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Citing a necessity to "focus on my health," Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight champion Georges St-Pierre has vacated his belt barely a 30 days ever ever winning it over Michael Bisping at NY's Madison Square Garden. The Ultimate Fighting Championship promptly scheduled a middleweight title battle Feb. ten in Perth, Australia, among newly named champion Robert Whittaker of Australia & previous middleweight champion Luke Rockhold. "My battle at Ultimate Fighting Championship 217 was 1 of the greatest nights of my life, however I This time necessity to take some time to focus on my health," Canada's St-Pierre said after returning from a 4-year absence to defeat Britain's Bisping by 3rd-round chokehold. "through respect to the athletes & the sport, I don't need to hold up the division. I going to be giving up my belt & once I'm healthful I look forward to working by the Ultimate Fighting Championship to set what's following in my career."Whittaker has impressively defeated Cuba's Yoel Romero & Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza When ascending to the title, When Rockhold (16-three) returned from his June 2016 knockout loss to Bisping at the Forum to defeat David offshoot by 2nd-round knockout on Sept. 16.

Georges St-Pierre Vacating Ultimate Fighting Championship Middleweight Title Leads To Title Match At Ultimate Fighting Championship 221

only a 30 days after Georges St-Pierre returned from a 4-year retirement from the sport to beat the middleweight title from Michael Bisping, the aftertime Hall of Famer has decided to vacate the 185-pound belt because of being diagnosed by ulcerative colitis. GSP hasn't retired, however he is releasing the belt & Robert Whittaker has This time been elevated from interim champion to undisputed middleweight kingpin. GSP is This time the premier fighter in Ultimate Fighting Championship history to vacate 2 belts. He too walked away from the welterweight title while he retired 4 years ago. Per MMA Battling's Ariel Helwani, which's the reason the promotion has moved quickly arranging a title battle among Whittaker & previous champion Luke Rockhold at Ultimate Fighting Championship 221 on February ten.

3 burning questions after Georges St-Pierre vacates Ultimate Fighting Championship title in 33 days

referring to A great piece of Ultimate Fighting Championship break news broke on Thursday, as Georges St-Pierre vacated his middleweight championship -- just 33 days after claiming it in NY. the reason would St-Pierre vacate a title he just won final 30 days versus Michael Bisping at Ultimate Fighting Championship 217? Editor's Picks St-Pierre vacates 185 title; Whittaker elevated by Georges St-Pierre vacating the Ultimate Fighting Championship's middleweight championship to focus on his health, Robert Whittaker is This time the division's titleholder. Notice, he did'nt tell he is looking forward to facing the winner of a middleweight title battle among Robert Whittaker & Luke Rockhold in February. In the record books, Whittaker's formal middleweight title reign will not begin in the Ultimate Fighting Championship Octagon, by a belt slipping around his waist.

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