St. Pierre Says Hardy Is Being Underestimated, Talks Possible Move To Middleweight
Georges St. Pierre, the current UFC welterweight champion, learned to never take an opponent lightly back in April 2007, when he suffered a TKO loss to Matt Serra at UFC 69, losing his belt in the process. From that fight forward, he made sure to prepare himself to the fullest for all of his fights.
In a recent interview with TSN’s Off The Record, St. Pierre spoke about how the public is underestimating the next challenger for his 170-pound championship, Dan Hardy.
“I do believe a lot of people are underestimating him. He’s very good and he truly deserves a title shot, but I want to win this fight and win it in a good fashion way, take him out,” he said. “I think I can beat him in every aspect of the game.”
When asked whether a fight with UFC middleweight champ Anderson Silva will ever take place, St. Pierre mentioned that he has been adding muscle to his frame, and will consider a move up to middleweight depending on how he feels following his match with Hardy.
“I don’t know, Anderson Silva I think now he wants to fight at heavyweight. He’s going heavy. I got heavy too, but it’s mostly because after my fight with Thiago Alves, I realized I was small for 170, so I wanted to get bigger, and I got like six, seven pounds of lean muscle mass on myself. So, after this fight, I will be able to see how it goes for me. I feel much more powerful than I was before. Now I’m bigger than I was in all my other fights before. Now I’m about 190, 191.”
Seeing as how St. Pierre has been running through the challengers in his weight class, if he defeats Hardy decisively, it would be a good idea for him to move up to the 185-pound division, especially when taking in consideration the fact that he’s added extra weight to his body. However, should he decide to move up, he would be better off facing some of the middleweight contenders first instead of immediately going up against Silva, that way he can accustom himself to the division.
The St. Pierre vs. Hardy welterweight title match will be headlining UFC 111 on March 27 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
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