 00:56:16,290 --> 00:56:19,420 to overcome this and get back to being the best in the world? 590 00:56:19,543 --> 00:56:22,093 I always have doubts. I always... I'm always scared. 591 00:56:22,213 --> 00:56:23,713 You can be in shape, 592 00:56:24,048 --> 00:56:26,248 but being in fighting shape is something very different. 593 00:56:26,300 --> 00:56:28,800 The ACL is a career killer. 594 00:56:28,928 --> 00:56:32,678 Not many people have ever come back from ACL. 595 00:56:32,807 --> 00:56:36,597 What do you say to the fans that are concerned about your safety 596 00:56:36,727 --> 00:56:38,477 stepping in there on Saturday? 597 00:56:38,604 --> 00:56:41,944 I would not have been here if I would not feel 100%, 598 00:56:42,066 --> 00:56:45,026 so I feel very good right now. I'm ready to go. 599 00:56:45,152 --> 00:56:49,452 Guys that have ACL surgery, within a few months, they feel like 100%. 600 00:56:49,573 --> 00:56:51,833 Boom! They're back in the gym, they're training, 601 00:56:51,951 --> 00:56:53,331 but a couple weeks later... 602 00:56:54,995 --> 00:56:57,455 Gone, pops again, and that makes things way worse. 603 00:57:01,836 --> 00:57:04,506 GSP! 604 00:57:06,590 --> 00:57:09,010 Let's go, GSP! 605 00:57:09,135 --> 00:57:11,505 Whoo! 606 00:57:11,637 --> 00:57:13,847 Whoa! 607 00:57:13,973 --> 00:57:17,063 All right! GSP is back! 608 00:57:17,184 --> 00:57:18,524 Whoa! 609 00:57:18,644 --> 00:57:21,024 Whoa! GSP! 610 00:57:21,147 --> 00:57:23,267 GSP! 611 00:57:53,220 --> 00:57:55,430 I almost told him not to take the Condit fight. 612 00:57:56,724 --> 00:58:00,274 I told him: "If today's a good day, we don't look bad." 613 00:58:00,394 --> 00:58:03,154 "If today's a bad day, it's over." 614 00:58:13,741 --> 00:58:16,411 Was his instinct there? 615 00:58:16,535 --> 00:58:19,245 Were the jitters gonna be under control? 616 00:58:19,371 --> 00:58:23,001 Was he gonna hesitate to pull the trigger? 617 00:58:23,125 --> 00:58:25,665 These were all questions nobody knows. 618 00:58:40,684 --> 00:58:43,694 We gotta go! Camera's on! Putting the belt on! 619 00:58:52,780 --> 00:58:54,030 Boom! 620 00:59:29,400 --> 00:59:30,730 You'll do a good job. 621 00:59:35,864 --> 00:59:37,704 Yeah. Yeah. 622 00:59:51,380 --> 00:59:54,470 GSP! GSP! GSP! 623 00:59:56,218 --> 00:59:59,218 And now, 624 00:59:59,346 --> 01:00:05,016 it is... 625 01:00:05,144 --> 01:00:07,154 time! 626 01:00:07,271 --> 01:00:10,361 Five rounds for the undisputed. 627 01:00:10,482 --> 01:00:13,532 UFC welterweight championship 628 01:00:13,652 --> 01:00:16,322 of the world, 629 01:00:16,447 --> 01:00:20,197 brought to you by the United States Marine Corps. 630 01:00:20,326 --> 01:00:24,076 "The few, the proud, the marines!" 631 01:00:24,204 --> 01:00:27,084 GSP! GSP! 632 01:00:27,207 --> 01:00:31,497 GSP! GSP! GSP! 633 01:00:31,629 --> 01:00:34,089 Step back, please. Thank you. 634 01:00:36,884 --> 01:00:40,144 Are you ready, Mr. Condit? You ready? Fight! 635 01:01:28,143 --> 01:01:29,903 Break! 636 01:01:34,983 --> 01:01:37,703 Breathe, Carlos, breathe, all right? Big breaths! 637 01:01:57,840 --> 01:01:59,760 Fight! 638 01:02:02,511 --> 01:02:04,391 Let's go! 639 01:02:44,219 --> 01:02:47,139 Break! 640 01:02:49,683 --> 01:02:52,733 I really felt that we were able 641 01:02:52,853 --> 01:02:56,023 to formulate a game plan that would not allow Condit 642 01:02:56,148 --> 01:02:58,148 even to come close to win a round. 643 01:03:12,331 --> 01:03:13,831 Give your life on it! 644 01:03:15,876 --> 01:03:17,536 Fight! 645 01:03:43,904 --> 01:03:48,124 I remember the Bell Centre, the silence! 646 01:03:50,619 --> 01:03:53,789 If you were a Georges St-Pierre fan, you were scared. 647 01:03:55,791 --> 01:04:00,171 The face of mixed martial arts was about to change. 648 01:04:10,764 --> 01:04:13,234 I just locked my eyes on Georges. 649 01:04:13,350 --> 01:04:16,190 I wanted to see if his eyes were still there. 650 01:04:23,819 --> 01:04:27,449 Carlos Condit was just trying to beat the crap out of him, 651 01:04:27,573 --> 01:04:30,373 and Georges was covering up, covering up, covering up. 652 01:04:32,494 --> 01:04:34,164 And then he got back up. 653 01:04:39,543 --> 01:04:41,383 Wow! 654 01:04:57,185 --> 01:04:59,475 His instincts just took over. 655 01:04:59,605 --> 01:05:02,145 - It was a great comeback. - You've kicked me. So what? 656 01:05:02,274 --> 01:05:03,984 I don't have an explanation for it. 657 01:05:04,109 --> 01:05:07,739 - "Now, I'm gonna get up and carry on." - Unbelievable! 658 01:05:38,894 --> 01:05:40,604 Break! 659 01:05:46,693 --> 01:05:49,363 GSP! GSP! 660 01:05:52,240 --> 01:05:55,740 GSP! GSP! GSP! 661 01:05:55,869 --> 01:05:58,659 GSP! GSP! 662 01:06:18,767 --> 01:06:22,937 Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds, 663 01:06:23,063 --> 01:06:26,403 we go to the judges' scorecards for a decision. 664 01:06:26,525 --> 01:06:31,275 The judges scored this contest 49-46, 50-45 and 50-45. 665 01:06:31,405 --> 01:06:35,235 Declaring the winner, by unanimous decision, 666 01:06:35,367 --> 01:06:40,247 le gagnant and still the undisputed. 667 01:06:40,372 --> 01:06:44,542 UFC welterweight champion of the world, 668 01:06:44,668 --> 01:06:50,088 Georges "Rush" St-Pierre! 669 01:07:02,686 --> 01:07:06,186 - Bonjour, Kristof! - Oh! 670 01:07:08,442 --> 01:07:11,452 After the fight, it was just smiles everywhere. 671 01:07:11,570 --> 01:07:14,200 Everywhere you looked, there was a smile. 672 01:07:24,374 --> 01:07:26,794 This is the greatest comeback I've ever witnessed. 673 01:07:26,918 --> 01:07:28,998 And I think, in sports, it's really up there. 674 01:07:31,339 --> 01:07:33,049 Oh, my God! 675 01:07:36,845 --> 01:07:41,845 The gate was $3.143 million. Attendance was 17,249. 676 01:07:41,975 --> 01:07:45,845 The Fight of the Night goes to GSP and Condit. 677 01:07:45,979 --> 01:07:48,689 And Nick Diaz says on Twitter, apparently, 678 01:07:48,815 --> 01:07:50,855 he's not impressed by my performance. 679 01:07:52,085 --> 01:07:53,415 Who said that? 680 01:07:53,445 --> 01:07:55,485 Nick Diaz. Uh... 681 01:08:02,829 --> 01:08:06,289 I said I did better than Nick did against Carlos, 682 01:08:06,416 --> 01:08:08,036 but it was a tough fight. 683 01:09:12,399 --> 01:09:14,819 Hey! Go! 684 01:09:17,571 --> 01:09:21,411 Stop, stop, stop, stop it! No! Stop it! 685 01:09:29,249 --> 01:09:30,669 Domo arigato. 686 01:09:39,342 --> 01:09:41,602 - That was fun! - They're cute! 687 01:09:54,858 --> 01:09:56,648 Thank you, thank you. 688 01:10:04,993 --> 01:10:06,203 20 million yen? 689 01:10:22,844 --> 01:10:25,604 I pull up to a stoplight the other day, 690 01:10:25,722 --> 01:10:28,982 and some fucking 40-year-old lady, some soccer mom, 691 01:10:29,100 --> 01:10:32,400 sticks her head out the window, and she's, like: 692 01:10:34,898 --> 01:10:36,228 I'm, like: "Are you serious?" 693 01:10:36,691 --> 01:10:38,191 I'm living in a fucking small town 694 01:10:38,318 --> 01:10:39,608 full of people that hate me, 695 01:10:40,153 --> 01:10:41,953 and now I'm the most disrespectful person 696 01:10:42,072 --> 01:10:43,912 that walks the Earth and I deserve 697 01:10:44,032 --> 01:10:46,412 to have the shit beat out of me. 'Cause you know what? 698 01:10:46,534 --> 01:10:49,834 When you say something, everybody believes it. 699 01:10:49,955 --> 01:10:52,165 Everybody wants to know what Georges thinks, 700 01:10:52,290 --> 01:10:54,540 what he says and wants to look like him and: 701 01:10:56,586 --> 01:10:59,336 Have you listened to yourself, Nick? 702 01:10:59,464 --> 01:11:01,514 I can do a great job of explaining 703 01:11:01,633 --> 01:11:04,343 and making things real for what they are, motherfucker. 704 01:11:07,138 --> 01:11:11,518 He was saying that I had sex with my own mother, you know? 705 01:11:11,643 --> 01:11:15,403 Like, the M-word, MF-word. Why is Nick Diaz so personal? 706 01:11:15,522 --> 01:11:18,192 I think it has a lot to do with the fact that 707 01:11:18,316 --> 01:11:22,316 Nick called him out while he was sidelined, while he was injured. 708 01:11:22,445 --> 01:11:24,025 I don't think Georges is hurt! 709 01:11:24,155 --> 01:11:26,155 I think he's scared to fight right now! 710 01:11:26,283 --> 01:11:28,583 What's up? Where you at, Georges? 711 01:11:28,702 --> 01:11:30,412 Georges St-Pierre said: 712 01:11:30,537 --> 01:11:33,417 "I really feel like I have unfinished business with Diaz," 713 01:11:33,540 --> 01:11:35,000 "and I'd like to fight him." 714 01:11:35,125 --> 01:11:37,705 You know, the guy's never asked us for anything. 715 01:11:37,836 --> 01:11:40,506 He's an awesome champion. He does anything we ask of him. 716 01:11:41,798 --> 01:11:45,178 He wants to fight Diaz? It's not like people don't wanna see it. 717 01:11:45,302 --> 01:11:48,432 I hope so, motherfucker! If I had that much money, 718 01:11:48,555 --> 01:11:50,675 I'd be fucking pampering myself the fuck up! 719 01:11:50,807 --> 01:11:52,887 If I would go and answer back to Nick Diaz 720 01:11:53,018 --> 01:11:56,098 and say F-word and this and that... Of course I wanna do it. 721 01:11:56,229 --> 01:11:58,109 There is nobody... You know what I mean? 722 01:11:58,231 --> 01:12:00,571 I wanna answer back. I would like, you know, to... 723 01:12:00,692 --> 01:12:01,692 But it's not... 724 01:12:02,402 --> 01:12:04,902 Like I said, I stand for something bigger than myself. 725 01:12:05,030 --> 01:12:07,410 Even though I wanna do it, I have a line of conduct, 726 01:12:07,532 --> 01:12:08,872 and I want to respect that. 727 01:12:12,120 --> 01:12:16,880 - There are two words in this phrase: "mother" and "fucker." 728 01:12:17,000 --> 01:12:18,460 This would imply strongly 729 01:12:18,585 --> 01:12:21,375 that the person to whom the term is directed 730 01:12:21,504 --> 01:12:23,924 literally has sex with their own mother. 731 01:12:24,049 --> 01:12:27,299 However, Nick Diaz does not use it in this fashion. 732 01:12:27,427 --> 01:12:29,427 He uses it to mean "human being." 733 01:12:31,014 --> 01:12:32,894 Good morning, motherfucker! 734 01:12:33,016 --> 01:12:34,596 Excuse me, motherfucker! 735 01:12:35,477 --> 01:12:37,847 He makes me angry! I shouldn't lose my cool. 736 01:12:37,979 --> 01:12:39,979 - Listen, what we have to do... - He made me angry. 737 01:12:40,065 --> 01:12:42,645 Laugh and smile at him. Let's break this down. 738 01:12:42,776 --> 01:12:44,776 What was the pivotal moment of this interview? 739 01:12:44,903 --> 01:12:46,033 I'll tell you what it was... 740 01:12:46,696 --> 01:12:48,946 When I said I don't fear him. I'm not afraid of him. 741 01:12:49,074 --> 01:12:51,794 Exactly, there was a "before" moment and an "after" moment. 742 01:12:51,910 --> 01:12:52,990 When you said: 743 01:12:57,290 --> 01:12:59,830 At that moment, Nick Diaz switched tactics. 744 01:12:59,959 --> 01:13:02,919 He went from testing the waters with wild aggression 745 01:13:03,046 --> 01:13:04,626 to playing the role of victim. 746 01:13:04,756 --> 01:13:06,626 That's what's gonna happen in this fight. 747 01:13:06,758 --> 01:13:08,838 He's gonna get bolder and bolder by the minute. 748 01:13:08,968 --> 01:13:10,178 But if you come back hard 749 01:13:10,595 --> 01:13:12,425 with effective, technically-based aggression, 750 01:13:12,555 --> 01:13:14,265 he's gonna become like a spoiled brat, 751 01:13:14,391 --> 01:13:16,851 and he's gonna back down, he's gonna lose the fight. 752 01:13:39,999 --> 01:13:41,789 He's dangerous! 753 01:13:44,379 --> 01:13:48,429 The ground and pound with Nick Diaz is gonna be very tough. 754 01:13:50,343 --> 01:13:53,263 He's a very skilled fighter. 755 01:13:55,765 --> 01:13:57,595 It's beating guys like Nick Diaz... 756 01:13:57,725 --> 01:14:00,895 Or should I say facing the challenge of a guy like Nick Diaz... 757 01:14:01,020 --> 01:14:02,270 That truly makes greatness. 758 01:14:02,730 --> 01:14:04,900 Georges likes to say I remind him of the bullies 759 01:14:05,024 --> 01:14:07,994 that picked on him growing up or that he had to deal with. 760 01:14:08,111 --> 01:14:09,701 You know, I'm gonna say: 761 01:14:09,821 --> 01:14:12,031 How many times have you had a gun to your head? 762 01:14:12,157 --> 01:14:14,657 How many times has someone put a gun to your head? 763 01:14:22,250 --> 01:14:25,800 How many of your best friends have been shot through the chest with a.45? 764 01:14:30,091 --> 01:14:32,511 How many kids put gum in your hair, growing up? 765 01:14:32,635 --> 01:14:36,305 I mean, we have to deal with these things. 766 01:14:38,391 --> 01:14:41,561 I'm sure my past doesn't compare to Nick's, 767 01:14:41,686 --> 01:14:45,396 and I don't even know why we're asking this question. 768 01:14:45,523 --> 01:14:47,733 The reason why we're fighting each other 769 01:14:47,859 --> 01:14:50,359 is because I believe Nick is the best guy right now 770 01:14:50,487 --> 01:14:51,987 in mixed martial arts, 771 01:14:52,113 --> 01:14:54,533 and I'm fighting him because he's the best guy. 772 01:14:54,657 --> 01:14:55,867 It has nothing to do with... 773 01:14:56,618 --> 01:14:59,658 Yeah, but you told the fans that I deserved to get beaten down, 774 01:14:59,787 --> 01:15:02,827 and you told the fans that I chase you around or you... 775 01:15:02,957 --> 01:15:05,837 You told the fans I was scared of you and avoiding you. 776 01:15:05,960 --> 01:15:07,920 I got the fight, right? You can understand that. 777 01:15:07,962 --> 01:15:10,342 - Absolutely. - I'm working towards something. 778 01:15:10,465 --> 01:15:12,835 Isn't that what happened? That's what happened, bro. 779 01:15:12,967 --> 01:15:14,887 Do you really think I'm afraid of you? 780 01:15:15,011 --> 01:15:17,931 - Man, that's fine. Okay, no, I don't. - You think I'm afraid of you, man? 781 01:15:18,056 --> 01:15:20,806 Are you crazy in your head, man? I'm not scared of you! 782 01:15:20,934 --> 01:15:22,944 You'll see Saturday if I'm scared of you! 783 01:15:23,061 --> 01:15:26,401 Okay, I'm intimidating, right? That's my plan, to intimidate you out? 784 01:15:28,733 --> 01:15:32,743 For the wolf, it's live or die. 785 01:15:32,862 --> 01:15:36,532 And for us in the ring, it's live or die. 786 01:15:38,034 --> 01:15:41,044 And now... 787 01:15:43,790 --> 01:15:47,630 it's time! 788 01:15:48,795 --> 01:15:52,215 Five rounds for the undisputed. 789 01:15:52,340 --> 01:15:58,010 UFC welterweight championship of the world! 790 01:15:58,137 --> 01:16:01,637 Fighting out of the blue corner... 791 01:16:02,642 --> 01:16:04,772 Where you at, Georges? 792 01:16:06,145 --> 01:16:09,015 When they question Georges's will, 793 01:16:09,148 --> 01:16:12,148 and they question Georges's confidence 794 01:16:12,277 --> 01:16:14,107 and Georges's resolve... 795 01:16:15,530 --> 01:16:16,860 it's so dumb! 796 01:16:16,990 --> 01:16:19,450 It's the worst thing you can do. 797 01:16:21,494 --> 01:16:23,834 He's lived with this demon of doubt 798 01:16:23,955 --> 01:16:26,455 that he knows for a fact is bullshit, 799 01:16:26,583 --> 01:16:29,593 and he's there to shove it right down your fucking throat. 800 01:16:41,014 --> 01:16:44,354 Protect yourself at all times. Obey my command at all times. 801 01:16:44,475 --> 01:16:47,015 If you wanna touch gloves, do it now, go back to your corners. 802 01:16:47,770 --> 01:16:49,480 Fight! 803 01:19:01,946 --> 01:19:03,866 No, it's nothing. 804 01:19:05,742 --> 01:19:06,952 Yeah. 805 01:19:10,580 --> 01:19:15,630 GSP! GSP! GSP! 806 01:20:19,273 --> 01:20:22,243 GSP! GSP! GSP! 807 01:20:24,195 --> 01:20:28,065 GSP! GSP! GSP! 808 01:22:43,209 --> 01:22:45,879 Georges got off at the airport 809 01:22:46,003 --> 01:22:47,883 after around @@ hours in a plane, 810 01:22:48,005 --> 01:22:50,085 and he went straight to a local gym. 811 01:22:52,802 --> 01:22:55,682 "22 hours on a plane? No fucking problem." 812 01:22:55,805 --> 01:22:57,805 "There's a gym. Let's go train." 813 01:23:36,262 --> 01:23:41,272 In normal life, I'm a very peaceful guy. 814 01:23:41,392 --> 01:23:46,112 But what I do for a living, my work, is to win a fight. 815 01:23:46,230 --> 01:23:47,650 And in order to win a fight, 816 01:23:47,773 --> 01:23:49,693 sometimes I need to hurt my opponent. 817 01:23:51,819 --> 01:23:55,569 These two things contradict each other. 818 01:24:33,235 --> 01:24:36,025 Now there was a time. 819 01:24:37,198 --> 01:24:40,238 When you loved me so. 820 01:24:42,328 --> 01:24:45,658 I could have been wrong. 821 01:24:45,790 --> 01:24:49,090 But now you needed to know. 822 01:24:51,045 --> 01:24:55,165 See, I've been a bad, bad, bad, bad man. 823 01:24:55,299 --> 01:24:58,009 And I'm in deep. 824 01:24:58,135 --> 01:25:00,005 Yes, I am 825 01:25:00,137 --> 01:25:03,967 I found a brand-new love for this man. 826 01:25:04,100 --> 01:25:06,890 And I can't wait till you see 827 01:25:07,019 --> 01:25:08,809 I can't wait. 828 01:25:08,938 --> 01:25:11,358 So, how you like me now? 829 01:25:11,482 --> 01:25:15,492 How you like me now? How you like me now? 830 01:25:15,611 --> 01:25:17,911 How you like me now? 831 01:25:18,030 --> 01:25:22,030 How you like me now? How you like me now? 832 01:25:22,159 --> 01:25:26,209 How you like me now? How you like me now? 833 01:25:26,330 --> 01:25:28,500 Remember the time. 834 01:25:28,624 --> 01:25:32,254 When I eat you up? 835 01:25:34,588 --> 01:25:37,468 Yeah, I wasn't lying. 836 01:25:38,926 --> 01:25:43,216 Oh, yes Hey. 837 01:25:43,347 --> 01:25:47,727 If I was to cheat on you. 838 01:25:47,852 --> 01:25:51,942 Now, would you see right through me? 839 01:25:52,064 --> 01:25:56,364 If I sing a sad, sad, sad, sad song. 840 01:25:56,485 --> 01:25:59,235 Would you give it to me? 841 01:25:59,363 --> 01:26:00,783 Would you? 842 01:26:01,198 --> 01:26:05,788 So, how you like me now? How you like me now? 843 01:26:05,911 --> 01:26:11,501 How you like me now? How you like me now? 844 01:26:19,925 --> 01:26:24,255 Does that make you love me, baby? 845 01:26:24,388 --> 01:26:29,058 Does that make you want me, baby? 846 01:26:29,185 --> 01:26:33,305 Does that make you love me, baby? 847 01:26:33,439 --> 01:26:37,529 Does that make you want me, baby? 848 01:26:44,491 --> 01:26:47,751 Oh yeah. 849 01:26:47,870 --> 01:26:51,710 Oh! Oh yeah