Georges St. Pierre Wins Sportsnet Canadian Athlete of the Year Award

UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre on Monday won the Sportsnet Canadian Athlete of the Year award for the second year in a row.

The award came down to finalists St. Pierre and Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby, with St. Pierre receiving over sixty percent of the fan’s votes en route to his victory.

“Thanks to Sportsnet, all the fans. It’s an honour to win the award two years in a row,” St. Pierre told Sportsnet. “Congratulations to Sidney Crosby, it is a great honour to be nominated with him. Crosby is a great hockey player and in a country where hockey is king it says a lot about the growth of MMA for me to win this award again.”

St. Pierre is next scheduled to defend his title against Dan Hardy at UFC 111 on March 27, from the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

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